March 31, 2025 5:06 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Firefighters rescued a woman from a roof while battling a house fire in Uniontown. Fayette County dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Evans Street at 7:55 p.m. on Saturday for reports of a fire at a house. When first responders arrived, a woman was on the roof. They were able to get her down safely using a ladder. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. A man was also inside the house but got out unharmed. “The fire was pretty much contained to a room and a half on the second floor,” said City of Uniontown Fire Chief Scott Conn. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
March 31, 2025 5:03 am
ROBINSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Flames scorched a house in Robinson Township on Sunday. Allegheny County dispatchers say firefighters were called to the 700 block of Christopher Circle at 7:33 p.m. Students practicing for Hadestown at nearby Carlynton School District were able to see flames and smoke billowing from the house. The fire was raised to a three-alarm response after crews arrived. No injuries were reported.
March 31, 2025 5:12 am
PITTSBURGH — Holding “Missing” milk cartons, a couple hundred demonstrators filled Schenley Plaza in Oakland Saturday in what they called a search party for Republican Sen. Dave McCormick and Democrat Sen. John Fetterman. The two U.S. Senators had announced a rare joint appearance for a paid book event at City Winery in Pittsburgh’s Strip District for Saturday, but on the eve of the event, it was abruptly postponed. “They moved that event from City Winery to some undisclosed location,” said Dana Kellerman with Mondays with(OUT) McCormick. “We can’t find them to tell them we need them to stand up.” Protesters rallied without the politicians calling on them to meet with their constituents. They claim their calls and emails asking for a town hall have gone unanswered. Demonstrators said they want to know how they could be impacted by federal spending cuts and slashes to the education department. Channel 11 reached out to the senators about why they postponed Saturday’s event and are waiting to hear back. There’s no word on if and when the book event will be rescheduled.
March 31, 2025 5:01 am
After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, American colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding. President Donald Trump’s administration has been using the funding spigot as a tool to seek compliance with his agenda. And universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions. The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government. In fact, an Associated Press analysis found the government provides grants and contracts worth close to half the total revenue of some research universities.
March 31, 2025 4:59 am
Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned. The railroad filed the motion that is set to go to trial starting Monday to force the transportation company GATX and the chemical manufacturer OxyVinyls to share the cost of the settlement because Norfolk Southern believes those companies are partly responsible for what happened in East Palestine, Ohio, on Feb. 3, 2023. GATX and OxyVinyls say the railroad alone is responsible for the derailment.
March 30, 2025 5:15 am
PARIS (AP) — A French court has found Marine Le Pen guilty Monday in an embezzlement case. The court on Monday didn’t immediately say what her sentence might be and how it might impact the far-right leader’s political future.
March 31, 2025 12:42 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Richard Chamberlain, the handsome hero of the 1960s television series “Dr. Kildare” who found a second career as “king of the miniseries,” has died at age 90. Chamberlain died Saturday night in Waimanalo, Hawaii of complications following a stroke. That is according to publicist Harlan Boll. Tall, with classic good looks and romantic style, Chamberlain became an instant favorite with teenage girls as the compassionate physician on the TV series that aired from 1961 to 1966. Not until 2003 did he acknowledge publicly what Hollywood insiders had long known, that he was gay. He made the revelation in his autobiography, “Shattered Love.” (Photo: AP)
March 31, 2025 5:19 am
BANGKOK (AP) — The death toll in last week’s massive earthquake in Myanmar has passed 2,000. That’s according to state media on Monday. Two hundred Buddhist monks were crushed by a collapsing monastery. Fifty children were killed when a preschool classroom crumbled. Seven hundred Muslims died while praying at mosques for Ramadan. Myanmar was already one of the world’s most challenging places for humanitarian organizations to operate because of civil war that displaced millions of people. The United Nations and others want fighting to stop to allow more help. Relief efforts after the 7.7 magnitude quake are also hampered by power outages, fuel shortages and spotty communications.
March 30, 2025 8:44 am
(WPXI) Firefighters rescued a woman from a roof while battling a house fire in Uniontown. Fayette County dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Evans Street at 7:55 p.m. on Saturday for reports of a fire at a house. When first responders arrived, a woman was on the roof. They were able to get her down safely using a ladder. She was taken to a hospital for treatment. A man was also inside the house but got out unharmed. “The fire was pretty much contained to a room and a half on the second floor,” said City of Uniontown Fire Chief Scott Conn. Crews are working to salvage what they can from the house. The cause of the fire is still under investigation.
March 29, 2025 10:17 am
There was a one-vehicle accident along Pennsylvania Rt. 18 and Harvey Road in Morris Township around 9:40 this morning. Early reports indicate that one person was in the vehicle, unresponsive and trapped. Washington County 911 reports that police and the fire department were on hand just before 10:00 a.m. An emergency helicopter is reportedly on scene. At around 4:50 a.m., Washington police responded to a one-car accident with an allegedly intoxicated driver hitting a pole along East Bowe Street. There were no serious injuries reported.
