November 10, 2022 2:13 am
The woman that is charged with driving the wrong way on Interstate 79 and crashing into another car killing its driver is scheduled to stand trial. Kristina Coyne, 27 of Washington scheduled a jury trial for March of 2023. Coyne is accused of killing 56 year old Holly Ann Davis in that wrong way crash in October of 2021. Court documents state that she had driven as many as 5 miles before crashing into Davis’ car. Accident reconstruction indicated that she had been driving at approximately 70 miles per hour at the time of the crash. Coyne is facing homicide and homicide by vehicle charges, along with several DUI related charges. Coyne is currently free on a $250,000 bond.
November 9, 2022 5:23 pm
ATLANTA (AP) – Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law. That sets up a four-week blitz that again will test whether voters are more concerned about inflation under Democratic control of Washington or the Republican candidate’s rocky past. Warnock styles himself as a pragmatist in a partisan era. Walker has tried to make the choice a referendum on national Democrats, caricaturing Warnock as a rubber-stamp for President Joe Biden amid sustained inflation.
November 9, 2022 5:19 pm
(AP) – Facebook parent Meta is laying off 13% of its employees as it contends with faltering revenue and broader tech industry woes. The move that comes just a week after widespread layoffs at Twitter under its new owner, billionaire Elon Musk. Meta, like other social media companies, enjoyed a financial boost during the pandemic lockdown era because more people stayed home and scrolled on their phones and computers. But as the lock-downs ended and people started going outside again, revenue growth began to falter. An economic slowdown and a grim outlook for online advertising have contributed to Meta’s woes.
November 9, 2022 3:45 pm
(WPXI) – SWAT and police units are on the scene in Scott Township after a man was shot and killed inside of a bank following a dispute. There is a heavy police presence in the area of 1900 Cochran Road, where several businesses are located. Units from multiple municipalities responded to the area, which borders Mount Lebanon Township. SWAT units arrived shortly after. Greentree and Cochran roads were shut down and employees from some of the businesses were evacuated. During a press conference, police said the victim was shot and killed during a dispute and that the victim and suspect knew each other. The victim was pronounced deceased at the scene. Police said the suspect followed the victim in to Northwestern Mutual on Cochran Road and shot him. Mount Lebanon police are looking for a light-skinned Black male with yellow hair, dark clothing and facial hair in the area of Benihana, 2100 Greentree Road. Police said the suspect is armed and they’re not sure where the suspect went.
November 9, 2022 12:23 pm
(WPXI) – At least ten people were injured when a Jeep slammed into a PRT bus this morning near the University of Pittsburgh campus near Allequippa Street and Sutherland Drive. A Pittsburgh Public Safety official says their injuries ranged from minor to moderate but medics said there were more minor complaints. The bus driver was taken to a hospital with knee pain and the the driver of the Jeep was taken to a hospital with neck and back pain. The official said he may also have a concussion. Public Regional Transit police’s initial investigation found that the driver of the Jeep crossed the center line.
November 9, 2022 4:23 am
Twitter’s new owner and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has sold nearly $4 billion worth of Tesla shares, according to regulatory filings. Musk, who bought Twitter for $44 billion, sold 19.5 million shares of the electric car company from Nov. 4 to Nov. 8, according to Tuesday’s filings. He sold $7 billion of his Tesla stock in August as he worked to finance the Twitter purchase he was trying to get out of at the time.
November 9, 2022 4:22 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Someone who bought a Powerball ticket in Southern California has won a record $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot. The winning numbers drawn Tuesday morning at the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee were: white balls 10, 33, 41, 47 and 56, and the red Powerball was 10. The jackpot ticket was sold at Joe’s Service Center in Altadena, northeast of Los Angeles. The business will receive a maximum Powerball bonus of $1 million. The Multi-State Lottery Association said Monday night’s scheduled drawing was delayed by nearly 10 hours until Tuesday because a participating lottery had issues processing sales. The jackpot was by far the largest lottery jackpot ever won, topping the previous record $1.586 billion prize won by three Powerball ticketholders in 2016.
November 9, 2022 4:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Control of Congress hangs in the balance as Democrats have shown surprising strength, defeating Republicans in a series of competitive races and defying expectations that high inflation and President Joe Biden’s low approval ratings would drag the party down. In the most heartening news for the party, Democrat John Fetterman flipped a Republican-controlled Senate seat that is key to the party’s hopes of maintaining control of the chamber. It is too early to call critical Senate seats in Wisconsin, Nevada, Georgia and Arizona which could determine the majority. In the House, Democrats kept seats in districts from Virginia to Kansas to Rhode Island, while many districts in states like New York and California have not been called.
November 9, 2022 4:19 am
FAYETTE COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A young girl is lucky to be alive after police said she got ahold of fentanyl inside her Fayette County home and overdosed. It happened last year when she was just 1 year old, but troopers said the investigation stalled because of lies the parents told. “The parents — the mother and father — ended up lying throughout this investigation of where the child was exposed it. It did happen at their residence. Initially they said it was Bailey park in Uniontown,” Trooper Kalee Barnhart said. Police said the toddler’s overdose happened inside their Franklin Avenue home in South Union Township. Gabrielle Arnold was charged last week, and the child’s father, Deondre Richardson, was just charged on Monday. Troopers said the baby girl was unresponsive, limp and needed to be intubated last October. She tested positive for fentanyl and had to be revived with naloxone, a drug that can reverse an opioid overdose“Additionally, the parents decided to wait before taking the child to the hospital, so that was a very big issue investigators found,” Barnhart said. Richardson allegedly told police a friend dropped heroin inside his car and he brought into the house and forgot about it. The girl is doing OK and remarkably recovered.
November 9, 2022 4:12 am
Republicans have swept local State House races in both Washington and Greene Counties. Incumbent Natalie Mihalik rolled to victory over Democratic challenger Chris Todd in the 40th Legislative District. Incumbent Bud Cook easily defeated Democrat Doug Mason in the new 50th District. In the 39th Legislative District, Andrew Kuzma was the winner over Democrat Rick Self. All other State House and Senate races were uncontested and won by Republican incumbents.
