March 21, 2023 2:18 am
City of Washington police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing teen. Brena Lee Conard, 15, was last seen the night of March 10. She is 4 feet, 11 inches tall and weighs 115 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes. She was last seen wearing a dark blue or gray fleece hoodie, gray fleece pants or joggers and tan, leopard-print shoes. She is known to hang out at the Jefferson Avenue McDonalds and Dairy Queen, near the Washington Hospital, the West End neighborhood and the Avella area. Anyone with information is asked to call Washington police or 1-800-THE-LOST.
March 20, 2023 4:55 pm
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Police says one student was fatally shot and another injured when a third student opened fire outside a Dallas-area high school Monday morning before being arrested on murder charges. Officials say the shooting began on a high school campus in the suburb of Arlington around 6:55 a.m., before many students arrived for the first day back to classes after the spring break. Arlington police Chief Al Jones says a male student who was shot died at a hospital and a female student was receiving medical care after being “grazed” by gunfire, causing injures that aren’t life threatening. He said another male student was arrested at the scene.
March 20, 2023 4:27 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Donald Trump’s calls for protests ahead of his anticipated indictment in New York have generated mostly muted reactions from supporters. Even some of his most ardent loyalists are dismissing the idea as a waste of time or a law enforcement trap. The ambivalence raises questions about whether Trump still has the power to mobilize far-right supporters the way he did more than two years ago before the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol. It also suggests that the hundreds of convictions and long prison sentences that followed the Capitol riot may have dampened the desire for repeat mass unrest.
March 20, 2023 4:26 am
GENEVA (AP) — Swiss President Alain Berset said banking giant UBS is acquiring its smaller rival Credit Suisse for almost $3.25 billion in an effort to avoid further market-shaking turmoil in global banking. Markets remained jittery despite the best efforts of regulators to restore calm, however, with shares in Asia mostly lower. Banks stocks also fell. The combination of the two biggest and best-known Swiss banks leaves Switzerland, a global financial center, on the cusp of having a single national champion in banking. UBS officials said they plan to sell off parts of Credit Suisse, or reduce the size of the bank over the coming months and years.
March 20, 2023 4:25 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A lawyer allied with Donald Trump is expected to testify before a New York grand jury on Monday. Such testimony could give the former president an indirect opportunity to make a case that he shouldn’t face criminal charges over hush money paid during his 2016 campaign. Robert Costello was asked to appear by the Manhattan district attorney’s office after he said he had information raising questions about the credibility of a key witness in the investigation, Michael Cohen. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who insisted on anonymity to discuss secret legal proceedings. Costello’s testimony will come two days after Trump said he expected to face criminal charges.
March 20, 2023 4:24 am
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese leader Xi Jinping is due to meet Vladimir Putin in Moscow in a political boost for the isolated Russian president after the International Criminal Court charged him with war crimes in Ukraine. Xi’s government gave no details of what the Chinese leader hoped to accomplish in his visit that starts Monday. Xi and Putin declared they had a “no-limits friendship” before the February 2022 attack on Ukraine, but China has tried to portray itself as neutral in the conflict. China looks to Russia as a source of oil and gas for its energy-hungry economy and as a partner in opposing what both see as American domination of global affairs.
March 20, 2023 4:20 am
No injuries are reported following a house fire in Smith Township Sunday night that kept fire fighters busy for some five hours. Washington County 9-1-1 says a neighbor reported flames coming from the home in the 11-hundred block of Ridge Road just after 6:30 p.m. The individual who lived there was not home at the time. Dispatchers say crews didn’t bring the blaze under control until after 11:30 p.m. and had to return overnight for a rekindle. There is no word on the cause of the fire.
March 20, 2023 2:58 am
FINLEYVILLE, Pa. (WPXI) — The Finleyville Food Pantry is looking for a new home after they received an eviction notice. The pantry currently operates in the basement of the First Presbyterian Church on Washington Avenue. The owner said she can not afford a lawyer to fight the eviction. Rent for the food pantry has tripled in price. “It’s such a valued resource in the community and it’s a shame to see that they’re not going to be here,” said community member Angela Peddicord. “They have been here for over 38 years. There are generations of families who have relied on this service and now it’s not going to be here. It’s horrible.” The pantry serves about 350 families per week. The owner is now looking for a new location for the pantry.
March 20, 2023 2:03 am
SOUTH STRABANE TWP, Pa. (WPXI)— More than 350 people took part in a fundraiser to benefit the families of two Washington County teens who died in a car crash last week. Justin Crawford and Navaeh Sheets were killed when the car they were riding in crashed into a tree along East Maiden Street in South Strabane Twp. The event was organized by the South Strabane Twp. Fire Department. “When we got back from the accident scene, it was pretty apparent that multiple members of our department had some type of connection to one of the families. That made it a little more personal,” Fire Chief Jordan Cramer said. Chief Cramer says businesses from all over the area pitched in to help. There was Bingo, food and a silent auction to help raise money for funeral expenses. If you would like to donate, click here.
March 19, 2023 8:10 am
