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Three dead after car goes airborne, strikes another car
SLIPPERY ROCK Twp., Pa. (WKBN) — Three people are dead after a car crash in Lawrence County Saturday morning. According to a Pennsylvania State Police news release, the car was traveling southbound in Slippery Rock Township on State Route 65 near Houge Road around 12:30 a.m. The car crossed...
Pennsylvania House Leader Wants Trump Shooting Investigated
A Pennsylvania Republican leader thinks the shooting at a Trump rally should be looked into. Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Bryan Cutler is introducing legislation to look into the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, in Butler. House Resolution 501 would form a House Select Committee to investigate the actions and response of state and local law enforcement following the assassination attempt. The bipartisan committee would then produce a report on the incident no later than November 30th. Cutler says the committee will not be looking to assign blame, but rather it seeks to discover how law enforcement can better improve practices going forward.
Stowe Township police searching for missing woman
Stowe Township police are searching for a missing woman. Katelynn Conrad was last seen in the Stowe area. She could be near Butler, according to police. Conrad is 5 feet, 1 inch tall and weighs around 100 pounds. She has blonde hair, but police say that may have changed since she was last seen. Anyone with information on Conrad’s whereabouts is asked to call Stowe Township police.
Extra: A Witness Recounts The Trump Rally Shooting
Investigators have been looking into what led up to the deadly shooting at the trump rally last Saturday in Butler, Pennsylvania, as more people come forward to share what it was like to be there. Madison Godwin spent several hours at the Butler Farm Show Grounds, arriving before lunchtime and waiting with many others in heat in the 90s for the rally that didn’t start until 6 pm. Just minutes into the event, a gunman opened fire, injuring Former President Trump and killing a rally attendee. Earlier this week, Madison Godwin spoke with the FOX News Rundown’s Tonya J. Powers about what she saw that horrifying evening. She recounted the timeline she remembered and told me why it was odd to see all the coverage of something she had witnessed firsthand. It was a busy news week, and we could not get this interview on the FOX News Rundown during the week. On the FOX News Rundown Extra, you will hear our entire conversation with Madison Godwin and hear her story about what happened just a week ago in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Marc Fogel's mom was set to take stage with Trump at Butler rally before shooting
BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — The attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump robbed Marc Fogel's mother of an opportunity to publicize her son's plight in front of a national audience. Malphine Fogel, 95, said she was set to take the stage with Trump on July 13 in Butler County when Thomas Matthew Crooks opened fire, injuring the former president and two others, and killing Corey Comperatore.She was sitting in the front row of the event's VIP section."I thought it can't be happening," Malphine Fogel said. "We heard the shots. The man who was behind us was killed." She's been trying for years...
From ‘relieved’ to ‘hopeless,’ readers wracked and apprehensive following Butler shooting
The attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Saturday brought anxiety about our civic and political polarization to a boil. PublicSource invited readers to share their reactions. “PublicSource is an independent nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region. Sign up for our free newsletters.”
Pa. establishes hotline to report voter intimidation, election fraud, and more
HARRISBURG, Pa. (WHTM) — There is now a hotline to report various election-related crimes in the Commonwealth. The new hotline was established in the wake of the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler County. “Political violence has no place in Pennsylvania – the birthplace of American democracy – nor anywhere else across […]
Local organizations offer help with recovery after shooting at Trump rally
Spectators watched in awe as a gunman opened fire on a crowd of campaign rally attendees July 13 at the Butler Farm Show grounds. Some ducked and ran for cover as many others shouted out in fear. The shooting took the life of former Buffalo Township fire chief Corey Comperatore...
Bethel Park, Butler Township communities grapple with aftermath of Trump rally shooting
Butler Township and Bethel Park didn’t share much in common before last weekend. Now, the Western Pennsylvania communities separated by about 50 miles are inextricably linked by the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Butler Township, where a gunman wounded Trump, killed a spectator and critically injured two...
'We're just numb:' Butler County lays Corey Comperatore to rest, begins to heal
CABOT, Pennsylvania ‒ Michael Drane held his hand over his head and squinted to see past the billowing mass of an American flag hung from a fire ladder. The 66-year-old saw two snipers positioned with binoculars atop the Cabot Methodist Church that had once been his sons' grade school. Below them were...
Caregiver brought from Mercer County to face new charges of stealing from Brookfield veteran
A Farrell woman has been brought from Mercer County to face more serious charges after investigators say they've discovered more money missing from a Brookfield World War veteran she was hired to care for. Thirty-five-year-old Felicia Splitstone was booked into the Trumbull County Jail on Friday after being arrested by...
Waterford Heritage Days honors fireman shot and killed in Butler Co. last weekend
Just over a week ago, Corey Comperatore was shot and killed at a Trump campaign rally in Butler, PA after an assassination attempt on the former president. People across the nation have been memorializing him, including at an event in Waterford Sunday. For the last day of the Waterford Heritage...
Local, state leaders call for civility after shooting
An assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump sent shockwaves across Yukon – followed by a call for civility. Trump was shot in the upper right ear but escaped serious injury while speaking July 13 during a campaign rally in Butler, Pa. The attempted assassination of the Republican presidential...
Lancaster Hockey Club brings home silver at 2024 Police-Fire Can-Am Games
LANCASTER, Pa. (WHTM)– Local police officers and firefighters from across central Pennsylvania went toe to toe on the ice last week in the 2024 Police-Fire Can-Am Games in Butler, PA. According to the West Lampeter Police Department, local officers from the Lancaster Fighting Amish Hockey Club took on seven...
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