Observer-Reporter

May 24, 20246 min read

A record number of travelers are expected to hit the road this Memorial Day weekend, the unofficial kickoff of summer.

The American Automobile Association (AAA) is projecting 43.8 million people will travel 50 miles or more from home over the holiday travel period, which started Thursday and …

May 24, 2024 1 min read

State police arrested an Ohio man after he was accused of stabbing a coworker in Amwell Township.

Wilbert Caraveo Torruco, 44, of Carrollton, faces a felony charge of aggravated assault.

According to the criminal complaint, police were called about 8 a.m. Wednesday to a gas well owned by Frontier Environmental Service at 205 Johnston Road after Torruco allegedly slashed Juan Carlos Ortiz in the thigh with a box cutter. Ortiz was transported to Washington Hospital, where he received about two dozen stitches.

Ortiz told police that he was seated behind Torruco on the passenger side of a work truck. The stabbing stemmed from a dispute over Torruco reclining the front passenger seat, …