April 28, 2024 7:28 am
(WXPI) – Pittsburgh Police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing teen boy. Officers say Vaughn Malone Jr., 15, was reported missing after he did not return home on Thursday. He is 5 feet and 7 inches tall and about 130 pounds. He has brown eyes and black hair. Malone is known to spend time in Beltzhoover, Knoxville and Arlington. Police say he could be on Kingsboro Street or Cologne Street. He was last seen wearing a black hoodie, black pants and black and silver shoes. Anyone who knows where he might be is asked to call 412-323-7141 or 911.
April 27, 2024 2:38 am
It was a busy Friday morning for law enforcement in Washington. Washington County Sheriff Tony Andronas says that in the early morning hours, the Sheriff’s Fugitive Warrant Unit, along with City of Washington Police, South Strabane Township Police, State Police, the Washington County Drug Task Force, Washington County Adult Probation, Pennsylvania Parole and the United States Marshal Fugitive Task Force, conducted a warrant sweep. Andronas says that out of some forty bench and probation warrants for various crimes, eleven arrest warrants were made. They ranged from firearms, drugs and probation violations, to the arrest of an individual who was wanted by Federal Parole officials for a firearms violation.
April 27, 2024 2:30 am
Two people are facing numerous charges and a large amount of dangerous drugs are off the street after a drug bust Friday morning in the City of Washington. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh says his Drug Task Force served a search warrant at 596 East Maiden Street with the assistance of Regional SWAT and the Washington City Police Department. The search warrant was the result of a months-long investigation by undercover narcotics detectives. 38 year old Ryan Brown and 35 year old Marissa Brown were taken into custody and face a long list of charges including possession with the intent to deliver controlled substances. Walsh says the search turned up more than 1900 stamp bags containing suspected heroin, fentanyl and Xylazine, as well as, cash and drug paraphernalia.
April 27, 2024 5:10 am
ORLANDO, Fla. — (WPXI)- A teenager has been arrested in connection to a deadly shooting at a playground in McKees Rocks. Delvon Johnson, 17, is charged in the shooting death of Ahsan Edwards, 15. Ahsan was shot multiple times at Third Street Park on Saturday, April 20. He died at a local hospital. Witness interviews and multiple videos led detectives to Johnson. Johnson was arrested Friday afternoon in Orlando, Florida. He is facing multiple charges including criminal homicide, aggravated assault and illegal possession of a firearm. Police said Johnson is still in Florida, pending extradition back to Allegheny County.
April 27, 2024 5:14 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Student anti-war protesters at U.S. universities are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while several school faculties have condemned university presidents for calling law enforcement. As Columbia University continues tenuous negotiations with the pro-Palestinian student encampment, the University’s senate criticized the schools’ president on Friday after more than 100 protesters were arrested last week. School faculties at universities in California, Georgia, and Texas initiated or passed votes of no confidence in their leadership. They are largely symbolic rebukes, without the power remove their presidents. But the tensions pile pressure on school officials, who are already scrambling to resolve the protests as May graduation ceremonies near.
April 27, 2024 5:15 am
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A tornado has plowed through suburban Omaha, Nebraska, demolishing homes and businesses as it moved for miles through farmland and into subdivisions. Some injuries have been reported but there were no immediate reports that anyone was killed in the Friday storms. Multiple tornadoes were reported in Nebraska and Iowa, but the most destructive storm moved from a largely rural area into suburbs northwest of Omaha, a city of 485,000 people. Photos from social media show damaged homes and shredded trees. Photos on social media also show heavily damaged homes in Minden, Iowa, about 30 miles northeast of Omaha. The National Weather Service forecast for Saturday is ominous, with tornado watches across parts of Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas.
April 27, 2024 5:13 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia has launched a barrage of missiles against Ukraine directed at energy facilities. The energy minister said facilities in Dnipropetrovsk in the south of the country and Ivano-Frankivsk and Lviv in the west had been attacked. A psychiatric hospital was damaged and one person was wounded after Russia launched a missile attack on Ukraine’s second-largest city, Kharkiv. Meanwhile, Russia said its air defense systems had intercepted more than 60 drones over the southern Krasnodar region. The regional governor said that Ukrainian forces targeted an oil refinery and infrastructure facilities but that there were no casualties or serious damage.
April 26, 2024 5:10 am
No injures are reported after a house fire in Houston Thursday night. The blaze broke out just after 11 p.m along McNary Street. The home was occupied at the time. The Red Cross has been called in to assist the occupants. There is no word on what may have sparked the fire.
April 26, 2024 5:07 am
SOUTH FAYETTE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Multiple kids were on board when a school bus and a pickup truck collided in South Fayette Township on Thursday. The crash happened near the intersection of Robinson Run Road and Battle Ridge Road at 3:55 p.m. A school bus and a pickup truck were involved in the crash. The school district confirmed four children and two employees were on the bus at the time of the crash. Minor injuries were reported.
April 26, 2024 5:04 am
A Pennsylvania school district has reversed the cancellation of an appearance by actor and children’s book author Maulik Pancholy. The Cumberland Valley School District’s board voted 5-4 Wednesday to allow Pancholy, who is gay, to speak against bullying during a May 22 assembly at Mountain View Middle School. The event was canceled after a board member cited concerns about what he described as the actor’s activism and “lifestyle.” The board reversed the decision after hearing from district leaders, residents and students. Pancholy said in a statement Thursday that he looks forward to the event. He said it was moving to see students speak out and share messages of inclusion.
