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WAYNESBURG
Police probing pair's deaths
Authorities say the deaths of a man and woman found shot in a Pennsylvania home are being investigated as a possible murder-suicide.
State police in Greene County said the bodies of 41-year-old John Wunder and 43-year-old Melanie Howells were found at about 1:20 p.m. Tuesday in the Franklin Township home in southwestern Pennsylvania.
Trooper Robert Broadwater, public information officer for the region, said both had suffered gunshot wounds.
He said the deaths remain under investigation.
UPPER DARBY
Diner featured in movie closes
A suburban Philadelphia diner that gained fame when it was featured in the 2012 film "Silver Linings Playbook" has been temporarily closed after a fire.
Officials say a grill caught fire at the Llanerch Diner in Upper Darby about 5:30 a.m. Monday, and firefighters had to break through the roof to make sure the blaze hadn't spread.
No one was hurt and the fire was extinguished in about 20 minutes.
The diner has been a local favorite for more than 50 years. After it was featured in the movie, locals had to start competing with fans from around the world who wanted to sit in the same booth as stars Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper.
The co-owner tells KYW-TV he hopes to reopen in a week or so.
WILKES-BARRE
Boy, 7, dies after falling into creek
A 7-year-old boy has died after slipping and falling into a northeastern Pennsylvania creek.
The Luzerne County coroner is treating the boy's death as an accidental drowning, but wasn't releasing his name to ensure all of his relatives have been notified.
Wilkes-Barre police say the boy was playing in Mill Creek with his brother when he fell into the swift-moving water sometime about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. The boy's body was recovered about 30 minutes later.
The boy fell into the creek near Dillon Park in the city's Miners Mills section.
POTTSVILLE
Miner killed by own bulldozer
A Pennsylvania mine worker has been killed after he was run over by his own bulldozer.
The Schuylkill County coroner says 28-year-old Andrew Oxenrider died Tuesday morning at the Reading Anthracite property in Cass township.
Township police say Oxenrider either fell or got pulled out of the cab of his bulldozer or otherwise exited it and fell under its tracks about 9:40 a.m. The machine then ran down an embankment on its own before an obstruction stopped it.
Reading Anthracite officials were cooperating in the Mine Safety and Health Administration investigation into the death.