Pennsylvania man sentenced in road rage incident

Pennsylvania township OKs $6 billion ethane cracker plant

Good morning! Here's a look at AP's general news coverage today in Pennsylvania. For questions about the state report, contact the Philadelphia bureau at 215-561-1133. Kristen de Groot is on the desk. Editor Larry Rosenthal can be reached at 215-446-6631 or lrosenthal@ap.org. A reminder this information is not for publication or broadcast, and these coverage plans are subject to change. Expected stories may not develop, or late-breaking and more newsworthy events may take precedence. Advisories, digests and digest advisories will keep you up to date. Some TV and radio stations will receive shorter APNewsNow versions of the stories below, along with updates. TOP STORIES: BOXER-BROTHER STABBED ARREST PITTSBURGH — Former lightweight boxing champ Paul Spadafora is scheduled for a preliminary hearing on charges that he stabbed his brother, kicked his mother then threatened Pittsburgh police who intervened. By Joe Mandak. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 400 words by 3 p.m. EST. GAS DRILLING REFINERY MONACA — Supervisors of a western Pennsylvania township have granted a conditional use permit for a $6 billion ethane cracker plant proposed by Shell Chemicals. SENT: 130 words. UPCOMING: 300 words by noon. ELSEWHERE: CVS-EPIPEN GENERIC CVS is now selling a rival, generic version of Mylan's EpiPen at about a sixth of its price, just months after the maker of the life-saving allergy treatment was eviscerated before Congress because of its soaring cost to consumers. By Tom Murphy. SENT: 519 words, AP photos. BARN FIRE DELAWARE TOWNSHIP, N.J. — Pennsylvania firefighters helped battle a fire that destroyed a barn in New Jersey. SENT: 80 words. IN BRIEF: —TRASH COLLECTORS FIND BODY — Police say trash collectors in suburban Pittsburgh discovered the body of a young man who investigators believe was shot to death in the area the night before. —SANDWICH PRICE DISPUTE-ASSAULT — Police are asking for the public's help in identifying a man in his 20s who beat up a 60-year-old female deli employee over the price of a sandwich in southwest Philadelphia. —CRASH CLOSES INTERSTATE 80 — A coroner says two tractor-trailer drivers have been killed in a chain-reaction crash involving their trucks and four other vehicles on Interstate 80 in central Pennsylvania. —MAN BUN-VANDALISM CHARGES — Police say a man bun helped people in one Pittsburgh neighborhood identify the man who was vandalizing their cars last month. —VIOLENT CRIME-PHILADELPHIA — Police in Philadelphia say there were fewer violent crimes committed in the city last year than any other since 1979. —OLDEST AARDVARK-DEATH — The Philadelphia Zoo says the oldest aardvark in captivity in the United State has died. —PRACTICE FACILITY-TAX TRIAL — A tax attorney who owned a practice rink formerly used by the Pittsburgh Penguins must spend four years in prison for not paying more than $790,000 in federal payroll taxes he withheld from employee wages. —FIRE STATION-DRUG OVERDOSE — A police incident report shows a "medical emergency" at a Pittsburgh fire station on New Year's Eve involved a firefighter who overdosed on drugs. —CAR REPAIR SHOOTING — A Philadelphia man has been shot four times at point-blank range and killed while changing the brakes on his car. —WOMAN GRANDSON-FATAL FIRE — State police are investigating a central Pennsylvania mobile home fire that killed a woman and her 2-year-old grandson. —INMATE ASSAULT-CHARGES — A guard has been suspended from the state prison in Pittsburgh and charged with beating an inmate then lying about it in a report he filed. SPORTS: FBN--HALEY'S EDGE PITTSBURGH — Todd Haley insists there is no lingering resentment over his firing by the Kansas City Chiefs five years ago. Maybe, but the fiery Pittsburgh offensive coordinator wouldn't mind showing the Chiefs what they missed out on when the Steelers visit Kansas City on Sunday. By Will Graves. UPCOMING: 750 words, AP Photos by 6 p.m. EST. FBN--PLAYERS YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW UNDATED — Even the most casual NFL fan knows certain players on each playoff team. There are plenty of others on the roster who are relatively — or completely — unknown, and it's those guys you might not know who can wind up making a difference in a game's outcome. The AP provides a guide for someone on every team to keep an eye on during the divisional round this weekend. By Howard Fendrich. UPCOMING: 1,000 words, AP Photos by 5 p.m. EST. HKN--CANUCKS-FLYERS PHILADELPHIA -- The Vancouver Canucks come to Philadelphia to play the Flyers. By Aaron Bracy. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP Photos developing from 7 p.m. EST start. HKN-PENGUINS-SENATORS OTTAWA — The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to avoid losing two nights in a row when they visit the Ottawa Senators. UPCOMING: 600 words, AP Photos developing from 7:30 p.m. EST start. BKN--76ERS-FUTURE PHILADELPHIA -- The Philadelphia 76ers are no longer at the bottom of the NBA standings. With Joel Embiid a social media hit and an All-Star candidate, the future might finally be looking bright for the Sixers. By Dan Gelston. UPCOMING: 650 words, AP Photos by 5 p.m. EST. BKC--BIG TEN THIS WEEK A look at things to watch this week in the Big Ten. SENT: 466 words, AP Photos. ___ If you have stories of regional or statewide interest, please email them to phillyap@ap.org. If you have photos of regional or statewide interest, please send them to the AP state photo center in New York, 888-273-6867. 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