March 4, 2024 2:36 am
(WPXI) – A Greene County man was killed in a shooting late Friday night in Pittsburgh’s South Shore. Pittsburgh Public Safety says police officers were sent to the Hard Rock Cafe on West Station Square Drive around 11:20 p.m. First responders found a man shot in the pelvis. Officials say he was initially conscious and alert, but his condition deteriorated and he was taken to a hospital in critical condition. He was pronounced deceased soon after arriving at the hospital. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the man killed as 25-year-old David Anthony Utley-Ralph of Mount Morris. Police say they’re searching for a smaller U-Haul box truck that fled the area. They don’t have any suspect descriptions at this time. Homicide detectives are investigating this shooting. Anyone with information should call police at 412-323-7800.
March 3, 2024 8:25 am
(AP) – Yogurt sold in the U.S. can make claims that the food may reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes based on limited evidence. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has agreed that eating at least 2 cups of yogurt a week might reduce the risk of the disease. The agency granted a request for a qualified health claim from Danone North America. Such claims lack full scientific support but are allowed as long as they include disclaimers. Other such allowed claims include that some types of cocoa may reduce heart disease and cranberry juice might reduce the risk of recurrent UTIs.
March 3, 2024 8:24 am
SPARTANSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania man was arrested Saturday and charged in the slaying of a pregnant Amish woman whose body was found last week. Pennsylvania State Police say 52-year-old Shawn C. Cranston of Corry has been charged with criminal homicide, criminal homicide of an unborn child, burglary and criminal trespass. He was denied bail at a preliminary arraignment early Saturday morning and is being held at the Crawford County jail. Online court records don’t list a defense attorney. Cranston’s arrest comes less than a week after authorities found the body of 23-year-old Rebekah A. Byler in the living room of her home a few miles from Spartansburg in northwestern Pennsylvania.
March 3, 2024 8:23 am
BETHLEHEM, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say three trains were involved in a derailment in eastern Pennsylvania that left some railroad cars along a riverbank and at least one partially in the river, but caused no reported injuries or hazardous materials concerns. Dispatchers in Northampton County say the derailment was reported at about 7:15 a.m. Saturday in Lower Saucon Township. The National Transportation Safety Board says preliminary information indicates an eastbound Norfolk Southern train struck a stopped train on the same track, derailing some cars, and wreckage from the striking train spilled onto an adjacent track and was struck by a westbound Norfolk Southern train.
March 3, 2024 8:21 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — The death toll has risen to 10 from a Russian drone strike that destroyed an apartment block in Ukraine’s southern port city of Odesa. The local governor reported that the body of a third child, appearing “not even a year old,” was pulled from the rubble. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy late on Saturday called on Western allies to boost Ukraine’s air defenses in the wake of the deadly attack. In Moscow, China’s special envoy on Ukraine held talks on Saturday evening with senior Russian diplomats, the first part of a broader European tour, Chinese and Russian state media reported.
March 3, 2024 8:20 am
STINNETT, Texas (AP) — Firefighters battling the largest wildfire in Texas history face increasingly difficult weather conditions and are focused on containing the northern and eastern perimeter of the fire while protecting life and property. Spokesperson Jason Nedlo with the team of firefighters said Saturday 15% of the 1,700 square mile fire is contained. The National Weather Service that says warm temperatures, strong winds and low humidity are expected Saturday and Sunday. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that began Monday in the Texas Panhandle has killed at least two people, left a charred landscape, dead cattle and destroyed as many as 500 structures, including burned-out homes. The fire has also crossed the state line into western Oklahoma.
March 3, 2024 8:05 am
(WPXI) – One person was taken to a hospital after a fire in Fayette County. Firefighters say they were called to Brashear Street in Brownsville at around 8:35 p.m. on Saturday. Fire Chief Richard Black said one person was rescued from the building. They were taken to a hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. State police are investigating the cause of the fire.
March 3, 2024 7:00 am
TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — A powerful blizzard that a meteorologist termed “as bad as it gets” is howling in the Sierra Nevada mountains. A long stretch of Interstate 80 in Northern California and several ski resorts remain closed Saturday because of gusty winds and snow. Tens of thousands of homes are without power in California and Nevada. The National Weather Service has issued a blizzard warning through Sunday for a 300-mile stretch of the mountain range in both states. Authorities are urging people to take shelter and stay off roads, and meteorologists predict more than 10 feet of snow will fall at higher elevations.
March 3, 2024 7:00 am
A Fredericktown man was sentenced for his conviction on several child sexual assault charges. Russell Jolliffe, 33 will spend the next 45-90 years in prison. Jolliffe was convicted in August of 2023 on child rape, aggravated indecent assault of a child, and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child charges. The assaults on the child dated back to 2018 and continued for three years.
March 3, 2024 7:00 am
CALIFORNIA, Pa. — (WPXI) – A man was flown to a local hospital after jumping from a window when a fire broke out in California Borough. Crews responded to California Manor along Second Street around 6:30 p.m. Friday. Fire officials told Channel 11 that firefighters were in the room when the man jumped out, but the smoke was too thick and they couldn’t hear him. A firefighter was taken to a nearby hospital with breathing trouble. In total, 30 residents are displaced after the fire. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
