Firefighters rescue 10 from floodwaters

Last updated: July 25, 2018 - 2:55pm


McLaughlin family members are taken from their home along Roaring Creek near Queen City Road in Locust Township Wednesday morning by members of the East End and Reliance Fire Company water rescue crews. (Press Enterprise/Keith Haupt)


LOCUST TWP. — Rescuers here plucked 10 people from rising water before 8 a.m. today after Roaring Creek trapped them at homes and...


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