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Tropical Storm Debby impacts vacationers from Western Pa.
Some Western Pennsylvanians hoping for picture-perfect vacation weather this week in the coastal Southeast are experiencing a Debby downer. Debby was downgraded to a tropical storm Tuesday but was a Category 1 hurricane when it slammed onshore Monday in Florida. Candi Stewart of Leechburg had the flight of her life...
1 dead after being hit by train in Monaca
One person was killed following an incident involving a train in Beaver County. According to CSX spokesman Bryan Tucker, a CSX train came into contact with a person trespassing on the tracks around 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the east end of a railroad bridge spanning the Ohio River near Atlantic...
Western Pa. disability consortium spotlights intersection of race and disability
The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium is expanding its advocacy efforts within the disabled community, while also delving into the history of people of color with disabilities, according to project director Cindy Leonard. The ongoing “Intersection of Race and Disability” project highlights the stories of 12 pioneers of...
Indiana County woman accused of attempted homicide
An Indiana County woman is charged with attempted homicide and is accused of severely beating and stabbing a man Saturday during a domestic dispute in Conemaugh Township, state police said. The suspect, Mary Elizabeth Stuller, 60, of Clarksburg, is accused of hitting the man in the head with a glass...
Morning Roundup: 5 injured in rollover crash in South Strabane Township
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Monday, Aug. 5: 5 injured in rollover crash in South Strabane Township Five people were injured Sunday afternoon in a two-vehicle crash in South Strabane Township. Several emergency crews, including the South Strabane Fire Department, South Strabane Township Police...
Rep. Mike Kelly, chair of Trump shooting task force, vows bipartisan inquiry will get answers
Most major congressional investigations come with a trail of doubters and parallel sleuths. Already, the task force investigating the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump has drawn criticism from U.S. Reps. Cory Mills, R-Fla., and Eli Crane, R-Ariz., ex-snipers who were left off the panel. Mills has pledged to...
Butler Farm Show officially opens 22 days after shooting
As the saying goes, the show must go on. On Sunday evening, hundreds packed into the Butler Farm Show grounds to fulfill an annual routine, just three weeks after tragedy struck those same grounds. Less than a month after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump during a campaign...
Distraught Marc Fogel speaks from Russian prison after being left out of prisoner swap dealVideo
Marc Fogel is in a dark place after a multinational deal left him in a Russian prison while other Americans being held there came home. “It’s like I’m in a bottomless pit and it keeps getting worse,” Fogel said in a phone call with family and friends Saturday. TribLive was...
Man gets life sentence for killing his 3 young sons at their Ohio home
BATAVIA, Ohio — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in the shooting deaths of his three young sons at their Ohio home last year. A Clermont County judge sentenced Chad Doerman, 33, on Friday to three consecutive life terms after he pleaded...
Morning Roundup: No injuries in Elizabeth house fire
Here are a few news items for Sunday, Aug. 4: No injuries in Elizabeth fire No injuries were reported in an overnight fire in Elizabeth, emergency officials said. First responders were called to the 200 block of Ross Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. for a house fire. An Allegheny County...
Daycation: Visit the celebrated home of Punxsutawney PhilVideo
It’s not necessary to wait until February to take a rural rodent-themed road trip to Punxsutawney in Jefferson County to see the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. Avoid the wave of Groundhog Day’s 35,000-plus tourists that descend upon Punxsutawney every Feb. 2 with an off-season visit to the small-town...
Harris’ vice presidential pick could be key to winning battleground state — and maybe White House
Whoever Vice President Kamala Harris selects to be her running mate might not have a major impact on voters across the country, but he or she could prove pivotal in their home state, political experts said. In the case of candidates in swing states such as Pennsylvania or Arizona, Harris’...
