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BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Car 4 driven by Tayler Malsam slows as Germain Toyota car 01 driven by Chrissy Wallace explodes into flame after sliding into the wall on Turn 1 Saturday, August 2nd, 2008 during the ARCA Re/Max Pennsylvania 200.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
A Pennsylvania State Trooper and an emergency worker put their arms around each other at the scene of a fatal accident on Route 940 at the Drifton curve as other emergency personnel wheel an injured second victim away on a stretcher Saturday night, July 28th, 2007.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Senator Arlen Specter responds to reporters' questions about his recent party switch Friday afternoon, May 1st, 2009 following a press conference about Polycythemia vera at Penn State Hazleton.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
IN THE CITY'S SHADOW -- A former heroin addict speaks to a Standard-Speaker reporter about his experiences with illicit drugs during a meeting August 7th, 2008.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
An oversized load truck hauling a transformer got stuck at the intersection of Routes 940 and 437 in White Haven Thursday afternoon, December 4th, 2008. The truck was 235 feet long and weighed 432,004 pounds. The transformer itself weighed 235,000 pounds.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Crestwood High School's Derek Chrismer (22) makes it to second under the glove of Pittston Areas Carmen Lopresto (7) at Crestwood High School Monday afternoon, May 5, 2008 .
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Wet hands hold candles during a candlelight vigil outside city hall Wednesday night, July 12, 2006 protesting the Illegal Immigration Relief Act slated for the city council agenda Thursday. Pouring rain dampened everything but the spirits of those in attendance.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Anna Arias holds a candle during a vigil Wednesday night, July 12, 2006 denouncing the Illegal Immigration Relief Act that will be voted on Thursday during a city council meeting. Arias has been an outspoken opponent of the measure.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Uniformed Hazleton police officers and Luzerne County Sheriff deputies separate the two opposing groups outside city hall on North Church Street Thursday, October 13th, 2006 as city council meets to vote on the proposed Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Uniformed officers of the Hazleton Police Department, Pennsylvania State Police, and the Luzerne County Sheriffs Department stand between the two opposing factions after the vote on the Illegal Immigration Relief Act inside City Hall Thursday evening, July 13th, 2006.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Agapito Lopez explains to the crowd outside what transpired inside City Hall Thursday night, July 13th, 2006 where Hazleton City Council passed the Illegal Immigration Relief Act.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Supporters of the Illegal Immigration Relief Act broke into a chorus of "God Bless America" followed by chants of "we want ICE, we want ICE" Thursday evening, July 13th, 2006 after the passage of the act by Hazleton's City Council.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Crestwood High School Comets' Adam Fazzini dunks during practice Tuesday afternoon, November 25, 2008 (Thanks to Eric Bogumil for assisting).
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Samantha Brea, left, giggles as Jonathan Majia climbs onto the merry-go-round at the Hazle Township Community Park after giving it a good spin Wednesday afternoon July 2nd, 2008.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Traffic on Interstate 80 leaves red and white streaks during this time exposure taken looking east near the Hazleton-Mountain Top exit Thursday evening, November 29th, 2007. There is a proposal to place tolls on Interstate 80.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Witnesses to a fatal motor vehicle accident Joshua Trapane, left, and Kelly Stiffler, right, comfort a woman reported to be the wife of the man who died in the wreck on Interstate 81 southbound near mile post 142.5 Saturday morning, April 26th, 2008.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Ellie Ratzlaff takes a look in the mirror at the American Cancer Society Carbon/Tamaqua Unit during a Look Good...Feel Better workshop Monday afternoon as Patty Rascavage watches her reaction. Ratzlaff, of Florida but who spends her summers in Albrightsville, had her final chemotherapy treatment for colon cancer before attending the event Monday, July 21, 2008.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Trick-or-treaters visit a house on the corner of Vine and Green Streets Wednesday night, October 31, 2007 as others make a ghostly apparition as they walk back across the street.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Joe Galada watches the fish around his hook through a hole in the ice at Lake Irena in Hazle Township Community Park Thursday, January 31st, 2008. One of three people on the ice at sunset Thursday, Galada commented on the quiet, and how nice the weather was for the end of January.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Crestwood High School graduate Eli Hollock waits in the sun to hear his name called signifying the end of his high school career Friday evening, June 16, 2006.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Mike Molnar fly fishes off of Mill Mountain Road in Saint Johns Saturday afternoon, May 17th, 2008.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
J. C. Milton shoots and scores during a pickup game at the Beech Street playground beneath a glowing sunset Tuesday evening, June 24th, 2008
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
GAR's Darian Twyman clears 6 feet 4 inches Saturday, May 23, 2009 in the high jump during the PIAA Track and Field Championships held at Shippensburg University.
BLAINE FALKENA/Hazleton Standard-Speaker
Charles Engel of DCNR walks down Tunnel Road after spray from an air tanker soaked the area while fighting a brush fire Monday afternoon, March 23rd, 2009.
