September 26, 2024 4:51 am
A federal judge has approved a $600 million class-action settlement involving last year’s disastrous derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Attorneys for the residents and a railroad spokesperson says the judge approved it Wednesday despite the objections of a few residents who questioned the deal. Most residents supported it although a vocal group of objectors questioned whether the deal will provide enough and whether it was rushed through too quickly. The approval clears the way for payments to start going out quickly. The lawyers previously said they hoped to get the first checks in the mail before the end of the year.
September 26, 2024 4:48 am
A pipe replacement project in South Strabane Township will result in a road closure Friday. Officials say Berry Road will be closed between the entrance to Strabane Square by Giant Eagle and Kohl’s from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. The township’s Public Works Department will be completing the work. Motorists are asked to avoid the area and seek alternate routes, preferably Route 19. Motorists can still reach the Giant Eagle side of Strabane Square coming from Locust Avenue. Motorists can also reach the Kohl’s side on Berry when approaching from Manifold Road.
September 26, 2024 2:39 am
(AP) – An arbitration board has ruled that U.S. Steel may proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel. The board, which was jointly chosen by U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers to decide disputes between them, said Wednesday that U. S. Steel has satisfied each of the conditions of the successorship clause of its basic labor agreement with the union and that no further action under the agreement was necessary in order to proceed to closing the proposed transaction with Nippon Steel. (Photo: AP)
September 25, 2024 5:29 pm
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushes back against Republican nominee Donald Trump’s claims that she’s advancing “communist” ideas. The Democratic nominee stressed in remarks at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh that she “would take good ideas from wherever they come” as she works to double the number of people being trained in registered apprenticeships and outlined her support for more home ownership. Trump offered his own competing vision of the economy during a visit to a furniture-maker in Mint Hill, North Carolina. He pledged tariffs high enough that there would be an “exodus” of auto factory jobs from Japan, Germany and South Korea. (Photo: AP)
September 25, 2024 3:29 pm
(WPXI) – An arrest warrant has been issued for the man accused of stealing a local veteran’s car with his dog inside. According to the criminal complaint, the car was stolen from the Tractor Supply in East Huntingdon Township at around 9 a.m. on September 23rd. The victim, Willard Martz, told police he parked his car and went into the store, leaving his dog Lucky inside the vehicle. Before he got into the store, a man forcibly removed his keys from his front pocket, the complaint said. The suspect then ran toward the car, got in and fled with Lucky still inside. The suspect was identified as Kenneth Wilson Crider through video surveillance from the Connellsville Walmart. Crider is seen arriving at the store in Martz’s car, letting Lucky out to pee, then going inside.
September 25, 2024 1:29 pm
(WPXI) – Former President Donald Trump will return to the Butler Farm Show grounds for an October 5th rally, marking the first time he’s visited the site since he was shot in an assassination attempt.Trump first announced in late July that he planned to return to Butler, after a gunman opened fire at his rally on July 13th. Corey Comperatore, a former fire chief, was killed at the rally and Trump says he plans to honor him and the two men who were injured in the assassination attempt when he returns. “I will be going back to Butler, Pennsylvania for a big and beautiful rally, honoring the soul of our beloved firefighting hero Corey and those brave patriots injured two weeks ago. What a day it will be – fight, fight, fight!” the former president said on Truth Social over the summer.
September 25, 2024 10:51 am
Emergency responders were called to a pair of accidents Wednesday morning. The first occurred along Clare Drive in South Strabane Township just before 7 a.m. Washington County 9-1-1 says it was a one-vehicle crash. The driver was transported by ambulance from the scene. The second happened about an hour later along Interstate 70 westbound near the Eighty Four exit. Dispatchers say two vehicles were involved including a tractor trailer. One person was transported from the scene by ambulance. No other details were available. There is no word on the identity or condition of those injured.
September 25, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.” That’s according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal investigation and an ongoing bipartisan House probe, the interim report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found multiple failures on almost every level ahead of the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting, including in planning, communications, security and allocation of resources. Each probe has found new details that show a massive breakdown in the former president’s security.
September 25, 2024 5:03 am
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. suicides last year remained at about the highest level in the nation’s history. Preliminary data shows that a little over 49,300 suicide deaths were reported in 2023. That number that could grow at least somewhat as some death investigations are wrapped up and reported. Just under 49,500 were reported in 2022. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday released more information about recent suicide trends. It’s the nation’s 11th leading cause of death overall. But it’s the second leading cause of death for people ages 10–14 and 20–34. The highest suicide rate for any group — by far — was in men ages 75 and older.
September 25, 2024 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s vice presidential candidates both entered the spotlight this summer as relative political unknowns — but as they prepare to address their biggest audience yet in next week’s debate, Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is less popular among voters than his Democratic rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The findings of the new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reinforce a challenge for the Republican presidential ticket as voting begins in more and more states. In addition to Vance’s relative unpopularity among voters overall, Democrats are more enthusiastic about Kamala Harris and Walz than Republicans are about Donald Trump and Vance.
