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Yahoo
19-05-2025
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Wanted: Police search for Cambria County theft suspect
CAMBRIA COUNTY, Pa. (WTAJ) — The Stonycreek Township Police Department announced that it is searching for a man facing multiple counts of theft. Robert Bender is wanted by the department on charges of theft, receiving stolen property and loitering and prowling at night. It was also noted that Bender is wanted by Pennsylvania State Parole. Anyone with information on Bender's whereabouts is asked to contact the Stonycreek Township Police Department at 814-266-3112 or their local department. The department also spoke directly to Bender in their Facebook post, asking him to contact either his parole agent or the Stonycreek Department immediately. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
02-04-2025
- Politics
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Escambia County experienced 'temporary ballot shortages' in Congressional special election
Some polling locations experienced "temporary ballot shortages" during Tuesday's special election. The Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office alerted the media at 7 p.m. as polls were closing − and published a notice on its website − acknowledging the issue and assuring voters that every vote would be counted. "Due to unprecedented voter turnout in today's Special General Election for U.S. House of Representatives, District 1, some precinct locations in Escambia County have experienced temporary ballot shortages," the notice said. Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender was attributed as saying "every voter in line before polls close at 7 p.m. will be able to cast their ballot, and every valid ballot will be counted." Patronis win special election: Jimmy Patronis wins election to Congress in Florida's 1st Congressional District Over 31,000 voters have voted in the Special General Election today, with a 33% voter turnout countywide, according to notice. The Associated Press called the race for Republican candidate Jimmy Patronis at 7:20 p.m. Unofficial results from the Florida Division of Elections as of approximately 7:50 p.m. put Patronis ahead of his Democratic opponent Gaye Valimont 57% to 42%, or 96,087 votes to 71,146 votes. Congressional District 1 consists of four counties – Escambia, Santa Rosa, Okaloosa and Walton - and Valimont's showing in Escambia County was by far by her strongest. There, she took 51% of the vote (37,290) to Patronis' 48% (34.953). 'We are excited to see such an unprecedented voter turnout in this election, as we always encourage everyone to exercise their right to vote,' Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender said in the online notice. 'I'd like to assure voters that anyone in line by 7 p.m. will be able to cast their ballot.' This article originally appeared on Pensacola News Journal: Florida special election between Patronis Valimont had ballot shortage
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Climate
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Republicans to pick candidate for vacated Gaetz seat Tuesday
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — It's primary day in Northwest Florida as thousands are expected to cast their ballots in a special congressional race. Nearly a dozen Republicans face off on the ballot. The winner becomes the party's nominee to fill the recently vacated Matt Gaetz seat. It's a crowded field and by tonight we'll have one Republican standing–and because of the political make-up in the district that person will be a heavy favorite to win the seat this April. Monday workers and volunteers at the Escambia County Supervisor of Elections Office spent the day going through mail-in-ballots and getting trucks loaded up with election gear for the dozens of polling locations around the county. This is a Republican-only primary with the Democratic party candidate already decided. Supervisor of Elections Robert Bender says last week's historic snow storm cut down their early voting days by nearly half. With extended hours, people eager to beat the snow storm, and a competitive ballot, they had 450 more Republican early voters than they had with last year's Republican presidential preference primary. 'We were closed for three days, but we also expanded our hours by an hour and a half each day. The three days leading up to the storm and then went to 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. the two days after the storm and we reopened. Even though the county was closed on Friday. We did have all of our locations open on Friday,' said Bender. It's going to be a relatively small voter turnout–bender says they're at 10% now and could see up to 18% at the end of the day for Escambia County. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
