State Police in Coudersport report that they found items on Route 6 in Roulette yesterday. Police retrieved a maroon wicker basket, a pink short sleeve shirt, and a blue denim dress about 1 mile east of Main street on the highway. To claim the property, call State Police at 274-8690.

A 16 year old male was apparently given alcohol on New Years Eve by an adult in Bingham Township. Police have not released a name for the suspect.

Elizabeth Barnet of Harrison Valley called State Police to report that her Visa First Citizens Bank Check Card was stolen from her residence. At the same time, someone tipped over a burn barrel in her back yeard, and smeared mud on her front window.

State Police in Coudersport will spondor a Child Safety Seat Check February 16th from 2PM to 7:30 PM at the Charles Cole Memorial Hospital Wellness Center.

Penn State Cooperative Extension is planning a training session for local well-owners. Well owners in McKean, Cameron, and Potter Counties are invited to take place in the program to be held January 18 to learn about proper care from a private well or spring. The Tuesday session will be held at the Bradford Public Library. Sessions are also scheduled for Wednesday January 19 at the Emporium Library, and Tuesday, January 25th at the Coudersport Extention office.

60 year old Elizabeth Baliski was sentenced to 90 days probation and 40 days of community service for the theft of fudgesicles and oatmeal pies. Her sentencing also forbade her to be in or around TOPS supermarket in Bradford, where the event took place.

23 Year old Thomas Ford of Roulette pleaded not guilty to a July 24th incident where he drove his 1999 Mercury Topaz while intoxicated. His Blood Alcohol Level was .16 while he was driving under a suspended license. He is to go to trial at a later date determined by the court where a jury will find him guilty or innocent depending on the evidence.

Coudersport Fire Chief and Sweden Township Police Chief Bryan Phelps entered a guilty plea in McKean County Court yesterday. The guilty plea was for simple assault along with summary offenses of endangering the welfare of a child. The incident took place on March 12th of last year in Bradford, where he pushed and shoved a minor while causing a nuisance in front of the grade school. His sentencing date is Thursday, February 8th at 1pm at the McKean County Courthouse.

A Port Allegany man and his father were uninjured in an Emporium accident yesterday. Dale Chastain and his father Peter Chastain of Roulette were traveling along Route 120 just west of Emporium when Dale Chastain lost control of his Ford Windstar while attempting to pass a PennDot Plow truck striking a guard rail.

Abbie Cope of Port Allegany will be inducted next week into the Society for Collegiate Journalists. She is a writing major at the University of Piottsburgh at Bradford.

Port Allegany will be featured on WPSX next week. A segment on the glass town was filmed earlier this year, and will air on the program Pennsylvania Inside Out on January 17th from 7-7:30 PM.

In a major faux pau, an Ohio jail freed a Potter County criminal without a proper extradition back to Potter County. 37-year-old Gregory Jadlowski spent time in a prison in Elkton Ohio for a federal crime, and was supposed to be extradited back to Potter County to serve an additional sentence for six felony charges and various drug charges. The fault lies in the extradition paperwork, which was not filed in enough time to get it to Ohio.

State Police responded to Denton Hill Ski Area after receiving a call from a 16-year-old juvenile. The teen left his snowboard outside while he entered the ski lodge. When he went back outside, the snowboard was missing. State Police continue to search for the board.

A Coudersport resident had her case waived to court Wednesday in a preliminary hearing in front of District Justice Hauser. 18-year old Courtney Moore is charged with burglary, criminal trespass, theft by unlawful taking and receiving stolen property for an incident November 22, 2004. Moore’s bail was set at $2,500 and posted today.

A Port Allegany woman called police to report an incident of harassment. Apparently Tawny Meacham was struck, grabbed and shoved by an unknown suspect on Christian Hollow Road in Norwich Township Saturday afternoon.

State Police in Coudersport tracked down a Limestone man for a bad check. 41-year-old Clinton Finefrock apparently wrote a bad check for nearly 800 dollars to Close’s Lumber in Roulette in November. Finefrock failed to make good on the check, and the hardware store contacted State Police.

Just a reminder that the Roulette Township Supervisors will meet tonight, Monday, January 10, 2004, for their regular monthly meeting. The meetings are held in the township hall. (in the same building as the library.) Please note: THE MEETING TIME HAS BEEN CHANGED TO 7 pm.