Month: August 2022

The Senate overwhelmingly passed the PACT Act Tuesday night, a bill to expand health care benefits for veterans who developed illnesses from exposure to wells to burn during military service. The 86-11 vote was met with cheers from the Senate floor. The bill now heads to President Biden’s desk, and the White House says he expects to sign it. The vote came after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday afternoon that he and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had reached an agreement. “This is a wonderful moment, especially for all the people who have made this happen and who are…

Emergency crews and gas were on the scene of an accident in Wilmerding, Allegheny County, where a garbage truck crashed into two homes on Patton Street around 4 a.m. Tuesday. Watch Wilmerding’s report: Click the video player above. The Wilmerding fire marshal told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 reporter Ashley Zilka that the driver of the Big’s sanitation truck was killed. The coroner’s office said Dana M. Rodericks, 47, of Delmont, died. at the scene of the accident. The cause of death has not yet been determined. County police said the truck was traveling on Jefferson Street and attempting to turn…

The City of Wharton has issued a shelter-in-place advisory, asking residents to turn off air conditioning units August 3, 2022 00:09 Published: August 3, 2022 12:09 AM Updated: August 3, 2022 12:11 AM WHARTON, Texas – Building No. 3 at the Prime ECO Group plant located at 2933 S. SH 60 in Wharton, Texas, ignited at approximately 10:00 PM on Tuesday, August 3rd. The fire has caused significant damage to the building. According to the Wharton Police Department, fire crews from across Wharton County responded and are actively working the fire. At the moment, there are no reported injuries. The…

A Penrose man wanted on robbery and weapons charges was arrested Monday after a weeks-long standoff and multi-agency investigation. According to the Fremont County Sheriff’s Office CrimeWatch page, on July 24, the Colorado Springs Police Department responded to an address in Colorado Springs to investigate a domestic violence incident. The investigation led to an arrest warrant being issued for James Neely, 39, of Penrose, charged with aggravated robbery, menacing, possession of a weapon by a previous felon and stalking. Information from the domestic violence investigation revealed that Neely had a conversion device used to transform a semi-automatic firearm into a…

Arrests for crimes Assault – Susan Marie Lloyd, 53, of the 1100 block of West Ninth Street, Medford. Jackson County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Lloyd on Friday for felony third-degree assault and misdemeanor strangulation. She was booked into the Jackson County Jail Friday and was no longer an inmate Tuesday. weapons – Robert Vincent Jones II, 35, of the 1000 block of West Oak Street, Medford. Medford police arrested Jones on Saturday on felony counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm and second-degree disorderly conduct. He was being held in the Jackson County Jail Tuesday on $7,500 bond….

There is no bird theory Do the members of the Jackson County Republican Central Committee also think there are no birds? Beverly Vondra talent A great reset with a difference In an AP article in the July 27 Tribune, I read “Climate misinformation leaves lasting mark as world warms.” What if the small amount of warming is mostly expressed as less cold weather? What if increased CO2 increases crop production? What if civilizations thrive in warmer weather? We see weather extremes and speculate, but realistic scientists, if not constrained by politics, measure actual climate change. Much of world politics and…