(Slippery Rock Twp.) State Police in New Castle are reporting an accident that involved an unknown vehicle in Slippery Rock Township. The vehicle struck and destroyed a mailbox in the area of 4132 Ellwood Road(PA-65) and fled the scene. The suspected vehicle is a 2010-2017 GMC Terrain SUV of an unknown color. Anyone with information on this hit and run incident is asked to call 724-591-2211.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s payrolls and workforce grew in April as the state’s unemployment rate sank to a post-pandemic low. That’s according to new state figures released Friday that show Pennsylvania’s unemployment rate dropped one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.8% from March’s rate. The national rate was 3.6% in April. In a survey of households, the labor force grew by 23,000 to pass 6.4 million, but still remains below 2008′s levels. In a separate survey of employers, non-farm payrolls in Pennsylvania grew in April by 11,400. At just above 5.9 million, payrolls are at their highest point since hitting a record high of 6.1 million just before the pandemic.
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say three teenagers are in stable condition after a triple shooting in Pennsylvania in which another teen is being sought. Police said the 14-year-old boy and two 14-year-old girls were shot shortly after 9:30 p.m. Saturday during a festival at popular Penn’s Landing, a stretch of waterfront parks and eateries along the Delaware River in Philadelphia. The boy, who was shot in the right ribs, and the two girls, both shot in the foot, were all reported in stable condition Sunday at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Police said that the shooter was a 14-to-15-year-old male and that the gunfire followed an argument.
(New, Galilee, PA) A vehicle was hit by a train in New Galilee Sunday morning around 2:30 AM. The accident occurred at the Centennial Avenue railroad crossing and a man was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital from the scene. The vehicle was reported to have ended up on its roof. There is currently no word on the condition of the man or how the crash happened.
NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who served jail time for leaking grand jury material and lying about it is due in court Monday on an alleged probation violation. Kathleen Kane was charged with drunken driving in March following a crash in Scranton. The arrest prompted a Montgomery County judge to issue a bench warrant for Kane, who remains on probation from a 2016 conviction for perjury, obstruction and other counts. Kane served eight months in jail for leaking grand jury material to embarrass a rival prosecutor. Kane was the first woman and first Democrat to be elected attorney general.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Ukrainian court has sentenced a 21-year-old Russian soldier to life in prison for killing a Ukrainian civilian. It is the first conviction for war crimes since Russia’s invasion three months ago. The soldier had pleaded guilty and testified that he shot the man after being ordered to do so. The sentencing came as the United Nations said the 3-month-old war has helped push the number of people displaced worldwide to the highest level on record level. More 100 million people have been driven from their homes across the globe. Grinding battles in the Donbas, where Ukrainian and Russian forces are fighting town by town, have forced many civilians to flee their homes.
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) — State police in western Pennsylvania say a trooper shot and killed an armed man during a traffic stop after a reported theft from a mall over the weekend. Police said troopers were called to the Washington County mall at about 6 p.m. Saturday after a reported theft and the suspects’ vehicle was stopped minutes later in Mount Pleasant Township. Police said a passenger refused to leave the vehicle and “brandished a firearm,” and a trooper fired. The passenger was pronounced dead at the scene. The Washington County coroner’s office identified him as 26-year-old Dennis Fonoimoana of Burgettstown. The cause and manner of death are under investigation.
Pfizer says three small doses of its COVID-19 vaccine protect kids under 5 and that it plans to give the data to U.S. regulators later this week. It’s the latest step toward letting the littlest kids get the shots. The 18 million tots under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. The Food and Drug Administration has begun evaluating data from rival Moderna. That company hopes to offer two kid-sized shots by summer. The FDA has set tentative dates next month for its scientific advisers to publicly debate data from Pfizer and Moderna.
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman has been released from the hospital after a stay of more than a week following a stroke. The Democratic nominee in the state’s high-profile U.S. Senate contest said in a statement Sunday that he was headed home to Braddock. He says he is “feeling great” but plans to “continue to rest and recover.” The 52-year-old Fetterman had been at Lancaster General Hospital since May 13. He won the Democratic nomination while in the hospital and will face either heart surgeon-turned-TV celebrity Dr. Mehmet Oz or former hedge fund CEO David McCormick.
(Chippewa Twp. PA) Story and photos by Frank Sparks.
Featured photo – A 1944 Douglass C-47 “Skytrain”, boasting a wingspan of over 90 feet, dwarfs the Dodge Challenger in the foreground. The World War II era transport airplane was one of many vintage aircraft on display Saturday courtesy of the Air Heritage Museum.
The first ever Wings and Wheels event took place at the Air Heritage Museum located on the grounds of the Beaver County Airport in Chippewa Township. The car cruise and aviation appreciation show started at 10 AM and lasted until 5 PM on Saturday, May 21, 2022. Over 500 cars came out to support a good cause. Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks and Curtis Walsh hosted a live on site broadcast throughout the event. Tom Gargaro was the event organizer and also serves as the Vice President of Air Heritage. Gargaro told Beaver County Radio’s Frank Sparks that he was pleasantly surprised at the amount of vehicles that showed up for the event. According to Gargaro, the early and brisk influx of classic car owners meant that the 300 dash plaques that they had available for the event were gone before noon.
In addition to cars and planes, there were food trucks, displays from local vendors, a Chinese auction and the hit of the event was Judith Gargaro’s baked goods. Tom Gargaro, who was the brainchild of Wings and Wheels, hopes to make the event a yearly show.
Check out all of the photos of the fun day in Chippewa Township below:
