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Sisters Lori and Debra Leonard are turning up the heat on their father’s cold case murder and their mother’s accidental death in the Poconos half a century ago.

Cresco, PA (November 13, 2023) – A motor vehicle accident (MVA) involving injuries occurred in front of the Crescent Lodge on Paradise Valley Rd, Cresco. The incident was reported on Monday, November 13, at approximately 4:00 p.m. Emergency Medical Services (EMS) unit 11-27 arrived at the scene by 4:08 p.m. and began assisting the injured.

The details of the crash, including the number of vehicles and individuals involved, are not yet fully known. EMS 11-27 transported the injured parties to the hospital for treatment at around 4:22 p.m.

(PA Homepage)

BARRETT TOWNSHIP, MONROE COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU) — Taking the spooky season to a whole other level that’s what one family in the Poconos does every year to have a howling Halloween.

What’s your biggest fear? Clowns? Dolls? Maybe something out of a movie? You’ll most likely find it at the home of Eric Rosencrance and Jennifer Stapleton in Barrett Township.

“I absolutely love scaring people,” Stapleton says, “I get to be somebody different for the night.”

In Pennsylvania polling locations are open from 7:00 am to 8:00 pm. All voters standing in line by 8:00 pm will be allowed to vote.

Weiler Abrasives, a Cresco, Pa., provider of abrasives, power brushes, and maintenance products for surface conditioning, has named Lynn Rich as vice president of global human resources and a member of the executive committee.

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Location: 191 Bridge near Barrett Library

This is a follow-up for the unsolved murders for John and Madeleine Leonard who lived in Barrett Township, Cresco, PA.  At the time these murders took place, their 5 children under the age of 18 lived here in Cresco, PA  their entire lives.  The only two surviving children left are Lori and Debbie Leonard, Twins, who have started a Go Fund Me Page in order to have both their parents bodies exhumed.