June 21, 2020 7:41 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A second employee at Rivers Casino has tested positive for COVID-19. Officials said the employee last worked on June 13, but they didn’t specify where at the casino they work. Rivers has had heavy guidelines to limit the amount of exposure to the virus, as most of southwestern Pa. moved into the green phase. Casino officials said all employees and guests that were in close proximity to that employee will be notified by the Allegheny County Health Department. Rivers also will begin temperature checks for guests in addition to employees. Anyone with a temperature above 100.4 degrees will not be allowed to access the gaming floor.
June 21, 2020 7:38 am
WILKINSBURG, Pa. (AP) – Authorities in western Pennsylvania are seeking a man and a vehicle seen in the area of a shooting that claimed the lives of two men and a woman in Wilkinsburg. Officials said an officer on routine patrol heard gunshots on Coal Street at about 1:30 a.m. Friday, and then a second round of shots. Arriving officers found the bodies of 43-year-old Oliver Andrew Finley of Wilkinsburg and 43-year-old Tara Alice Joseph of Pitcarin near a car. The body of 51-year-old Harold Hicks of Pittsburgh was found in a pickup truck down the street near Hunter Park. Investigators said the three knew each other.
June 21, 2020 7:19 am
CANONSBURG, Pa – Over 350 peaceful protestors gathered in Canonsburg on Saturday for a Black Lives Matter march that communicated two main issues: the need to vote and education reform. Organizers did not want to express anger, but brought attention to the need for people to vote and curriculum reform in public schools to include more black figures in history classes. After a beginning prayer, a moment of silence for George Floyd, and music/speeches – the group marched to the Canon-Mac School Administration Building and then over the Officer Scott Bashioum Bridge, then back to where they started. The Canonsburg Police Department kept the protestors safe for the nearly 1 ½ hour event. Canonsburg Mayor, Dave Rhome, was pleased with the march and said, “Canonsburg set an example for the United States of America.”
June 20, 2020 11:51 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – A federal judge has ruled that former national security adviser John Bolton can move forward in publishing his tell-all book. The Trump administration had tried to block the release because of concerns that classified information could be exposed. The decision from U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth is a victory for Bolton in a court case that involved core First Amendment and national security concerns. The ruling means a broader election-year readership and distribution for a memoir that paints an unflattering portrait of President Donald Trump’s foreign policy decision-making during the turbulent year-and-a-half that Bolton spent in the White House.
June 20, 2020 9:19 am
BEIJING (AP) – The body that handles most lawmaking for China’s top legislative body has closed its latest meeting with no word on whether it passed a highly controversial national security law for Hong Kong. China’s official Xinhua News Agency says the bill – which has been strongly criticized as undermining the semi-autonomous territory’s legal and political institutions – was raised for discussion at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress but there was no further word on its fate. Tam Yiu-chung, Hong Kong’s sole delegate on the Standing Committee, told Hong Kong public broadcaster RTHK that the law was reviewed but no vote had been taken, and that it wasn’t clear when it would be further vetted.
June 20, 2020 9:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Protesters have toppled the only statue of a Confederate general in the nation’s capital and set it on fire. It happened on Juneteenth, the day marking the end of slavery in the United States, and amid continuing anti-racism demonstrations following the killing of George Floyd. Cheering demonstrators watched as the statue of Albert Pike – wrapped with chains – wobbled on its high granite pedestal before falling backward, landing in a pile of dust. Eyewitness accounts and videos indicated that police were on the scene but didn’t intervene. President Donald Trump called out the mayor and the local police on Twitter, complaining that they “are not doing their job.”
June 20, 2020 9:13 am
TULSA, Okla. (AP) – A gathering of supporters and detractors of President Donald Trump is growing larger with occasional verbal clashes ahead of Trump’s rally in Tulsa. The Oklahoma Supreme Court on Friday rejected a request to require everyone attending Trump’s weekend rally this weekend to wear a face mask and maintain social distancing inside the arena to guard against the spread of the coronavirus. Meanwhile, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum rescinded a day-old curfew that was put in place ahead of Saturday night’s rally. Tens of thousands are expected to attend the rally or hang out outside of the arena
June 20, 2020 9:08 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The Justice Department moved abruptly Friday to oust Geoffrey S. Berman, the U.S. attorney in Manhattan overseeing key prosecutions of President Donald Trump’s allies and an investigation of his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani. But Berman said he was refusing to leave his post and his ongoing investigations would continue. áThe standoff set off an extraordinary clash between the Justice Department and one of the nation’s top districts, which has tried major mob and terror cases over the years. It is also likely to deepen tensions between the Justice Department and congressional Democrats who have pointedly accused Barr of politicizing the agency.
June 20, 2020 6:36 am
The Washington County Coroner’s Office has released information about an early morning motorcycle accident in Carroll Township. Zachary J. Greyshock, 28 of Monongahela was killed when he lost control of his motorcycle near 56 Gearing Road in Carroll Township. A passing motorist discovered the accident at 12:35 Saturday morning. The cause and manner of death are pending an autopsy. Carroll Township Police continue to investigate the accident.
June 20, 2020 4:15 am
(WPXI) – Local radio broadcaster Bill Hillgrove was arrested for DUI after crashing into a grocery store in Westmoreland County. The incident happened just after 5 p.m. on Monday at Ferri’s Shur Save on Old William Penn Highway in Murrysville. According to police, Hillgrove crashed his SUV into the front window panes of the store. He then went inside and picked up a prescription before driving back home. When officers arrived at Hillgrove’s home, they said they saw damage to the front of his SUV. He also appeared visibly intoxicated, police said. Hillgrove told police that he had a couple of beers, according to the criminal complaint. Hillgrove is the longtime radio play-by-play voice of the Steelers, Pitt football and Panther men’s basketball.
