July 9, 2025 5:18 am
HUNT, Texas (AP) — Texas inspectors approved Camp Mystic’s emergency plan just two days before devastating floods killed over 27 people, mostly children, at the Texas summer camp. Records released Tuesday show the camp met state regulations for disaster procedures, but details of the plan remain unclear. On July 4, torrential rain caused the Guadalupe River to rise rapidly, overwhelming the camp. Survivors clung to trees as cabins and tents were swept away. Despite warnings and nearby camps evacuating, Camp Mystic did not relocate its 557 campers and 100 staff. Questions remain about the camp’s preparedness and response during the disaster.
July 9, 2025 5:13 am
HUNT, Texas (AP) — The search is continuing for more than 160 people believed to be missing in Texas days after a destructive wall of water killed over 100 people. But questions remain about the extent of a catastrophe that stretched far past the borders of a single summer camp. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says many of those who are not accounted for were staying in the state’s Hill Country but did not register at a camp or hotel. Abbott says search crews will not stop working until everyone is located. He says the 161 missing are believed to be in Kerr County. That’s where most of the victims have been recovered.
July 9, 2025 5:08 am
Police were busy Wednesday morning investigating a crash but they don’t know exactly where it happened. Washington County 9-1-1 says a man showed up at the GetGo along Wiley Avenue in the City of Washington just after 4 a.m and was covered in blood and driving a heavily damaged vehicle. An employee called 9-1-1 but the man then got back into the vehicle and drove off. Dispatchers say the vehicle was then found at the intersection of Main and Beau Streets downtown but the man was gone. Based on the vehicles registration, the man was then found in the 200 block of N. Franklin Street and was being evaluated by EMS. We are told that police believe the man struck a home somewhere in Canton Township and were trying to following a trail of damage to determine exactly where it happened. No other information is available at this time. State Police say they may have more information to share on Thursday.
July 9, 2025 5:06 am
Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in more than three decades. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says the U.S. has 1,288 cases since the beginning of the year. That’s higher than 2019, when there 1,274 cases driven by 22 outbreaks over 12 months. Eighteen states have seen outbreaks this year. Experts fear the U.S. may lose its status as having eliminated measles. There are also large outbreaks of the vaccine-preventable disease in Mexico and Canada.
July 9, 2025 5:04 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden’s White House physician is refusing to answer questions as part of the House Republican investigation into Biden’s health in office. Dr. Kevin O’Connor invoked his rights under the Fifth Amendment during a closed-door interview Wednesday before the House Oversight Committee. Oversight Chair Rep. James Comer of Kentucky says O’Connor’s refusal to testify makes it “clear there was a conspiracy.” Republicans are probing Biden’s actions in office and questioning whether the Democrat’s use of an autopen may have been invalid. Biden has called the claims “ridiculous and false.” The Oversight committee’s top Democrat, Rep. Robert Garcia of California, calls the Republican investigation a waste of time.
July 9, 2025 4:56 am
The Mercer County Coroner’s Office has announced that a Washington man was killed in an auto-pedestrian accident in the 1700 block of U.S Highway 19 in Fairview Township. 92 year old Edward Wiszczor was pronounced dead at the scene Sunday evening around 7 p.m. He died of multiple blunt force trauma and his death has been ruled accidental. Officials say Wiszczor was approaching the highway from the west berm and failed to observe a vehicle traveling south and entered onto the highway where he was struck by the oncoming vehicle.
July 9, 2025 2:55 am
State police say they have filed an arrest warrant for a West Virginia man accused of breaking into a Washington County home, fatally shooting a woman and injuring her son. Troopers say 37-year-old Michael Pyles of New Martinsville, is charged with homicide and attempted homicide, stemming from an overnight home invasion on June 16th in Smith Township. State police said that several men dressed in all black clothing and wearing masks entered the home around 1:15 a.m. on Eleanor Street. During an argument, troopers said one of the suspects shot 37-year-old Renee Gill, and her son, Ronald Brown. Gill was pronounced dead at the scene. Brown was taken to a nearby hospital where he was treated for a gunshot wound to his hand. Police say another male, a juvenile, was in the home at the time. He told officers that the men took his cell phone. The suspects fled the scene before troopers arrived. State police said, at the time, the suspects most likely knew Gill, and they were correct. State Police say Gill reportedly dealt drugs out of her home. State Police said another male, identified as Walter Winland, was taken into custody.
July 8, 2025 5:50 pm
HUNT, Texas (AP) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says more than 160 people are believed to be still missing days after the flash floods that killed more than 100 people across central Texas. Abbott says many of those who are not accounted for were staying in state’s Hill Country but did not register at a camp or hotel. The big jump in the number of missing came after authorities set up a hotline for families to call. Abbott says search crews will not stop working until everyone is located. He says the 161 missing were believed to be in Kerr County, where most of the victims have recovered.
July 8, 2025 3:54 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — At 2025’s midpoint, the year is shaping up as the lowest in more than a decade for bank branch closures in the Pittsburgh metro. There were just six, compared with 11 cuts during the first six months of 2024, according to regulatory filings that were confirmed by the respective banks. And that was down from 26 during the comparable period in 2023. Citizens cut three branches in January — 712 Washington Rd., Mount Lebanon; 4570 Fifth Ave., Pittsburgh; and 200 Tarentum Bridge Rd., New Kensington. Huntington shuttered a remote drive-thru in New Castle, north of the city, also in January. PNC closed its branch at Dick’s Sporting Goods Inc.’s headquarters in April, and F.N.B. in March relocated its Hampton Township branch to a new facility in a former Burger King location at 4885 State Highway 8 in Allison Park. Last month, its branch at 600 Walmart Dr. in Gibsonia closed with customers being served by the Allison Park location.
July 8, 2025 3:44 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — The license for a bar on Pittsburgh’s South Side is under review a week after a violent weekend inside and outside the club. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office says the license for Capo’s Bar is being reviewed by the Nuisance Bar Task Force. Channel 11 reported last week that the popular nightclub on East Carson Street had been designated a disruptive property after a chaotic weekend where there were fights inside the bar and shots fired outside.
