Pennsylvania State Police

Troopers say Garrett Austin Johnson, 29, of Great Bend Township, had to be Tasered and sedated when they took him into custody after he killed his uncle and two friends on Monday at his home.

The lawyer representing Michael Bon says the trucker told him he was not tired at the time of the crash that killed Trooper Michael Pahira Jr., but had a history of seizures in his native Haiti.

Fellow police officers, family, friends, even the governor gathered Wednesday to celebrate the life of a state trooper who died in the line of duty last week.

Hundreds of police officers joined family and friends of Trooper Michael Pahira Jr. to mourn his death Wednesday from a horrific traffic accident on I-81 last week.

A trucker who fatally struck a Pa. state trooper on I-81 had been ordered to leave the U.S. But Michael Bon legally obtained a commercial drivers license in Massachusetts before being told to leave.

A Massachusetts truck driver faces homicide by vehicle and several other charges in the death of a Pennsylvania state trooper on Interstate 81 in Schuylkill County on Wednesday.

Michael Bon, 33, of Brockton, was arrested following the crash that killed Trooper Michael Pahira in Butler Township as he was inspecting a tractor-trailer on the right shoulder of the interstate at about 7 a.m.

A state trooper inspecting a tractor-trailer was killed when another tractor-trailer crashed into the scene during Wednesday morning rush hour.

Former Wyalusing Area School Director Kelly White waived her preliminary hearing on charges she stole about $123,000 from a foundation that supports district students.

Pennsylvania needs state troopers. Area colleges want to help fill that need. Misericordia University is the latest to join a growing program.