Man loses control
of car on icy road
KASKA - Two people suffered minor injuries when the Lincoln Towne Car they were in crashed on Market Street, Route 209, just north of Maple Street in Blythe Township, about 5:05 p.m. Sunday.
State police at Frackville said Donald H. Nye, 75, of Kaska, was driving north when he lost control on the ice, causing the car to go off the road and strike a utility pole.
Police said Nye and his passenger, Marie A. Nye, 75, also of Kaska, suffered minor injuries and were taken to Schuylkill Medical Center-East Norwegian Street by ambulance, where they both refused treatment.
Mahanoy man
charged in assault
MAHANOY CITY - A borough man was jailed Sunday after being arrested by Mahanoy City police and charged with assaulting his wife about 3:40 a.m. that day at their home.
Police said Marquis G. Vaughan, 24, of 18 S. A St., was arraigned by on-call Magisterial District Judge David A. Plachko, Port Carbon, on charges of simple assault and harassment and committed to Schuylkill County Prison unable to post $10,000 straight cash bail.
Police said Vaughan became upset because his wife, Chanequa, was talking on the telephone to her brother. Marquis Vaughan then followed his wife to a bedroom, where he picked up food and threw it on her, and then punched and slapped her in the face, causing a laceration to her nose and heavy bleeding, police said.