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Fire broke out late Sunday night
STAHLSTOWN, Pa. —
Firefighters spent hours at the scene after smoke was spotted pouring from a church in Stahlstown, Westmoreland County.
The fire was reported a little after 11 p.m. Sunday at the Stahlstown Trinity United Methodist Church.
Source: Firefighters spend hours at the scene as smoke pours from church in Westmoreland County
NORTHVIEW HEIGHTS, Pa. — A vehicle ended up on its roof during an accident on I-279.
Allegheny County dispatchers say emergency crews were sent to the I-279 Northbound near Hazlett Street in Northview Heights at around 6:57 p.m.
Investigators say two people were taken to a hospital.
A second vehicle appeared to have hit the guardrail.
Source: Vehicle rolls onto its roof on I-279, 2 people hospitalized
The Steelers out-rushed the Falcons, 155-146. They have averaged 158 rushing yards per game in their past five games.
The Steelers closed the game out in impressive fashion. Clinging to a 19-16 lead with 5:27 on the clock, the Steelers offense controlled the ball until the final minute and then punter Pressley Harvin III pinned the Falcons on their own 2 with 42 seconds on the clock.
Source: Instant analysis: Steelers ride ground game to win over Falcons
A volcano erupted in Indonesia on Sunday spewing a cloud of ash 15 km into the sky and forcing the evacuation of nearly 2,000 people, authorities said, as they issued their highest warning for the area in the east of Java island.
Source: Indonesia evacuates villagers as volcano erupts on Java island
Democrat Raphael Warnock will face Republican Herschel Walker after a long, and at times bitter, campaign.
On Tuesday, Georgia’s seven million registered voters will go to the polls for the fifth time in four years.
That’s thanks to a quirk in the state’s election law that requires winning candidates for state-wide posts in general elections not just to get more votes than everyone else, but to get fifty percent of the votes cast.
Twice in the past four years candidates from both parties have fallen short of that mark. Hence the need for a run-off election in 2021 for both Georgia’s US Senate seats and another one this time around.
Source: US midterms: Georgia Senate run-off looms after bitter campaign
A local model train group has re-opened their exhibit for the public again this holiday season — The Ohio River Northern Railway Club operates out of a building on North Fourth St. in Steubenville. The club putting the trains on display in honor of Larry Caniff following his passing. Their display spans various rooms with the attention to detail evident throughout.
WTOV NBC 9 provides local news, weather forecasts, notices of events and items of interest in the community, sports and entertainment programming for Steubenville and nearby towns and communities in the Ohio Valley area including, in Ohio Steubenville, St. Clairsville, Wintersville, Cadiz, Bellaire, Toronto, Martins Ferry, Barnesville, Shadyside, Bridgeport, and Mingo Junction and in West Virginia Wheeling, Weirton, Moundsville, New Martinsville, and Wellsburg.
Source: Model Train display open for the holidays
When the National Commission on Correctional Health Care did its assessment of suicide prevention at the Allegheny County Jail (ACJ) in August 2019, it found “staffing challenges” of 37 vacancies of medical and mental health staff at the jail. Now there are 69 vacancies of medical and mental health staff at the jail.
Why have so many people left employment at the jail? The large number of lawsuits, deaths and incidents of abuse can be directly related to the staffing crisis.
In December 2020, two years ago, the Jail Oversight Board voted 6-1-1 to conduct exit interviews of ACJ staff who have left employment. It appears the board has only done two exit interviews in two years.
The jail cannot afford to lose more staff. The current staff members need their voices to be heard about why they continue to work at the jail and what could the county, the jail administration and the public could do to innovate policies and practices to increase their retention.
A third party needs to be hired to make their voices heard.
John Kenstowicz
Morningside
Source: Letter to the editor: Jail staff’s voices must be heard
PITTSBURGH — A 20-year-old was killed in a car crash that happened on I-376 overnight.
According to Pennsylvania State Police, the crash happened on I-376 East off of 2nd Avenue in the City of Pittsburgh at around 3:18 a.m.
Police said just before the Oakland exit, the car went off the roadway and crossed the north fog line, entering the north shoulder hitting a pole.
