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.
September 11, 2025 4:52 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel will stop processing steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois, three months after Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the iconic American steelmaker. In a statement, the Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel said Tuesday that it’ll “optimize” its operations by focusing on processing raw steel at facilities in Pennsylvania and Indiana. It’ll end its production work at Granite City Works, likely in November, but it says it’ll keep paying the 800 workers there. They’ll keep their jobs at least until 2027, as a result of a national security agreement between Trump and Nippon Steel that allowed its buyout of U.S. Steel to go forward.
September 11, 2025 4:49 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Americans are marking 24 years since the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks with solemn ceremonies, volunteer work and other tributes honoring the victims. At the World Trade Center site in New York City, the nearly 3,000 victims’ names will be read aloud. At the Pentagon in Virginia, a memorial service will honor the 184 service members and civilians killed. And near Shanksville, Pennsylvania, a similar ceremony honors the victims of Flight 93. The remembrances are being held during a time of increased political tensions. The 9/11 anniversary comes a day after conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at a college in Utah.
September 11, 2025 2:55 am
The trial for a Cecil Township man accused of sexual assault of a child, among other charges, is over and the jury has returned a unanimous verdict of guilty on all counts. Ryan Wolstoncroft, 40, allegedly assaulted an 11 year old boy multiple times in 2020 and 2021 in his home. Testimony began with the victim’s mother who laid out the timeline of events once she was informed by police that her son may be in danger. The victim, currently a minor, explained to the jury how Wolstoncroft acted as his caretaker and friend before assaults began. The victim said everything started with just incidents of tickling, but escalated quickly to groping and then Wolstoncroft groping inside the child’s pants. He told of instances where Wolstoncroft would perform oral sex and try and have the victim reciprocate. The victim said that no amount of him saying to stop ever made Wolstoncroft quit the assaults. The victim testified that he would play video games to escape his feelings and Wolstoncroft would make in game purchases and suggest that he should not tell anyone about the events. The victim’s mother was alerted by police after two Allegheny County men confessed to their mothers that they were assaulted by Wolstoncroft 20 years ago. One of the mothers is a mandated reporter and called police because she felt that the victim might be suffering the same treatment her son suffered. She had those fears because the victim’s family and her family belonged to the same church and she was aware that Wolstoncroft and the victim’s mother at one time were romantically linked. Bail has been revoked and is expected to be sentenced in December, at which time he could face twenty to forty years in prison.
September 11, 2025 12:32 am
Sally’s Sanctuary, the City Mission’s brand new women’s shelter is inching closer to its opening later this month. Tuesday, a ribbon cutting was held to dedicate the Scott and Diane Heeter Family Childcare Center. The room includes the Mary Johns Guthrie Infant and Toddler Room and the Matt’s Maker Space sponsored by EQT. When opened, the new space will replace the current child care center located in the Sally’s House facility. The new area includes Matt’s Maker Space that will allow children of all ages to explore creative and practical outlets. A sewing machine and easy press will teach kids practical skills. Assorted toys will occupy the attention of younger kids. Individual lockers for coat storage were built. Scientific and academic activities decorate the walls. A unique feature to the space is a kid sized bathroom. The toilet is reduced in size and located closer to the ground. A splash sink was shrunk and located closer to the floor as well. This will allow the kids to foster their independence in another fashion. Now they can tend to their own needs because the fixtures are built to accommodate them. Sally’s Sanctuary is anticipated to open in mid October.
