July 23, 2023 7:16 am
Two people were reportedly flown to an area hospital after a rollover car crash in Canton Township Saturday night. The Canton Township Fire Department confirmed two people were entrapped in a single-vehicle accident along the 100 block of Miller Road just before 9:00 p.m. The victims were reportedly taken to a Pittsburgh-area hospital following extraction from the crashed car. There is no word on their identities or status at this time. Miller Road was closed while crews worked to clear the incident.
July 23, 2023 7:06 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A man accused of hitting a state police car and almost striking a trooper after doing burnouts on the Fort Pitt Bridge is facing charges. According to court documents, Jason Stotlemyer, 31, was the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that smashed into a state police vehicle while troopers were responding to reports of around 50 vehicles doing burnouts in the area of the Fort Pitt Bridge. Police say Stotlemyer hit the passenger side of the vehicle while it was trying to move as two Dodge Chargers began fleeing from the scene. The trooper inside the vehicle stepped out and ordered the driver of the Jeep to stop the vehicle. Stotlemyer, and the passenger inside the vehicle, did not stop and took off toward the city. Local license plate readers were used to track the Jeep. Court documents say the vehicle was found by South Fayette and Bridgeville Police. They say they observed Stotlemyer backing his car into the driveway at his residence. Stotlemyer faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle, fleeing or attempting to elude police, simple assault, accident involving damage and harassment.
July 23, 2023 7:04 am
PETERS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) — A community in Washington County came together to help families whose homes were destroyed by fire. The fundraiser was held on Old Farm Road in Cecil Township. Nearly two months after a fire ripped through multiple townhouses. At least five homes were destroyed and 11 others were damaged. The Cecil Township fire chief said the fire was able to spread from house to house quickly because there were no sprinkler systems in them. Volunteers organized a spaghetti dinner at Saint Benedict The Abbot Church in Peters Township. They said they were pleasantly surprised at the turnout and impressed by the amount of people helping. The community is trying to prove that they will be there to help the families who need help. There was not a specific financial goal placed for the event.
July 23, 2023 7:03 am
WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery of a body believed to be hers. The body was found early Friday evening in the Delaware River about 30 miles from where Matilda Sheils was carried away. The Philadelphia medical examiner’s office plans an autopsy. Meanwhile, the search continues for Matilda’s 9-month-old brother, Conrad. The Charleston, South Carolina family was visiting relatives and friends on July 15 when their vehicle was hit by what authorities called a “wall of water.”
July 22, 2023 7:41 am
(WPXI)HANOVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A man is thanking people on social media for helping identify the men who he said brutally attacked him inside during a concert. Matt Garland says he was attacked by a group of men on the lawn at the Snoop Dogg and Wiz Khalifa concert at the Pavillion at Star Lake. Garland said he left in an ambulance, beaten unconscious. His tooth had come through his cheek. He said the attack was completely unprovoked after the man standing behind him asked him to sit down. Garland said his teenage son and his son’s girlfriend has just walked to the other side, luckily missing what happened next. “Next thing you know he taps me on the shoulder, I turn around and he punched me in the face,” Garland said. “Before I knew it there were 4-5 of them I was getting hit from all angles, security was nowhere to be found. Basically, people in the ground, good Samaritans, they finally got me out of there. The last guy who came up stomped me in the face and head and that’s when I became unconscious.” Matt took to social media hoping someone could identify the men who he says ran away. The post had more than 300 shares, plus hundreds of comments and private messages all with the same names. “Strangers saw it thought it was wrong and reached out, I got the names and I was able to go to the police,” Garland said.Matt took the names and photos to Hanover Township Police. He is hopeful assault charges are coming and thankful for an outpouring of support.“I do hope that justice finds them. Karma too,” Garland said. “And I want to thank everyone on Facebook.Hanover Township Police said the attack was not reported the night of so now they are using the information provided, in part, by everyone on social media they have begun.
July 22, 2023 3:03 am
(WPXI) Friends and family of a missing Washington County man rallied outside of the courthouse today, in front of the District Attorney’s office demanding investigators look further into his disappearance. Matthew McDonald hasn’t been seen in four months, after he was last seen in California Boro on March 9th. Beth Engle Roth, Matthew’s mother, says her son would have reached out by now and never let their family fear the worst. “He wouldn’t do this to us. He would never ever do this to us. Something has happened to him and there are people who know.” The family argues the district attorney’s office and California Boro Police have not done enough to help find McDonald. District Attorney Jason Walsh tells Channel 11 they have followed every lead, filed multiple search warrants, searched homes and cars, including the home and car of the woman last seen with McDonald. Walsh said they’ve uncovered no evidence of a crime. McDonald’s mother disagrees, saying more leads have come in and they want to see more active searching. Investigators say McDonald did have a warrant out for his arrest, which the family acknowledges. But they do not feel it played a factor in his disappearance.
July 22, 2023 2:50 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Counties in Pennsylvania are preparing to get by without a quarterly state payment for some of the social services they carry out as a budget stalemate between Gov. Josh Shapiro and lawmakers drags into its fourth week. Tens of millions of dollars for county-level services for child welfare, mental health and more could be held up in the coming days, minus some sort of breakthrough. After that, big payments for schools could be stalled. Berks County Commissioner Christian Leinbach says an impasse lasting a few weeks won’t have much effect. But if there’s no budget agreement before fall, Leinbach says “that’s going to create some problems.”
July 22, 2023 2:50 am
Washington County Commissioners unanimously approved a proposal for increased broadband services in East Finley Township, Donegal Township and the Ten Mile Creek areas. Comcast will install 392 miles of Fiberoptic cable throughout the three areas with a total cost of 27.9 million dollars. The plan will give broadband internet to 2,600 homes and businesses in the southern part of Washington County says Owen Pucel, the director of operations for the Washington County Authority. County Commissioner Nick Sherman says the work to get Washington County broadband service is ahead of schedule and ahead of most counties in the state. After a successful pilot program in the past two years, the goal is to get the state of Pennsylvania to match the grants to get more houses broadband service. $9.3 million dollars will be paid by the County through the American Rescue Plan Act Fund, the remainder of the cost will be handled by Comcast. The county commissioners also approved the submission of a letter of intent to the Pennsylvania Capital Projects Fund Program to further extend service throughout the county.
July 22, 2023 2:47 am
Washington County Parks and Recreation’s request for late-season muzzleloader and archery hunting next year was approved by the county commissioners. From January 2nd to January 13th, hunters will be allowed to hunt deer in Mingo Creek Park, to control their population. The last time muzzleloader and archery hunting took place in Mingo Creek Park was late December 2017 through early January 2018. County Commissioner Nick Sherman says the decision to allow hunting after Christmas was to let holiday festivities proceed normally. Up to 75 hunting permits will be issued daily beginning Tuesday December 26th. The first week is reserved for County residents and property owners the first chance at the permits.
July 21, 2023 9:47 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Florida has set a trial date for next May for former President Donald Trump in a case charging him with illegally retaining hundreds of classified documents. The May 20, 2024, trial date is a compromise between a request from prosecutors to set the trial for this coming December, and a request from defense lawyers to schedule it after the 2024 presidential election.
