Laura Shadle won the Democratic nomination for jury commissioner in Tuesday’s primary election, in what was the only contested countywide race on the ballot.
Shadle, a Bellefonte resident who has held the position since being appointed to fill a vacancy last year, garnered 8,518 votes to Shelley Miller’s 1,712.
Two jury commissioners one Democrat and one Republican are elected to four year terms to administer the criminal and civil jury selection process. Both are up for election this year.
Incumbent Hope Miller ran unopposed on the Republican ballot and is now set to serve a fourth term as jury commissioner. She received 10,619 votes.
One vehicle crash
LOCK HAVEN Olive Connelley, 81, of Orviston, was cited following a crash along Bellefonte Avenue on April 30 at 1:42 p.m., Lock Haven City Police said.
Connelley was traveling east on the roadway when she saw traffic stopped. Connelley did not have enough time to react and drove off the roadway, striking a sign at Brite Laundry, police said.
Possession of marijuana
LOCK HAVEN While conduction a house check in the 10 block of West Main Street on April 23, Clinton County Probation found Christopher Hasting, 18, of Jersey Shore, and a 17-year-old male were smoking marijuana, Lock Haven City Police reported.
Candidates are set for the May 18 municipal primary election, and among Centre County-wide offices only one race is contested.
March 9 was the deadline to file nomination petitions and Tuesday was the last day to file challenges to petitions. Candidates cast lots for ballot positions on Wednesday.
District Attorney
Bernie Cantorna will be running unopposed as he seeks a second term in office. He is the only candidate on the Democratic ballot and no one filed to appear on the Republican ballot.
Cantorna
first won election in 2017 when he handily defeated incumbent Stacy Parks Miller in the Democratic primary and ran unopposed on the ballot in the general election.
Assault
MILLHEIM A 20-year-old Spring Mills man was allegedly assaulted by two men in Millheim Borough on Jan. 2, state police at Rockview said. The victim reported the incident at Mount Nittany Medical Center and said it occurred around 3 p.m., police said.
Overdose
BEECH CREEK A 27-year-old Lock Haven man is suspected of taking a combination of unknown drugs, causing an overdose on Jan. 8 along North Eagle Valley Road, Liberty Township, Centre County, state police at Rockview said.
The victim was resuscitated and transported to UPMC Lock Haven for treatment, police said.
Pills and drug paraphernalia were found and seized from his apartment and taken to PSP Rockview station where it was secured into evidence, police said.