Western Pa. war buff faces felony count for shooting cannonball, hitting neighbor’s houseUNIONTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania Civil War buff faces a felony charge for accidentally firing a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor’s home. Western Pa. historic war buff charged for firing cannonball through wall of neighbor’s homeUNIONTOWN, Pa. — A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor’s home. William Maser, 54, fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through a window and a wall before landing in a closet. Authorities said nobody was hurt. Poor Alabama county banks on coal ash dumping for jobs, at a cost critics say is too highUNIONTOWN, Ala. — Two-lane roads lined with weeds and trees seem to stretch forever in Perry County, where thousands of residents are poor even by Alabama standards and they don’t produce much for the outside world besides timber and catfish. Police seek masked teens who took potato chips, soda from southwestern Pa. convenience storeUNIONTOWN, Pa. — Police are searching for three masked teens who burst into a southwestern Pennsylvania convenience store, but were content to steal only several bags of potato chips and bottles of soda. Uniontown police said the bandits struck about 12:45 a.m. Monday at a Sunoco A Plus store. Western Pa. mom charged with fatally beating infant with part of crib while assembling itUNIONTOWN, Pa. — A western Pennsylvania woman is in jail on charges she fatally beat her 3-month-old son with a piece of a crib she was assembling last August. |