A daily look at late-breaking news, coming events and stories that will be talked about in Pennsylvania on Wednesday:
MAN WOUNDED BY PHILADELPHIA PLAINCLOTHES OFFICERS MAY HAVE MISTAKEN THEM FOR ROBBERS, POLICE OFFICIAL SAYS
Police say a man shot and wounded by plainclothes officers in Philadelphia appears to have been a pizza deliveryman who may have mistaken them for robbers. Police say two officers responding to a report of gunshots tried to stop the man Tuesday night in southwest Philadelphia, but he fled to a car and put it in reverse. Officials say the officers then fired because they feared for their safety.
COUNTY COUNCIL MEMBERS HEAR TESTIMONY FOR, AGAINST PROPOSAL TO DRILL FOR NATURAL GAS UNDER PITTSBURGH-AREA PARK
County council members heard testimony for and against a proposal to drill for natural gas under a Pittsburgh-area park, with supporters touting the economic benefits and opponents worried about environmental damage. The Allegheny County Council is considering a proposal to allow Range Resources and Huntley & Huntley to drill beneath 1,180-acre Deer Lakes Park from well sites on neighboring private properties. A council committee meets again on the issue Wednesday evening.
WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TOWNSHIP SETTLES LAWSUIT OVER SEISMIC TESTING AFTER JUDGE BARS IT FROM INTERFERING WITH TEXAS COMPANY’S USE OF PUBLIC ROADS FOR TESTS
A western Pennsylvania township has settled a lawsuit over seismic testing following a federal judge’s ruling that it couldn’t interfere with a Texas company using public roads for the tests. ION Geophysical Corp. of Houston won a preliminary injunction earlier this month after arguing that Westmoreland County’s Hempfield Township, about 30 miles east of Pittsburgh, had no authority to block the testing. Township lawyer Michael Korns said the company has agreed to post a $100,000 performance bond and pay for any damage caused by the testing.
BODY FOUND IN NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA POND POSITIVELY IDENTIFIED AS THAT OF WOMAN MISSING FOR 5 MONTHS
Authorities have positively identified a body found in a northeastern Pennsylvania pond as that of a woman missing for five months. The Lackawanna County coroner’s office used dental records to identify the body as that of 56-year-old Diane Zavislak of Trucksville. The body was found Saturday near the Susquehanna River, a few miles downstream from where the woman’s car had been found in November.
ATTORNEY SAYS DEFENSE OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA MAN CHARGED IN STRANGULATION DEATH OF WIFE WILL FOCUS ON HIS ’STATE OF MIND’
An attorney representing a western Pennsylvania man accused of strangling his wife and dumping her body in a wooded area two years ago says the defense will focus on her client’s “state of mind.” Forty-three-year-old David Stahl of Hempfield is charged in Westmoreland County with criminal homicide in the February 2012 death of 37-year-old Derry Area schoolteacher Rebecca Stahl. Late last year, a judge denied a defense request to bar prosecutors from using Stahl’s statements to police during the trial, which is scheduled to begin in mid-June.
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