June 23, 2025 4:51 am
INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A firefighter is recovering in a hospital after a fire at a duplex in Independence Township. 911 dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 1600 block of Avella Road around 6:30 p.m on Saturday. Flames ripped through the building and smoke billowed out of it. Avella Volunteer Fire Chief Eric Temple said crews had to battle traffic because of a popular event happening at the nearby Little A Town Arena. Crews were able to get the fire under control in around an hour with the help of mutual aid. A firefighter was taken to a hospital with heat exhaustion. Two people lived inside the duplex and both got out safely. The cause of the fire has been deemed accidental.
June 23, 2025 4:46 am
MENALLEN TOWNSHIP, Pa. — One person was injured in a garage fire in Menallen Township. Fayette County dispatchers said firefighters were called to the 400 block of Pleasant View Smock Road at 9:13 p.m. Officials said they received reports of an explosion. One person was taken to Uniontown Hospital in an ambulance. There is no word on their identity or condition.
June 23, 2025 4:43 am
LONG POND, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro declined to get into specifics on the potential for the state to provide funding for any new sports arenas and said there were conversations about bringing NASCAR to Philadelphia. He made the comments Sunday at Pocono Raceway as he championed the state’s full sports slate next year. Shapiro said he would continue talking with Eagles owner Jeffrey Lurie and the Rooney family in Pittsburgh about what their NFL teams need when it comes to the state of their stadiums. Shapiro also promoted the financial impact generated for the state each year because of the NASCAR weekend at Pocono.
June 22, 2025 5:42 am
The U.S. military has hit three sites in Iran and inserted itself into Israel’s effort to decapitating Iran’s nuclear program in a risky gambit to weaken a longtime foe. U.S. and Israeli officials have said that American stealth bombers and a 30,000-pound bunker buster bomb they alone can carry offered the best chance of destroying heavily fortified sites connected to the Iranian nuclear program buried deep underground. Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said that the U.S. strikes overnight have blown up any possibility of diplomacy with the Americans or Europeans.
June 22, 2025 5:37 am
BANGKOK (AP) — In inserting itself into Israel’s war against Iran, Washington unleashed its massive “bunker-buster” bombs on Iran’s Fordo fuel enrichment plant. Those bombs were widely seen as the best chance of damaging or destroying Fordo, built deep into a mountain and untouched during Israel’s weeklong offensive. A U.S. official, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the operation before an official briefing, confirmed their use in Sunday’s attack. The U.S. is the only military capable of dropping the weapons. Israeli leaders had made no secret of their hopes that President Donald Trump would join their week-old war against Iran, though they had also suggested they had backup plans for destroying the site. It remained unclear early Sunday how much damage had been inflicted.
June 22, 2025 5:35 am
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil has returned to the U.S. Northeast after 104 days in custody for protesting against Israel and the war in Gaza. Khalil greeted supporters at New Jersey’s Newark International Airport on Saturday. He pushed his infant son’s stroller with one hand and pumped the other in the air. Khalil told reporters he will continue to speak up for Palestine even if threatened with death. Khalil is a legal U.S. resident. He was not accused of breaking any laws during protests at Columbia. But the administration has said noncitizens who participate in such demonstrations should be expelled for what it deems antisemitic views. It is appealing Khalil’s release.
June 22, 2025 5:30 am
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Pope Leo XIV has said there should be no tolerance in the Catholic Church for any type of abuse. Leo made his first public comments about the clergy sex abuse scandal in a written message to a Peruvian journalist who documented a particularly egregious case of abuse and financial corruption in a Peruvian-based Catholic movement. In it, Leo said: “It is urgent to root in the whole church a culture of prevention that does not tolerate any form of abuse – neither of power or authority, nor abuse of conscience, spiritual or sexual abuse.” Leo spent two decades as a missionary priest and bishop in Peru.
June 22, 2025 5:21 am
Firefighters battled a house fire in Independence Township on Saturday. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers said emergency crews were called to the 1600 block of Avella Road at 6:30 p.m. Multiple fire companies responded to the incident. No injuries were reported. (Photo: WPXI)
June 22, 2025 4:19 am
Western Pennsylvania is anticipating an extreme heat warning that will begin this Sunday and last well into next week. Temperatures will reach the mid 90’s beginning Sunday and likely last through Wednesday. Heat indexes will make the temperatures feel like they are between 100 and 105 degrees. Medical experts say that heat related illnesses are the biggest weather killer, greater than hurricanes or tornadoes. They say that it is important to prepare for the heat. Experts say that you should know the signs of heat exhaustion. They are dizziness, weakness and excessive sweating. Stay indoors whenever possible. If you must go outside, hydrate in advance.
June 22, 2025 4:16 am
The Canonsburg Volunteer Fire Department, this week, began collecting donations to aid victims of last weekend’s flooding that hit the West Alexander and the West Virginia panhandle area. The department is now asking that any donations be put on hold for the weekend. In an email sent by Fire Chief Tim Solobay, he said that they are putting a pause to the donations so that the department can assess exactly what is needed by the flood victims. He says the people are grateful for the donations. They are now at a point where they need to evaluate exactly what is needed. Solobay said that they will make an announcement when donations will resume.
