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<\/p>\nDispatch: Person flown to hospital after motorcycle collides with bear in Armstrong County<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. GOOD AFTERNOON, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US FOR PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I\u2019M ANDREW STOCKEY. I\u2019M KELLY SASSO. HERE\u2019S A LOOK AT WHAT WE\u2019RE WORKING ON AND STARTING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00 TODAY. A SERIOUS INVESTIGATION CENTERED AT A LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICT. OFFICIALS IN THE ARMSTRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT SAY THEY ARE AWARE OF RUMORS SUGGESTING INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND STAFF. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING TWO LIFE SENTENCES. THAT\u2019S WHAT THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN TO ISAAC SMITH. HE WAS CONVICTED OF KILLING CARLY SHORT AND HER UNBORN CHILD BACK IN 2021 AND SUING THE GOVERNMENT. THE TWO MEN INJURED IN THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IN BUTLER COUNTY ARE NOW TAKING LEGAL ACTION. ATTORNEYS FOR JAMES COPENHAVER AND DAVID DUTCH BLAMED THE SECRET SERVICE, CLAIMING THIS SHOOTING WAS PREVENTABLE. AND IN JUST A FEW DAYS WILL BE PHONES DOWN WHILE BEHIND THE WHEEL. PAUL MILLER\u2019S LAW WILL START TO BE ENFORCED. POLICE WILL BEGIN ISSUING CITATIONS TO DRIVERS SEEN HOLDING OR SUPPORTING A CELL PHONE BEHIND THE WHEEL. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW TO CHECK OUT PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUTTON JUNIOR IS WITH US. AS PROMISED, THE SUNSHINE IS BACK AND NOW IT LOOKS LIKE WE\u2019RE MOVING TOWARD WARMER TEMPS. YEAH, TODAY IS LIKELY THE COOLEST DAY OF THE NEXT WEEK. SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE MUCH MORE SUMMERLIKE AS WE MOVE FORWARD HERE. SO IF YOU\u2019RE WAITING FOR THE REAL KIND OF SUMMER FEEL THAT GETS TO THE END OF THE WEEK. SO WE REALLY START BUMPING THE TEMPERATURES UP WITH OUR SUNSHINE TOMORROW. WE LIKELY RETURN TO 80 DEGREES, AND THEN WE KEEP WARMING FROM THERE INTO THE MIDDLE AND UPPER 80S. AND WE ARE DRY AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK AS WELL, UNTIL WE GET TO THIS WEEKEND. THAT\u2019S WHEN OUR NEXT RAIN CHANCE ARRIVES AS WE\u2019LL WATCH FOR RAIN SHOWERS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA STARTING LATE ON SATURDAY AND THEN LIKELY CONTINUING INTO PORTIONS OF OUR SUNDAY. HEAVIEST RAIN WILL BE NORTH OF THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, BUT EVEN THEN, MOST OF US WILL LIKELY SEE ONLY ABOUT A QUARTER OR HALF OF AN INCH OF RAIN. THIS IS NOT A BIG RAINFALL EVENT FOR US, BUT RAIN SHOWERS WILL RETURN. WE\u2019RE CURRENTLY AT 75 DEGREES IN PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL. SAME THING FOR NEWCASTLE AND WASHINGTON BEAVERS. THE WARM SPOT AT 77. BUT EVERYBODY IS 70 OR WARMER. AND AGAIN, TODAY IS THE COOLEST DAY OF THE NEXT WEEK. HOW ABOUT 80 TOMORROW? IF YOU DON\u2019T LIKE THAT 85 ON THURSDAY, HOW ABOUT 87 ON FRIDAY, THEN 86 ON SATURDAY. WE ARE WATCHING RAIN