Panel to rule on high school’s ‘Redskins’ nickname

LANGHORNE, PA. >> A Pennsylvania school district could soon learn whether it can continue to call its sports teams “Redskins.”

WHYY reports the state Human Relations Commission on Monday is expected to issue a decision in a long-running dispute with the Neshaminy School District.

The dispute dates back to 2013 when the panel received a complaint which then resulted in the commission filing its own charge which accused Neshaminy of violating a state human-relations law.

The commission argued the Bucks County district wouldn’t use a nickname based on any other racial group, so it should not use the current “Redskins” nickname either. The district said students aren’t offended by the nickname and it has been in use for over 60 years.

Gunshots followed by crash leave 1 dead

NORTH VERSAILLES, PA. >> Police in western Pennsylvania are trying to determine how gunshots were followed by a 3-vehicle crash which left one man dead and 10 people taken to hospitals, including five children.

Officers arrived at the collision on Route 30 around 7:30 p.m. Sunday.

Police say they believe a white Nissan was pursuing a black Chrysler on Route 30 west when gunshots were fired from the Nissan, striking the 32-year-old driver of the Chrysler. Police say the vehicles collided and travelled into the eastbound lanes, where the Nissan struck a Jeep head-on.

Allegheny County police say the driver of the Chrysler, Richard Littlejohn Jr., was pronounced dead at the scene.

The injured included a newborn girl, a 1-year-old boy, a 2-year-old girl, a 2-year-old boy and a 10-year-old boy.

Police did not release their conditions.