WJPA News

PITTSBURGH — A Cold Weather Advisory remains in place until early Wednesday afternoon. The worst of the wind chills will be Tuesday morning with many areas feeling like 8 to 15 degrees below zero. It will feel as cold as -25 degrees below zero in the mountains. Scattered snow showers will be in the area after lunch making untreated surfaces slick. While the wind eases Tuesday night, actual air temperatures could drop to double digits below zero to start Wednesday morning in parts of the area. This bitter cold air should begin to lift out of the area by the end of the week. Make sure to be prepared for the cold weather. Use caution when traveling, make sure to have extra layers and a blanket with you, limit time outdoors, and keep pets inside. Don’t forget to protect pipes as they could freeze in this extended cold stretch.

A search for a man involved in a one-vehicle crash early Tuesday morning has been called off.  Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers say a woman called and reported that she was talking to her boyfriend when he was involved in a crash.  Dispatchers say the unidentified man was traveling from Bridgeville and they were able to locate a pickup truck on its side in the 3000 block of Reissing Road in Cecil Township around 2:30 a.m.  The man had fled on foot when first responders arrived and dispatchers say he continued to run from them as they searched for him.  The search was called off just after 4 a.m.  No other information is available at this time

SCENERY HILL, Pa. — State Police are asking for the public’s help to find a missing and endangered woman with dementia from Washington County. Ellen Donahoo, 76, from Scenery Hill, left her house in a 2020 Lincoln Continental MKZ and has not been located or contacted by friends or family. Donahoo is described as being 5 feet, 5 inches tall and 130 pounds. She has blonde or strawberry hair and hazel eyes. Anyone with information is asked to contact state police.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has pardoned, commuted the prison sentences or vowed to dismiss the cases of all of the 1,500-plus people charged with crimes in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump’s action Monday paves the way for the release from prison of people found guilty of violent attacks on police, as well as leaders of far-right extremist groups convicted of failed plots to keep the Republican in power after he lost the 2020 election to former President Joe Biden. The pardons are a culmination of Trump’s yearslong campaign to rewrite the history of the Jan. 6 attack that left more than 100 police officers injured.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has confirmed Marco Rubio as secretary of state, giving President Donald Trump the first member of his Cabinet. The vote was unanimous. Senators went back to work Monday night in the Capitol after Trump’s inauguration. Rubio is among the least controversial of Trump’s nominees. Another pick, John Ratcliffe for CIA director, is also expected to have a swift vote, as soon as Tuesday. Action on other Trump Cabinet picks, including former combat veteran and Fox News host Pete Hegseth for defense secretary, is expected later in the week. It’s typical for the Senate to confirm some of a new president’s top Cabinet positions on Inauguration Day.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a bill that would require federal authorities to detain migrants accused of theft and violent crimes. It’s the first measure that President Donald Trump likely will sign into law and gives more weight to his plans to deport millions of migrants. Trump has made a broad crackdown on illegal immigration his top priority. The Laken Riley Act is named after a Georgia nursing student whose murder by a Venezuelan man last year became a rallying cry for Trump’s White House campaign. The bill now heads back to the Republican-controlled House, which passed its version earlier this month and will need to approve changes made in the Senate.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A second day of windy and dry conditions is forecast for Southern California. Ferocious winds are expected to continue through Tuesday morning, raising the risk of new wildfires sparking. Forecasters say gusts could peak at 70 mph along the coast and 100 mph in the mountains and foothills during extreme fire weather that is expected to last through Tuesday. Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass says the city is prepared for any possible new fires and warned that strong winds could disperse ash from existing fire zones across Southern California.

ANKARA, Turkey (AP) — A fire in a hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey has killed at least 10 people and hospitalized 32 others. The fire broke out early Tuesday at the restaurant of the 12-story Grand Kartal hotel in the resort of Kartalkaya in Bolu province. The governor said at least two of the victims died after jumping from the building in a panic. There were 234 guests staying at the hotel. Private NTV television said some people tried to climb down from their rooms using sheets. The cause of the blaze was not immediately known. The TV station suggested that the wooden cladding on the hotel’s exterior may have accelerated the spread of the fire.