August 2, 2023 2:50 am
A Peters Township man has requested a jury trial in his vehicular accident case. Zachary Sonson, 36 of Venetia was unable to come to a plea agreement on an aggravated assault felony charge and 5 other misdemeanor charges. Sonson is accused of recklessly driving his 81 year old neighbor’s car with her in it. The criminal complaint states that he drove through the side yard of their apartment building at a high rate of speed, striking a sewer pipe and a tree stump. The impact injured the passenger causing her to seek medical attention. Sonson who is not licensed in Pennsylvania and only has an expired Virginia license fled the scene. The trial is scheduled to begin on October 16.
August 2, 2023 2:39 am
(WPXI) – A 6-year-old boy drowned in a neighbor’s pool in Burgettstown late Monday night. According to the Burgettstown Area School District, Gunner McMillan was a kindergarten student at Burgettstown Area Elementary Center last school year. The Burgettstown fire chief told Channel 11 that a bystander found the boy in his neighbor’s pool at around seven p.m. Every house on the street has a pool, but the house where the drowning happened had a fence, the fire chief said. Medics worked on the victim for 45 minutes to an hour before he was flown to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh, where he was pronounced dead. The Burgettstown Area School District is bringing in school counselors, the district social worker and a counselor from Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services to meet with students struggling with McMillan’s death.
August 1, 2023 5:42 pm
(AP) – Donald Trump has been charged by the Justice Department for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. It’s the third criminal case brought against the former president as he seeks to reclaim the White House. The indictment focuses on schemes by Trump and his allies to subvert the transfer of power and keep him in office despite his loss to Joe Biden. The criminal case comes as Trump leads the field of Republicans seeking their party’s 2024 presidential nomination. It centers on the turbulent two months between Trump’s November 2020 election loss and the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot. Trump denies doing anything wrong.
August 1, 2023 1:34 pm
(ABC News) – CVS Health is laying off 5,000 employees as part of an effort to shed costs, the retail and pharmacy chain confirmed on Tuesday. The layoffs will primarily affect “non-customer facing positions” such as corporate roles, the company said, adding that it does not expect the move to impact brick-and-mortar stores, pharmacies and clinics. “Our industry is evolving to adapt to new consumer health needs and expectations,” CVS told ABC News in a statement. “As part of an enterprise initiative to reprioritize our investments around care delivery and technology, we must take difficult steps to reduce expenses.” Laid-off workers will receive severance pay and benefits, the company said, including access to “outplacement services” to help find a job elsewhere. “We’re committed to supporting impacted colleagues,” the company said.
August 1, 2023 5:25 am
WEST BETHLEHEM TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Pennsylvania State Police are investigating a burglary at an unoccupied home in West Bethlehem Township. According to state police, the theft happened on July 26 at around 6:12 a.m. at a house on Lone Pine Road. The person police said broke in was wearing a red flannel, a backwards camo hat with mesh and light jeans. He had long black or brown hair. According to state police, the actor stole copper pipe and new boxed faucets. State police said this is the third burglary reported at the home with the first being on May 23, 2023. A possible suspect has been identified, state police also said. Anyone with information about this investigation is asked to contact Trooper Swarts at (724) 223-5200.
August 1, 2023 5:11 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A longtime Mar-a-Lago staffer who spent years fetching luxury cars for club members is the latest person to be ensnared in Donald Trump’s ballooning legal troubles. Carlos De Oliveira appeared in court Monday to face charges connected to what prosecutors allege was a scheme directed by the former president and current GOP frontrunner to try to erase security footage after it was subpoenaed by a grand jury. De Oliveira is also charged with lying to investigators. De Oliveira is now the second little-known Trump employee charged in connection to his alleged hoarding of classified documents at his Palm Beach, Florida, club. His case highlights the collateral damage of Trump’s mounting legal woes.
August 1, 2023 5:10 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The National Institutes of Health is starting some studies to test possible treatments for long COVID. Millions of people are estimated to have the mysterious condition. The studies are small but each will tackle multiple possible therapies for things like brain fog, sleep disturbances and the theory that lingering virus may be at least partly to blame. The studies are part of the RECOVER project, which had to unravel what the most common and burdensome symptoms of long COVID are before doing studies.
August 1, 2023 5:08 am
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — The fate of an American nurse and her daughter kidnapped in Haiti last week remains unknown as the State Department refused to say whether the abductors made demands. Hundreds of Haitians marched in the capital Monday to protest an abduction that’s another example of the worsening gang violence that has overtaken much of Port-au-Prince. Alix Dorsainvil was working for El Roi Haiti, a nonprofit Christian ministry, when she and her daughter were seized by gunmen who burst into the clinic. Some community members said the abductors asked for ransom. The State Department on the day of her disappearance advised Americans to avoid travel in Haiti due to the growing security concerns.
August 1, 2023 5:06 am
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russian authorities early Tuesday accused Kyiv of yet another attack on Moscow and its surroundings with drones, one of which hit a building in the capital that was damaged by a drone just days ago in a similar attack early Sunday. Russian officials have claimed that the intensified attacks on the capital region reflect failures in Ukraine’s counteroffensive, while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said over the weekend that “the war is gradually coming back to Russian territory,” but stopped short of taking responsibility of the attacks. The repeated drone strikes underscore Moscow’s vulnerability as Russia’s war in Ukraine drags into its 18th month.
August 1, 2023 5:02 am
Washington City Council previewed its Thursday night voting agenda. On Monday the agenda presented was largely a day to day business agenda. On tap will be several hires for public works and promotions in the police department. Equipment purchases using grant monies include body cameras for the police department and hoses, nozzles and intake valves needed by the fire department to outfit its new fire apparatus. Council will entertain the nomination of Carole DeAngelo to be appointed to the Washington Business District Authority. Council will vote on these measures at their voting meeting on August 3.
