November 18, 2022 2:49 am
A man accused of child rape and other felonies learned his fate on Thursday. Logan Hunt, 30 of South Strabane Township was convicted on all 9 charges against him. The jury took only 90 minutes to decide that the DNA evidence and witness testimony offered over the course of the two day trial could deliver nothing less than a unanimous decision. Assistant District Attorney Kevin Scheibel is pleased with the jury’s decision calling the evidence quite convincing. Defense Attorney Mark Adams stated that the DNA evidence was rock solid. The victim’s father stated that he is pleased that his child will never have to be in Hunt’s presence again. The judge ordered a pre-sentencing investigation that will include an assessment for Hunt as a violent sexual predator. Hunt is scheduled to be sentenced on February 10.
November 18, 2022 2:44 am
Washington County Commissioners met Thursday and the public comment segment of the meeting delivered much praise to the commissioners and the elections board for a well run election. Commissioner Chairwoman Diana Irey-Vaughn detailed how election machines were tested and how the public was able to view those tests. She also told of how five randomly selected precincts from Burgettstown, Cecil Township, Fallowfield Township, Coal Center and Peters Township were hand counted and delivered the exact same results as those tabulated by the machines. Additionally, commissioners approved a $16,000 contract with a medical provider to take care of an inmate who requires skilled nursing care. Vaughn explained during the meeting that commissioners were forced into this contract when the state declined to move him into a facility that the state would pay for. Efforts to find a skilled nursing facility locally met with no success due to the nature of his crimes.
November 17, 2022 4:38 pm
(WPXI) – Officials with Ticketmaster announced in a statement Thursday that they were cancelling the public sale of tickets for Taylor Swift’s upcoming “The Eras Tour” after unprecedented demand for pre-sale tickets caused the company’s website to crash Tuesday. In a statement obtained by CNN, Ticketmaster officials said that “due to extraordinarily high demands on ticketing systems and insufficient remaining ticket inventory to meet that demand, tomorrow’s public on-sale for Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour has been cancelled.” More than 2 million tickets were sold for Swift shows on Tuesday — the most ever sold for an artist on a single day, according to Ticketmaster.
November 17, 2022 4:16 pm
LOS ANGELES (AP) – Robert Clary, who played a prisoner of war in the TV sitcom “Hogan’s Heroes,” has died. Clary sported a beret in his role as the feisty Corporal Louis LeBeau in “Hogan’s Heroes,” which aired from 1965 to 1971. The sitcom was about a band of Allied soldiers in a World War II POW camp run by clownish German Nazis. Clary was the last surviving original star of the comedy that included Bob Crane, Richard Dawson, Larry Hovis and Ivan Dixon. Clary was a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust that claimed the lives of many members of his large Jewish family. Clary was 96 when he died of natural causes. (Photo: AP)
November 17, 2022 12:55 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – Officials say U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents have been wounded after exchanging gunfire with people “on board a suspected smuggling vessel” off the coast of Puerto Rico. U.S. Customs and Border Protection says the agents suffered various gunshot wounds during the incident that happened around 8 a.m. Thursday. It happened about 144 miles off the coast of Cabo Rojo in Puerto Rico. The agency said the agents were being airlifted to the Puerto Rico Trauma Center and an investigation is underway.
November 17, 2022 12:53 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) – House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she will not seek a leadership role in the new Congress. Pelosi’s decision Thursday comes after Democrats lost the House majority to Republicans in the midterm elections and after the brutal attack on her husband, Paul, by an intruder at their San Francisco home. Pelosi’s decision makes way for a new generation of House Democratic leaders. Pelosi is expected to stay on as a member of Congress, having won reelection from her California district. Pelosi was the first woman to seize the speaker’s gavel, breaking what she called the “marble ceiling.” She led passage of the Affordable Care Act with President Barack Obama and twice impeached President Donald Trump. (Photo: AP)
November 17, 2022 4:24 am
PRZEWODOW, Poland (AP) – NATO’s chief and the president of Poland say there are no indications that a missile that fell on Polish farmland and killed two people was a deliberate attack. They said that Ukraine likely launched the Soviet-era projectile as it was fending off a Russian air assault. Tuesday’s incident came as Russia launched missiles and drones that savaged Ukraine’s power grid. Poland said the missile was Russian-made. U.S. President Joe Biden said it was “unlikely” that Russia fired it. Ukraine’s president said he did not believe the missile was Ukrainian and asked for more evidence. The NATO chief and others laid overall but not specific blame on Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war.
November 17, 2022 4:21 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russian air strikes have inflicted more damage on Ukraine , with the latest barrage smashing into energy infrastructure, apartment buildings and an industrial site. Authorities said at least four people were killed and five wounded in drone and missile strikes around the country. Separately, U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced an extension of a four-month-old deal to ensure the safe delivery of export of grain, foodstuffs and fertilizers from Ukraine through the Black Sea just days before it was set to expire. Guterres says the United Nations is also “fully committed” to removing obstacles that have impeded the export of food and fertilizer from Russia.
November 17, 2022 4:20 am
PHOENIX (AP) – Defeated Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake says she’s assembling lawyers and collecting evidence of voters who had trouble casting ballots as she considers her next move. The Republican did not concede Thursday in her most extensive public comments since losing the election. Before the election, she refused to say that she would concede if she lost the race to Democrat Katie Hobbs. She has pointed to long lines at some polling places and problems with ballot printers in Maricopa County. County officials say that all ballots were counted and that voters could go to any polling place in the county.
November 17, 2022 4:18 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans have won control of the U.S. House, returning the party to power in Washington and giving conservatives leverage to blunt President Joe Biden’s agenda and spur a flurry of investigations. But a threadbare majority will pose immediate challenges for GOP leaders and complicate the party’s ability to govern. More than a week after Election Day, Republicans secured the 218th seat needed to flip the House. The full scope of the party’s majority may not be clear for several more days – or weeks – as votes in competitive races are still being counted.
