March 10, 2026 7:29 am
Crews from Pennsylvania American Water Company are on the scene of a water main break in the 16-hundred block of Park Avenue. An official with the company tells WJPA News the break involved a 12-inch main and more than 700 customers are without service. Those customers have been told that repairs could take six to eight hours to complete. The roadway is still open but motorists are being asked to use caution traveling through the work zone. The break forced the Trinity School district to switch to remote instruction for Intermediate School and Middle School students. All other students reported to school as usual.
March 10, 2026 4:48 am
The Washington County Coroners office has identified the person found early Sunday morning along Interstate 70 eastbound in North Franklin Township as 46 year old Timothy Booker of Avella. A cause and manner of death are pending. A tractor trailer driver called 911 and reported what appeared to be a person lying in the road near the Chestnut Street on ramp. According to the coroner, the victim appears to have been struck multiple times, by multiple vehicles. It is believed he was a pedestrian. The coroner thanked the South Strabane Township Police Department for their assistance in confirming the identity. State Police are also investigating.
March 10, 2026 2:19 am
Demolition work on the Courthouse Square Building on Beau Street in Washington is expected to resume on Tuesday or Wednesday, now that the excavator has been removed from the hole. The work was halted when an excavator fell into a hole early in the project. Washington County Commission Chairman Nick Sherman tells WJPA that the Occupational Safety and Health Administration has finished its investigation and did not issue a stop order so the work can resume once the machinery has been pulled from the hole. Crews worked through the day and into the evening and were able to hoist it out sooner than expected. Sherman tells WJPA, “We knew the construction company was going to be working on this through the day. I was glad to see that they could expedite the process and get the project back on track. God willing, this will b e our last surprise and this construction company can demo the Courthouse Square to make way for Washington County’s new public safety building.” Sherman says the cause of the accident was not released to them, as OSHA is working directly with the construction company. The operator of the excavator was not injured.(Photo courtesy of Commissioner Chair Nick Sherman)
March 10, 2026 3:00 am
Anyone that drives through and lives in Peters Township can attest to having cell phone calls dropped, even if you are making cell phone calls in a home. Cell phone service, or lack of service has been an issue for many years. Peters Township is looking to address that problem. At their council meeting, Peters Township Council was introduced to a cell phone tower overlay zoning district that would allow cell phone tower expansion. Currently towers are only allowed in the industrial districts. Township Manager Paul Lauer said overlay districts under consideration are township owned properties and school district properties. He said that the township and school district could control impacts of towers better through terms and conditions contained in leases. The overlay districts suggested largely line up with suggestions from the three major cell phone providers made several years ago. Those areas are Peterswood Park, Rolling Hills Park, Venetia Park, Arrowhead Trail at its intersection with Brush Run Road, Peters Township Middle School and High School along with Pleasant Valley School and Bower Hill School. Resident Bob Donnan spoke to council registering his argument against the districts calling cell towers a health hazard, particularly to children. He pointed to a German study conducted on cell tower effects on trees in Germany. Lauer said that a draft ordinance could be ready in about 30 days. Council would approve that draft and then hold a public hearing before any action would occur.
March 10, 2026 4:59 am
TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares have rebounded from their sharp declines a day before. Tuesday’s advance echoed a rally on Wall Street, as global investors began to hope the war with Iran may not last too long. But the gains fell far short of the losses on Monday, when oil prices neared $120 per barrel before falling back. U.S. President Donald Trump told CBS News he thinks “the war is very complete, pretty much.” That helped calm investors’ fears, pushing U.S. stocks higher. The S&P 500 gained 0.8% on Monday and the Dow industrials climbed 0.5%. The Nasdaq composite jumped 1.4%. U.S. futures were down about 0.2%. Oil prices were trading above $90 per barrel.
March 10, 2026 4:54 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran has fired more drones and missiles at Israel and Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the Middle East in a war that has sent oil prices surging and stunned global economies. The Saudi Defense Ministry said on Tuesday that it has destroyed two drones over the kingdom’s oil-rich eastern region, while in Kuwait, the National Guard said it shot down six drones attacking the county’s northern and southern areas. The attacks come as U.S. President Donald Trump sends contradictory signals about how long the war could last, adding to uncertainty that’s causing markets to swing.
March 10, 2026 4:57 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy. The conflict is driving up energy, grain and fertilizer prices; threatening food shortages in poor countries; destabilizing fragile states such as Pakistan; complicating options for the inflation fighters at central banks like the Federal Reserve; and imposing new burdens on American consumers already fed up with the high cost of living. Causing much of the pain: Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz – through which a fifth of world’s oil passes – after the U.S. and Israel launched missile strikes Feb. 28 that killed Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
March 10, 2026 4:59 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he won’t sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans’ ability to vote by mail. It’s a startling demand months before the midterm elections. Trump told House Republicans during their annual retreat at his golf club in Florida that he doesn’t think they will win elections without it. He says voting laws need to be toughened up to prevent fraud — even though mail ballots are popular in many states and federal law already requires that voters in national elections be U.S. citizens, with scant evidence that noncitizens ever try to vote.
March 10, 2026 5:01 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Investigators are trying to learn more about two Pennsylvania men accused of bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York City’s mayor. Authorities say Emir Balat and Ibrahim Kayumi told authorities after their arrests that they were inspired by the Islamic State group. The FBI said Monday that searches in the investigation included a Pennsylvania storage unit. Some of the devices recovered at the scene were being tested. Balat’s lawyer said his client is a high school senior with a complicated personal life and that he doesn’t know what he’s doing.
March 10, 2026 4:56 am
NEW YORK (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration briefly grounded all JetBlue flights due to a request from the airline, the agency said in a notice posted to its website early Tuesday morning. It was not immediately clear why JetBlue requested the ground stop, which was lifted about 40 minutes after it was imposed. The airline and the FAA didn’t immediately respond to emails from The Associated Press requesting more information. The airline, which was founded more than 25 years ago, has its headquarters in New York City and its flagship terminal at the city’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.