The operator, identified as Jaqwan J. Walton, 20 years old, of McKeesport, was pronounced dead at the scene.
Source: 20-year-old killed in overnight crash on I-376 in Pittsburgh
Police said they received video evidence Thursday of an assault with a BB gun on a victim that had occurred on Coffey Way.
Police said all of the people in the video have been identified and the investigation is ongoing.
Pittsburgh police say the man was found unconscious in a Downtown alley and later died at the hospital.
Source: 50-year-old man dies following BB gun assault in Downtown Pittsburgh
Up to 20 Butler County customers of West Penn Power experienced a power outage Friday afternoon.
The FirstEnergy outage center said crews investigated the cause of a power outage on East Butler Road near Jodi Lane.
The outage center estimated that power would be restored to the area by 5:30 p.m. that same day.
Source: East Butler experiencing power outage
Sonel Jimenez and Amay Gupta, both 19, were charged on Thursday.
Source: 2 Pitt students charged with abuse of a corpse
The Ross Township fire chief told Channel 11 that dozens of residents will have no power and will be forced from their homes for several days due to electrical issues.
Source: Residents without power, will be forced from homes due to electrical issues in Ross Township
Family Dollar has lost ground in the dollar store race for years. Now, the discount chain hopes lowering prices will help win back customers on tight budgets.
Source: Family Dollar is a mess. It hopes lowering prices will help | CNN Business
Crash happened on Thursday night
The car hit the side of Penny Lane Thrift and Consignment Shop.
There did not appear to be major damage to the building in Vandergrift
Source: Driver hurt when vehicle hits building in Westmoreland County
PITTSBURGH — A woman was shot early this morning in Homewood.
Police were called to the 700 block of Brushton Avenue around 3 a.m.
Officers found a woman with gunshot wounds to the abdomen and leg. They applied a tourniquet before medics arrived and transported her to a local hospital in critical condition, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.
Witnesses reported a fight between the two females before shots were fired. Police said they detained one female nearby.
Source: Woman shot in Pittsburgh overnight; 1 in custody
Second Avenue Commons, a homeless shelter that opened last week in Downtown Pittsburgh, is already at capacity, officials said. “We’re now into the overflow space, which is the cafeteria that’s downstairs,” said Dan Palka, Allegheny Health Network’s director of urban health and street medicine. Palka is collaborating with the city on homeless outreach and other community initiatives. AHN is one of several partners that worked to bring Second Avenue Commons to fruition.
The year-round shelter, which opened Nov. 22, has 90 beds with room for 30 additional overflow beds. There are 43 single-room units. The shelter also offers a daytime program, known as the Engagement Center, and a primary care clinic operated by UPMC.
Source: New Downtown Pittsburgh homeless shelter already at capacity
Police said it happened outside the Brooklyn Food Mart, on the corner of Lincoln and Lemington avenues.
A man working at Brooklyn Food Market said a man carried the 4-year-old girl inside the store after shots were fired, and the woman was still outside.
Police say 15 rounds were fired in the street. They are searching for two suspects who fled in unknown directions.
Police are asking the public to call if they have information about this shooting.
A 4-year-old girl and woman were shot and taken to the hospital.
Source: 4-year-old girl and woman in critical condition after shooting in Pittsburgh
Warrant issued for Norman Vire, 49, of Pittsburgh
Police said the alleged driver, Norman Vire, 49, of Pittsburgh, was known to have an active arrest warrant.
The warrant issued for Thursday morning’s incident includes charges of fleeing and eluding police.
Source: Vehicle found crashed in Penn Hills following police pursuit in Monroeville
China has successfully sent a new team of astronauts to its Tiangong space station, a significant achievement that not only marks the country’s first in-orbit crew handover but possibly also the beginning of continuous occupancy at the station.
The rendezvous in space marks a milestone for China’s rapidly advancing space program as Beijing aims to catch up with and eventually surpass the United States as the dominant power in space.
Source: https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2022/11/30/asia-pacific/china-space-us-military-pla/
The rescue teams are continuing their search operations amid bad weather with the danger of more landslides. Several people, including the local mayor, have been saved from the mud.
