September 23, 2024 5:09 am
SOUTH STRABANE, Pa. – Seven people were injured in a crash in Washington County on Sunday afternoon. The crash happened on westbound I-70 between Exit 21 to I-79 South – Morgantown and Exit 20 to PA 136 – Beau Street. It involved four vehicles and a boat on a trailer. A Washington County 911 supervisor tells Channel 11 that police, fire and EMS personnel were called to the scene around 1:50 p.m. The South Strabane Fire Department said multiple people were entrapped. Four medical helicopters responded to the scene. South Strabane Township Fire Chief Jordan Cramer says a total of 7 patients were transported. One was taken by ground to the helipad at UPMC Washington Hospital for a crew from STAT MedEvac while three additional helicopters were landed on the highway. Three other patients were transported by ambulance to Washington Hospital We have no word on any identities or conditions. Cramer says “the incident today again highlights the exceptional response available for residents in Washington County because of the ability of many public safety agencies working together to ensure we provide the absolute best care possible”. The highway was reopened to traffic around 5 p.m.
November 26, 2023 6:33 am
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — The tense cease-fire between Israel and Hamas appears to be back on track after the release of a second group of militant-held hostages and Palestinian prisoners. But an hourslong delay underscored its fragility. Hamas had accused Israel of violating the agreement, which has brought the first significant pause in seven weeks of war. Israel appeared set to resume its devastating air war and ground offensive until Qatar and Egypt, which mediate with Hamas, announced late Saturday that the obstacles had been overcome. The militants released 17 hostages, including 13 Israelis, while Israel freed 39 Palestinian prisoners. The release of a third group of hostages and prisoners is expected later Sunday. Hamas also said one of its top commanders had been killed, without saying when or how.
January 3, 2023 12:30 pm
State Police say the left lanes, both east and westbound, of Interstate 70 in the area of the 7 1/2 mile marker – between Taylorstown and Claysville were closed for several hours Tuesday afternoon due to an overturned tractor-trailer. No further information has been released and there’s been no word on the vehicles involved, how the accident happened or whether anyone was injured. The accident happened shortly before noon and the left westbound lane was re-opened to traffic shortly before five o’clock.
February 22, 2022 10:42 am
BRUNSWICK, Ga. (AP) – The three men convicted of murder in Ahmaud Arbery’s fatal shooting have been found guilty of federal hate crimes. A jury delivered its verdict Tuesday after several hours of deliberations. The jury found that father and son Greg and Travis McMichael and neighbor William “Roddie” Bryan violated Arbery’s civil rights in the fatal chase and targeted him because he was Black. During the trial, prosecutors showed roughly two dozen text messages and social media posts in which Travis McMichael and Bryan used racist slurs and made derogatory comments about Black people. The McMichaels and Bryan had pleaded not guilty to the hate crime charges.
March 29, 2021 4:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – President Joe Biden and CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky are making impassioned pleas to Americans not to let their guard down in the fight against COVID-19. Walensky warned on Monday of a potential “fourth wave” of the virus and spoke of a “recurring feeling … of impending doom.” Biden said the virus will get worse, not better “if we let our guard down now.” He said that “people are letting up on precautions, which is a very bad thing.” Walensky spoke of hope but added, “Right now, I’m scared.”
May 31, 2020 8:22 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Another night of unrest in every corner of the country left charred and shattered landscapes in dozens of American cities Sunday as years of festering frustrations over the mistreatment of African Americans at the hands of police boiled over in expressions of rage met with tear gas and rubber bullets. Cars and businesses were torched, the words “I can’t breathe” were spray-painted all over buildings, a fire in a trash bin burned near the gates of the White House, and tens of thousands marched peacefully through city streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing. His death is one of a litany of racial tragedies that have thrown the country into chaos amid the coronavirus pandemic that has left millions out of work and killed more than 100,000 people in the U.S., including disproportionate numbers of black people. “We’re sick of it. The cops are out of control,” protester Olga Hall said in Washington D.C. “They’re wild. There’s just been too many dead boys.” People set fire to police cars, threw bottles at police officers and busted windows of storefronts, carrying away TVs and other items even as some protesters urged them to stop. In Indianapolis, police were investigating multiple shootings, including one that left a person dead amid the protests — adding to deaths in Detroit and Minneapolis in recent days. In Minneapolis, the city where the protests began, police, state troopers and National Guard members moved in soon after an 8 p.m. curfew took effect to break up protests, firing tear gas and rubber bullets to clear streets outside a police precinct and elsewhere. At least 13 police officers were injured in Philadelphia when peaceful protests turned violent and at least four police vehicles were set on fire. In New York City, dangerous confrontations flared repeatedly as officers made arrests and cleared streets. A video showed two NYPD cruisers lurching into a crowd of demonstrators who were pushing a barricade against one of them and pelting it with objects. Several people were knocked to the ground, and it was unclear if anyone was hurt.
August 10, 2019 9:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has become a high-profile object of partisan scorn as he positions himself as President Donald Trump’s wingman. Both are running for reelection in 2020, and McConnell tells voters he and Trump “are making America great again!” McConnell has proven a loyal implementer of the president’s initiatives, and Trump has stopped assailing the senator on Twitter. But McConnell is drawing hecklers and protesters in his home state, Kentucky.
September 23, 2024 5:12 am
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — (WPXI) – Emergency crews were called to the scene of a fire in Brownsville on Sunday evening. The fire started in an apartment above Pickers Pub & Grub in the 100 block of Bank Street around 5:30 p.m. Crews arrived on scene to find heavy fire on two different floors. A Channel 11 crew at the scene learned a firefighter was injured during the response and taken to a local hospital. Twelve people live in the building that caught on fire. It’s not clear how many of them have been displaced. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
November 26, 2023 6:30 am
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Donald Trump used college football rivalry weekend to bask among his supporters in a state and region that are key to his presidential fortunes, while trying to upstage his Republican opponent Nikki Haley on her home turf at the Clemson-South Carolina football game. The former president and current front-runner for the 2024 Republican nomination arrived at Williams-Brice Stadium in Columbia on Saturday night to chants of “We want Trump!” Trump was a guest of South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster. The entourage also included South Carolina’s senior U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, giving Trump a show of local political force at a game featuring Haley’s alma mater, Clemson, where she is also a member of the board of trustees.
January 3, 2023 4:42 am
As law dictates, municipalities and township governing boards are required to reorganize on the first Monday of January. Even though many have delayed because of the observance of New Years Day, Peters Township Council chose to reorganize on Monday. Elected to the Chairmanship by a unanimous 6-0 vote was previous Vice Chairman Frank Kosir. The Vice Chairmanship took two votes to deliver an appointment. Councilmen Dr. Thomas Pirosko and Robert Lewis both garnered 3 votes. In order to keep the election from being delayed until absent Councilwoman Allison Shanafelt could attend the meeting, Lewis nominated Pirosko that then delivered a unanimous vote. Council will be interviewing candidates for open board positions on various committees on January 16.