CHANCES IN THE BACK PART OF THE DAY. NOT ALL SATURDAY IS WET, BUT IF YOU HAVE OUTDOOR PLANS THE EARLIER IN THE DAY ON SATURDAY, THE BETTER. ALL RIGHT, LET\u2019S HOLD 87 FOR NOW. AND WE\u2019RE TALKING WITH THAT HEAT. MAYBE MORE HUMIDITY AS WELL. YEAH. OUR LOW TEMPERATURES CREEP UP SO YOU\u2019LL START FEELING THE AIR AS WELL AS WE GET TOWARDS THE WEEKEND. THIS IS RIGHT WHERE WE SHOULD BE FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. NORMAL HIGH RIGHT NOW 76. OKAY, SO A LITTLE WARMER. SO WE\u2019LL TAKE A LITTLE WARMER THAN A LITTLE COLDER. YEAH. OKAY. BRIAN, THANKS SO MUCH. WE APPRECIATE IT. WE\u2019LL SEE YOU HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS THAT YOU SAW FIRST HERE ON FOUR, THE ARMSTRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT IS RESPONDING TO WHAT IT IS CALLING RUMORS INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVING STUDENTS AND STAFF. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. IT\u2019S A STORY WE\u2019VE BEEN COVERING ALL DAY HERE ON PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR, OUR REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI HAS BEEN ARMSTRONG COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON, TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MORE OF WHAT\u2019S GOING ON WITH THIS INVESTIGATION. SHE\u2019LL BE JOINING US LIVE VERY SHORTLY TO TELL US MORE ABOUT THE SITUATION UNFOLDING. AS YOU SEE ARMSTRONG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. ONCE AGAIN, WE HAVE MARCIE CIPRIANI ON THE SCENE LETTING YOU KNOW EXACTLY WHAT\u2019S GOING ON, WHAT\u2019S HAPPENING. AS WE GET MORE DETAILS, OF COURSE WE WILL SHARE THOSE WITH YOU. ALL RIGHT, NOW WE WANT TO TURN TO THE COURTROOM. IT WAS SENTENCING DAY FOR THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING A WOMAN AND HER UNBORN CHILD. AS PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER JASMINE RODRIGUEZ REPORTS, THE JUDGE IS MAKING SURE ISAAC SMITH WILL NEVER GET OUT OF PRISON. AN EMOTIONAL DAY IN COURT TODAY AS THE STEPMOTHER, MOTHER AND FATHER OF CARLIE SHORT TESTIFIED WHAT LIFE HAS BEEN LIKE SINCE HER 2021 MURDER. A MAN CONVICTED IN THAT MURDER, ISAAC SMITH, LEARNED HIS FATE AS WELL IN COURT THIS MORNING. BRANDON SHORT, CARLIE\u2019S FATHER, WAS THE FIRST PERSON TO GIVE A VICTIM IMPACT STATEMENT. HE SAID HE WANTED HIS DAUGHTER TO BE REMEMBERED FOR BEING KINDHEARTED AND CARING, AND FOR THE JOY SHE HAD IN BECOMING A MOTHER. CARLIE\u2019S MURDER WAS JUST DAYS BEFORE SHE WAS SET TO HAVE A GENDER REVEAL PARTY AND EXCITEMENT. BRANDON SHORT HIGHLIGHTED, SAYING SHE EVEN HAD NAMES ALREADY PICKED. INITIALLY, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT ISAAC SMITH WAS THE FATHER TO CARLIE\u2019S UNBORN CHILD, BUT DNA EVIDENCE UNCOVERED DURING THE TRIAL SHOWED THAT HE WAS NOT THE FATHER. BRANDON, CALLING THAT INFORMATION UNCOVERED A BLESSING. THROUGH THIS WHOLE THING, MY GRANDCHILD WAS NOT MURDERED BY HER FATHER. HER FATHER DID NOT KILL HER. MURDERING COWARD DID. NOW, COMING UP AT FIVE, I\u2019LL DETAIL WHAT CARLIE\u2019S MOTHER AND STEPMOTHER HAD TO SAY AS WELL. