May 15, 2022 7:56 am
BEALLSVILLE, Pa. — The National Weather Service called for a flash flood warning Saturday night for areas in Washington and Fayette counties. Main flood damage occurred in Beallsville, where 2-3 inches of rain fell around 8:00 p.m. according to reports. Route 40 with the intersection of Maiden Street was closed due to the high waters. The Historic National Hotel and Padiddle Donuts and Coffee were reportedly two building directly in the flood zone. No injuries were reported. (Photo: Kelly Appel – Facebook)
May 15, 2022 1:56 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Donald Trump has endorsed Doug Mastriano in the Republican primary for governor in Pennsylvania. The former president is casting aside hand-wringing by party insiders who fear that the far-right candidate will be able to win the nomination in Tuesday’s vote, but will lose in the general election in November. Mastriano is a prominent peddler of conspiracy theories, including Trump’s unsubstantiated claims that widespread fraud marred the 2020 election and resulted in his loss in Pennsylvania. Trump had been torn on the primary decision, with some allies urging him to instead back a former congressman, Lou Barletta, the party’s Trump-endorsed nominee for U.S. Senate in 2018.
May 15, 2022 1:07 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — (WPXI) -The car allegedly used by two men in a Tuesday afternoon drive-shooting in the city of Washington has been found. Around 5pm on Friday, police confirmed that they have brought in the car allegedly involved in that shooting. The car was found in Mt. Pleasant Township. A Washington woman was shot and killed in a drive-by shooting around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. An arrest warrant was just issued for the men police say are responsible. According to court documents, 30-year-old Brandon Ronald Allen and 27-year-old Javarr Thomas are wanted by police for shooting Kristin Barfield. Allen is described as a white man, he is 5’10” and weighs 200 pounds. Thomas is described as a Black man, he is 5’4″ and weighs 130 pounds. The suspects could be seen driving a 2006 Chrysler 300. A witness nearby the residence at the time of the shooting told police that they saw a Chrysler 300 pull away from the area of the shooting. The witness said they saw Allen in the backseat of the vehicle and Thomas driving. A criminal history check was conducted, and police found that Allen was convicted of aggravated assault back in 2018, which makes him ineligible to legally possess a firearm. Washington Mayor Scott Putnam says “The City of Washington police department is actively investigating the recent attacks in the city. Our hearts go out to the family of the victim. We pray for an end to these senseless and violent attacks.”
May 14, 2022 10:43 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) – North Korea has reported 21 new deaths and 174,440 more people with fever symptoms as the country scrambles to slow the spread of COVID-19 across its unvaccinated population. The deaths and cases, which were from Friday, increased total numbers to 27 deaths and 524,440 illnesses amid a rapid spread of fever since late April. State media didn’t specify how many of the fever cases and deaths were confirmed as COVID-19 infections. The country imposed nationwide lockdowns Thursday after confirming its first COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic. Despite the outbreak, commercial satellite images from recent weeks indicate that North Korea has resumed construction at a long-dormant nuclear reactor.
May 14, 2022 10:34 am
WEISSENHAUS, Germany (AP) – The Group of Seven leading economies have warned that the war in Ukraine is stoking a global food and energy crisis that threatens poor countries. They said urgent measures are needed to unblock stores of grain that Russia is preventing from leaving Ukraine. In a statement released Saturday at the end of a three-day meeting on Germany’s Baltic Sea coast, the G-7 nations also called on China not to help Russia. They said this included any moves by Beijing that could undermine international sanctions against Russia or justify Moscow’s actions in Ukraine. In a series of closing statements, the G-7 nations also addressed a wide range of global problems from the situation in Afghanistan to tackling climate change.
May 14, 2022 10:33 am
MILWAUKEE (AP) – Authorities say 20 people were injured in two shootings in downtown Milwaukee near an entertainment district where thousands of people were watching the Bucks play the Celtics in the NBA’s Eastern Conference semifinals. None of the injuries were believed to be life-threatening. The first shooting Friday night, involving three victims, occurred adjacent to the Deer District – an entertainment district with numerous bars and restaurants. The Milwaukee Fire Department said authorities took two people to a hospital, a 30-year-old man and a 16-year-old girl, and a third person drove to a hospital. Police said a 29-year-old man is in custody. The second shooting involving 17 victims occurred about two hours later and several blocks away.
May 14, 2022 10:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Demonstrators are rallying from coast to coast in the face of an anticipated Supreme Court decision that could overturn women’s right to an abortion. More than 380 events are planned Saturday, with the largest gatherings in Los Angeles, Chicago, New York and other big cities. In the nation’s capital, activists planned to gather at the Washington Monument before marching to the Supreme Court. Tens of thousands were expected at the events coast to coast after a leaked draft Supreme Court ruling suggested Roe v. Wade will be overturned. Polls show most Americans want to preserve access to abortion but the Supreme Court appears poised to let the states have the final say.
May 14, 2022 10:30 am
HELSINKI (AP) – Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned his Finnish counterpart that relations between the two neighbors could be “negatively affected” if Finland follows through with plans to apply for NATO membership. The Kremlin’s press service said in a statement Saturday Putin told Sauli Niinisto that Finland’s abandonment “of its traditional policy of military neutrality would be an error since there are no threats to Finland’s security.” The response came after Niinisto told Putin in a phone conversation that the militarily non-aligned Nordic country that has a complex history with its huge eastern neighbor “will decide to apply for NATO membership in the coming days”. Niinisto told Putin that Finland’s security environment had starkly changed after Moscow’s Feb. 24 invasion on Ukraine.
May 14, 2022 10:26 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Ukraine says Russian forces are withdrawing from around Ukraine’s second-largest city after bombarding it for weeks. Ukraine’s general staff said Saturday that Moscow’s troops were pulling back from Kharkiv in the northeast while launching mortar, artillery and air strikes in the eastern Donetsk province. Ukraine’s defense minister says the country’s is “entering a new, long-term phase of the war” after more than 11 weeks of fighting. Kyiv and Moscow’s forces are engaged in a grinding battle for the country’s eastern industrial heartland. President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainians were doing their “maximum” to drive out the Russians. Meanwhile, a U.S. Senate delegation led by Republican leader Mitch McConnell met with Zelenskyy in Ukraine’s capital.
May 14, 2022 4:07 am
(WPXI)-A Bethel Park police officer was struck by a car on Friday night, police chief Timothy O’Connor confirmed to our news partner WPXI. This is the second Bethel Park officer in two weeks that was injured in a hit and run. According to information from the chief, the officer was hit by a hit and run driver at the intersection of Route 88 and Broughton Road. O’Connor said the driver has been detained by police. There is no word at this time on the officer’s condition. O’Connor said that the officer was taken to Mercy hospital.
