October 6, 2020 1:44 pm
District Justice Gary Havelka held all charges against Alfred Quevi for court. Quevi is charged with felony aggravated assault, attempted homicide and illegal possession of firearms. Quevi, 53 of McDonald is accused of shooting his stepson with a shotgun at point blank range. Quevi’s wife Melanie Quevi testified to the contentious relationship between her son Tyler Shrum and her husband. Mrs. Quevi testified to a string of text messages threatening her son while she was at work. Mrs. Quevi returned home after work to find her husband gone. He returned and pointed the shotgun at her before he entered. Shortly after Alfred Quevi entered the home to gather some belongings, Shrum appeared and Quevi began to shout at him with the gun pointed at him. Quevi lowered the gun causing his wife to move from between the two men. When she moved, Quevi allegedly shot Shrum. Quevi will be formally arraigned on November 24. He is being held in the Washington County Jail without bond.
October 6, 2020 4:18 am
Cecil Township Supervisors are taking steps to upgrade pathways around Cecil Township Park. Supervisors on Monday approved the purchase of 3 bridges to be installed in the park to make access easier to several areas of the park. The cost is $141,525 for the bridges and most of that will be paid with grants. Monies already earmarked for township improvements will also be used to offset installation costs. Supervisors also voted to submit a cease and desist order to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission for violation of noise ordinances. Those violations are related to the construction of the Southern Beltway. Supervisors also approved a conditional use application for the Bernard Well Site on Galati Road. Range Resources will need to comply with 46 conditions approved by supervisors.
October 6, 2020 4:15 am
MEXICO CITY (AP) – A strengthening Hurricane Delta was on a course to pass by the Cayman Islands early Tuesday before hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula as a major storm and continuing on to strike the U.S. Gulf coast later in the week. As Delta shifted west Monday, Cuba withdrew a hurricane warning for its province of Pinar del Rio and replaced it with a tropical storm warning. There is also a tropical storm warning for the Cayman Islands. But the brunt of the hurricane was expected to be felt by Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, which was forecast to start seeing hurricane conditions Tuesday night with the storm reaching land early Wednesday.
October 6, 2020 4:12 am
SEATTLE (AP) – Some survivors of COVID-19 and people who have lost loved ones to the pandemic are angry over President Donald Trump’s advice not to fear the disease. The world’s most prominent coronavirus patient tweeted Monday that he’s feeling great and that people shouldn’t let COVID-19 dominate them. Seneca Nation member and New York resident Marc Papaj lost his mother, grandmother and aunt to the virus. He was finding it tough to follow the president’s advice not to let the virus “dominate your life.” On the contrary, he says his loss will forever dominate the rest of his life. At least 210,000 Americans have died from the virus since March.
October 6, 2020 4:11 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Donald Trump has tweeted a new video, taped after he returned to the White House, in which he tells the American public not to be afraid of COVID-19, which has killed more than 200,000 people in the U.S. and more than a million worldwide. In message that is sure to infuriate medical doctors trying to keep the country safe, Trump says he has “learned so much” about the virus he contracted. And he says: “Don’t let it dominate. Don’t let it take over your lives.” He is telling his followers: “Don’t be afraid of it. You’re going to beat it.”
October 6, 2020 4:09 am
MIAMI (AP) – As President Donald Trump recovers from the coronavirus, Joe Biden is trying to capitalize on having the campaign trail all to himself. Starting with Florida, he is stepping up travel to areas long thought to be leaning Republican as his campaign looks to expand the electoral map. The former vice president was in Miami’s conservative Little Havana on Monday and plans to visit Arizona on Thursday. And his Democratic presidential campaign is increasing advertising in the traditional red-state strongholds of Texas and Georgia. Biden has been careful not to criticize Trump, wishing him a speedy recovery, but also made clear he’s not going to stop campaigning.
October 6, 2020 4:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says President Donald Trump is “putting himself first at the expense of the country” by halting negotiations over a new coronavirus aid package from Congress. Pelosi said Tuesday that Trump “showed his true colors” in stopping the talks between congressional leaders and the White House that were aimed at bringing some $2 trillion in new aid to fight the coronavirus. The Democratic leader says Trump is “unwilling to crush the virus” and is abandoning the needs of children and other Americans. Trump announced the move less than 24 hours after leaving the hospital while fighting his own case of the coronavirus.
October 6, 2020 4:07 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The White House has blocked new Food and Drug Administration guidelines on bringing potential vaccines for COVID-19 to market that would almost certainly have prevented their approval before the Nov. 3 election. At issue was the FDA’s planned requirement that participants in mass clinical trials for vaccines be followed for two months to ensure there are no side effects and that the vaccines provide lasting protection. Despite the move by the White House, FDA officials say companies are aware of the standards and are expected to comply with them.
October 5, 2020 5:27 pm
CHICAGO (AP) – A Texas-based company is closing its remaining coal-fired power plants in Illinois. Vistra Corp., had already shuttered four Illinois coal-fired power plants in Canton, Coffeen, Havana and Hennepin and agreed to close another near Peoria as part of a legal settlement. But the company based in Irving, Texas, announced Tuesday that it plans to close its four remaining Illinois coal plants within a decade, including Baldwin Power Plant in Randolph County, as part of a plan to transition to renewable energy and to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. It’ll also close two in Ohio.
October 5, 2020 2:53 pm
BETHESDA, Md. (AP) – President Donald Trump says he will leave the military hospital and return to the White House Monday evening. Trump tweeted that he would be leaving after being treated for three days for symptoms of COVID-19 and continue his recovery at the White House. He tweeted that he felt better than he had in 20 years. The news comes as the White House is still learning of the scale of the outbreak within the complex. Press secretary Kayleigh McEnany tested positive for the coronavirus Monday morning.
