December 20, 2021 2:13 pm
A mid morning accident at the intersection of Jefferson Avenue and Hall Avenue left one person injured. The accident occured at 9:15 AM when a pick up truck collided with a car and the truck ended up on its side atop the car. The accident damaged the control box for the traffic light. County 9-1-1 dispatchers stated that the accident scene was cleared and all police and fire personnel were gone before 12:00 PM. (photo credit Ken Westcott)
December 20, 2021 4:24 am
MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The death toll following the strongest typhoon to batter the Philippines this year has climbed to more than 200, with 52 other people still missing. At its strongest, the typhoon packed sustained winds of 195 kilometers (121 miles) per hour and gusts of up to 270 kph (168 mph) before it blew out Friday into the South China Sea. The toll was expected to increase because several towns and villages remained out of reach due to downed communications, power outages and clogged roads, although massive repairs and clean-up efforts were underway with the improved weather.
December 20, 2021 4:21 am
NEW YORK (AP) – YouTube TV began restoring access to Disney content after a dispute between the companies led to an interruption of service. YouTube told viewers they were restoring service so customers could once again watch networks provided by Disney. That includes ESPN, FX, National Geographic and local ABC stations. During the outage, viewers lost access to all live Disney content including recordings they had saved to their libraries. The outage stemmed from a breakdown in negotiations between YouTube and Disney over the contract between the companies, which expired late Friday. The companies reached agreement Sunday.
December 20, 2021 4:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sens. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Cory Booker of New Jersey say they have tested positive for COVID-19. Their announcements on Sunday of breakthrough infections come as the country deals with another surge in cases and the emergence of the omicron variant. In separate statements, the Democrats say they have been fully vaccinated with two doses and a booster and that their symptoms have been mild so far. They also encouraged others to get the trio of shots if eligible.
December 20, 2021 4:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sen. Joe Manchin has all but delivered a death blow to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion domestic initiative. Saying he can’t support the package, the West Virginia Democrat has single-handedly thrown his party’s agenda into jeopardy. Furious colleagues are desperate to salvage what’s left of a top priority. Next steps are highly uncertain. Congress has recessed for the holidays but some lawmakers are demanding a vote, though that seems unlikely. Others are at work on changes to win Manchin’s support. Manchin said on “Fox News Sunday” that after months of negotiations, “I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation.”
December 20, 2021 4:14 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Police say an adult was taken into custody after a 4-year-old child was critically wounded in a shooting in Pennsylvania’s capital over the weekend. Harrisburg police said patrol units were called to a home in the city at about 10:15 a.m. Sunday and found the child with a gunshot. The child was taken to a hospital and was listed in critical condition after emergency surgery. Police said the adult caretaker of the residence was taken into custody and what the department called “appropriate charges” are forthcoming. Anyone with information is being asked to call city police.
December 20, 2021 4:12 am
PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Federal authorities say 15 historical artifacts stolen almost a half-century ago from a number of Pennsylvania museums have been returned to the institutions. The FBI’s Philadelphia office said the FBI art crime team and other law enforcement agencies repatriated the 18th and 19th century rifles and pistols as well as a Native American silver concho belt in a ceremony Friday at the Museum of the American Revolution. FBI art crime agents and detectives from the Upper Merion Township Police Department recovered the artifacts as part of an investigation into the 1971 theft and 2018 sale of a rare surviving 1775 rifle made by Pennsylvania master gunsmith Christian Oerter, officials said.
December 20, 2021 3:06 am
CECIL TWP. (WPXI) — Green wreaths with red bows lay against the white tombstones as local residents take part in Wreaths Across America this weekend. As they place the greenery at each of the 14,500 veterans graves at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, volunteers will say the deceased’s name. They will take a moment to pause and thank him or her for their service to this country. A brief ceremony was held to recognize each veteran in the cemetery, which encompasses 292 acres. It opened in 2008. The ceremony was on Facebook Live because of covid-19 concerns. Usually, this event is held on a Saturday in December and has a full in-person ceremony. This year, the event was spread over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Most of the wreaths were laid by Friday evening this year.
December 20, 2021 2:19 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A Rices Landing woman has been charged in the death of Thomas Ringer earlier this year. Star Dawn Lowery-Rutan, 43, is being held in the Washington County Jail without bond on charges of homicide, arson, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse. Ringer, who was 40-years-old at the time of his death, was discovered in a car fire in East Finley Township back on May 16th. State Police arrested three people on Bayard Avenue this week, which is the same street that Lowery-Rutan lived on in Rices Landing, but officials did not release the names of people involved in that standoff or if that incident is related. Lowery-Rutan’s case is sealed as the investigation continues according to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office. A preliminary hearing on this case is set for December 23rd.
December 19, 2021 7:30 am
The Occupational Health and Safety Administration said Saturday that it would not issue citations tied to its coronavirus vaccination mandate before Jan. 10, so that companies have time to adjust to and implement the requirements. The federal agency separately said there would be no citations of companies regarding its testing requirements before Feb. 9. The announcement came after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth District in Cincinnati decided on Friday that the mandate for large employers could go forward, reversing a previous court decision made after 27 Republican-led states, conservative groups, business associations and some individual companies challenged the mandate. OSHA said in a statement that it would not issue citations before the listed dates “so long as an employer is exercising reasonable, good faith efforts to come into compliance with the standard.” The mandate was previously slated to take effect Jan. 4.
