A special investigative panel meets today in Harrisburg, tasked with determining whether Attorney General Kathleen Kane should be removed from office. Kane has had her law license temporarily suspended as she faces perjury and other allegations.
Investigators are looking into what caused a fire at an Ellwood City metal recycling plant. Firefighters from a wide area had been battling that blaze at the Inmetco plant since 9:30 a.m. yesterday. 12 fire departments responded to the fire. The Lawrence County 911 Center reported no injuries and no evacuations had been ordered. The fire was still smoldering as of noontime today.
The man who died Saturday night in a house fire in New Sewickley Township has been identified. The coroner identified the victim as 55-year-old Jack Rushman. Autopsy results are not yet available. The call for the fire came in around 6 p.m. Officials say the fire was fully involved by the time firefighters arrived on the scene. The cause of the fire remains under investigation.