November 26, 2021 1:11 am
It will be a happy Thanksgiving for many families throughout Washington County thanks to the community and its support of our 2000 Turkeys campaign. The total collected as of Wednesday morning was $189,859. 2000 Turkeys board member and Canonsburg Mayor Dave Rhome says that is the second highest total every collected and nearly double our annual goal of $100,000. All funds collected will help put a turkey dinner on the table for families served by Washington County’s food pantry network. That includes 13 community food pantries and a dozen senior high-rises that work in partnership with the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank. On Tuesday, Range Resources held a one-hour telethon that was streamed live for one-hour on their Facebook page and raised more than $34,000 in donations. Range Resources then matched $20,000 of those funds putting the grand total for the event at more than $54,000. Donations of any amount are still being taken and can be sent to; 2000 Turkeys, P.O. Box 2000, Washington, Pa. 15301.
November 25, 2021 4:31 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Attorney General Merrick Garland is directing U.S. attorneys across the nation to swiftly prioritize prosecution of federal crimes that happen on commercial flights. The directive comes as federal officials face a historic number of investigations into passenger behavior. The Federal Aviation Administration said earlier this month that it had launched 950 investigations into passenger behavior on flights this year. Garland’s memo, issued Wednesday, emphasizes the Justice Department is committed to aggressively prosecuting violent passengers who assault crew members or endanger the safety of other passengers. So far this year the FAA has reported dozens of incidents of unruly airline passengers to the FBI for possible criminal prosecution.
November 25, 2021 4:29 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A doctor’s report says the polyp removed from President Joe Biden’s colon last week was a benign, slow-growing but potentially pre-cancerous lesion that required no further action. The president’s physician, Dr. Kevin C. O’Connor, says in a memo released Wednesday that the polyp was similar to one removed from Biden in 2008. O’Connor recommended routine surveillance that normally calls for another colonoscopy in seven to 10 years. The website of the Mayo Clinic says most colon polyps are harmless but adds that the best prevention for colon cancer is regular screening for and removal of polyps.
November 25, 2021 4:28 am
DALLAS (AP) – Millions of Americans are loading up their cars or piling onto planes, determined to reclaim Thanksgiving traditions that were put on pause last year by the pandemic. The number of air travelers this week is expected to approach or even exceed pre-pandemic levels. Auto club AAA predicts that 48.3 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the holiday period, an increase of nearly 4 million over last year despite sharply higher gasoline prices. Many feel emboldened by the fact that nearly 200 million Americans are now fully vaccinated. But it also means brushing aside concerns about a resurgent virus at a time when the U.S. is now averaging nearly 100,000 new infections a day.
November 25, 2021 4:22 am
KILBUCK TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI)— Ohio Township police said they were initially called to a home on Old Camp Horne Road in Allegheny County Wednesday for domestic violence. When officers started arriving at the scene, they quickly learned it was a ploy to lure them to the house, however. Police said a man in his 50s came out of the home with a machete in one hand and a gun aimed at them in the other. He then ran back inside the home. From there, police said they backed off and called in a SWAT team. Negotiators worked for the next three and a half hours to get the man out. He eventually came out and was taken into custody without any problems. The name of the suspect or any charges he might be facing have not yet been released. He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.
November 25, 2021 4:19 am
GROVE CITY, Pa. (WPXI) — A single-engine plane crashed near a landfill in Grove City Wednesday night. According to officials with the Federal Aviation Administration, the Cessna 210 crashed around 5:45 p.m. and caught fire after going down. Two people were on board at the time. The FAA and National Transportation Safety Board are investigating what happened. According to reports, one person was killed in the plane crash.
November 25, 2021 1:44 am
Washington County Sheriff’s Deputies were forced to place Washington County Clerk of Courts Brenda Davis in handcuffs Wednesday morning after she refused a court order to hand over juvenile case filings that were housed in her office. Peter Marcoline is the soliciator for the Washington County Sheriff’s Office who told WJPA that deputies were called after Davis refused to comply with the order. Davis was then placed in handcuffs but the cuffs were removed after she complained of back pain. Davis was escorted to Judge John DiSalle’s courtroom for a hearing but she refused to go inside. Davis was eventually allowed to leave the courthouse after medics checked her for injuries. DiSalle held a hearing to place on the record, the days events, but Davis did not attend. Judge DiSalle ordered the Deputy Clerk of Courts to continue with the transfer of the juvenile case files but declined to say whether he would start contempt proceedings against Davis.
November 25, 2021 1:10 am
An 8-year-old boy is the sixth person to die as a result of a man driving his SUV into a suburban Milwaukee Christmas parade. A criminal complaint filed Tuesday alleges that the driver steered side-to-side with the intent of striking marchers and spectators in Waukesha. Darrell Brooks Jr., 39, was charged with five counts of first-degree intentional homicide, a charge that carries a mandatory life sentence if convicted. The complaint says 62 people were injured, up from the previous count of 48. Many of them, including children, remain in critical condition. Eight-year-old Jackson Sparks was the first child to die from the crash.
November 25, 2021 1:04 am
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – Jurors have convicted the three white men charged in the death of Ahmaud Arbery. He was the Black man who was chased and fatally shot while running through their neighborhood in an attack that became part of the larger national reckoning on racial injustice. The convictions for Greg McMichael, son Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan came after jurors deliberated for about 10 hours. The men face minimum sentences of life in prison. The judge will decide whether that comes with or without the possibility of parole. Moments after the verdicts were announced, Arbery’s father, Marcus Arbery Sr., was seen crying and hugging supporters outside the courtroom.
November 24, 2021 10:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession. Jobless claims dropped by 71,000 to 199,000, the lowest since mid-November 1969. The drop was much bigger than economists expected. The four-week average of claims, which smooths out weekly ups and downs, also dropped – by 21,000 to just over 252,000, the lowest since mid-March 2020 when the pandemic slammed the economy. Seasonal adjustments around the Thanksgiving holiday contributed significantly to the bigger-than-expected drop.
