WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s call for new “mental institutions” to combat mass shootings is drawing pushback from many health officials. They say the president is wrongly associating mental illness with violence. In the weeks following the deadly shootings in El Paso and Dayton, the president has been placing more emphasis on the problem of mental illness.
MIAMI (AP) — President Donald Trump has declared an emergency in the state of Florida as it braces for the brunt of Hurricane Dorian. Trump, whose Florida properties could sustain damage, has warned that Dorian could be an “absolute monster.” In issuing the emergency declaration, Trump has ordered federal assistance to supplement state and local efforts responding to Dorian.
PROSPERITY, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a coal mine worker was killed when a long wall of coal collapsed on top of him at a mine in western Pennsylvania. The wall collapsed around 6 p.m. Thursday in the Enlow Fork Mine in Prosperity, about 40 miles (64kilometers) southwest of Pittsburgh. State police says 25-year-old Tanner Lee McFarland of Washington, Pennsylvania, was killed in the accident. But the cause and manner of death have not been determined. No other injuries were reported in the collapse.
THE PENNSYLVANIA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS ISSUED TWO PENALTIES TO SUNOCO PIPELINE L-P. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s reports…
With the Labor Day weekend here, Triple-A reports the number of people killed by drivers running red lights has hit a 10-year high, and AAA is urging drivers and pedestrians to use caution at traffic signals. In 2017, the latest figures available, 939 people were killed by vehicles blowing through red lights. It’s the highest death toll since 2008 and 28% higher than in 2012.
A West Virginia family is suing their school district after a faculty member allegedly harassed a transgender teenager. The teenager was entering the boy’s bathroom when he was followed by assistant principal Lee Livengood, according to the lawsuit. Livengood allegedly told the teen he “freaked him out” then ordered him to prove his gender by using a urinal. The lawsuit alleges the Harrison County School district failed to create a safe environment. The Board of Education has not made a statement regarding the lawsuit.
Baierl Toyota of Mars has agreed to give the Ellwood City Area Schoo district over 22 thousand dollars to pay off all the outstanding debt incurred by students for meals eaten at its four school buildings over the last several years through Wednesday. According to officals, the car dealership also agreed to send $20,000 each to Big Beaver Area and New Brighton Area school districts for programs there.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A commission is recommending Pennsylvania redraw congressional and legislative districts through an 11-person appointed group that would provide a set of options that state lawmakers would choose from. The report issued Thursday by the Pennsylvania Redistricting Reform Commission says people want limits on the role of politicians in drawing maps and that gaining partisan advantage should not be a major factor.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh man charged with driving his Mercedes-Benz through a crowd that was protesting the police shooting of an unarmed black teen has avoided trial. Gregory Wagner’s trial was to get underway on Thursday, but earlier this month he was admitted into a probationary program for nonviolent, first-time offenders.
The man who’s accused of threatening to shoot up a Youngstown-area Jewish community center is facing federal charges. James Reardon was slapped yesterday with making threats using a facility of interstate commerce. Prosecutors say Reardon posted a video in which he identified himself as a gunman at the Jewish center. Investigators later found assault rifles and white supremacist propaganda in his New Middletown home.