Welcome to PA Trench News, your independent news report of Southern PA. We pick up where legacy media leaves off, making sure to follow the stories the whole way through.
In Lebanon
On September 13th 2024, a fire broke on Brandywine St. The house was occupied by a grandmother and her 4 grandchildren at the time. Unfortunately the youngest child passed away. The community has been working hard to help the family during this difficult time.
Despite their best intentions, Facebook has been flying off the handle regarding fake GoFundMe accounts, an absent mother and the grandma. I noticed that several hours after the fire broke out, a gofundme popped up for the family and then another, meaning there was more than one. Please make sure you are verifying online fundraisers before contributing to them. If you feel that you have donated to the wrong fundraiser, please file a dispute with GoFundMe and they will investigate it for you.
Regarding mother - According to the interwebs, she has an active court case pending. In May of 2023, she was charged with altered, forged, or counterfeit documents and false reports to law enforcement officers for counterfeit inspection and emissions stickers being displayed. Please remember that all charges are alleged and that she is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
In Robesonia
On August 29th 2024, Brian Strubhar, from Schuylkill County, was killed after a driver collided with his vehicle causing it to burst into flames. At the time, all reports stated that the crash was under investigation by the South Heidelberg PD and the State police. It has been almost a month and we have not heard a word about the other driver except that their condition was stable. Surely, one of the police departments will be announcing some information soon since somehow someone was driving so fast that they demolished a vehicle and sent it up into flames. We are all waiting patiently for the investigation to conclude and more information to be released....... right???
Facebook went into a tangent about what HIPAA is and isn't. People who saw the crash described it as absolutely horrifying. My personal favorite comment being from a top contributor stating " 422 has been unable to handle all of this traffic but yet we continue to build housing developments."
In Ontelaunee Township
On September th 2024, Luis Meza-Saavedra was charged with theft by receiving stolen property after pirating packages off of porches several days earlier. He is being held on 50,0000 bail for the packages and 15,000 bail for other charges. His preliminary hearing is scheduled for 9/24. More to come.
In Reading,
On August 22nd a condemned building collapsed that was thought to possibly have kids inside. Luckily, no kids were harmed just the egos of the city council who had reports of the deteriorations of the building.
A report that we will be keeping an eye on at the time of this podcast publication will be the Muhlenburg vs. Governor Mifflin football game being postponed over threats of pew-pew violence. Just a reminder to all of the parents out there that you can and will be held responsible for YOUR children misusing YOUR firearms.
