October 24, 2024 1:30 am
North Strabane Township Police are looking for 38 year old Adam Logan in connection with an armed robbery at the Coen Market along Hill Church Houston Road Sunday night. An arrest warrant has been issued for him and police are asking the public not to approach him as he is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information is asked to call 9-1-1. Logan’s last known location was in Washington. He faces charges that include; robbery with threat of serious bodily injury, burglary, terroristic threats and simple assault by menacing.
October 24, 2024 2:49 am
WASHINGTON COUNTY, Pa. — The parents of a Charleroi toddler who died in Washington County in 2023 are being charged for the death. Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh has announced the charges against Brooke Whitehead, 32, and Ryan Whitehead, 32. Brooke is charged with criminal homicide, among other charges, and Ryan is charged with endangering the welfare of a child. A criminal complaint alleges Charleroi police were sent to the couple’s home on Prospect Avenue on Oct. 24, 2023, for a 14-month-old child who wasn’t breathing. The child was later pronounced dead at a hospital. The complaint states officers who first responded to the home were informed of “markings” on the child, which were documented as multiple bruises on the child’s face, neck and chest. Through an autopsy, it was determined that the child died from blunt force trauma to the head, torso and extremities. The autopsy also found recent skull fractures and long bone fractures in various states of healing. The complaint states Brooke was the only adult home on the day of her child’s death, but the child would have also been in Ryan’s custody when some of the other injuries happened. Walsh tells WJPA News that the pair were located Tuesday night in Bellefonte, Pa. and were housed in the Center County Jail before being returned to Washington County.
October 24, 2024 2:31 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. —(WPXI)- Three Washington County men pleaded guilty in county court to killing nearly two dozen deer illegally. The Pennsylvania Game Commission said Ezra McClelland, 20; Julian Marth, 21; and Grant Bamberger, 20, all of Washington, poached 21 deer in Dec. 2023. Nine deer were reported to have been shot and left laying on Dec. 9. On Dec. 17 another call was made to the Game Commission that reported similar activity in the same area; this time 12 deer were found dead. The actors did not attempt to retrieve those deer either. Six of the shot deer were antlered bucks. The Game Commission said the three men pleaded guilty. They will lose their hunting licenses for life, serve seven days in county jail, and pay $6,300 in fines. The rifles used in the poaching spree were seized and will not be returned. Anyone who sees poaching or other wildlife crimes is asked to contact the Pennsylvania Game Commission by calling the agency’s 24-hour dispatch center at 1-833-PGC-HUNT or 1-833-PGC-WILD, or call the Operation Game Thief toll-free hotline at 1-888-PGC-8001.
October 24, 2024 4:57 am
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina officials say the catastrophic flooding and destruction from Hurricane Helene likely caused at least $53 billion in damages and recovery needs in the state. Gov. Roy Cooper’s administration generated the preliminary figure in a report released Wednesday that also includes Cooper’s request to the General Assembly for $3.9 billion. The request was disclosed the day before the legislature planned to meet for a one-day session to advance additional Helene recovery legislation. Cooper says the previous record for storm damage in North Carolina was $17 billion after Hurricane Florence in 2018.
October 24, 2024 4:53 am
SEATTLE (AP) — Boeing factory workers have voted against the company’s latest contract offer and will remain on the picket lines six weeks into a strike that has stopped production of the aerospace giant’s bestselling jetliners. Local union leaders in Seattle say 64% of the members of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers voted against the proposal Wednesday. The offer included pay raises of 35% over four years. Boeing workers told Associated Press reporters the company’s refusal to restore a traditional pension plan that was frozen a decade ago is a sticking point. A spokesperson for Boeing said officials didn’t have a comment on the vote.
October 24, 2024 5:01 am
A lucky lottery player in Georgia won the estimated $478 million Powerball jackpot on Wednesday, according to the Powerball website. Only one ticket matched all six balls. It is the seventh time a Powerball jackpot has been won in Georgia. In addition to the jackpot winner, two tickets matched the five white balls to win $1 million each. Those tickets were sold in Pennsylvania and Texas.
October 24, 2024 4:55 am
A food poisoning outbreak tied to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was caused by a common type of E. coli bacteria that can cause serious illness and death. Particularly vulnerable are young children, older people or those with weakened immune systems. About 50 people have fallen ill in the outbreak, and one has died. Their ages range from 13 to 88. The bacteria are common in the environment, including water, food and in the intestines of animals and humans. Symptoms typically occur within two days of eating tainted food and include fever, vomiting and diarrhea.
October 23, 2024 4:53 am
OHIO COUNTY, W.Va. — (WPXI) – Interstate 70 between Washington and Wheeling has seen a significant increase in crashes over the last few months. NBC affiliate WTOV reports that backups have nearly become a daily occurrence between 2-Mile Hill and West Alexander and cause delays, injuries and deaths. Trooper Rocco Gagliardi with the Pennsylvania State Police says that he and officials in West Virginia are working to get to the bottom of the issue. Gagliardi said most of the crashes have been because of driver error and he advises travelers to slow down. “There’s usually some sort of driving action that is happening to occur that crash. Following too closely, speeding, trying to pass people on shoulders. We’ve seen it all, especially on I-70,” Gagliardi said.
October 23, 2024 2:21 am
Several local communities were the beneficiaries of Act 71 Local Share Account grants. More than $2.3 million was awarded to 9 communities. Municipalities and projects that benefited are:
North Franklin Twp.-$750,000 for sewer expansion
Chartiers Twp.-$375,000 for a pressure sewer segment in Arden Mines
Mt. Pleasant Twp.-$336,787 for community park improvements
Carroll Twp.-$200,000 for sewer laterals in Victory Hills and Craven Hills
McDonald Borough-$185,000 for Heritage Park improvements
City of Washington-$184,500 Washington Park Stone Pavilion floor rehabilitation
Houston Borough-$136,900 traffic signal upgrades at Pike and Main and Western
Morris Twp.-$38,017 for wastewater treatment plant planning for Prosperity
Washington County Redevelopment Authority-$135,000 for call for aid pull cords in senior housing facilities
Act 71 of 2004 provides for the distribution of LSA gaming revenues through the Commonwealth Financing Authority for projects of public interest.
October 23, 2024 2:16 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. —(WPXI)-A man was charged in the death of a 2-year-old girl in Uniontown. The coroner’s office was called to Uniontown Hospital just after noon Monday, where the toddler, identified as Margaret Nunn, was pronounced dead. The Fayette County District Attorney’s Office said Emmanuel Dennis, 33, has been charged with homicide connected to Margaret’s death. Preliminary investigation indicates that Margaret died as a result of serious physical abuse at Dennis’ hands, the district attorney’s office said. The investigation is ongoing. Anyone with information is asked to contact Pennsylvania State Police in Uniontown or the district attorney’s office.
