July 24, 2023 5:01 am
LIGONIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – Four people were hurt in a crash involving several motorcycles on Route 30 in Ligonier Township. According to Westmoreland County 911, the crash happened at around 6:49 p.m. Ligonier Valley Police on Facebook said the crash happened near Laughlintown and involved several motorcycles. There were two different crash scenes that stemmed from the same crash, dispatch said. Four people were injured in the crash. One person was flown and two people were taken by ground to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown. A fourth person was taken to UPMC Forbes Hospital, according to officials. There’s currently no word on the victims’ conditions.
July 24, 2023 4:59 am
One person was killed in a one-vehicle crash early Monday morning in Union Township. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers say it happened around 1:30 a.m. in the area of the 22-hundred block of Route 88. We are told the driver was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene. The identity of the driver has not yet been released. No other vehicles were involved.
July 24, 2023 2:18 am
CANONSBURG, Pa. (WPXI) — Canonsburg police are investigating after shots were fired in a drive-by shooting early Sunday morning. According to Canonsburg police, officers were called to Perry Como Avenue for reports of shots fired at around 12:50 a.m. Responding officers found damage to a building that was suspected to be from multiple gunshots from a drive-by shooting. The suspects fled an unknown car and their motive is unknown at this time, police said. No injuries were reported from the incident.
July 23, 2023 7:22 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A White House official says President Joe Biden will establish a national monument honoring Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till-Mobley. Emmett Till is the Black teenager from Chicago who was tortured and killed in 1955 after being accused of whistling at a white woman in Mississippi. His lynching and his mother’s insistence on an open casket helped galvanize the civil rights movement. The official says Biden will sign a proclamation on Tuesday to create the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument across three sites in Illinois and Mississippi. Tuesday is the anniversary of Till’s birth in 1941.
July 23, 2023 7:21 am
HUDSON, N.H. (AP) — Weary Republicans across New Hampshire, even inside the governor’s office, are desperate to stop former President Donald Trump from winning the first-in-the-nation presidential primary. But for now they’re relying on little more than hopes and prayers. More than a dozen high-profile Republican officials are running against Trump. But one after another, they have stumbled in their campaigns to crack the veneer of inevitability that has followed the former president across the states hosting the opening Republican primary contests. Months after entering the race, most are still grasping for an effective strategy. Former Vice President Mike Pence, perhaps more than anyone, has been dragged down by the powerful undertow of Trumpism.
July 23, 2023 7:20 am
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin’s Supreme Court will flip from majority conservative to liberal control next month and Democrats have high hopes the change will lead to the state’s abortion ban being overturned and maps redrawn to weaken GOP control of the Legislature and congressional districts. Democrats in the perennial battleground state focused on abortion to win an April election resulting in liberal justices holding a majority on the court for the first time in 15 years. Abortion access and redistricting are just two of the biggest issues the court will face as it heads into another hotly contested presidential election year.
July 23, 2023 7:19 am
ST. LOUIS (AP) — The Mega Millions top prize has jumped to an estimated $820 million after there was no jackpot winner in the latest drawing. The numbers drawn late Friday night were: 29, 40, 47, 50, 57 and gold Mega Ball 25. The estimated $820 million in the next drawing would only be distributed to a winner who chooses an annuity paid over 29 years. Nearly all grand prize winners opt to take a cash payout, which for the next drawing Tuesday night is an estimated $422 million. Mega Millions says the potential jackpot is the fifth largest in the history of the game. Despite the game’s long odds of 1 in 302.6 million, players continue to purchase tickets as the size of the grand prize grows.
July 23, 2023 7:16 am
Two people were reportedly flown to an area hospital after a rollover car crash in Canton Township Saturday night. The Canton Township Fire Department confirmed two people were entrapped in a single-vehicle accident along the 100 block of Miller Road just before 9:00 p.m. The victims were reportedly taken to a Pittsburgh-area hospital following extraction from the crashed car. There is no word on their identities or status at this time. Miller Road was closed while crews worked to clear the incident.
July 23, 2023 7:06 am
PITTSBURGH (WPXI) — A man accused of hitting a state police car and almost striking a trooper after doing burnouts on the Fort Pitt Bridge is facing charges. According to court documents, Jason Stotlemyer, 31, was the driver of a Jeep Grand Cherokee that smashed into a state police vehicle while troopers were responding to reports of around 50 vehicles doing burnouts in the area of the Fort Pitt Bridge. Police say Stotlemyer hit the passenger side of the vehicle while it was trying to move as two Dodge Chargers began fleeing from the scene. The trooper inside the vehicle stepped out and ordered the driver of the Jeep to stop the vehicle. Stotlemyer, and the passenger inside the vehicle, did not stop and took off toward the city. Local license plate readers were used to track the Jeep. Court documents say the vehicle was found by South Fayette and Bridgeville Police. They say they observed Stotlemyer backing his car into the driveway at his residence. Stotlemyer faces charges of aggravated assault, aggravated assault by vehicle, fleeing or attempting to elude police, simple assault, accident involving damage and harassment.
July 23, 2023 7:04 am
PETERS TOWNSHIP, Pa. (WPXI) — A community in Washington County came together to help families whose homes were destroyed by fire. The fundraiser was held on Old Farm Road in Cecil Township. Nearly two months after a fire ripped through multiple townhouses. At least five homes were destroyed and 11 others were damaged. The Cecil Township fire chief said the fire was able to spread from house to house quickly because there were no sprinkler systems in them. Volunteers organized a spaghetti dinner at Saint Benedict The Abbot Church in Peters Township. They said they were pleasantly surprised at the turnout and impressed by the amount of people helping. The community is trying to prove that they will be there to help the families who need help. There was not a specific financial goal placed for the event.
