July 21, 2025 2:49 am
Authorities are investigating the death of a Charleroi man Sunday night. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says the man has been identified as 33-year-old Duvanet Esperance. There have been few details released at this time. Warco says the circumstances surrounding his death have not been released. An autopsy is pending.
July 21, 2025 2:46 am
A routine traffic stop by Pennsylvania State Police in Cecil Township uncovered a woman posing as a nurse. Shannon Womack aka Shannon Larson, 39 of Pittsburgh, was found to have several warrants against her car. During the stop she provided the trooper with false identification. A search of the car revealed 20 aliases, seven social security numbers and medical records from multiple nursing homes from Georgia to Connecticut. Charging documents allege that Womack posed as a nurse in nine nursing homes throughout Western Pennsylvania and countless others in other states. Womack faces 43 charges including felonies of operation of a corrupt organization, endangerment of a care dependent person, forgery and unlawful use of a computer. Womack is not a nurse but falsely presented herself to be a nurse to the facilities. She worked as an R.N., an L.P.N. and an R.N. Supervisor. She was dismissed from many of the health facilities over missing prescription medicines. Womack was formally arraigned on Monday. Her preliminary hearing will be held on August 12.
July 21, 2025 2:11 am
CROSS CREEK TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is dead and a teen is injured after a crash involving a motorcycle and a pickup truck in Washington County. Pennsylvania State Police said the crash happened on the 100 block of Vance Road in Cross Creek Township at 1:25 p.m. on Saturday. Troopers said Zachary C. Strohmeyer, 37, of Avella, was riding a 2011 Harley-Davidson while traveling east on Vance Road. They believe he was distracted when he crossed into the westbound lane and hit a 2007 Chevrolet Colorado head-on. Strohmeyer and the 17-year-old driver of the pickup truck were taken to Weirton Hospital. Storhmeyer died at that hospital. The driver of the truck was taken to Allegheny General Hospital.
July 20, 2025 9:37 am
Russia is open to peace in Ukraine, but insists achieving its goals remains the priority. On Sunday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov reiterated Russia’s demands. The Kremlin has insisted that any peace deal should see Ukraine withdraw from the four regions that Russia illegally annexed in September 2022 but never fully captured. It also wants Ukraine to renounce its bid to join NATO and accept strict limits on its armed forces, demands Kyiv and its Western allies have rejected. Kyiv and its allies have rejected these terms. Meanwhile, Russia continues escalating drone attacks on Ukrainian cities, with analysts predicting further intensification. U.S. President Donald Trump had threatened Russia with severe tariffs unless a peace deal is reached within 50 days. He also announced increased U.S. weapons shipments to Ukraine, including Patriot air defense systems, to bolster its defenses.
July 20, 2025 7:39 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Midway through summer, U.S. retailers are sweating a different season. It’s less than 22 weeks before Christmas, and American businesses that make and sell consumer goods usually nail down their holiday orders and prices at this time of year. But President Donald Trump’s vacillating tariffs on imported goods have complicated the process. The consequences for consumers? Stores may not have the specific gift items customers want come November and December. Some retail suppliers and buyers scaled back their holiday lines. Businesses still are finalizing their prices but say shoppers can expect many popular products to cost more, though by how much depends partly on whether Trump’s latest round of “reciprocal” tariffs kicks in Aug. 1.
July 20, 2025 7:37 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The Israeli military has issued new evacuation warnings for central Gaza, an area where ground operations have been rare. This move cuts access between Deir al-Balah and southern cities. The announcement comes amid stalled ceasefire talks between Israel and Hamas in Qatar. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says military pressure aims to push Hamas into negotiations. The evacuation zone includes areas where aid organizations operate, though they have not commented. Gaza faces a severe humanitarian crisis, with over 58,000 Palestinians killed since the conflict began. Protests in Israel demand an end to the war and the return of hostages.
July 20, 2025 7:36 am
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Torrential rains that slammed South Korea for five days have left 17 people dead and 11 others missing, the government said Sunday. The ministry said eight people were discovered dead and six others were reported missing in the southern town of Sancheong on Saturday after heavy downpours caused landslides, house collapses and flash floods there. A ministry report said that six people remain missing in Gapyeong and the southern city of Gwangju. Earlier last week, three people were found dead in a submerged car, and a person was also killed when their car was buried by soil and concrete after a retaining wall of an overpass collapsed in Osan, just south of Seoul, during heavy rain. As of 9 a.m. on Sunday, about 3,840 people remain evacuated from their homes, the ministry report said. The rain stopped in most of South Korea on Sunday, and heavy rain alerts have been subsequently lifted throughout the country, ministry officials said. Since Wednesday, southern regions have received up to about 600-800 millimeters (24-31 inches) of rain, according to the ministry report.
July 20, 2025 7:34 am
HONG KONG (AP) — Typhoon Wipha has toppled trees and caused major flight disruptions in Hong Kong and at some nearby airports in China as it moved west off the country’s southern coast. Airports in Hong Kong, Shenzhen, Zhuhai and Macao canceled or delayed all daytime flights. Some high-speed train services were also suspended. The Hong Kong Observatory issued its highest hurricane warning as the storm passed south of the city with winds of 108 kph or 87 mph. More than 250 people sought shelter. The storm made landfall in China’s Guangdong province on Sunday evening. Wipha earlier drenched Taiwan and passed over the Philippines.
July 20, 2025 7:17 am
(WPXI) A man facing more than 50 charges of neglect and cruelty for the treatment of seven dogs found in a camper in Oakdale is now in custody. Channel 11 told you about the dogs, six of which were puppies, found living in small cages and in several inches of their own waste earlier this week. The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office says 36-year-old Joshua Humes, who investigators identify as the owner of the camper and dogs, was supposed to turn himself in to North Fayette Police on Monday. “This case is sickening,” said Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus. Detectives say he was planning to leave the area over the weekend. That tip led detectives to Bulger, Washington County, and a trailer where Humes had been staying. The humane officer on the team that recovered the dogs said conditions were so bad that they had to wear special suits to get to them. The humane officer who helped remove the dogs from the camper tells Channel 11 that they’re in rehab and doing well physically, but have never been socialized.
July 20, 2025 7:13 am
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — A pickup truck was pulled from the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh on Saturday. Allegheny County dispatchers said emergency crews were called to South 18th Street in South Side Flats at around 6:30 p.m. The truck got pulled into the water while trying to pull a boat out of the water. The people inside the truck managed to get out before the truck was fully submerged, a Pittsburgh Police public information officer said. No injuries were reported.
