Athens Plant Closing
200 employees who work at the
Ingersoll-Rand plant in Athens will soon be out of work. They were told this
Monday morning their plant is closing.
The Athens plant has been
around for more than 100 years. The work that was done at this facility will be
transferred to other nearby plants starting at the end of June. The plant is
expected to be completely closed by the end of the year.
25 to 30 assembly jobs will open at the I-R plant in Southern Pines, North Carolina and local employees are allowed to apply for those jobs.
Man Charged
State police at Towanda said Kenneth Ball, 28, of Columbia Crossroads, is accused of shoving a 25-year-old female against a wall and throwing her onto a mattress on the floor at 11 p.m. March 7 at Kerryview Trailer Park, Columbia Township.
Police said he was charged with two charges of simple assault and two charges of harassment.
Man Charged With Terroristic Threats
State police at Towanda said Zechariah Keener, 21, of Towanda, was charged with terroristic threats for an incident at various times in August 2009 in Springfield Township.
Police said he sent threatening e-mails to a 22-year-old Columbia Crossroads female with the intent to terrorize her.
Shooting Update
State police say an armed man they fatally shot during a standoff at his north-central Pennsylvania home acted ``drunk and crazy'' and threatened to harm police.
That information is contained in an arrest warrant police sought for 30-year-old Joshua Wheeler, of Harrison Valley. Before police could arrest him, a trooper fatally shot Wheeler after he allegedly fired at least six shots from inside his home during a nearly six-hour standoff on Sunday.
State police from Coudersport say they went to Wheeler's home about 9:45 a.m. after a report that he was walking down the street with an assault rifle and was ``drunk and crazy.''
Police say Wheeler yelled threats at police, saying ``this will end in blood.'' Police have yet to release the name of the trooper who shot Wheeler.
State To Offer Rebates For Efficient Home Heating
Federal economic stimulus money soon will start providing rebates to Pennsylvanians on the purchase of new, Energy Star-rated hot-water heaters, furnaces and boilers.
Gov. Ed Rendell said Tuesday that applications for rebates are expected to become available in April on the state's stimulus Web site, www.recovery.pa.gov.
Rendell says the $11 million rebate program could benefit more than 30,000 Pennsylvania households and provide long-term energy savings.
The rebates will be worth $100 to $500. The higher the equipment's efficiency rating, the larger the rebate.
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