The woman who was seriously hurt in that golf cart wreck in Monroe County over the Fourth of July holiday has died. The Lehigh County Coroner's Office reports Brenna Abbinanti, of Mount Clare, West Virginia died on Friday, one week after her crash. Police say she was a passenger in the golf cart and fell out while it was moving. The Pennsylvania State Police are investigating just what happened.
One person is dead following an incident in the Lehigh River. Police say the incident happened Monday afternoon in Allentown, but no other details have been released. The man has not been identified.
Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey was in Bethlehem yesterday. The Democrat visited the city to announced a 350-thousand-dollar award from the federal government for Hispanic Center Lehigh Valley. The money will go toward the facility's linguistic and cultural workforce development center, which aims to assist minority communities. Casey said the center allows people to have opportunity by knocking down barriers to job creation.
Two men injured in the attempted assassination of Donald Trump Saturday in Butler are continuing to recover at Allegheny General Hospital. David Dutch of New Kensington and James Copenhaver of Moon Township were shot at Trump's rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds. Both men were reported yesterday to be in stable condition. Former Buffalo Township Volunteer Fire Company chief Corey Comperatore was killed in the shooting and the former president was hit in his right ear. Trump appeared sporting a large bandage over the ear last night at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
The staff members at Butler Memorial Hospital are being praised for their quick action following the assassination attempt at the Trump rally on Saturday. The facility was placed on lockdown as the Secret Service brought the former president in for treatment of his injured ear. Hospital president Karen Allen says security officials had walked through and laid out a medical contingency plan before the event. Employees handled the situation perfectly and the lockdown was lifted after about three hours, according to Allen.
Donations are pouring into an online fundraiser for the family of Corey Comperatore. He is the former Buffalo Township fire chief who died after taking a bullet while shielding his family at the Trump rally in Butler on Saturday. Jason Bubb with Three Fit Six gym in Cabot launched the GoFundMe account to support Comperatore's daughter Allyson, his friend and client. The original goal was to raise seven-thousand dollars. Donors have now contributed well over one-million.
Former Homeland Security official Jack Thomas Tomarchio, who runs a strategic advisory firm based in Wayne, says what happened in Butler was a massive security mistake. "Somewhere, obviously, when something like this happens it's fairly obvious that something went wrong. There was a problem. There was a breach. There was a mistake. Somebody wasn't doing their job. There was an oversight," Tomarchio says.
Managers of the Pennsylvania Turnpike are warning state residents about an ongoing texting scam. They say criminals are sending texts to people claiming they owe money for unpaid tolls. This is an effort to get access to personal information, according to officials. Those who get the urgent sounding messages should not click the provided link.
The jury in New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez's federal corruption trial resumes deliberations today after not reaching a verdict yesterday. Jurors sent a couple of notes to the judge yesterday, including one asking if a "not guilty" verdict on a single count requires unanimity. The jury received the case late Friday. It's trying to decide whether the veteran Democrat used his office and political power to help businessmen in exchange for receiving cash and gold bars. His defense team insists they were gifts and blames Menendez's wife for keeping the senator in the dark regarding financial matters. She will stand trial later in the year.
Penn State has scheduled its annual White Out for its Nov. 9 game against Washington at Beaver Stadium, the university announced Monday. The Lions will meet the Huskies for the first time since their 35-28 win over Washington in the 2017 Fiesta Bowl. It will be the fourth meeting overall between the two teams and the first in State College. It will be the first time that the White Out will be held in November. Penn State also announced themes for its other six home games. The Lions’ home opener Sept. 7 against Bowling Green will be the THON Game, Youth Sports & Spirit Day, 107K Family Reunion and Faculty & Staff Appreciation Day. It will start at noon on BTN. Other game themes with times to be announced will be Military Appreciation Day, Sept, 21, vs. Kent State; Homecoming, Sept. 28, vs. Illinois; Penn State Stripe Out and All-U. Day, Oct. 5, vs. UCLA; and Helmet Stripe, Nov. 2, vs. Ohio State. Penn State’s home finale Nov. 30 against Maryland will be Senior Day, Scout Day, Educator Appreciation Day, Medical Services Appreciation Day and Parents Weekend.