Blotter 3/9/23
March 2 – Police received a call from a person’s girlfriend stating that she has not heard from them and that his phone was...
SRSGA passes funding requests, tables two motions
Slippery Rock Student Government Association (SRSGA) met Monday for a formal meeting where they passed a finance report consisting of over $30,000 to eight...
Another Norfolk Southern train derails in Ohio
Photo courtesy of Bill Lackey / Springfield News-Sun
No hazardous chemicals were found after another Norfolk Southern train derailed in Springfield, Ohio (outside of Columbus)...
Slippery Rock Borough intends to amend false alarm ordinance
The Slippery Rock Borough Council has proposed an amendment to the Borough of Slippery Rock False Alarm Ordinance that will benefit fire stations who...
3/2/23 Blotter
February 23 – Police received an alarm at Spotts World Culture building. An officer responded and found all was okay. A message was left...
More at fault than fault lines: Deadly earthquakes in Turkey and Syria call infrastructure...
On Feb. 6 and 20, earthquakes struck southern Turkey near the Syrian border. The initial 7.8-magnitude earthquake was followed by 7.5-magnitude aftershocks with effects...
Slippery Rock involved in lawsuit against Norfolk Southern
Photo courtesy of Gene J. Puskar / Associated Press
Slippery Rock is listed as part of a class-action lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Railway Company after...
Looking back at SRU’s first Black professor
Following the first Black student and first Black athlete in 1951, SRU’s first Black professor arrived much later in 1967 when the Rockets needed...
John Fetterman’s hospitalization opens discussion of mental and physical health
Pennsylvania’s newly elected Sen. John Fetterman has been receiving inpatient treatment for clinical depression since checking into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center earlier...
2/23/23 Blotter
CONTENT WARNING: This edition of the police blotter contains mentions of suicidal ideation. Please use caution before reading.
February 16 – Police were requested to...