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH, JASMINE RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR, NOW COVERING BEAVER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. A HOUSE FIRE UNDER INVESTIGATION. FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED OVERNIGHT TO A HOME ALONG MAJOR STREET. AS YOU SEE A LOT OF DAMAGE, ESPECIALLY TO THE SECOND FLOOR OF THAT BUILDING, CREWS BELIEVE THE HOME WAS VACANT AT THE TIME. NOW, A FEW BLOCKS AWAY, STATE POLICE INVESTIGATE SHOTS BEING FIRED ON MAIN STREET. A CAR WAS HIT BY GUNFIRE AND DRIVEN TO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT. ALIQUIPPA POLICE SAY NO ONE WAS HURT. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MAN SHOT LAST NIGHT IN THE ANKLE IN EAST LIBERTY. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY TELLS US IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 1030 ON BAYWOOD STREET. THEY SAY THE VICTIM WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE SAY SO FAR THERE ARE NO SUSPECTS. PITTSBURGH BASED ASTROBOTIC TECHNOLOGY ENTERING A DEAL TO BE ACQUIRED BY VOYAGER TECHNOLOGIES. THAT DEAL, WORTH UP TO $300 MILLION. VOYAGER IS A PUBLICLY TRADED FIRM BASED IN DENVER, COLORADO, WHICH SERVES THE DEFENSE AND AEROSPACE SECTORS. ASTROBOTIC\u2019S LUNAR LANDER THE GRIFFIN ONE, IS EXPECTED TO LAUNCH LATER THIS YEAR. THE COMPANY\u2019S NORTH SIDE HEADQUARTERS WILL BECOME THE HUB OF VOYAGER\u2019S LUNAR PROGRAM. NOW THE CEO OF ASTROBOTIC, JOHN THORNTON, SAID THIS QUOTE DURING VOYAGER PROVIDES THE SCALE, RESOURCES, AND LONG TERM COMMITMENT. OUR MISSION CALLS FOR. THE TRANSACTION, WHICH IS SUBJECT TO CUSTOMARY REGULATORY APPROVALS, IS EXPECTED TO BE CLOSED BY EARLY JULY. ALSO NEW THIS AFTERNOON, ANOTHER HURDLE HAS BEEN CLEARED FOR WVU MEDICINE TO ACQUIRE INDEPENDENCE HEALTH SYSTEM. THE TWO SIGNED A DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT TO BRING INDEPENDENCE. FIVE HOSPITALS UNDER THE WVU UMBRELLA. NOW, PART OF THE DEAL INCLUDES WVU INVESTING $800 MILLION FOR IMPROVEMENTS AND UPGRADES TO THE HOSPITALS. THAT INCLUDES A NEW ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM. THE TRANSACTION IS EXPECTED TO CLOSE IN LATE SEPTEMBER OR EARLY OCTOBER, PENDING REGULATORY APPROVALS. NOW WE\u2019RE JUST THREE DAYS AWAY FROM THE START OF ENFORCEMENT OF PAUL MILLER\u2019S LAW. POLICE WILL BEGIN ISSUING CITATIONS UNDER PENNSYLVANIA\u2019S DISTRACTED DRIVING LAW ON FRIDAY. THAT\u2019S RIGHT. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR ANCHOR RYAN RECKER IS HERE WITH SOME OF THE REMINDERS THAT POLICE ARE ISSUING AHEAD OF THIS TODAY. AND KELLY, AS MANY KNOW, PAUL MILLER\u2019S LAW IS NAMED FOR A MAN KILLED BY A DRIVER WHO WAS DISTRACTED BEHIND THE WHEEL. FOR THE PAST YEAR, POLICE HAVE BEEN WARNING DRIVERS ABOUT THIS NEW LAW. STATE POLICE SAY IT IS SIMPLE IF YOU\u2019RE HOLDING YOUR PHONE WHILE DRIVING, YOU COULD BE TICKETED. AND WHAT YOU\u2019RE GOING TO SEE FRIDAY IS IN THE FULL FORCE OF ENFORCEMENT. WITH A $50 CITATION, PLUS COURT COSTS AND FINES. IF YOU ARE OPERATING A VEHICLE WITH THE USE OF A CELL PHONE. SO YOU CAN\u2019T BE TEXTING AND DRIVING, YOU CAN\u2019T BE SENDING EMAILS, YOU CAN\u2019T BE CHECKING APPS, YOU