November 16, 2022 5:55 pm
WHITTIER, Calif. (AP) – Authorities say 25 Los Angeles County sheriff’s academy recruits on a training run were hit by a vehicle that veered onto the wrong side of the road Wednesday morning, and five were critically injured. Sheriff Alex Villanueva says another four recruits have moderate injuries and 16 have minor injuries. The crash occurred around dawn in suburban Whittier. The sheriff says the victims were members of an academy class that includes recruits for the Sheriff’s Department and local police departments. The driver has only been identified as 22-year-old man. The sheriff says a field sobriety test on the driver was negative.
November 16, 2022 8:43 am
(WPXI) – Crews returned to a house fire after it rekindled in Coal Center Wednesday morning. Washington County 911 said crews were called back to the house, located in the 900 block of Pike Run Road around nine o’clock. The blaze first broke out around four-thirty in the house, which was vacant at the time. There were no injuries and no word on what may have caused the fire.
November 16, 2022 7:59 am
A blast of winter overnight caused plenty of problems Thursday morning throughout Washington County. It began just before 3 a.m. with State Police blocking of the ramps connecting Interstate 70 and 79 in South Strabane Township because of at least two accidents that resulted from icy conditions. A short time later, at least two tractor trailers jack-knifed along Interstate 79 near the Southpointe and Canonsburg exits. Interstate 70 Eastbound was then closed after a tractor trailer caught fire just past the Eighty Four exit. Issues were also reported along Route 5-19 at Route 980 as well as other roadways. Penn Dot crews were called to numerous sites to put down salt.
November 16, 2022 4:19 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Legislation to protect same-sex and interracial marriages has crossed a major Senate hurdle, putting Congress on track to take the historic step of ensuring that such unions are enshrined in federal law. Twelve Republicans voted with all Democrats to move forward on the legislation, meaning a final vote could come as soon as this week, or later this month. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer says the bill ensuring the unions are legally recognized under the law is chance for the Senate to “live up to its highest ideals” and protect marriage equality for all people. Senate Democrats are quickly moving to pass the bill while the party still controls the House.
November 16, 2022 4:17 am
The agenda was light for North Strabane Township Supervisors on Tuesday evening. Among the items that supervisors will consider at their legislative meeting will be a draft budget proposal for 2023. According to Assistant Manager Ashley Stack, an additional $75,000 has been received through earned income taxes. That money has been added to the budget and Township Manager Andrew Walz says there is no tax increase anticipated. Actual numbers will be available at the legislative meeting. Additionally, supervisors will consider a change to their Ordinance 403 amending chapter one that outlines the make up of the police department. The position of chief is to be eliminated and replaced by personnel as determined by the board of supervisors. The legislative meeting will be on November 22.
November 16, 2022 4:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Florida Sen. Rick Scott is mounting a long-shot bid to unseat Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell. It’s the opening of the latest front in an intraparty battle between allies of McConnell and former President Donald Trump over the direction of the GOP following a disappointing showing in last week’s midterm elections. Scott is the leader of the GOP’s Senate campaign efforts and has long feuded with McConnell over the party’s approach to reclaiming a Senate majority. In a letter to Senate Republicans, Scott wrote, “If you simply want to stick with the status quo, don’t vote for me.” Republicans are holding their leadership elections on Wednesday.
November 16, 2022 4:13 am
PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) – Former President Donald Trump has launched another run for the presidency, promising supporters he will “make America great and glorious again.” Trump made his plans official Tuesday night after teasing the potential of a comeback since before he even left the White House in 2021. He had hoped to piggyback off expected Republican gains in last week’s midterm elections and stave off potential challengers. Instead, Trump is facing blame for the party’s underwhelming performance, with many seeing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis as a rising alternative. If Trump is ultimately successful, he would be just the second president in U.S. history to serve two nonconsecutive terms.
November 16, 2022 4:11 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) – NASA’s new moon rocket has blasted off on its debut flight with three test dummies aboard. Wednesday’s Florida launch brings the U.S. a big step closer to putting astronauts back on the lunar surface for the first time since the end of the Apollo program 50 years ago. If all goes well with the three-week flight, the crew capsule will be propelled into a wide orbit around the moon, before returning to Earth with a Pacific splashdown in December. NASA hopes to send four astronauts around the moon on the next flight, in 2024, and land humans there as early as 2025.
November 16, 2022 4:10 am
PRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) – NATO’s chief and the president of Poland say there are no indications that a missile that fell on Polish farmland and killed two people was a deliberate attack. They said that Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile as it was fending off a Russian air assault. Tuesday’s incident came as Russia launched missiles and drones that savaged Ukraine’s power grid. Poland said the missile was Russian-made. U.S. President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” that Russia fired it. Ukraine’s president said he did not believe the missile was Ukrainian and asked for more evidence. The NATO chief and others laid overall but not specific blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.
November 16, 2022 4:05 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — (WPXI) – Uniontown City police are searching for a suspect after a man was shot in the head early Monday morning. According to a news release, officers were called to the area of North Gallatin Avenue and East Coffee Street, where a man was found shot in the head. The victim was taken by medical helicopter to Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, West Virginia. His condition was not stated in the release. Investigators identified the suspect as Ramon “Roscoe” Jerome Williams III. A warrant was issued for Williams for criminal attempt homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault, possession of firearm prohibited, possession of instruments of a crime and tampering with evidence. Williams is still at large, and police said he should be considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts should call Uniontown City Police at 724-430-2929.