Source: Brazil: Two dead, dozens missing as landslide hits highway
Dozens of districts in major cities have now begun lifting lockdown measures despite high case numbers.
Source: China signals ease in Covid policy after mass protests
With the Mauna Loa volcano continuing to erupt on Hawaii’s Big Island, local officials and residents are keeping an eye on the lava flow as it creeps closer to a major roadway and making plans for the possibility that access to the highway could soon be cut off and have a major impact on daily life.
The fountains of lava that began pouring from Mauna Loa this week marked the first time it has erupted in 38 years, joining nearby Kilauea, which has been erupting since last year, and creating rare duel volcanic eruptions on the Big Island. At 13,681 feet above sea level, Mauna Loa is the world’s largest active volcano.
After years of Democrat efforts to obtain them, House Ways and Means Committee Democrats have obtained former President Donald Trump’s tax returns.
Source: House Ways and Means Committee gains access to Trump tax returns after Supreme Court order
A Greensburg man is accused of breaking into a Latrobe store and stealing $4,240 worth of lottery tickets and cigarettes, according to a criminal complaint. Patrick S. Barry, 35, who told a judge he is homeless during his arraignment Tuesday, is charged with burglary, theft and criminal trespass.
Source: Latrobe police say $4,240 in lottery tickets, cigarettes stolen from Puff N Stuff
The singer-songwriter, behind some of the group’s biggest hits, dies after an illness, her family says.
Source: Christine McVie, Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, dies aged 79
The House on Wednesday will vote on legislation to avert a rail shutdown following a grave warning from President Joe Biden about the economic danger posed by congressional inaction.
Source: House to vote Wednesday on legislation to avert a railroad shutdown | CNN Politics
Police and paramedics were called to Sorrell Street early Wednesday morning
A Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 news crew observed a body next to a home, and police on the scene said a homicide investigation was underway.
A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson said there was a shell casing near the body.
The name of the man who was killed has not been released.
No arrests have been announced.
A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson said the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s office will determine the cause of death.
Source: Man found shot to death on Pittsburgh’s North Side
McKeesport Police Chief Adam Alfer confirmed that one woman, one man and one juvenile female had been shot, all in the lower extremities. None of them suffered life-threatening injuries.
Alfer said that there were at least two shooters in what started as a family dispute. One person left the scene, returned and shots were fired.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 spoke with a woman who called 911 after she heard the first found of gunfire there.
“I heard the first set, came out and looked. And then I heard my neighbor above me say he saw somebody laying on the ground. I thought, OK. So, I called the dispatcher, 911. She heard the second round while we were on the phone.” said Colleen Morgan. “She said, ‘Is that what you heard?’ I said yeah but I’m not going up there. because, you know, I don’t want any danger.”
She estimates she heard as many as ten rounds during each burst of gunfire.
Source: https://www.wtae.com/article/mckeesport-shooting-pirl-street/42100470
Police were involved in the area around Sixth Avenue and Coffey Way.
PITTSBURGH —
Two people were taken into custody and a police officer was injured in a pair of violence incidents in Downtown Pittsburgh on Tuesday evening.
Around 7:20 p.m., police were called for a fight that broke out at the Five Guys Burgers and Fries at Market Square.
A police officer suffered a hand injury after trying to break up the fight. The officer was taken to the hospital for treatment.One minor was arrested on scene for assaulting the officer, Pittsburgh Public Safety said in a news release.
Police said when officers arrived at that scene several men ran off, including Jasyean Randall, 18, of Pittsburgh.
According to court paperwork, a plain clothes officer later heard Randall and others talking about beating up a cop.
The officer who heard that statement, as well as uniformed police, confronted the group.
Source: Two people arrested after fight, shooting in Downtown Pittsburgh
The U.S. Senate passed a bill on Tuesday that would protect federal recognition of same-sex marriage, a measure taken up in response to worries the Supreme Court could overturn a 2015 decision that legalized it nationwide.
Source: U.S. Senate passes same-sex marriage protection bill
