June 11, 2023 7:03 am
UNIONTOWN, Pa. — A woman was shot and killed at an apartment on Iowa Street Friday morning. The suspect was taken into custody at a local gas station a half-mile away. According to the criminal complaint, Danny Sottile shot and killed a woman identified in court documents only as “Tiffany.” Police have not yet released her full name saying the family has not been notified. According to court documents, Sottile told police he had been with the victim since about 4:00 Thursday afternoon. He told police they did meth, marijuana, and another drug police said Sottile called “wet.” Police said Sottile told them he was sitting on the bed paranoid that her friends were going to rob him. He told police he heard noises outside and then shot the woman in the chest. Police said he told them he fired another shot as she made it to another room, but he was unsure if he hit her. Sottile is being held in the Fayette County Prison without bond. He faces criminal homicide and other charges.
June 11, 2023 3:15 am
The second annual Washington Pride Festival took place Saturday at the community pavilion on South Main Street. The event ran from noon to nine p.m. and featured vendors, entertainment, food and other activities for kids.
June 10, 2023 9:45 am
MIAMI (AP) — The federal indictment against Donald Trump accuses the former president of illegally hoarding classified documents at his Florida estate after leaving the White House in 2021, and then scheming and lying to thwart government efforts to recover them. Justice Department prosecutors brought 37 felony counts against Trump in their indictment, relying upon photographs from Mar-a-Lago, surveillance video, text messages between staffers, Trump’s own words, those of his lawyers, and other evidence. An aide to Trump, Walt Nauta, was charged as a co-conspirator with six felony counts.
June 10, 2023 9:10 am
The Air Quality Index (AQI) has updated to Moderate for Pittsburgh and the surrounding area. This is deemed as acceptable according to The Weather Channel
There may be a moderate health concern for a very small number of people who are unusually sensitive to air pollution.
June 10, 2023 7:13 am
Today’s Air Quality Index in Pittsburgh is marked at 65 as “Poor” according to AccuWeather. The air has reached a high level of pollution and is unhealthy for sensitive groups. Reduce time spent outside if you are feeling symptoms such as difficulty breathing or throat irritation.
June 10, 2023 4:53 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A thick, hazardous haze of wildfire smoke is looming over daily life for millions of people across the U.S. and Canada for a third day, and it’s expected to persist as long as the weekend. The conditions Thursday sent asthma sufferers to hospitals, delayed flights, postponed ballgames and pushed back a White House Pride Month celebration. If the worrisome haze is an unnerving novelty for millions of people on the United States’ East Coast, it’s a reminder of what other places experience more regularly. And scientists say it’s a wake-up call about the future.
June 10, 2023 4:49 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — This week’s Supreme Court decision ordering Alabama to redraw its congressional maps was seen by many minority lawmakers and voting rights activists as a stunning victory with the potential to become a major stepping stone for undoing gerrymandered political maps that dilute the political strength of communities of color. The court majority found that Alabama concentrated Black voters in one district, while spreading them out among the others to make it much more difficult to elect more than one candidate of their choice. Similar maps have been drawn in other states, primarily by Republican-controlled legislatures. Voting rights activists said they believe maps will have to be redrawn in Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana ahead of the 2024 elections.
June 10, 2023 2:27 am
Washington City Council held their voting meeting on Thursday and acted on a measure that was the subject of a public hearing on Monday. Council unanimously denied a conditional use application from CMR Enterprises. The group was looking to develop the Holden House of Hope at 11 and 25 South College Street. Mayor Scott Putnam indicated that the city is very supportive of the recovery community. However, the project is not permitted in the central business district of the city. A development like this is permitted in other city areas. Christopher Rey, a representative of CMR Enterprises who spoke in favor of the development in the public comment section of the meeting did not wish to comment on the vote. In other city business council swore in officer Joseph Iannetta as a full time police officer. They also hired William Kocher as a firefighter.
June 10, 2023 2:26 am
It took less than four hours for a jury to deliver a split verdict in the trial of Michaela Hildreth. Hildreth, 27 of Ninevah avoided the most serious charge of attempted homicide. She was convicted of two felony counts of aggravated assault. She was also convicted of one misdemeanor charge of simple assault and three reckless endangerment charges. Hildreth and her boyfriend J.T. Mruk were with Amy Mruk searching for a missing rifle that belonged to the Mruk’s son. Amy Mruk was arguing with her estranged husband and Hildreth when she left the group to walk to a friend’s Chartiers Township home where they believed the gun may have been. Hildreth drove up to the home and met Amy Mruk in the street. Amy Mruk began assaulting Hildreth and when she was pulled away from the vehicle, she returned with her hands raised and Hildreth shot her. The judge revoked Hildreth’s bond and sheriff’s deputies led her to the Washington County Jail. Hildreth will be sentenced on September 6.
June 10, 2023 1:59 am
A Washington man was killed Thursday afternoon in a one-car crash in South Franklin Township. The Washington County Coroner’s Office says 32-year-old Derek Hartzog died in the Washington Hospital Emergency Room following an accident just before three o’clock on S Bridge Road. Authorities say he lost control of his vehicle and plowed into a tree. Officials say he was not wearing a seatbelt. State Police are investigating the cause of the crash and an autopsy is pending. Hartzog was the only person in the vehicle.
