November 4, 2024 5:03 am
PITTSBURGH — The National Weather Service warns there’s an increased fire risk in western Pennsylvania on Sunday afternoon. The agency issued a Special Weather Statement on Sunday morning for part of northern Ohio and western Pennsylvania, including all of the Channel 11 viewing area, stating low relative humidity values due to “exceptionally dry weather” increases the risk for fire danger in the afternoon. The relative humidity values are expected to drop into the upper 20 to low 30 percent range during peak heating hours in parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania. Additionally, easterly wind gusts of up to 20 mph are expected, which could drop the relative humidity values even more. The NWS urges people to use “enhanced caution” with open flames, as fires can spread easily in these weather conditions. Some reminders the NWS has to avoid a fire include properly discarding cigarettes, keeping vehicles off dry grass and avoiding power equipment that creates sparks. Nearly every county in southwestern Pennsylvania also remains under a Drought Watch. It is not required, but residents and businesses are encouraged to voluntarily conserve water by reducing nonessential water use while under the Drought Watch status.
November 4, 2024 5:01 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – It has been a long journey for politicians on both sides of the aisle but both presidential candidates will spend part of their last day before the election in Pittsburgh. Former President Trump will hold a rally at PPG Paints Arena on the eve of Election Day. Vice President Kamala Harris will also visit the area on the same day. Her campaign originally planned for the event to take place at Point State Park but it has since been moved to the historic Carrie Blast Furnaces. There, she will be joined by Katy Perry and other musical performers. The Trump/Vance campaign has not said if there will be any special guests at the PPG Paints Arena at this time.
November 4, 2024 2:20 am
HARRISBURG – Attorney General Michelle Henry announced Monday that a federal district court has granted the Office of Attorney General’s motion for a temporary restraining order that will pause the shuttering of the Pyrex glass manufacturing plant in Washington County, pending further order of the court. The federal court’s ruling prevents owner Anchor Hocking Holdings, and its private equity partner, Centre Lane Partners, from removing equipment and other materials from the Charleroi Plant in relocation efforts before the next scheduled hearing. The court agreed with the Office of Attorney General, that at this stage in the case, “immediate and irreparable injury will result” from such actions, according to an order issued Thursday. “The closure of this longtime manufacturing hub will have permanent impact on the Charleroi community and surrounding neighborhoods, which depend on the plant for employment that is vital to the local economy and prosperity of families living there,” Attorney General Henry said. “My office intervened in plans to close what is the only large-scale manufacturing operation in that area, and we are very pleased that the federal district court agreed with our position.” A hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction is scheduled for Nov. 12th. Owner/operators Anchor Hocking recently announced plans to close the Charleroi Pyrex Plant and move equipment to Anchor Hockings facilities in Lancaster, Ohio. About 300 employees were expected to be impacted by the closure. The Office of Attorney General’s Antitrust Section is litigating the matter.
November 4, 2024 2:09 am
North Franklin Township has issued a ban on burning in the township effective immediately. Very dry conditions risk brush fires. There will be absolutely no burning in the township of any type. The ban includes fire pits, burn barrels open burning and any one that has a burning permit. The burn ban is in effect until further notice.
November 3, 2024 6:38 am
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump are zeroing in on Sunbelt states as they embark on one last weekend quest to sway undecided voters in battleground states that will determine the next president. On Saturday, Harris encouraged supporters in Atlanta to vote early while Trump spoke in North Carolina about his days as a candidate coming to a close with this election. Harris ended her day in Charlotte, North Carolina, with rocker Jon Bon Jovi and actress Kerry Washington. Trump was in Salem, Virginia — which isn’t a battleground state — and rallied in Greensboro in North Carolina.
November 3, 2024 6:36 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” briefly stepping away from the battleground states where she’s been furiously campaigning. Harris appeared in a mirror opposite Maya Rudolph’s impression of her. She told Rudolph’s version of Harris “you got this” and the pair in sync delivered the signature “Live from New York, it’s Saturday Night!” Harris arrived in New York on Air Force Two earlier after a campaign stop in North Carolina. She was scheduled to head to Detroit, but once in the air, aides said she’d be making an unscheduled stop.
November 3, 2024 6:32 am
DELPHI, Ind. (AP) — The trial of a man accused of killing two teenage girls in a small Indiana community has passed its midway point following more than two weeks of testimony about the 2017 killings. Prosecutors rested their case against Richard Allen on Thursday after jurors heard recorded telephone calls in which Allen was heard confessing to his wife that he killed 13-year-old Abigail Williams and 14-year-old Liberty German. The defense then began presenting its witnesses. The trial began Oct. 18 in the girls’ hometown of Delphi and is scheduled to run through Nov. 15. Allen faces up to 130 years in prison if convicted on all four murder counts.
November 3, 2024 6:29 am
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds. For the first time in the U.S. territory’s history, a third-party candidate has a powerful second lead in the polls. Some experts say there’s a possibility he could win. Juan Dalmau is running for Puerto Rico’s Independence Party and the Citizen Victory Movement. A Gaither international poll this month shows Dalmau closing in on Jenniffer González, a member of the New Progressive Party and Puerto Rico’s representative in Congress.
November 3, 2024 6:18 am
Several regional projects have been awarded grants from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program (RCAP). The grants will fund an array of projects from infrastructure to revitalization. A few of the largest grants are;
Cool Valley II-$4 million for infrastructure installation on a 900 acre development
Canonsburg Hospital Revitalization Plan-$2.5 million to help relocate helipad and heliport
Brockway Glass Site Development-$1.6 million to redevelop obsolete buildings and brownfield site
Canonsburg Educational and Cultural Institute-$1 million for former middle school acquisition and renovation
Epi-Center at Tanger Outlets-$800,000 to develop athletic and dining destination
RCAP is a Commonwealth grant initiative managed by the Office of the Budget and is dedicated to supporting design, acquisition and construction of projects intended to stimulate regional economic cultural, civic and recreational development.
November 3, 2024 6:14 am
Allegheny County and the City of Pittsburgh jointly announced that due to the confluence of two presidential campaign rallies scheduled for downtown on November 4, an early dismissal will take place for non-essential employees beginning at noon. They also are asking individuals and businesses to avoid unnecessary travel into the city to avoid traffic and parking congestion. The County Office Building will remain open until 4:30 on Monday for ballot return. Other ballot return sites will remain open until 7:00 pm on Monday.
