July 7, 2023 4:56 am
Earth’s average temperature set a new unofficial record high on Thursday, the third such milestone in a week that already rated as the hottest on record.The planetary average hit 63 degrees Fahrenheit (17.23 degrees Celsius), surpassing the 62.9-degree mark (17.18 Celsius) set Tuesday and equaled Wednesday, according to data from the University of Maine’s Climate Reanalyzer, a tool that uses satellite data and computer simulations to measure the world’s condition. That average includes places that are sweltering under dangerous heat — like Jingxing, China, which checked in almost 110 degrees Fahrenheit — and the merely unusually warm, like Antarctica, where temperatures across much of the continent were as much as 8 degrees Fahrenheit above normal this week.
July 7, 2023 4:53 am
ROSTRAVER TOWNSHIP, Pa. — (WPXI) – A 4-year-old boy was flown to the hospital after he was found shot inside a home in Rostraver Township. Police were called to Gauido Drive after the child was found shot in the head, according to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office. The child was flown to Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Rostraver Chief of Police, John Christner, says the shooting appears to be accidental. They are still investigating. Christner said his officer at Children’s Hospital is waiting for an update on the boy’s condition, but he did make it through surgery. Rostraver Township police and Westmoreland County detectives are investigating.
July 7, 2023 4:50 am
State Police are investigating the death of a Nemacolin man Thursday night. The Washington County Coroner’s Office says 53 year old Timothy Shook was found unresponsive in his vehicle that was stopped against a guide rail on the shoulder of Interstate 79 North near mile-marker 25 in Amwell Township. A passing motorist observed that the operator was unresponsive and called 9-1-1 around 8 p.m. Officials say there was no evidence of a collision and the death is not considered suspicious. A cause and manner of death are pending autopsy and investigation.
July 7, 2023 1:16 am
A Hanover Township man will face trial in the death of his wife. Stewart Wilson, 47 waived felony homicide by vehicle while dui, homicide by vehicle and misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter charges to court on Thursday. Wilson is accused of not seeing a car making a turn, then serving his car into an oncoming vehicle, sideswiping it, overcorrecting his steering into a guardrail on Stuebenville Pike in April of 2022. Stewart and his wife Denise Pierce-Wilson were ejected from the vehicle. Both were flown to hospitals. Pierce-Wilson died at the hospital from her injuries. Wilson will be formally arraigned on August 24.
July 7, 2023 1:12 am
WASHINGTON, Pa.-(WPXI)-A Washington man is in jail after allegedly ramming his ex-girlfriend’s vehicle repeatedly in the Trinity Point Wal-Mart parking lot, while her she and her child were trying to drive away. Police say Dametric Medlen had a PFA against him. Medlen reportedly rammed the vehicle multiple times, pushing it through the lot until his vehicle broke down. Medlen then ran to the McDonalds, where officers say he hid in the bathroom with a loaded gun. The incident happened at around noon on the Fourth of July.
July 6, 2023 3:39 pm
Brownsville man Jeremiah Cox, 23, accepted a global plea in court. He was sentenced to 11 ½ to 23 months parole for new charges. The Brownsville man took part in a robbery in Canton Township back in October of 2022. He was charged with this as well as charges relating to a DUI and possession of drug paraphernalia. Cox was revoked on his old cases due to violation in his probation.
July 6, 2023 9:00 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro is backing off his insistence on money for a new private-school funding program after it became a sticking point in a budget stalemate between Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature. Shapiro’s shift in position came Wednesday as state government plowed through its fifth day without full spending authority, and the Democratic-controlled House of Representatives prepared to respond to the budget deal between Shapiro and Republicans who control the state Senate. Shapiro says he’ll issue a line-item veto of the $100 million program should the House otherwise pass the Senate’s budget plan. Shapiro says he’s disappointed, but doesn’t want to plunge the state into a “painful, protracted budget impasse.”
July 6, 2023 5:08 am
Washington County 911 tells WJPA that at least one person was taken into custody early Thursday morning following a police chase through the city of Washington and part of South Strabane Township. According to dispatchers, the chase covered Chestnut Street, Maiden Street and South Wade Avenue before ending at North Avenue and Council Street in East Washington. Dispatchers confirm that the chase ended with a vehicle into a house in that location. They tell us a black male then fled on foot but was eventually taken into custody. There was at least one passenger in the vehicle – a female, but there’s been no word at this time – regarding her status in the chase. There were no injuries.
July 6, 2023 5:00 am
(WPXI) – If you have tickets to Beyoncé’s concert in Pittsburgh, you won’t be going. No one will be going. It’s been cancelled. Acrisure made the announcement on Twitter Wednesday morning, saying “Due to production logistics and scheduling issues, unfortunately the August 3rd Pittsburgh stop of the RENAISSANCEWORLD TOUR will not be taking place.” The post states that refunds will be automatically issued. No further information was released.
July 5, 2023 5:22 pm
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey fire chief says two firefighters were killed battling a blaze that broke out inside a cargo ship docked at Newark’s port. Fire Chief Rufus Jackson says responding firefighters found five to seven vehicles ablaze inside the ship Wednesday night. Jackson says they tried to put it out but were pushed back by the intense heat. The Newark Fire Department got support from other companies across New Jersey and New York. They were able to recover the two firefighters bodies. Newark Mayor Ras Baraka says the ship was carrying 5,000 cars.
