August 22, 2024 3:51 pm
At least eight students and the bus driver were injured in a school bus crash in Washington County on Thursday. The crash happened along Westland Road in Mount Pleasant Township at 2:36 p.m. Authorities say high school students from Fort Cherry were on the bus at the time and were returning from the VoTech School near Houston. Two students were flown to area hospitals and six others were taken by ambulance. Their conditions have not been released. Authorities say the bus driver lost control, causing the bus to go across the road and into a grassy area which has cement blocks in it.
August 22, 2024 2:58 am
Washington County District Attorney Jason Walsh announced Wednesday that following an investigation by his office, concerning the arrest of a man on Trinity Point Drive in South Strabane Township Tuesday night, that was captured on a video that is now circulating on social media, he is clearing the officer involved. Walsh says after reviewing the video showing the attempted arrest of Trendon Mobley, he has determined the officer followed all policies, procedures and laws of Pennsylvania in the arrest of a dangerous offender. Walsh says Mobley is classified as a wanted person with caution for violent tendencies and has warrants for his arrest, not only in Washington County, also out of state. The video shows Mobley running away from the arresting officer, the officer getting into his truck and pursuing him. During the pursuit, Mobley is seen colliding with the officer’s vehicle and falling to the ground, but quickly getting back up. Walsh says his investigation shows Mobley purposefully ran into the officer’s truck to evade arrest. Mobley, who was treated for minor injuries, is being held in the Washington County Jail on multiple charges.
August 22, 2024 4:59 am
One person was injured in a one-vehicle crash in Chartiers Township Wednesday night. Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened just before 9 p.m along N. Main Street extension. The vehicle reportedly struck a guardrail. The person injured was flown by medical helicopter to a Pittsburgh hospital but there is no word on their identity or condition.
August 22, 2024 4:56 am
It was a busy night for emergency crews. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers tell us there were two, separate crashes on Interstate 79 late Wednesday night. The first was a one-vehicle accident that occurred just before 10 p.m near the 40 mile-marker in South Strabane Township. Two people were injured and transported to Pittsburgh hospitals by ambulance. We have no word on their identities or conditions. A short time later, dispatchers say there was a two-vehicle crash near the 31 mile-marker in Amwell Township in the southbound lanes of I-79. One person was transported by ambulance. Again, the identity and condition of the person injured is not available.
August 21, 2024 2:56 am
CONSOL Energy and Arch Resources, in a conference call with investors Wednesday morning, announced plans to merge, creating an energy company valued at more than five-billion-dollars. The new company will be called Core Natural Resources, and will trade on the New York Stock Exchange under a new ticker symbol that the companies have not yet disclosed, Once the merger is complete, the new company will own eleven mines across six states that produce thermal and metallurgical coal that will be used for heat generation at power plants and in steel-making. Core Natural Resources will be headquartered in Canonsburg, at their Southpointe location, while still maintaining a presence in St. Louis, where Arch is based. The use of coal in the United States has fallen almost every year since 2005 as energy plants switch over to natural gas and that has led to mine closures and job cuts across the sector. Coal companies that have survived need to lower costs and that can be achieved both through new technology, and mergers like the one announced by CONSOL and Arch.
August 22, 2024 5:14 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democrats have won legal challenges keeping the left-wing Party for Socialism and Liberation off Pennsylvania’s presidential ballot. A Commonwealth Court judge, in a Tuesday decision, agreed with two Democratic Party-aligned challenges that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation was fatally flawed and ordered the party’s presidential candidate off Pennsylvania’s Nov. 5 ballot. A Commonwealth Court judge agreed with two Democratic Party-aligned challenges on Tuesday, ruling that the paperwork filed by the Party for Socialism and Liberation was fatally flawed and ordering the party’s presidential candidate, Claudia De la Cruz, off Pennsylvania’s Nov. 5 ballot. Meanwhile, a lawyer with deep ties to the Republican Party is working to help get independent candidate Cornel West on it. The lawyer argues that the Secretary of State’s office under Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro was wrong to reject West’s paperwork.
August 21, 2024 5:06 am
CHICAGO (AP) — The Democratic National Convention’s third night showcased a familiar former president in Bill Clinton and introduced more Americans to Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. He was little known outside his state until Vice President Kamala Harris selected him as her running mate. Walz used his background as a former teacher and football coach to put a home-town spin on the Democrats’ agenda of protecting individual freedoms and rejecting what they paint as the intrusive policies of Republican Donald Trump. Wednesday’s program also highlighted plenty of up-and-coming Democratic politicians and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who gave an energetic speech in support of the party’s ticket.
August 22, 2024 5:08 am
The parents of a 23-year-old American taken hostage by Hamas during the Oct. 7 attack on Israel have given a moving speech at the Democratic National Convention. The parents of Hersh Goldberg-Polin on Wednesday pleaded for the release of the dozens of people who continue to be held captive in Gaza. They were greeted with an extended ovation and chants of “bring him home” by the thousands of Democratic delegates in Chicago. More than 100 hostages remain in Gaza, including eight American citizens. The parents steered clear of politics but said President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are “working tirelessly” for a deal to release the hostages and end the fighting in Gaza.
August 22, 2024 5:53 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Updated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses. The shots are cleared for adults and children as young as 6 months, and health authorities hope far more Americans get them this year. Vaccinations could begin in days, as a summer wave of COVID-19 continues. Authorities say anyone who’s recently been infected can wait three months after recovering to get vaccinated. (Photo: AP)
August 22, 2024 5:49 pm
TORONTO (AP) — The Canadian government has ordered the country’s two major freight railroads to enter binding arbitration. Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced the decision at a news conference Thursday, moments after The Associated Press broke the news publicly. The railroads have said that once the dispute enters arbitration the trains will be able to get moving again. But it wasn’t immediately clear how quickly the union’s engineers, conductors and dispatchers will return to work. (Photo: AP)
