June 23, 2022 3:41 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Former top Justice Department officials have testified to the Jan. 6 committee that President Donald Trump hounded the department to pursue his false election fraud claims, contacting the agency’s leader “virtually every day” and striving in vain to enlist the government’s top law enforcement officials in his desperate bid to stay in power. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol heard testimony Thursday that Trump was fixated on fake voter fraud claims and insisted the officials pursue them despite being repeatedly told that none had any merit.
June 23, 2022 3:37 am
CANONSBURG Pa. (WPXI) — After the deadly school shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas last month, safety is on everyone’s minds. Canonsburg Police surrounded South Central Elementary School on Wednesday to practice their response to a potential mass shooting. Officers were in riot and tactical gear with guns drawn. It was a serious scene, but only a drill, which the Canonsburg chief of police said is important. “Given the events that happened recently, active shooter is still a big problem,” said chief Al Coghill. “We wanted to take advantage of the summer hours when the school is unoccupied and do our mass shooting drills.”
June 23, 2022 3:32 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — Severe Storms rolled through western Pennsylvania Wednesday evening, leaving thousands in the dark and some damage in the area. Washington County was mainly spared from the worst of the storms. The hardest hit areas included Hanover and Union Townships, which account for most of the power outages as of 3:00 a.m. Thursday morning. Locally, there were no reports of major damage and roughly 130 power outages in the county. Tree and power line damage was prevalent in Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties, which account for over 9,000 power outages Thursday morning.
June 23, 2022 3:21 am
Tony Siragusa, the charismatic defensive tackle who helped lead a stout Baltimore defense to a Super Bowl title, died Wednesday. He was 55. Siragusa’s broadcast agent, Jim Ornstein, confirmed the death Wednesday. The cause of death was not immediately available. The man known as “the Goose” was a University of Pittsburgh Panther before he played seven seasons with the Indianapolis Colts and five with the Ravens. Baltimore’s 2000 team won the Super Bowl behind a defense that included Siragusa, Ray Lewis and Sam Adams. Siragusa was popular with fans because of his fun-loving personality, which also helped him transition to broadcasting after his playing career.
June 23, 2022 3:17 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A North Charleroi man pleaded guilty to ten counts of possession of child pornography. John Eckert, 61 entered his open plea on Wednesday avoiding trial on as many as 35 child pornography charges and five charges of criminal use of a communications device. Eckert’s computer was found to contain multiple images of child pornography when his home was raided by the Department of Homeland Security and Charleroi Regional Police in May of 2021. Eckert will be sentenced on October 13 pending a pre-sentencing investigation. Eckert could serve 12-24 months in state prison for each charge. He will also be required to be registered as a sex offender, possibly for life.
June 23, 2022 1:53 am
Starting next week, cash will no longer be welcome at Kennywood, Sandcastle or Idlewild. Officials at all three parks say that starting June 28th, cash will no longer be accepted. Officials say the parks will then only accept credit, debit, prepaid cards or secure mobile payments. They say the move to accept only cards or secure mobile payments will allow them to provide a more efficient experience to guests. They say they expect to see wait times decrease for food and retails stores. They also said that Cash-to-Card Kiosks will be located throughout each park to provide guests with a simple and easy way to convert their cash into a card. They say the kiosks will be free of charge and will allow an individual to convert up to five-hundred-dollars in cash to a prepaid card that can then be used throughout the park.
June 23, 2022 1:47 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Proposals to hold Pennsylvania’s presidential primaries in March rather than April and to permit poll watchers to operate outside the counties where they live are advancing in the Legislature. A divided House State Government Committee voted to send both bills to the full House. They’ve already passed the state Senate. Pennsylvania’s primary during presidential election years would be moved from the fourth Tuesday in April to the third Tuesday in March. The poll watchers’ bill would give candidates an additional observer and says they can be posted close enough to see any canvassing and pre-canvassing.
June 22, 2022 5:27 pm
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – San Francisco police say one man was killed and another was wounded in a shooting on a crowded subway train. Supervisor Rafael Mandelman says there was an altercation Wednesday between people on a San Francisco Muni train around 10 a.m. The perpetrator ran out of the train along with others when it stopped at the Castro station in the city’s famous gay neighborhood, which is packed ahead of upcoming Pride festivities. The second man who was shot is believed to have been an innocent bystander. Police said it was the first shooting they could recall on a Muni train.
June 22, 2022 12:43 pm
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) – Civil trial jurors have found that Bill Cosby sexually abused a 16-year-old girl at the Playboy Mansion in 1975. The Los Angeles County jury delivered the verdict Tuesday in favor of Judy Huth, who is now 64, and awarded her $500,000. The jury’s decision is a major legal defeat for the 84-year-old Cosby. It comes nearly a year after his Pennsylvania criminal conviction for sexual assault was thrown out and he was freed from prison. Cosby did not attend the Los Angeles trial. He has repeatedly denied Huth’s allegations that he forced her to perform a sex act at the mansion. (Photo: AP)
June 22, 2022 5:45 am
The Canonsburg Police Department wants to make residents aware of training sessions set to take place Wednesday in the borough. The department posted the update to Facebook Tuesday, saying there will be police training Wednesday morning and early afternoon at the South Central Elementary School. If you live in the area, you may see a large police presence and hear gunshot simulations. Police want the public to know these are just training sessions.
