March 31, 2023 2:19 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh announced on Thursday that a Washinton man has been arrested for allegedly threatening to kill Washington County president judge John DiSalle. Fifty-seven-year-old Gerald Gregg is facing charges of retaliation against a judicial officer and terroristic threats. Sheriffs told police to be on the lookout for a black Jeep Rubicon that was driven by a man allegedly threatening to kill DiSalle at the courthouse. Walsh says Officers found the vehicle on Jefferson Avenue and pulled it over and found Gregg inside. A preliminary hearing has not yet been scheduled.
March 30, 2023 5:43 pm
(ABC News) – ABC News has learned that former president Donald Trump has been indicted, according to multiple sources with knowledge. The Manhattan grand jury weighing charges against former President Donald Trump will not convene on Wednesday and is expected to meet Thursday on other matters, sources familiar with the situation told ABC News. The proceeding is conducted in secret and the grand jury could be presented with evidence or vote at any time.
March 30, 2023 9:44 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. — (WPXI) – With his budget proposal under consideration by lawmakers, Gov. Josh Shapiro has toured the state to tout a financial incentive that he hopes will attract more people into Pennsylvania’s ranks of police officers, nurses and teachers, although many new recruits may not fully receive it because of how much they earn. The shortages of police officers, nurses and teachers are nationwide, and Shapiro earlier this month proposed the three-year tax credit of up to $2,500 a year for new recruits, a central plank in his effort to address the shortages in Pennsylvania. However, the size of a tax credit depends on how much a newly certified officer, nurse or teacher pays in state income tax, and many of them likely pay well below $2,500. or instance, someone with a starting salary of $50,000 a year would pay about $1,535 in state income tax at the tax rate of 3.07%. To get the full $2,500 tax credit, a worker would have to make almost $82,000 — far above the starting salaries of the vast majority of nurses, teachers and officers. Further, they may not work a full year the first year they are eligible — thus reducing the benefit in their first year.
March 30, 2023 9:36 am
A spate of threats and false reports of shooters have been pouring into schools and colleges across the country for months, raising concerns among law enforcement and elected leaders. Schools in Pennsylvania were the latest targeted by so-called swatting. Computer-generated calls on Wednesday made claims about active shooters, but it was all a hoax. One day earlier, nearly 30 Massachusetts schools received fake threats. School officials are already on edge amid a backdrop of deadly school shootings, the latest Monday at a Christian school in Nashville.
March 30, 2023 9:33 am
Russia’s top security agency says an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal has been arrested on espionage charges. The Federal Security Service said Thursday that Evan Gershkovich was detained in the Ural Mountains city of Yekaterinburg while allegedly trying to obtain classified information. The Wall Street Journal said it “vehemently denies the allegations” and is seeking Gershkovich’s immediate release. The FSB didn’t say when the arrest took place. Gershkovich could face up to 20 years in prison if convicted of espionage. He is the first American reporter to be arrested on espionage charges in Russia since the Cold War. A Moscow court quickly ruled to keep Gershkovich behind bars pending the investigation.
March 30, 2023 9:32 am
Authorities say a train hauling ethanol and corn syrup derailed and caught fire in Minnesota and nearby residents were ordered to evacuate from their homes. Kandiyohi County Sheriff Eric Tollefson says in a statement that the BNSF train derailment was reported about 1 a.m. Thursday in Raymond, about 100 miles west of Minneapolis. BNSF said 22 cars derailed and four caught fire, but there were no injuries. Tollefson says homes in an area 1/2 mile around the site were evacuated. BNSF says there was no other hazardous material in the cars. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told CNN that about 14 cars were carrying hazardous materials. BNSF said ethanol was the only hazardous material.
March 30, 2023 4:21 am
VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican says Pope Francis will be hospitalized for several days for treatment of a respiratory infection after experiencing difficulty breathing in recent days. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni says Francis, 86, does not have COVID-19, but requires several days of therapy. He said Wednesday that Francis had been suffering some breathing trouble in recent days and went to the Gemelli hospital for tests. “The tests showed a respiratory infection (COVID-19 infection excluded) that will require some days of medical therapy,” Bruni’s statement said. Francis had part of one lung removed when he was a young man due to a respiratory infection, and he often speaks in a whisper.
March 30, 2023 4:16 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Hundreds of people have gathered at a candlelight vigil to mourn the three children and three adults slain in a school shooting in Nashville, Tennessee. The crowd in the city’s downtown was largely somber and silent and filled with young people. First lady Jill Biden and Sheryl Crow were among those featured. So were fellow musicians Margo Price and Ketch Secor. Civic leaders were also in the evening’s lineup. Mayor John Cooper called Monday’s shootings at the private Christian school “our worst day.” Earlier in the day, Pope Francis sent his condolences to the city and offered prayers to those affected.
March 30, 2023 4:10 am
FORT CAMPBELL, Ky. (AP) — A military spokesperson says nine people were killed in a crash involving two Army Black Hawk helicopters in Kentucky. Nondice Thurman, a spokesperson for Fort Campbell, said Thursday morning that the deaths happened the previous night in southwestern Kentucky during a routine training mission. A statement from Fort Campbell says the two HH-60 Black Hawk helicopters, part of the 101st Airborne Division, crashed around 10 p.m. Wednesday in Trigg County, Kentucky. The 101st Airborne confirmed the crash about 30 mile northwest of Fort Campbell. The crash is under investigation.
March 30, 2023 2:38 am
(WPXI) – An investigation is underway after a train derailed in northern Butler County. The derailment happened Wednesday morning in the area of Hallston Road and St. John Road in Brady Township, according to Butler County 911. A spokesperson from Canadian National Railways told our news partners at Channel 11 that around 15 rail cars went off the track in the accident. The train was transporting iron ore and nothing it was carrying is considered to be dangerous, the spokesperson said. Officials with CN also that no one was hurt and there were no fires involved in the accident.
