October 16, 2024 4:32 am
An overnight fuel tanker that caught fire after an accident closed a portion of Interstate 70 East on Tuesday night. According to Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers, a fuel tanker overturned at mile marker 34.5 in Fallowfield Township at 11:21 pm. The tanker was carrying 9000 gallons of fuel when it caught fire. The fire was extinguished, no injuries were reported. Interstate 70 East was closed for several hours during the incident. It has since reopened.
October 16, 2024 1:33 am
A public hearing held by North Strabane Township Supervisors still has not found a definition to a proposed development designated as a “personal warehouse.” CC Realty Advisors wants to develop the idea at an 8.6 acre parcel of land at the intersection of Morganza and Curry Roads that is currently zoned commercial. At issue is the wide variety of uses that could be included in the personal warehouse definition. CC Realty worked with the planning commission to develop just what that idea is and what uses could be included as permitted uses. According to Rich Erenberg of CC Realty Advisors some of the uses that are seen in other areas of the country are simple storage, workshops for car enthusiasts, work out areas, light retail and man caves. To Erenberg’s disappointment, light retail such as cigar stores or candle shops was eliminated. A few supervisors seem to agree that certain retail may be appropriate. Some light industrial was in the definition but did come under question from supervisors. Overall, many questions remain on just what the definition of a personal warehouse should be and what activities should be permitted. The meeting was continued to an undetermined date to allow changes to the proposed definition to be proposed.
October 16, 2024 3:55 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI)-Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend Sunday’s Steelers game at Acrisure Stadium, according to Steelers Now. Trump is holding a rally in Latrobe at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport the day before the game. The Steelers are hosting the New York Jets for Sunday Night Football. When the former president came to Butler on Oct. 5, Elon Musk, who spoke at Trump’s rally, stayed in the area and went to the Steelers game the following day when they hosted the Dallas Cowboys. Former Steeler Antonio Brown has also made multiple social media posts about attending the game, including one on Tuesday that said, “See you this weekend in PA,” tagging Trump and his running mate JD Vance. Trump’s campaign has not provided any more information.
October 15, 2024 5:52 pm
DETROIT (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris stopped by a Detroit art gallery with three Hollywood stars in tow for a conversation with Black men. The campaign event on Tuesday unfolded as both she and Donald Trump seek to energize key constituencies their allies worry may be slipping away. Harris was joined by Don Cheadle, Delroy Lindo and Detroit native Cornelius Smith Jr. at the Norwest Art Gallery. Harris reminded the gathered crowd that early voting starts in Michigan in four days. Trump, meanwhile, focused on reaching women. He seized on an opening to sound his frequent argument that imposing huge tariffs on foreign goods would amount to an economic elixir — one he claims would raise enormous sums for the government, protect U.S. firms from overseas competition and prod foreign companies to open factories in the United States. Appearing Tuesday before a friendly audience at the Economic Club of Chicago, Trump asserted that tariffs are misunderstood as an economic tool. “To me,” Trump said, “the most beautiful word in the dictionary is tariff. It’s my favorite word. It needs a public relations firm.” If tariffs need an image makeover, it’s probably because mainstream economists say they actually amount to a tax on American consumers. (Photo: AP)
October 15, 2024 12:30 pm
Vice presidential nominee JD Vance will be campaigning in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The senator from Ohio will be at The Pennsylvanian in Downtown Pittsburgh. He will deliver remarks at 12:30 p.m. It was not specified what the remarks will be about, but a press release discusses the current administration’s “inflationary agenda,” including the COVID stimulus bill.
October 15, 2024 4:59 am
A truck hauling an assortment of meat crashed on Interstate 70 westbound early Tuesday morning. Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened just after 12:30 a.m near mile-marker 5 in Donegal Township. The driver was treated at the scene and no other vehicles were involved. Dispatchers say the roof of the truck was ripped open in the crash sending some of its contents onto the highway. Dispatchers say traffic was getting by.
October 15, 2024 2:53 am
Peters Township Council passed an ordinance that regulates the use of electric bicycles and other vehicles on township owned property. According to Peters Township Police Captain Judd Emery, police have been receiving calls daily about the reckless use of electric bikes in parks and along trails throughout the township. Riders have been seen tearing up the grass in parks and have been confrontational with walkers especially along Arrowhead Trail. Highlights of the ordinance limit the speed of the electric bikes to 15 miles per hour, in line with other similar ordinances. They must stay on paved pathways and are strictly prohibited from going on fields, grass or open spaces on township property. It requires operators of electric bikes to be at least 16 years of age and helmets must be worn until age 21. According to Emery, this is an educational notice to parents as well, because some of the newer versions of electric bicycles actually require riders to be licensed. He said that kids can have all of the fun they want on private property, but on public property not only are there township regulations, state regulations are at play also. Emery was adamant that the township does not want to see any rider injured or killed by being reckless with their riding of the electric bicycles. In other township business, Council also authorized the $75,000 purchase and installation of 16 high resolution cameras and two license plate readers to be placed in Peterswood Park. They will serve as an investigative tool when incidents occur in the park.
October 15, 2024 2:45 am
The Washington County District Attorney and officials within the Ringgold School District announced today that the investigation into alleged misconduct among the high school football team has ended and there will be no charges filed. Officials say that after a thorough investigation of administration rules and regulations, they concluded that there was inappropriate behavior and violations to those rules and regulations, however, the violations were isolated to a small group of football players and were not pervasive. Due to the misconduct allegations though, Friday’s football game was postponed. District officials say privacy considerations limit their ability to discuss what the allegations involved, they say appropriate action has been taken to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
October 14, 2024 5:06 am
ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has zeroed in on former President Donald Trump’s comments suggesting that the U.S. military could potentially be used to deal with “the enemy from within.” The comment came as the two candidates on Monday took the fight for battleground Pennsylvania to opposite ends of the state. Harris at her rally in Erie called Trump a serious threat to American democracy who is “out for unchecked power.” Trump in a weekend Fox interview was asked about concerns about outside agitators disrupting next month’s election. In response, he suggested the U.S. military or National Guard be used to deal with “the enemy from within.” Trump on Monday rallied supporters at a town hall in suburban Philadelphia.
October 15, 2024 5:09 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has vowed that if voters return him to the White House, “inflation will vanish completely.” Yet most mainstream economists say Trump’s policy proposals wouldn’t vanquish inflation. They’d make it worse. They warn that his plans to impose huge tariffs on imports, deport millions of migrant workers and demand a voice in the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policies would likely send prices surging. Sixteen Nobel Prize-winning economists signed a letter in June expressing fear that Trump’s proposals would “reignite’’ inflation, which has plummeted from 9.1% in 2022 and is nearly back to the Fed’s 2% target. The Peterson Institute for International Economics has predicted that Trump’s policies would drive consumer prices sharply higher two years into his second term.