CAN\u2019T BE WATCHING VIDEOS WHILE HOLDING YOUR PHONE. YOU CAN\u2019T DO ANY OF THAT. THAT IS JUST ONE ANGLE TO THIS STORY COMING UP IN PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FIVE. ADVICE ON HOW TO STAY HANDS FREE ON THE ROAD AS WE SPEAK WITH A REPRESENTATIVE FROM TRIPLE. A VERY IMPORTANT ADVICE BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO USED TO HOLDING THEIR PHONE WHEN THEY\u2019RE DRIVING. YEAH. OKAY. THANKS, RYAN. NOW, NEARLY TWO YEARS SINCE THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF THEN CANDIDATE DONALD TRUMP, TWO OF THE MEN INJURED THAT DAY IN THE SHOOTING ARE NOW SUING THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER AVA RASH COMBED THROUGH THE LAWSUIT AND EXPLAINS THE CLAIMS FROM DAVID DUTCH AND JAMES COPENHAVER. THOSE LENGTHY LAWSUITS ALLEGE THAT THE UNITED STATES DID NOT FOLLOW PROPER PROTOCOLS ON THAT FATEFUL DAY, WHICH CAUSED THE SHOOTING. LAWSUITS FILED ON BEHALF OF TWO MEN ARE PUTTING A MICROSCOPE ON A DAY THAT WILL FOREVER BE SEALED IN AMERICAN HISTORY. DAVID DUTCH, JAMES COPENHAVER AND THEIR WIVES ARE NOW SUING THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, ASSERTING THE SHOOTING ON JULY 13TH, 2024 WAS PREVENTABLE. NEARLY TWO YEARS AGO AT THE TRUMP RALLY IN BUTLER, DUTCH AND COPENHAGEN WERE BOTH SHOT, CAUSING SERIOUS INJURIES. THE LAWSUIT ALLEGES THE SECRET SERVICE UTTERLY FAILED TO PROVIDE THE REQUIRED AND NECESSARY SECURITY, SPECIFICALLY WHEN IT CAME TO SECURING THE AGR ROOF, WHERE 20 YEAR OLD THOMAS CROOKS POSTED UP AND BEGAN SHOOTING. COURT DOCUMENTS STATE THE AGR COMPLEX REQUIRED SPECIAL ATTENTION SINCE THERE WAS A CLEAR LINE OF SIGHT TO THE STAGE, BUT NO OFFICERS WERE ASSIGNED TO MONITOR OR SECURE THE ROOF. SECRET SERVICE ALLEGEDLY BELIEVED LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WOULD PROVIDE MORE PRESENCE AROUND THE COMPLEX, BUT OFFICERS APPARENTLY TOLD SECRET SERVICE THEY DIDN\u2019T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO DO SO. ADDITIONALLY, THEY ARGUE THERE WERE ISSUES WITH TECHNOLOGY, A SECRET SERVICE DRONE SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED TO DETECT THE PRESENCE OF OTHER DRONES WAS NOT OPERATING WHEN THE SHOOTER HIMSELF WAS USING A DRONE OVER THE GROUNDS. THE LAWSUIT CLAIMS THE AGENT ASSIGNED HAD LIMITED EXPERIENCE AND SPENT MOST OF THE DAY TROUBLESHOOTING THE DRONE. IT WASN\u2019T READY UNTIL 430 THAT AFTERNOON. SOME SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WERE ALLEGEDLY HEARING COMMUNICATIONS FROM AN EVENT IN PITTSBURGH WITH FIRST LADY JILL BIDEN. THOSE AGENTS HAD TO SWITCH FREQUENCIES. ON TOP OF THAT, COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW THAT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT SAW THE SHOOTER ACTING ERRATICALLY PRIOR TO THE SHOOTING. BUT BECAUSE OF COMMUNICATION ISSUES, NOT ALL AGENCIES WERE AWARE OF THE THREAT EBOLA WAS ISSUED FOR HIM, BUT THAT INFORMATION WASN\u2019T GIVEN TO ALL AGENTS, INCLUDING AGENTS SPECIFICALLY ASSIGNED TO PRESIDENT TRUMP. THE LAWSUIT SAYS THESE FAILURES WERE EGREGIOUS, AND THE FACTS AND CIRCUMSTANCES LEADING TO THE SHOOTING DEMONSTRATED A COMPLETE AND UTTER FAILURE