Ken Johnson

High gasoline prices; Gov. Brown versus the Republicans; cellphones in prisons

2011-03-29 08:22:00

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In the long run, all that ash can be a good thing

2010-04-23 16:38:00

Volcano ash can wreck jet engines, poison freshwater lakes and damage lungs. But it helps fertilize oceans, volcano researchers and marine chemists say. "The ocean is gonna be happier" because of the Iceland eruption, said Ken Johnson, senior scientist...

White House deal with drug firms draws flak

2009-08-14 00:00:00

An $80-billion deal with the drug industry that the White House thought would add momentum to its campaign for national healthcare reform has instead provoked a political tempest, frustrating and bewildering some of the president's most important allies....

Death on the rails in L.A.

2009-09-27 00:00:00

Although Metrolink safety lapses drew national attention last year when 25 people were killed in a head-on collision with a freight train, many more have died from commuter trains hitting automobiles and pedestrians. Over the 15 years leading up to the...

Friedens man arrested for threatening to kill wife, others

2013-04-03 17:46:00

Matthew Scott Martin, 29, Listie Road, Friedens, was arrested and arraigned early Wednesday morning before Somerset District Judge Ken Johnson for allegedly driving drunk and threatening to kill his wife and others. Police said that shortly after...

Police seize large amount of heroin from vehicle on the Pennsylvania Turnpike

2013-03-08 19:17:00

A 32-year-old New Jersey man is accused of transporting 77 bricks of heroin on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Thursday night. Fred Douglass Abraham, Paterson, was charged with manufacture, delivery or possession with intent to deliver a controlled or...

Rockwood man accused of hitting brother with hammer

2013-03-07 18:59:00

A 64-year-old man hit his brother in the back of the head with a hard rubber hammer during an argument over time cards at Laurel Metal Works along East Patriot Street in Somerset Borough Tuesday evening, according to borough police. Edward James...

Somerset man charged with vehicular homicide

2013-02-28 18:35:00

A 23-year-old Somerset man was arraigned Thursday on charges emanating from a one-vehicle accident near the intersection of Chickentown Road and Skyline Lane in Somerset Township on Aug. 20 that claimed the life of another man. Casey Edward Miller,...

Thousands of customers had no power in Missouri, Kansas on Tuesday afternoon

2013-02-26 16:08:00

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - More than 41,000 customers in northwest Missouri and parts of Kansas remained without power on Tuesday afternoon as utility crews scrambled to return service before nightfall after the second winter storm in less than a week hit...

Acosta man to stand trial on indecent assault charges

2013-02-19 20:23:00

A 28-year-old Acosta man will stand trial on charges that he sexually assaulted a woman in a vehicle in Somerset Township. � The woman, appearing angry and frustrated and often addressing Jordan Thomas DiFlori's defense attorney by name from the...

Third person charged in connection with Somerset meth lab

2013-02-15 15:03:00

Somerset District Judge Ken Johnson issued a warrant Friday for the arrest of a third person in a� local methamphetamine lab case. Robert Matthew Stewart, 22, David Lane, Somerset, was charged by state police with criminal conspiracy and manufacture,...

Somerset man accused of stalking estranged wife

2013-02-15 19:06:00

A Somerset man is accused of stalking his estranged wife a week after allegedly assaulting her father. � Darryl McNabb, 34, Hunter School Road, was arraigned Friday and placed in the Somerset County Jail in lieu of a $10,000 bond. � According to a...

Michael Moore is escorted back to jail by state police Cpl. Ed Thomas, left, and Trooper Joseph Drzal after his bail was reduced by Somerset District Judge Ken Johnson.

2013-02-05 19:26:00

Volunteer Kate Woerner, 11, of Riegelsville, right, clears the table for Joe Chaproniere of Riegelsville, center, and Ken Johnson of Riegelsville at left.

2012-11-02 00:00:00

Mark E. Farabaugh is escorted by correctional officers to his preliminary hearing before District Judge Ken Johnson of Somerset Tuesday. Farabaugh is charged with homicide in the death of an inmate at SCI -Laurel Highlands.

2012-09-04 13:22:00