December 7, 2025 3:59 am
As Canonsburg prepared for their annual Old Fashioned Christmas celebration, the Midtown Market held their ribbon cutting marking them open for business. The former McCrory’s Department Store that was most recently the City Mission’s Hidden Treasures store has been transformed into a multi-tenant, street themed destination. Andrew Andronas is the developer of the building. His vision began more than five years ago when he decided to buy the 9000 square foot building and get in on the ground floor of Canonsburg’s revitalization. Currently, the building has four tenants, MP Coney Island Hot Dog Shop, Joe’s Soda Pop Shop, The 1802 Tavern and Major Mallard’s Duck Pin Bowling Alley. For the holidays, a model train display occupies the last space to fill. Andronas says that it is exciting to bring such a destination to Canonsburg. Former Director of Economic Development for Canonsburg, Lisa Scarmazzi recalled the nearly daily meetings she held with Andronas as they brought the idea to life. She said that if anyone could do it Andrew could. Andronas said that there is an additional 9000 square feet upstairs that he will develop into an event center area. Work on that will begin in the new year.
December 7, 2025 3:56 am
WASHINGTON, Pa – A second actor in the November 30th armed robbery and shooting at the Washington Food Market is now in custody. The City of Washington Police Department in a press release said that 19 year old Christian Ellis-Patrene is still at large. Police say he is armed and dangerous. Christopher Ellis-Valperga,18 now in custody in connection to the shooting. The Washington regional SWAT Team, local detectives and the Washington County District Attorney’s Office were granted for a search warrant for a house on Hayes Avenue on Friday afternoon and found evidence in connection to the case.Ellis-Valperga faces attempted homicide, robbery, aggravated assault and firearm charges. Patrene is charged with conspiracy to commit homicide, conspiracy to commit robbery, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault and multiple misdemeanor charges. Additional related charges have been filed for both individuals that are now in custody. Julian Asbury, 17, of Washington, was arrested in connection with the crimes on Monday.The woman who was shot was last listed in stable condition. Police ask that if you have any additional information regarding to the case, contact 911 immediately. (Photo: WPXI)
December 6, 2025 4:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has agreed to take up the constitutionality of President Donald Trump’s order on birthright citizenship. The Republican president’s order says children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily aren’t American citizens. The justices said Friday they’ll hear Trump’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that struck down the citizenship restrictions. Those restrictions haven’t taken effect anywhere in the country. Birthright citizenship is the first Trump immigration-related policy to reach the court for a final ruling. The order is part of Trump’s immigration crackdown. The American Civil Liberties Union says no president can change “the 14th Amendment’s fundamental promise of citizenship.” The case under review comes from New Hampshire.
December 6, 2025 4:15 am
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — Newly released recordings of 911 calls show Texas residents and staffers at Camp Mystic caught up in the catastrophic flooding in July pleaded for help as rushing waters rise around them, stranding them in attics and on roofs. The floods over the July Fourth weekend killed at least 136 people, including at least 117 in rural Kerr County. Emergency dispatchers there fielded more than 400 911 calls during the six hours when floods began to overwhelm the region. Texas authorities released the audio on Friday. Kerrville Police Chief Chris McCall has said the calls are distressing and difficult to hear.
December 6, 2025 4:12 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A prosecutor says the man accused of planting pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the Republican and Democratic national parties in Washington on the eve of the U.S. Capitol attack told investigators he was “disappointed” in the outcome of the 2020 presidential election. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro told ABC News Live that she believes it is “unmistakable” that Brian Cole Jr. was responsible for placing the pipe bombs on Jan. 5, 2021. Pirro also suggested Cole may have been motivated by claims by Trump and his Republican allies that the 2020 election was stolen from him. Cole remains in jail after his initial court appearance Friday.
December 6, 2025 4:09 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, the Hollywood giant behind “Harry Potter” and HBO Max. The $72 billion deal announced Friday would bring together two of the biggest players in television and film and potentially reshape the entertainment industry. If approved by regulators, the merger would put two of the world’s biggest streaming services under the same ownership — and join Warner’s television and motion picture division, including DC Studios, with Netflix’s vast library and its production arm, which has released popular titles such as “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game.”
December 6, 2025 4:07 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal vaccine advisory committee has voted to end a longstanding recommendation that all U.S. babies get the hepatitis B vaccine on the day they’re born. For decades, the government has advised that all babies be vaccinated against the liver infection right after birth. The shots are widely considered to be a public health success for preventing thousands of illnesses. But U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s committee voted Friday to recommend the birth dose only for babies whose mothers test positive. For other babies, it will be up to the parents and their doctors to decide if a birth dose is appropriate.
December 6, 2025 4:04 am
NEW YORK (AP) — A pretrial hearing on Luigi Mangione’s bid to exclude evidence from his state murder case has been postponed because his lawyers and the judge say he’s sick. It is slated to resume on Monday. Mangione is seeking to exclude a gun, notebook and other items police officers say they found in his backpack when he was arrested Dec. 9, 2024, in Altoona, Pennsylvania, five days after UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was killed in Manhattan. He and his lawyers are also trying to suppress some statements he made to police.
December 5, 2025 5:42 pm
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Steel says it’ll resume making steel slabs at its Granite City Works plant in Illinois amid strengthening demand. The company made the announcement Thursday. It shut down the last blast furnace there in 2023. However, U.S. Steel says it can profitably operate the blast furnace to meet 2026 demand. The American Iron and Steel Institute reports that shipments from domestic steel mills are up this year. The move by Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel comes months after Japan-based Nippon Steel sealed a deal with President Donald Trump to buy the American steelmaker for $14.9 billion. Granite City Works makes rolls of sheet steel for the construction, container, pipe and automotive industries. (Photo: AP)
December 5, 2025 12:48 pm
NEW YORK (AP) — Netflix has struck a deal with Warner Bros. Discovery to buy the legacy Hollywood giant’s studio and streaming business for $72 billion. The merger, announced Friday, would bring two of the industry’s biggest players in film and TV under one roof. Beyond its namesake television and motion picture division, Warner owns HBO Max and DC Studios. And Netflix has rose to dominance as a household name ubiquitous to on-demand content, while building of its own production arm to release popular titles like “Stranger Things” and “Squid Game.” The cash and stock deal is valued at $27.75 per Warner share, giving it a total enterprise value of approximately $82.7 billion.
