August 8, 2023 4:58 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — At least two people have died, thousands of U.S. flights have been canceled and more than 1 million have lost power as destructively strong storms move through the eastern U.S. Residents were warned to stay indoors Monday and prepare for the worst. The threat of severe thunderstorms and tornados stretched from Alabama to New York. Officials say a 15-year-old boy was killed by a falling tree in South Carolina and a 28-year-old man was killed by lightning in Alabama. Homes and businesses in nearly a dozen states lost power as trees and power lines fell onto roads and homes. FlightAware says more than 2,600 U.S. flights have been canceled and nearly 7,900 delayed.
August 8, 2023 4:54 am
Cecil Township Supervisors doubled down on meetings Monday night. Prior to their regular meeting, they held a public hearing on a proposed cluster home development on the Toward property. Despite Planning Commission approval contingent on their comments, supervisors took developer NVR to task. The development is to be located in an R-1 zoning district. Supervisors, looking at the plan see it more suited as a Planned Residential Development that is not an approved use in an R-1 district. Supervisors continued the meeting. The date for further testimony will be September 5 at 5:30 pm. In other business, supervisors directed their solicitor to write a letter to the township’s solid waste collector County Hauling. Supervisors are receiving multiple complaints about the hauler regarding pick up, drivers and billing. Complaints are coming into the township and supervisors do not want to spend tax dollars addressing issues that the company should be handling. Supervisors also reminded residents that their next regular meeting will be on Tuesday September 5 because of the Labor Day holiday.
August 8, 2023 4:53 am
As public safety continues to be a prominent subject, local hospitals have started to take the initiative to educate people on the importance of safety. Canonsburg hospital will be informing the public with a safety fair this Saturday, August 12th at St. Patrick’s Church in Canonsburg. During Monday’s Canonsburg Borough Council Agenda meeting, Canonsburg Mayor David Rhome shared that the fair will be held from 11 AM to 2 PM. The event is being put on through the Allegheny Health Network, and there will be many agencies participating in the event including the Canonsburg Police Department and Fire Department. Minimal road closures are expected for the event, with potential traffic backup near the Hutchinson Avenue area that will be turned into a one way. The event is expected to have 400 to 500 people, and with a positive turnout it could lead to similar fairs in the near future.
August 8, 2023 2:32 am
A jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket worth $350,000 was recently sold in Washington County. The ticket, sold for the Aug. 4 drawing, matched all five balls drawn, 6-11-12-14-27, to win $357,278. The Giant Eagle, in Strabane Square, earns a $500 bonus for selling the winning ticket. A main Cash 5 game prize must be claimed within one year of the drawing date. Visit palottery.com for information.
August 7, 2023 5:39 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – “The French Connection” director William Friedkin has died at the age of 87, according to his executive assistant. Friedkin was 32 when he made “The French Connection,” which won the best picture Oscar in 1972. Friedkin also directed “The Exorcist,” “To Live and Die in L.A.” and “Rules of Engagement.” Friedkin’s latest film, “The Caine Mutiny Court-Martial” with Kiefer Sutherland, will premiere at the Venice Film Festival next month.
August 7, 2023 4:12 pm
DECATUR TOWNSHIP, Pa. — It was a wild scene when a car ended up in the second story of a home in Pennsylvania Sunday evening. The Junction Fire Company in Mifflin County said they were dispatched around 3:15 p.m. to Alfarata Road in Decatur Township. The driver of the car was out when crews arrived and taken to a hospital. The rescue crew stabilized the home and helped the homeowners put a tarp over the hole because of storms on the way. Authorities did not say how the car wound up in the second story of the house. (Photo: WPXI)
August 7, 2023 6:27 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say three passengers died after a bus carrying up to 50 people struck a vehicle on an interstate in Pennsylvania. State police say the crash happened during heavy rain around 11:50 p.m. Sunday on southbound Interstate 81 in Dauphin County’s Lower Paxton Township, outside Harrisburg. Police say the bus flipped on its side. Multiple people also were taken to a hospital with injuries, but police didn’t immediately release further information. A bus passenger said it was covering a normal route between New York and Ohio, adding the crash threw people from their seats and left some piled on top of others. The cause of the crash remains under investigation. (Photo: WPXI)
August 7, 2023 5:18 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Elon Musk says he may need to get surgery before a proposed “cage match” with Mark Zuckerberg. The two tech billionaires seemingly agreed to an in-person face-off in late June. It’s unclear if a physical fight will actually end up happening, but Musk and Zuckerberg have continued to fuel interest in the potential match through online jabs at one another — most recently on Sunday, when Musk said the fight would be live-streamed on his social media site X, formerly known as Twitter. In a response, Zuckerberg said that he was ready for a fight, but Musk hadn’t confirmed a date. Musk later addressed the timing — noting the date “is still in flux” due to a scheduled MRI and the potential of surgery.
August 7, 2023 5:15 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia unleashed a missile and drone barrage across parts of Ukraine that officials in Kyiv say killed six people, as Moscow followed through on its promise to retaliate for a Ukrainian drone attack on a Russian tanker in the Black Sea near Crimea late Friday. Meanwhile, Moscow’s second-largest airport briefly suspended flights early Sunday following a foiled drone attack near the Russian capital. It was the fourth attack on Moscow in a month, highlighting the city’s vulnerability as Russia’s war grinds into its 18th month. The Russian Defense Ministry said the drone was destroyed by air defense systems in a Moscow suburb.
August 7, 2023 5:14 am
Shootings and other attacks are increasing at hospitals across the U.S., contributing to health care becoming one of the nation’s most violent fields. Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show American health care workers are now far more likely to suffer nonfatal injuries by violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement. They racked up 73% of all such injuries in 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available. Hospitals have armed security officers with handguns, stun guns or batons. Some states allow hospitals to create their own police forces, including Indiana, Ohio and Georgia.
