If you happened to notice a large police presence around the W&J Campus in Washington Wednesday afternoon, city police say they were called in to assist with an incident that began in East Washington Borough and ended in the city following a brief foot chase. They’ve released little information, except to say they did take a male into custody and there was no active threat to the community.
BROWNSVILLE, Pa. – A Hopwood man was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh last night, after being shot multiple times during an apparent break-in at a home in Brownsville. Authorities say sixty-nine-year-old Ronald Rosiek allegedly broke into the home of a woman at the intersection of 18th and Water Street around eleven-thirty. The woman told Rosiek to leave, but court documents say he kept advancing toward her, so she shot him. She was eventually able to run out of the house. There’s been no word on his condition. The two then got into a struggle in the bathroom before the woman was able to escape and run out of the home. Rosiek is now facing 10 charges, including burglary, aggravated assault and criminal trespassing.
Fayette County District Attorney Mike Aubele announced on Wednesday that the search for seventeen-year-old Emily Grace Salonick is over. Aubele says Salonick, who was missing for a week, was found in South Carolina and a twenty-year-old man is now facing charges. According to Aubele, Michael Hart is currently facing a charge of interfering with the custody of children, and additional charges are expected to be filed. Aubele, who called Hart – Salonick’s “paramour” – denied knowing where she was when he was first interviewed. Salonick was reported missing on March 18th. Aubele says their investigation led them to discover that Hart took her out of Pennsylvania and placed her with a family member. Authorities credit the public for help in finding her. They say they received hundreds of tips through phone calls and social media. The investigation is ongoing.
South Strabane Township Supervisors followed through on their promise to dissolve the Parks and Recreation Department. The action, characterized as a budgetary concern passed 3-2. Supervisors are also going through monthly expenditures with a fine tooth comb. Supervisor Zack Morgan was concentrating on the smallest of items that add up. He made sure that an email account that costs ten dollars a month was cancelled. He made sure that accompanying cell phone and computer plans were also cancelled. Supervisors also added into a settlement agreement that township solicitor fees be charged back to a company for having to redraft that settlement agreement. The township will also be seeking requests for proposals to update their comprehensive plan. The current plan has been in place since 2017. Township Manager Peter Stefansky says that with all of the building that is going on, it is important that zoning ordinances are in place to keep up with all of the changes occurring in the township. Stefansky also reminds residents of the public hearing that supervisors are holding concerning data centers. The meeting will take place on Tuesday, March 31 at 6:30 pm. It will be at the Fire Department Hall on Oak Spring Road. He said that shuttle service will be provided from the parking lot where the Dollar Bank once was located. The township wants to conserve on site parking for those individuals that have needs to be parked close to the building.
Pittsburgh and regional leaders met Wednesday at a T-station to discuss transportation for the upcoming NFL Draft, which is now less than one month away. And they know it will be hectic. Rich Fitzgerald, Executive Director of the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission, joined others in encouraging people to use Public Transportation for the event, which will encompass everything from Point State Park and the Golden Triangle to the North Shore and Acrisure Stadium. Pittsburgh Regional Transit officials also encourage people to take the light rail T service that serves riders from Library and South Hills Village all the way to the North Shore. Washington’s Freedom Transit and Fayette Area Coordinated Traffic are also offering draft-specific service. Those who plan to attend are encouraged to plan early. They are encouraged to carpool, use ride share options, and walk wherever they can. The NFL One Pass App will also help everyone who needs to get around for the Draft, which is scheduled from April 23 through the 25th.
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has received a 15-point plan from the United States for a possible ceasefire even as Washington is beginning to move paratroopers to the Mideast. They will back up a contingent of Marines heading there on Wednesday. Iran’s military scoffed at the diplomatic effort and launched more attacks on Israel and the Persian Gulf region, including an assault that sparked a fire at Kuwait International Airport. Iran, which says there are no talks with the U.S., says that Washington is in no position to negotiate. Exact details have not been released, but the U.S. ceasefire plan touches on sanctions relief, civilian nuclear cooperation and access for shipping through the Strait of Hormuz.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The acting head of the Transportation Security Administration says it may have to shut down operations at some airports as travelers are experiencing record waiting times. In testimony Wednesday before a House committee, Ha Nguyen McNeill described the mounting hardships facing unpaid airport workers and warned of potential airport closures. Bills and eviction notices are piling up, and some workers are resorting to plasma donations to make ends meet. Her appearance on Capitol Hill comes as the latest offer to end a funding impasse and put restraints on President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda is running into fierce resistance. But there appears to be no end in sight on the 40th day of the stalemate involving the Department of Homeland Security.
Democrat Emily Gregory won a Florida special election on Tuesday, flipping a state legislative district that is home to Mar-a-Lago, the Palm Beach estate that President Donald Trump counts as his residence. The president had endorsed Gregory’s rival, Jon Maples. In a social media post Monday, he urged voters to turn out, saying Maples was backed “by so many of my Palm Beach County friends.” Democrats celebrated the victory as the latest sign voters are turning against Trump and Republicans ahead of the midterm elections in November. Tuesday was the latest in a series of lopsided or improbable victories in special elections across the country since Trump returned to the White House more than a year ago. The district was previously represented by Mike Caruso, a Republican who resigned to become Palm Beach County’s clerk. Caruso won by 19 percentage points in 2024.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently probe three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good and Alex Pretti. The lawsuit claims that the federal government reneged on its promise to cooperate with state investigations after the surge of federal law enforcement in Minneapolis, and are seeking a court order demanding that the Trump administration comply. The lawsuit said the federal government is not permitted to “withhold investigative evidence for the purpose of shielding law enforcement officers from scrutiny.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The jump in gas prices stemming from the war in Iran has had another impact that may also affect many Americans’ finances: Higher interest rates. Longer-term interest rates have risen quickly since the war began Feb. 28, pushing up the cost of mortgage loans, auto loans, and business borrowing. And with inflation measures likely to rise in the coming months, the prospect of interest rate cuts this year by the Federal Reserve is fading. Wall Street investors instead see the odds rising of an actual rate hike instead.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A jury has found Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services. The decision Wednesday came after more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days and more than a month since jurors heard opening statements in the trial. The plaintiff is a 20-year-old woman identified as KGM in documents and her lawyers called her Kaley during the trial. She says she became addicted to social media as a child and that this addiction exacerbated her mental health struggles. The companies must pay her a total $6 million in damages.
