West Penn Power is addressing power outages in two areas of Washington County. Currently there are more than 1800 customers without power in the Smith Township/Burgettstown area. According to the West Penn Power website, crews are assembling to address the outage. In Peters Township, 245 customers are without power in the Venetia area. West Penn Power says that crews are arriving to the scene. We will have updates for you as information becomes available.
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – A Pittsburgh councilman plans to propose a tax he says could bring in millions of much-needed revenue for the city. Councilman Anthony Coghill plans to introduce a bill on Wednesday that would create the Mechanical Amusement Device Tax. The three-tiered tax would be for amusement devices — like pool tables, skill games and jukeboxes. Coghill said he drafted the legislation to align with “taxes on the books in half of the municipalities in Allegheny County and one-fifth of municipalities statewide.” “Given the explosion of these devices across the city over the last few years and with the need for Pittsburgh to generate new revenue sources that don’t further burden our homeowners and renters I believe that now is the time to introduce this much needed legislation,” Councilman Coghill said. Coghill says the tax could generate between $2-3 million a year for the city, which is projecting a budget deficit for the second year in a row. He hopes the legislation will be adopted and implemented quickly.
DONORA, Pa. — Washington County 911 says one person was arrested after police and SWAT were called to a home on McCrae Avenue just before one o’clock Saturday afternoon. According to reports, a man barricaded himself inside the building. The situation impacted public transit. Officials with Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority said the Local 4 could not serve Castner Ave from 1st and McCrea or any of Modisette Avenue. There has been no information released on what prompted the SWAT call or the identity of the person taken into custody.
The pedestrian who was killed early Saturday morning has been identified by police as 21-year-old Phillip Frye of Meadowlands. Authorities say Frye was struck by a vehicle heading south on Pike Street in Chartiers Township just after two o’clock. Washington County 911 says the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene. Washington County officials were assisted by Canonsburg Ambulance, the Chartiers Township Fire Department and the Pennsylvania State Police Crash Reconstruction Unit.
CAIRO (AP) — Regional officials say the United States is close to a deal with Iran to end the war and reopen the Strait of Hormuz. President Donald Trump said negotiations are proceeding constructively but he advised not rushing into a deal. The regional officials say the agreement would see Iran give up its stockpile of highly enriched uranium. The strait’s reopening would happen in parallel with the U.S. lifting its blockade of Iranian ports. That would begin to ease the global energy crisis. The deal would also end the war between Israel and Hezbollah, though Israel remains concerned about Hezbollah’s threat.
