September 12, 2025 5:00 am
OREM, Utah (AP) — Utah’s governor says the Charlie Kirk assassination suspect had indicated to a family friend that he was connected to the shooting. Gov. Spencer Cox says the suspect had grown more political and was opposed to Kirk’s beliefs. The suspect in custody in connection with the assassination of Charlie Kirk is a 22-year-old from Utah. That’s according to a law enforcement official who told The Associated Press. The officials says authorities have identified the suspect as Tyler Robinson. The official was not authorized to discuss the ongoing investigation and spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity. Calls to telephone numbers listed for Robinson in public records ring unanswered.
September 12, 2025 4:52 am
WASHINGTON, Pa. — A wanted burglary suspect is now in custody. According to court documents, Patrick Thurston, 60, was arrested on Wednesday. He had been on the City of Washington Police Department’s “most wanted” page since Sept. 4. Police say he stole from several businesses and took items from a donation bin at the City Mission Thrift Shop. Two sets of burglary charges were filed against him at the end of August. He has a preliminary hearing scheduled for Sept. 24.
September 12, 2025 4:49 am
NORTH STRABANE TOWNSHIP, Pa. — A North Strabane Township man faces animal cruelty charges after police say he tried to kill two of his dogs with a hammer and throw them away in the trash. 73 year old Daniel McCullough admitted to striking the dogs in their heads with a ball-peen hammer, on the front porch of his Angel Estates home. He said he placed them in a box and discarded the box in a trash can because he believed they were dead. One of the dogs, however, managed to escape. It was found critically injured at a neighbor’s home and received emergency veterinary care and survived. Investigators say the other dog was taken away when the trash was picked up and believed to be dead. North Strabane Police say McCullough admitted to the attack saying he did it because he had four dogs and the community recently changed the rules allowing only two dogs. His other two dogs have been removed from the home.
September 12, 2025 2:23 am
The South Strabane Fire and Police Departments led Washington County’s annual September 11 tribute on Thursday morning outside of the old Washington Mall, honoring the lives lost in the 2001 terrorist attacks and the sacrifices made in their aftermath. Community members, first responders, and local officials gathered as the ceremony featured solemn traditions, including the playing of taps, the sound of bagpipes, and a 21-gun salute. Several speakers reflected on the significance of the day and the importance of remembering the nearly 3,000 victims, as well as the bravery of firefighters, police officers, and everyday citizens who responded in the face of tragedy. Also noted was the lasting toll, with more than 86,000 first responders from Ground Zero still facing cancer and other illnesses caused by toxic exposure. “As long as I am South Strabane fire chief, I will make sure that this memorial continues every year,” Cramer said.The tribute served as both a reminder of the past and a promise of continued remembrance in Washington County for generations to come.
September 12, 2025 12:58 am
Washington City Council’s voting meeting agenda was largely day to day business. They did promote several police officers and fire fighters. Leading the list of police officer promotions was John Hritz. He was promoted to captain. Matt Karlowsky was promoted to lieutenant. In the fire department, Chad Weir and Joe Wasik were promoted to engineer. Once again, Councilman Ken Westcott announced that the city is looking for individuals to fill vacancies on the city’s Zoning Hearing Board. It is a volunteer position and meets several months over the year as needed. Applications may be found with the City Clerk, Michelle Sperl at City Hall.
September 11, 2025 4:52 pm
OREM, Utah (AP) — The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods is still at large more than 24 hours later. Federal investigators appealed Thursday for the public’s help by releasing a pair of photos of the person believed responsible. Investigators obtained clues including a palm print, a shoe impression and a high-powered hunting rifle found in a wooded area along the path the shooter fled. But they had yet to name a suspect or cite a motive in the killing. They were treating it as the latest act of political violence to convulse the United States across the ideological spectrum. The FBI is offering a reward of up to $100,000 for information leading to the identification and arrest of the individual(s) responsible for the murder of Kirk on September 10, 2025, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah. (Photo courtesy of Utah FBI)
September 11, 2025 8:55 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. jobless claim applications jumped to their highest level in almost four years last week, the latest sign that the labor market is softening. The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits for the week ending Sept. 6 rose 27,000 to 263,000, the Labor Department reported Thursday. That’s the most filings since the week of Oct. 23, 2021 and well above the 231,000 new applications economists forecast. Weekly applications for jobless benefits are considered a proxy for layoffs and have mostly settled in a historically low range between 200,000 and 250,000 since the U.S. began to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic nearly four years ago.
September 11, 2025 8:48 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation moved higher last month as the price of gas, groceries, hotel rooms and airfare rose, along with the cost of clothes and used cars. Consumer prices rose 2.9% in August from a year earlier, the Labor Department said Tuesday, up from 2.7% the previous month and the biggest increase since January. The reading is the last data the Fed will receive before its key meeting next week, when policymakers are widely expected to cut their short-term rate to about 4.1% from 4.3%. Still, the figures underscore the challenges the Fed is facing as it experiences relentless pressure from President Donald Trump to cut rates.
September 11, 2025 5:04 am
After Decarlos Brown Jr. was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Ukrainian refugee aboard a North Carolina commuter train, he was quickly sent to a state mental hospital for an evaluation. That’s a sharp contrast from a January arrest, where it took more than six months for a court to order a mental evaluation after Brown told officers that he had been given a human-made substance that controlled him. The January arrest was just one of the missed opportunities in Brown’s criminal history, according to experts. He had cycled through the criminal justice system for more than a decade. He now faces federal and state charges in the Aug. 22 killing of 23-year-old Iryna Zarutska,
September 11, 2025 5:03 am
DENVER (AP) — A student shot two of his peers Wednesday at a suburban Denver high school before shooting himself and later dying, authorities said. The handgun shooting was reported around 12:30 p.m. at Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colorado, about 30 miles west of Denver. The teens were originally listed in critical condition, St. Anthony CEO Kevin Cullinan said. Their ages were not released. By early evening, one teen was in stable condition with what Dr. Brian Blackwood, the hospital’s trauma director, described as non-life threatening injuries. He declined to provide more details.
