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ETNA — A large warehouse fire in the Pittsburgh suburb of Etna has caused police to close northbound Route 28 in the area.
The warehouse is just a few hundred feet south of a highway overpass in an industrial park.
Hazardous materials crews have been called to the scene, although officials are not sure what is in the warehouse.
Emergency crews say part of the warehouse collapsed, and nearby residents might have to be evacuated as a precaution.
The fire was reported just before 4 a.m. today, and crews spent the morning controlling the blaze.
ERIE — Presque Isle State Park on Lake Erie is becoming the only state park whose beaches will be patrolled by lifeguards.The state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources said it is cutting 84 lifeguard positions at 15 other state parks with beaches.The money will be used for other department programs.Lifeguards, however, will still work at swimming pools in the state park system.
CORAOPOLIS — Professional wrestler and Olympic gold medalist Kurt Angle has been ordered to stand trial on a drunken driving charge.Moon Township police say they charged 39-year-old Angle on Sept. 28 after a motorist told them Angle cut her off while pulling out of a bar parking lot that afternoon.A police officer testified Tuesday he went to Angle's Moon Township home, where the wrestler admitted to driving the vehicle and drinking a few beers at the bar that day. Police say Angle failed field sobriety tests and refused a blood test.Angle's attorney says police couldn't place Angle in the vehicle at a specific time.
