Warfordsburg

Robert J. "Bob" McGuire, 74, of Warfordsburg, Pa., went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, July 17, 2012, at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Md. Born Jan. 9, 1938, at home in Cresson, Pa., he was the son of the late Bernard and Helen Lilly McGuire. He served with the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1963. He was a 1956 graduate of Cresson High School, and attended St. Frances College in Loretto, Pa. He was an associate engineer for AT&T for 10 years. He was a self-employed co-owner/operator of McGuire's Builders Inc., and part-owner of Tri-State Trusses Inc. in Warfordsburg.

Possible armed robbery suspect arrested in N.J. McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. - A series of armed bank robberies in Pennsylvania in March and April, including one on March 6 at the Fulton County National Bank in Warfordsfordsburg, have been solved with the arrest of a Huntingdon County man, state police said Thursday. David Arthur Lucas, 26, of Hesston, Pa., was captured near Atlantic City on Tuesday, according to Trooper Sean F. Flaherty of the McConnellsburg State Police Detachment.

A fire Tuesday night destroyed a 71-year-old farmhouse at 340 Cove View Lane, fire officials said. Needmore, Pa., firefighter Robert Fleegle said heavy smoke was coming from all sides of the two-story oak house when he arrived at 9:15 p.m. The Needmore Fire Department called for additional tankers and manpower, bringing firefighters from six counties in three states. A woman was treated at War Memorial Hospital in Morgan County, W.Va., for smoke inhalation. Resident Mark Palmer said his grandfather built the house around 1939.

McCONNELLSBURG, Pa. ? A Warfordsburg, Pa. man was life-flighted to Altoona (Pa.) Hospital on Monday night after a one-vehicle accident, the Pennsylvania State Police said. Christopher Jason Blankley, 19, drove off Black Oak Road east of Stoneybreak Road and crashed into a tree, troopers said in a news release sent Thursday morning. Blankley was in serious condition Thursday morning, a hospital spokeswoman said.

WARFORDSBURG, Pa. - A father and son died Saturday when a large pine tree fell on their car as they were traveling down a rural road, Pennsylvania State Police said. Carlen R. Kalbach Jr., 57, and Richard Cory Kalbach, 24, both of Warfordsburg, Pa., were killed by the falling tree about 1:15 p.m., police said. The accident occurred on Old 126, about three-quarters of a mile south of Locust Grove Road in Fulton County, Pa., police said. Richard Kalbach was driving the car, a 1999 Kia Sportage.

A court schedule has been set up for the case of Robert G. Bard, a Warfordsburg, Pa., financial adviser accused of bilking investors. An order signed this month by U.S. District Judge William W. Caldwell in Harrisburg, Pa., put the case on the January 2011 trial list, according to a court docket. Amended pleadings are due by March 1, 2010. Other deadlines throughout 2010 also have been set. Previously, an order by Caldwell continued a freeze on assets of Bard and his firm, Vision Specialist Group LLC. The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has accused Bard of squandering clients' money in risky investments and creating false statements to mask the true value of clients' accounts.

A Warfordsburg, Pa., woman who crashed a car with a preteen child sitting in the passenger seat was charged over the weekend with driving under the influence, Pennsylvania State Police said. Jennifer Irene Shaw, 34, also was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia and endangering the welfare of children, according to a state police news release. The crash happened Saturday at 9:54 p.m., when Shaw's vehicle struck a tree as she was driving a Pontiac Grand Prix south on Moss Road in Brush Creek Township, Pa., troopers said.

A Fulton County, Pa., man was jailed on $50,000 bond Monday night, accused of choking his wife and grandmother and threatening to shoot police if they came to his home, Pennsylvania State Police said. Andrew Robert Skidmore, 25, of 1996 Deneens Gap Road, Warfordsburg, was arraigned before Magisterial District Judge Devin Horne on charges of simple assault, reckless endangerment and harassment, police said. He was taken to Franklin County Jail, police said. Police were called shortly after 11 p.m. Monday about a domestic violence incident.

Maryland State Police continue to conduct an internal investigation into the March 6 shooting of a Fulton County man, Sgt. Arthur Betts said Thursday afternoon. Randall Charles Sipes, 27, of Warfordsburg, Pa., was shot and killed by a trooper after he allegedly pulled a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on U.S. 40 near Indian Springs Road. The investigation should be complete in a couple of weeks, Betts said. Investigators will submit their report to the Washington County State's Attorney's Office for review, he said.

CLEAR SPRING -- Maryland State Police have identified the man who a trooper shot and killed Thursday after he allegedly pulled a loaded handgun during a traffic stop on U.S. 40 near Indian Springs Road. Randall Charles Sipes, 27, of Warfordsburg, Pa., was pronounced dead Thursday at Washington County Hospital in Hagerstown, according to a press release from the state police. Sipes name was withheld from public release until the state police could make a positive identification, MSP Sgt. Arthur Betts said Friday morning.