November 27, 2022 4:41 am
DUNLEVY, Pa. — One person was injured after a house fire Friday night in Dunlevy. According to officials, the blaze broke out with entrapment just before 10:00 p.m. along Church Street. Fire crews were able to evacuate the house, and the patient was flown to an area hospital via STAT MedEvac. Crews worked defensively for about six hours to control the fire due to severe hoarding conditions in the home. Charleroi Fire Department was assisted by Roscoe, Stockdale, Fallowfield, Monessen, Bentleyville, Belle Vernon, Rostraver West Newton EMS and Murrysville Medic One Rehab Unit. The RESA and Charleroi Regional Police were also on scene along with the Dunlevy Road Crew. The State Fire Marshal was called to the scene and the incident is under further investigation. There is no word on the victim’s condition at this time. (Photo Courtesy of the Charleroi Fire Department Facebook Page)
November 27, 2022 4:09 am
DRAVOSBURG, Pa. (WPXI) — The man whose body was recovered from the Monongahela River Wednesday has been identified. Allegheny County dispatchers say crews were called to the Mansfield Bridge in Dravosburg at around 2:15 p.m. Wednesday. McKeesport police requested Allegheny County’s homicide unit for the incident, but there is currently no indication if the situation is considered to be suspicious or not. County officials say James Aiello, 66 was the name of the man pulled from the water. There is no further information on the incident at this time.
November 26, 2022 5:01 am
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk says that Twitter plans to relaunch its premium service that will offer different colored check marks to accounts next week. Friday’s announcement is the latest change to the social media platform that the billionaire Tesla CEO bought last month for $44 billion, coming a day after Musk said he would grant “amnesty” for suspended accounts. Twitter previously suspended the premium service, which which under Musk granted blue-check labels to anyone paying $8 a month, because of a wave of imposter accounts. In the latest version, Musk said companies will get a gold check, governments will get a gray check, and individuals, whether or not they’re celebrities, will get a blue check.
November 26, 2022 5:00 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden speaks about the “scourge” of gun violence, his go-to answer is to zero in on so-called assault weapons. America has heard it many times, including this week after shootings in Colorado and Virginia, that Biden wants to sign into law a ban on high-powered guns that have the capacity to kill many people very quickly. Such a move is still far off in a closely divided Congress. But Biden and the Democrats have become increasingly emboldened in pushing for stronger gun controls, and they’re doing so with no clear electoral consequences. The tough talk reflects steady progress that gun control advocates have made.
November 26, 2022 4:59 am
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A mass shooting at a popular gay club in Colorado Springs has resurfaced questions about the city’s past and future among its residents. Though the suspect facing possible murder and hate crime charges is not from Colorado Springs, the targeting of LGBTQ people has reminded some of the 1990s, when the city was known as an epicenter of religion-infused, family-values conservatism unfriendly to the LGBTQ community. Colorado Springs has increasingly become a diverse and vibrant city, and, like anywhere a mass shooting occurs, the shocking act of violence in a space considered a refuge for LGBTQ people has sent residents reeling.
November 26, 2022 4:57 am
PHOENIX (AP) — Kari Lake, the defeated Republican candidate for Arizona governor, has filed a public records lawsuit demanding Maricopa County hand over a variety of documents related to the election. Lake has refused to acknowledge that she lost to Democrat Katie Hobbs and has for weeks drawn attention to voters who said they experienced long lines and difficulties while voting on Election Day in Arizona’s largest county. Her lawyer, Tim LaSota, says in the suit filed Wednesday that the county has not fulfilled public records requests filed on Nov. 15 and 16. The requests seek to identify voters who may have had trouble casting a ballot.
November 26, 2022 4:55 am
NANTUCKET, Mass. (AP) — President Joe Biden’s tradition of going out to lunch, shopping and watching a Christmas tree lighting in downtown Nantucket with his family became mostly about keeping his 2-year-old grandson from having a meltdown. Every member of the Biden family seemed to be doing whatever they could think of to keep baby Beau happy for a few hours until the tree was lit. The Bidens have been spending Thanksgiving on Nantucket for decades. The day after the turkey dinner, they go out to lunch, browse a bookstore and other shops before they watch the Christmas tree lighting on Main St.
November 26, 2022 4:32 am
AMWELL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Multiple Departments were dispatched to a chimney fire in Amwell Township Friday afternoon. Amwell Fire crews responded along with Lone Pine, North Franklin and South Strabane Fire Departments as well as the Washington County Department of Public Safety. There were no reported injuries. That fire broke out around 2:00 p.m.
November 26, 2022 4:28 am
SOUTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. –Emergency Crews were busy Friday afternoon in Washington County with multiple incidents taking place around the area. South Strabane Fire Crews were called to the intersection of Trinity Point Drive and Washington Road for a two-vehicle accident with entrapment around 4:00 p.m. When crews arrived, one of the vehicles was flipped onto its roof. Fire and EMS crews removed the patient from the SUV and transferred them to a waiting ambulance. Assisting on scene included South Strabane Police, State Troopers, Ambulance and Chair EMS and the North Strabane Fire Department. Crews were at this scene for about 45 minutes. The South Strabane Fire Department says that the was company’s 900th call of 2022, making it the busiest year on record. Later that night, the City of Washington Fire Department and other emergency crews responded to the intersection of East Beau Street and South Wade for another car rolled onto its side. There was no word on any injuries in that incident. (Photo: South Strabane Township Fire Department Facebook Page)
November 26, 2022 1:59 am
GLASSPORT, Pa. — (WPXI) – Investigators have released the name of the woman who died after crashing her SUV on Thanksgiving morning in Glassport. Allegheny County police said Ennis Jorden Davis, 31, of Mckeesport, died in the crash that happened on Monongahela Avenue. Her car crashed into a concrete barrier near the Mansfield Bridge. Inside that car, police found Davis’ body behind the wheel and a 7-year-old child who was still alive. Accident reconstructionists from Allegheny County police remained at the scene throughout the morning, trying to figure out what led up to the crash. Neighbors told our news partners at Channel 11 crashes like this have become somewhat of the norm. Police said the child was taken to the hospital and is stable.