ON THE PART OF THE UNITED STATES SECRET SERVICE TO PROTECT THE LIFE OF A FORMER PRESIDENT AND LEADING REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE IN THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE. BOTH MEN AND THEIR SPOUSES ARE SEEKING AT LEAST $150,000 IN DAMAGES. WE HAVE A DEEP DIVE INTO THESE LAWSUITS OVER ON OUR WEBSITE, WTAE.COM, FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY. AT THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE AVA RASH PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AVA, THANKS. SO NOW WE WANT TO GET BACK TO THAT BREAKING NEWS THAT YOU SAW FIRST HERE ON FOUR. THE ARMSTRONG SCHOOL DISTRICT, RESPONDING TO WHAT IT IS CALLING RUMORS OF INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS INVOLVING STUDENTS AND STAFF. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI IS LIVE IN ARMSTRONG COUNTY FOR US THIS AFTERNOON. SO, MARCY, WHAT ARE INVESTIGATORS TELLING YOU ABOUT ALL THIS? WELL, ANDREW, I CAN TELL YOU THAT THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE CONFIRMED TO ME THAT THEY ARE INVESTIGATING ALLEGATIONS THAT ARE COMING OUT OF THE ARMSTRONG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH SCHOOL. THEY SAY AT THIS POINT, THOUGH, THERE ARE NO CHARGES. SO THEY ARE NOT GIVING SPECIFIC DETAILS. HOWEVER, I DID SPEAK WITH SOME FAMILIES WHOSE CHILDREN ATTEND ARMSTRONG JUNIOR SENIOR HIGH, AND THEY TELL ME STAFF WAS ESCORTED OUT OF THE HIGH SCHOOL OVER QUESTIONS ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN TEACHERS AND STUDENTS AND A POSSIBLE COVERUP, BUT THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE NOT RECEIVED ANY INFORMATION FROM THE SCHOOL. SO WE REACHED OUT TO THE SUPERINTENDENT AND HERE IS WHAT THE DISTRICT RELEASED TO US SAYING IN PART, THE DISTRICT IS AWARE OF RUMORS CIRCULATING ABOUT INAPPROPRIATE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN STUDENTS AND STAFF. THE DISTRICT CANNOT COMMENT ON PERSONNEL MATTERS. PARENTS WE SPOKE TO SAY THE SILENCE IS CRUSHING. WE GET MASS EMAILS WHENEVER THERE IS SOME SORT OF EVEN LIKE A KNIFE BROUGHT IN THROUGH THE METAL DETECTORS. SOMETHING SO MILD AS A KNIFE. I MEAN, THEN THEY CAN SEND OUT. YES. SO THEY CAN SEND OUT A MASS EMAIL IF THERE\u2019S SOMETHING GENERIC, AT LEAST. SO WHY AREN\u2019T WE BEING. MARCY, YOU SAY POLICE HAVE CONFIRMED THIS INVESTIGATION. DID THEY SAY IF ANYONE HAS BEEN CHARGED HERE? WELL, AT THIS POINT THEY\u2019RE SAYING NO, THAT THERE ARE NO CHARGES. BUT THEY HAVE EMPHASIZED THAT THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING. SO I DID ASK THEM ABOUT TEACHERS AND STAFF BEING ESCORTED OUT OF THE SCHOOL. THEY SAY THAT THEY DID NOT DO THAT, BUT THAT THE SCHOOL DISTRICT DID. AGAIN, THE SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS GIVEN VERY LIMITED INFORMATION. ALSO A\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Dispatch: Person flown to hospital after motorcycle collides with bear in Armstrong County<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 10:20 PM EDT Jun 2, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n
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