August 8, 2019 4:10 am
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (AP) – Officials say an electrician has died after an electric shock at a coal mine in West Virginia. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says the worker died around 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Kanawha Eagle South Hollow Preparation Plant. The agency says inspectors are investigating the incident. Preliminary information indicates the electrician died from injuries suffered after the shock.
August 8, 2019 4:06 am
BETHEL PARK, Pa. – (WPXI) – A local man is in jail after police said he tried stealing items from Bethel Park homes during the community’s National Night Out. Darren Jolly, 28, of Scenery Hill, is accused of pulling his truck up into the driveways of homes on Bethel Green Drive Tuesday night and taking items from backyards. Dominic Butera lives nearby, saw Jolly running and then confronted him. “I grabbed him by his shirt and kicked his legs out from underneath him and threw a few punches because he wouldn’t stop,” Butera said. Jolly tried to punch one person before several people took him to the ground and held him there until police got there and arrested him, police said. “When I got him on the ground, I told him he was going to go to jail, and he told me, ‘I’ll just get charged with trespassing, I’m not worried about it,'” Butera said. Jolly is facing several charges, including theft, trespassing and simple assault. He was taken to the Allegheny County Jail. National Night Out is a chance for the community and police to come together to keep their communities safe.
August 7, 2019 3:41 pm
MORTON, Miss. (AP) – U.S. immigration officials say raids at seven food processing plants in Mississippi resulted in 680 arrests. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Acting Director Matthew Albence told The Associated Press that the arrest count from Wednesday’s raids may make it the largest workplace sting in more than a decade and probably the largest ever for a single state. Authorities say about 600 agents fanned out across the plants, surrounding the perimeters to prevent workers from fleeing. They targeted several companies. The raids happened in small towns near Jackson with a workforce made up largely of Latino immigrants. The towns hit include Bay Springs, Carthage, Canton, Morton, Pelahatchie and Sebastapol.
August 7, 2019 3:34 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Fox News host Tucker Carlson is under fire for his comments declaring white supremacy a hoax. Carlson said on his prime-time show on Tuesday that he’d never met anybody who considered white supremacy to be a good idea. He made his remarks a day before President Donald Trump visited El Paso, Texas, where a white gunman who had written an anti-Hispanic rant killed 22 people over the weekend. The Anti-Defamation League says that Carlson is using his platform to push out prejudice and doesn’t deserve a spot on a major news network. There was no immediate response on Wednesday from Fox News Channel. (Photo: CNN)
August 7, 2019 3:29 pm
TORONTO (AP) – Police say they believe the two fugitives suspected of killing a North Carolina woman and her Australian boyfriend as well as another man have been found dead in Manitoba. Royal Canadian Mounted Police Assistant Commissioner Jane MacLatchy said Wednesday authorities located two male bodies in dense bush and they believe they are 19-year-old Kam McLeod and 18-year-old Bryan Schmegelsky. She says she is confident it is them but an autopsy will confirm the identities. Police said Tuesday that items belonging to the pair were found along the Nelson River in Manitoba. The two bodies were located a kilometer from the items. McLeod and Schmegelsky have been charged with second-degree murder in the death of Leonard Dyck and were suspects in the shootings of Australian Lucas Fowler and American Chynna Deese.
August 7, 2019 3:26 pm
KANAWHA COUNTY, W.Va. (AP) – Officials say an electrician has died after an electric shock at a coal mine in West Virginia. The West Virginia Office of Miners’ Health, Safety and Training says the worker died around 8 a.m. Wednesday at the Kanawha Eagle South Hollow Preparation Plant. The agency says inspectors are investigating the incident. Preliminary information indicates the electrician died from injuries suffered after the shock.
August 7, 2019 12:40 pm
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania amusement park says its newest and biggest attraction will remain closed with no timetable for opening. Kennywood Park near Pittsburgh says crews “are continuing work on some adjustments” to the Steel Curtain, which has been closed since Saturday. The 4,000-foot-long coaster contains nine inversions, which park officials say is the most in North America, and the world’s tallest inversion at 197 feet. The park said on its Facebook site that maintenance crews are working with designer S&S Worldwide but can’t say when the Steel Curtain will reopen. When it does, the park says “stoppages and periodic closures” will remain possible due to the “newness, complexity and record-breaking nature” of the ride. The park is located in West Mifflin, about 10 miles (16 kilometers) southeast of downtown Pittsburgh.
August 7, 2019 12:30 pm
CYBERSPACE (AP) – Walgreens is looking to cut costs. And to do so, it’s cutting the number of stores it operates in the U.S. The company says it is shuttering 200 stores – a move it says will reduce costs by $1.5 billion over the next few years. Previously, Walgreens announced plans to close 200 stores in the U.K. In all, Walgreens operates more than 18,000 stores worldwide – but has also been struggling because of a decrease in revenue.
August 7, 2019 10:19 am
SPENCER, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia city is offering to forgive unpaid parking tickets in exchange for school supplies. The city of Spencer announced the deal Tuesday on Facebook. It says it will clear the parking tickets if a person brings an item from a list of supplies for elementary, middle and high schools. Some of the items include crayons, pencils, pens, loose-lead paper and Clorox Wipes. Supplies can be dropped off at the city’s municipal building. Multiple tickets can be excused if a person brings one item per ticket. Tickets issued through Friday are eligible for the program.
August 7, 2019 9:52 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke is attending an El Paso, Texas community rally timed to serve as counterprogramming to President Donald Trump’s visit.
An El Paso native, O’Rourke will address the #ElPasoStrong event at a park Wednesday afternoon, during Trump’s visit. O’Rourke is also attending a morning remembrance at a high school and making an evening visit to a makeshift memorial outside the Walmart where a gunman killed 22 people. In February, during a packed Trump rally in El Paso supporting a U.S.-Mexico border wall, O’Rourke drew thousands with his own counter speech across the street. Trump tweeted that he had “trounced” O’Rourke at those dueling February events, adding that O’Rourke should respect victims and law enforcement and “be quiet.” O’Rourke tweeted: “El Paso will not be quiet and neither will I.”
