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🌱 Truck leaves I-80 and crashes into Brookville garage

Brookville, Pennsylvania Patch AM: a 3 min read

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In today's newsletter:

  • Truck leaves I-80 and crashes into Brookville garage
  • Brookville man charged after thrown cellphone injures child, police say
  • Lady Crusaders end district-title season with playoff loss in Brookville

Also on today's calendar: Home Schooler's Discovery Club and 7 more events.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Times of clouds and sun, with a high of 59 and low of 42 degrees.
  • Thursday: Cooler with periods of rain, temps: high: 47, low: 32.
  • Friday: Rain and snow showers, with a high of 38 and low of 27 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Truck Crashes Through Guardrail, Strikes Garage After Leaving Interstate (gantnews.com) — A tractor-trailer left Interstate 80 and struck a garage in Brookville Borough on October 14, according to a newly reported state police account. The driver was uninjured and cited for unsafe speed, though police said the reason the truck veered off the westbound roadway was unknown.
   

2. Brookville Man Accused of Striking 12-Year-Old With Thrown Cellphone (explorejeffersonpa.com) — A Brookville man faces assault charges after police say he threw a cellphone during an argument in Warsaw Township, striking a 12-year-old boy and chipping his teeth. Mark Alan Aharrah, 41, was released on $20,000 unsecured bail, with a preliminary hearing scheduled for November 16.
   

3. Lady Crusaders bow out of PIAAs, 4-0 (thecourierexpress.com) — Elk County Catholic's girls soccer season ended with a 4-0 state playoff loss Tuesday at Brookville Area High School. The Lady Crusaders stayed within a goal until the second half, closing a 13-3-2 season highlighted by their first District 9 championship since 2007.
   

4. Average gas prices continue to slide (thecourierexpress.com) — Gas at Brookville's Flying J on Allegheny Boulevard was listed at $4.27 a gallon Monday morning, below Pennsylvania's $4.35 average, according to GasBuddy. The statewide average fell 7.8 cents over the week, though drivers were still paying about $1.10 more per gallon than a year earlier.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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