By Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Board Member & VolunteerMrs. Minnie Pearl (Riddle) McKibben was appointed New Castle (Pennsylvania) policewoman or “matron” on January 7, 1924. She assumed her duties on…
By: Betty Hoover DiRisio, LCHS Volunteer Before women were given the right to vote in Pennsylvania, New Castle had appointed it's first woman police officer. In March 1920, a new…
By Betty Hoover DiRisio (LCHS volunteer) A seemingly routine traffic stop spiraled out of control for Pennsylvania State Trooper Leonard P. Straple. He stopped a speeding station wagon near the…