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Daniel Kraushaar started last week’s board meeting in South Blooming Grove by asking for a moment of silence for Jews murdered in Israel, but the attorney quickly got off-topic in front of a crowd of people there for issues pertaining to their local government. “The United States is a mess right now. It is almost beyond redemption,” said Kraushaar. “Our universities are a cesspool of antisemitic bigots." Kraushaar’s comments were recorded last Thursday on Facebook Live by Bonnie Rum and posted to the Preserve Blooming Grove Facebook page. The attorney is seen in the video passionately speaking for roughly five...

A Bushkill, Pa. woman and six other individuals are facing a multitude of charges, including counts of terrorism, assault, and kidnapping, following a failed takeover of the Pine Ridge community on Monday. According to a criminal complaint from Pennsylvania State Police out of Blooming Grove, Tonia Scott, 49, of Bushkill was the alleged ringleader of a group of armed individuals who sought to forcefully take the land occupied by the Lehman Township community on the afternoon of Nov. 18. A police interview with Scott revealed that she had claimed rightful ownership to the land of the Pine Ridge and Saw...

Canadensis, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Police in Pennsylvania appeared to be closing in Friday night on the suspect in the slaying of a state trooper. Police have surrounded a home where they believe Eric Matthew Frein is believed to be hiding, a local government official told CNN. The home, which was broken into, is not far from Frein's family home in Canadensis, Pennsylvania, in the Poconos Mountains. Police exchanged gunfire in the area with an individual believed to be Frein.

<p>BLOOMING GROVE TOWNSHIP — State police have confirmed there has been a shooting at the Pennsylvania State Police Blooming Grove barracks in Pike County. There is no one in custody at this time. Newswatch 16 has a crew on the scene and we will have more information as it becomes available.</p>