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SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. — State police are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing Fayette County man.  On Tuesday at 6:20 p.m., troopers were called to Yogi Bear Campground at 839 Mill Run Road, Springfield Township.  Campground management reported that employee Jared Matthew Callahan, 43, of Ohiopyle, was missing after his maintenance cart was found at the far end of the campground.  State police began a large-scale search due to concerns for his welfare and known medical issues.  The search involved multiple volunteer fire departments, UTVs, drones and bloodhounds, as well as an aerial search by Trooper 4. However, Callahn still couldn’t be found.  Callahan is described as about 6 feet tall, weighing 170 pounds and having brown hair and green eyes. Police shared a photo of Callahan taken the day he was reported missing.  Anyone with information about his whereabouts is asked to call PSP Uniontown Station at 724-439-7111 and reference incident No. PA26-753223.

Multiple Fire Departments were called out overnightg for a fire at RPM Industries at 1660 Jefferson Avenue in Canton Township.  Washington County 911 says there were no injuries and the fire was brought under control quickly.  The cause of the blaze is under investigation

One person was taken to a hospital following an accident early Thursday morning on Murtland Avenue near Budd Baer.  Washington County 911 says a vehicle slammed into a pole and severely damaged it.  They say the driver was a woman and was transported from the scene, but there was no word on her identity or the nature of her injuries.

(AP) – President Donald Trump said the U.S. would hit Iran “VERY HARD TONIGHT,” threatening in a social media post to “assume total control” of Iran’s oil and gas industries, including the key Kharg Island, in the “not too distant future.” The U.S and Iran traded strikes for a second day, pushing the Middle East closer to the resumption of a full-scale war. It was the third time this week that back-and-forth strikes have rattled the Middle East. The first involved attacks between Iran and Israel, followed by the two rounds of fire between the U.S. and Iran, which hit countries in the region that host American bases.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has a surprising take on a new report that shows inflation spiking to its highest level in three years. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday that “I love the inflation.” Ahead of the November midterm elections, voters have ranked the economy as a top concern — and have given Trump low marks on that issue. The problem has intensified as the Iran war has pushed oil prices higher. Within minutes of his on-camera comment, Democrats quickly rushed to promote it on social media. On Capitol Hill, Representative Emilia Sykes — a Democrat from Ohio — asked Energy Secretary Chris Wright if he, too, loved inflation. Wright said he’d prefer lower inflation, but praised Trump’s work on curbing Iran’s nuclear ambitions.

(AP) – Damaging storms are sweeping through the Midwest, disrupting flights at Chicago airports and knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of customers. The National Weather Service said it received more than a dozen reports of tornadoes Wednesday across northern Missouri, Iowa, Kansas and Illinois. The storms moved into the Chicago area in the afternoon, causing downed trees and some building damage. Elsewhere, barns collapsed in Wisconsin, buildings were crushed in rural northern Missouri and some large trees and power lines were downed in other areas across the Midwest. More severe weather is expected Thursday, along with potentially dangerous heat and humidity along the East Coast.