August 24, 2024 5:35 am
WEST BROWNSVILLE, Pa. — Neighbors in West Brownsville tell Channel 11 police and sheriff’s deputies had a large area of Main Street, as well as Middle Street, shut down Friday afternoon for multiple hours. According to West Brownsville Police, their office, State Police, and the Washington County Sheriff’s Office were serving multiple arrest warrants at a house on Main Street. One neighbor said he returned home in the middle of the apparent standoff and was told by state troopers to leave the area for his safety. According to that neighbor, he saw investigators at the same house on Wednesday. Police say they attempted to serve the warrants Wednesday but were unsuccessful. Friday, they were able to arrest the man they were looking for. Investigators say one of the warrants was for a probation violation.
August 24, 2024 1:47 am
A woman is dead and a firefighter is recovering following a house fire Friday morning in Elrama. The woman has been identified as Sabrina Boyle, who was 23 weeks pregnant. The fire broke out around 5 a.m. in the 100-block of Fairview Street. According to our news partners at WPXI, the firefighter suffered burn injuries from trying to rescue the woman but since has been released from the hospital. Three other people were able to get out of the home safely. The State Fire Marshal’s Office is investigating the cause of the fatal fire.
August 23, 2024 3:39 pm
(AP) – A federal jury says a Pennsylvania school district violated a teacher’s constitutional rights by falsely suggesting he took part in the U.S. Capitol riot on Jan. 6, 2021. Jurors found the Allentown School District retaliated against Jason Moorehead when it suspended him after the deadly insurrection in Washington. Moorehead attended Donald Trump’s “Stop the Steal” rally but says he never got closer than a mile to the Capitol. Jurors decided the school district should pay Moorehead $125,000 for economic damages. The jury also found two school board members acted “maliciously or wantonly” and ordered them to pay punitive damages.
August 23, 2024 12:28 pm
(AP) – The U.S. Postal Service hopes to save $3 billion a year through a series of changes reflecting greater reliance on streamlined regional networks. The proposal, announced Thursday, would adjust mail delivery times while maintaining a commitment to a maximum five-day delivery for the flagship Ground Advantage program and a maximum three-day delivery for local first-class mail. The details were unveiled Thursday by the Postal Service ahead of a Sept. 5 meeting in which the proposed changes will be discussed before being submitted to the Postal Regulatory Commission. Election mail won’t be affected because the proposed changes would begin next year. (Photo: AP)
August 23, 2024 5:07 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy says he is suspending his independent presidential bid and is backing Donald Trump. Kennedy said Friday in Arizona that his internal polls had showed that his presence in the race would hurt Trump and help Democratic nominee Kamala Harris. He cited free speech, the war in Ukraine and “a war on our children” as among the reasons to try to remove his name from the ballot in battleground states. He made clear that he wasn’t formally ending his bid and said his supporters could continue to back him in the majority of states where they are unlikely to sway the outcome. Kennedy said the move followed conversations with Trump over the past few weeks. (Photo: AP)
August 23, 2024 5:06 am
ATLANTA (AP) — Donald Trump is changing his tune on Georgia’s Republican governor after delivering a series of blistering attacks at a rally just weeks ago. In a social media post, Trump thanked Gov. Brian Kemp for his help and support in Georgia. At a rally earlier this month, Trump tore into the governor, blaming him for his narrow 2020 loss in the state. Trump’s Thursday statement came moments after Kemp appeared on Fox News and told host Sean Hannity that he continues to support Trump and will help him win Georgia’s 16 electoral votes.
August 23, 2024 5:01 am
CHICAGO (AP) — Kamala Harris has summoned Americans to reject political divisions and instead chart what she called a “new way forward.” She accepted her party’s nomination with a speech Thursday that blended biography with warnings about electing Donald Trump again to the White House. Taking the stage to a thunderous standing ovation as she closed out the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, the vice president argued that her personal story and prosecutorial background made her uniquely qualified to protect Americans’ interests against a former president she cast as only having his own interests in mind. “Our nation with this election has a precious, fleeting opportunity to move past the bitterness, cynicism, and divisive battles of the past,” Harris said.
August 23, 2024 4:59 am
ACKSON HOLE, Wyoming (AP) — With the Federal Reserve considered certain to start cutting its benchmark interest rate next month, Chair Jerome Powell’s highly anticipated speech Friday morning at an economic conference will be closely watched for any hints about how many additional rate cuts might be in the pipeline. Powell is expected to say the Fed has become more confident that inflation is nearing its 2% target, more than two years after it hit a painful four-decade high. Yet the Fed chair may take an overall cautious approach in his remarks at an annual conference of central bankers in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
August 23, 2024 4:57 am
No injuries are reported after fire crews were called to a house fire in the City of Washington overnight. Washington County 9-1-1 says emergency crews were called to the 400-block of W. Chestnut Street just after 11:30 p.m. Dispatchers say the fire was put out quickly. There is no word on the cause of the fire and we are told the State Police Fire Marshall has been notified.
August 23, 2024 4:53 am
MOUNT PLEASANT TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Eight students and the bus driver were injured in a school bus crash in Washington County on Thursday. According to witnesses, the bus was full of high school-aged Western Area Career and Technology Center students from the Fort Cherry School District when it ran off Westland Road near Second Street in the Westland area of Mt. Pleasant Township around 2:30 Thursday afternoon. Two students were flown by helicopter in serious condition—one to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh and the other to UPMC Presbyterian. Six other students were hospitalized with minor injuries, along with the driver of the Fort Cherry school bus. According to witnesses, the bus hit a fence before splitting the gap between a pair of trees and careening into a field. “She [the driver] had, for whatever reason, lost control and came off the road where that squad is at, came into the field, into the hill, the bus violently bounced up and down several times creating injuries to the students that they sustained,” said Chief Tom Bruce, with Fort Cherry Ambulance. It’s still unclear what caused the driver to lose control. The Pennsylvania State Police crash unit is investigating. In a statement, Fort Cherry’s superintendent, Thomas Samosky, said, in part, “We can report that all students and the driver have been assessed, and at this time, we are monitoring their condition closely. We want to extend our deepest gratitude to the first responders who arrived quickly at the scene and provided immediate care and assistance.”
