September 9, 2024 12:52 pm
LONDON (AP) — Kate, the princess of Wales, says she has completed chemotherapy and will return to some public duties in the coming months. The 42-year-old wife of Prince William is expected to undertake a light program of engagements until the end of the year. Kate announced in March that she was being treated for an undisclosed type of cancer. Kate attended a ceremonial birthday parade for her father-in-law King Charles III in June, and the following month presented the men’s winner’s trophy at the Wimbledon tennis championships. (Photo: AP)
September 9, 2024 7:00 am
Social media sites in Washington County have been buzzing over the past twenty-four-hours, about a video that was posted – and subsequently taken down, about a possible threat to a school in the Trinity School district. WJPA reached out to State Police, who only would say that they are “Investigating an Incident.” Troopers would offer no further comment, pending the outcome of that investigation. WJPA News also reached out to Trinity Superintendent Dr. Michael Lucas and Trinity School District Police but they have not returned our calls or emails.
September 9, 2024 5:19 am
ATLANTA (AP) — The mother of a student in class with the boy accused of killing four people in a Georgia high school shooting says a warning to school officials shows the shooting could have been prevented. Rabecca Sayarath says administrators at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, didn’t do enough to protect students. She said Sunday that “the school failed them.” Sayarath’s daughter says administrators appeared to be looking for Colt Gray, the 14-year-old charged with four counts of murder, before the gunfire began. Others are declining to blame school or law enforcement. Democratic U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia said Sunday that he won’t “referee or second-guess” the response.
September 9, 2024 5:16 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris steps on to the presidential general election debate stage for the first time Tuesday. But the vice president and Democratic nominee has plenty of debate experience to draw on as she takes on former President and Republican nominee Donald Trump. Longtime political observers of Harris describe her debate approach as obviously influenced by her years as a prosecutor and attorney general in California. She views the events much like a jury trial, trying to win the argument on the merits but also ensure that viewers walk away with key impressions. That means mastering the moment to get viral clips but also having a command of the facts and communicating a broader narrative.
September 9, 2024 5:15 am
LONDON, Ky. (AP) — A grueling manhunt stretches into a third day Monday for a suspect in an interstate shooting that struck 12 vehicles and wounded five people in Kentucky. Authorities are vowing to keep up a relentless search as the stress level remains high in a rural area where some schools canceled classes. Authorities have searched a rugged area of southeastern Kentucky since Saturday evening. That’s when a gunman began shooting at drivers on Interstate 75 near London, a small city of about 8,000 people. The search was temporarily suspended once darkness fell Sunday night, but is set to resume Monday. Joseph A. Couch has been named a suspect in the shooting.
September 9, 2024 5:12 am
WASHINGTON TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Police were called to a busy scene in Fayette County on Saturday. Fayette County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the 200 block of Naomi Road in Allegheny Township at 1:03 p.m. District Attorney Michael Aubele said a woman was found dead in a house in that area and a man who had been shot was also found in that area. The man was flown to a hospital and is in stable condition. Authorities say the woman was not shot. An official cause of death has not been released at this time. A suspect has been taken into custody. Their identity has not been released at this time. Pennsylvania State Police said they have also been called to investigate.
September 9, 2024 5:11 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A violent fight that broke out on the South Side early Saturday morning left one of the city’s officers hurt. Pittsburgh Police said the officer’s ankle was broken as he and others on patrol were making an arrest on East Carson Street near 15th Street around 1 a.m. During that arrest, police said people on the sidewalk started to fight. Surveillance video from inside a bar called Oddballs shows how it all started. One of the bar’s owners told Channel 11, that there was an argument between two people inside the bar when security and a police sergeant quickly stepped in to remove them. Surveillance video from outside a business shows a man stumbling out of the bar and an officer separating him from someone else. He’s then seen pushing that officer and struggling with the police. Video from a different camera angle shows a fight between a crowd of people breaking out further up the sidewalk. The group drags someone to the ground along with the injured officer.
September 9, 2024 5:07 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – There was an increased police and security presence at Woodland Hills’ Edgewood Elementary School on Monday. In a letter sent to families on Sunday afternoon, Woodland Hills School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel Castega said this was being done out of an abundance of caution due to a social media post threatening a shooting at a school named Edgewood High School. Castenga says the Edgewood Police Department contacted him on Sunday morning because Edgewood Elementary School was formerly Edgewood High School. The post, which has since been taken down, was made just before midnight Saturday and was traced to Fayette County by Pennsylvania State Police. Police do not think there is a threat to Edgewood Elementary School or the Woodland Hills School District.
September 9, 2024 2:39 am
(WPXI) – Two handguns were intercepted at the Pittsburgh International Airport main security checkpoint over the weekend. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers found the guns inside carry-on bags on September 7th and 8th. The gun found on Sept. 7 was a 9mm handgun loaded with 12 bullets brought to the airport by a man from West Virginia. The second gun was a .45 caliber firearm loaded with nine bullets packed alongside nine more bullets. The bag belonged to a man from Houston, Pa.“These guns were intercepted at our checkpoint just days before the 23rd anniversary of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on our nation,” said Karen Keys-Turner, TSA’s Federal Security Director for the airport. “Let’s be clear, guns are prohibited on planes. People who own firearms always need to know where their guns are. And 23 years after 9/11, everyone should know that you are not allowed to carry any weapons past our checkpoints. Our officers are good at what they do and everyone who works for TSA is very mindful of how the terrorist attacks of 9/11 impacted our nation.” Bringing a gun to an airport checkpoint carries a federal civil penalty.
September 9, 2024 2:23 am
A McMurray woman was killed in a car crash Sunday afternoon just after twelve o’clock in Peters Township. Washington County Coroner, Tim Warco, tells WJPA News that 77-Year old Sandra Zuraw was the driver and sole occupant of a vehicle traveling north on Washington Road when she somehow lost control of the vehicle and and crashed near 4007 Washington Road. There were no other vehicles involved. Police, who are investigating the crash, say she died in the emergency department at Canonsburg Hospital. An autopsy will be performed to determine the cause of death. Warco, meanwhile, says his office is investigating it as a probable medical event.