ShotSpotter comes under fire as Pittsburgh expands gunshot detection system
Over the past decade, Pittsburgh has sunk nearly $10 million into ShotSpotter, the most widely used gunshot-detection system in America. The controversial crime-fighting technology uses sound to quickly pinpoint gunfire, allowing police to be rapidly deployed to crime scenes. Its makers claim it can help reduce gun violence and save...
EMS treated 250 at Butler Trump rally, including shooting victims
Less than a half-hour after getting set up at the Butler Farm Show grounds for former President Donald Trump’s July 13 campaign rally, the Connoquenessing Volunteer Fire Company received its first call for a heat-related issue. About 250 people were overcome by the heat, but whoever was counting might have...
Fogel family lawyer: ‘wrongfully detained’ status could have led to freedom
Marc Fogel’s loved ones started hearing rumblings on Tuesday through Russian media sources that a prisoner exchange was underway with the United States. All day Wednesday, they made a push with their congressional delegation to see if the 62-year-old Oakmont teacher, who had been held in Russia for nearly three...
‘I’m asking you as president’: Marc Fogel’s mother appeals to Biden to bring her son home
A hint of despair has turned into a wave of determination. Malphine Fogel is on a crusade to get her son home. And arguably for the first time since Marc Fogel was detained in Russia three years ago, the federal government is taking notice, at least publicly. Malphine Fogel, at...
Ohio expected to launch recreational marijuana sales next week
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Recreational marijuana sales in Ohio are likely to start next week. The state intends to issue operation certificates Tuesday that will allow existing medical marijuana dispensaries to begin selling nonmedical pot products, the Division of Cannabis Control said Friday. Several dispensaries have said they will be ready...
New blood testing advancements can assist with Alzheimer’s, cancer detections
Advances in blood tests aimed at screening for ailments like Alzheimer’s disease and colon cancer can mean faster diagnosis and treatment for patients, said two Allegheny Health Network doctors. Problems can be found earlier in a way that’s easier on the patient than more invasive cancer screenings, such as a...
Feds indict 19 in ‘large-scale’ drug ring linking Western Pa., Detroit
Authorities have busted a “large-scale” drug-trafficking network that had been using “trap houses” to shuttle fentanyl and other street drugs between Detroit and Western Pennsylvania since last summer, federal prosecutors announced this week. An indictment unsealed Thursday in Pittsburgh charged 19 suspects — 10 of them from New Castle —...
Morning Roundup: Route 51 detours begin as crews raze Pittsburgh bridge
Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Friday, Aug. 2: Route 51 detours begin Demolition work started late Thursday on a poorly rated bridge in Pittsburgh’s Mount Washington neighborhood. Part of Route 51, also known as Saw Mill Run Boulevard, closed as crews began work to...
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Man, woman perish in Fayette County house fire; pet dog recovering
A man and woman perished in an early morning house fire Thursday in Fayette County. Fayette County Coroner Dr. Bob Baker identified the victims as David Brooks Sr., 72, and Lori Cossell, 53, both of Dunbar Township. The couple were married, according to Tpr. Kalee Barnhart, state police public information...
Pa. appeals court hears arguments about misdated mail-in ballots
A government attorney told an appellate court Thursday that no county elections board in Pennsylvania uses the handwritten date on the outer envelope of mail-in ballots for any purpose. Why then, he asked, should a mistake in the date disallow a person’s vote? “A rule that serves no purpose should...
Goldinger: Agency left ‘on their own’ without communication during Trump rally
The Butler County Emergency Services Unit pointed out potential vulnerabilities — including the rooftop where a gunman fired shots from during the July 13 campaign rally for former President Donald Trump — to the U.S. Secret Service after touring the Butler Farm Show grounds on its own the Wednesday before...
‘A failure on multiple levels’: Records reveal security lapses at Trump rally
Five days before Donald Trump took the stage at the Butler Farm Show grounds for a rally, the Secret Service was busy rolling out its strategy to protect the nation’s 45th president. The advance planning was hardly unusual as part of the agency’s mission to guard the nation’s current and...
