March 3, 2026 4:11 am
A SWAT team was called to a Peters Township man’s home Saturday night. According to court paperwork, 68 year old Gregory Morris is accused of threatening his neighbor with a shotgun. The criminal complaint states that Morris’ neighbor knocked on his Timber Oak Court door just after 10:00 pm. concerning a parking issue. Morris answered the door wielding the loaded shotgun and threatened to shoot the unidentified neighbor. When police arrived, Morris refused to leave his house. Morris is charged with felony aggravated assault and misdemeanors of terroristic threats, simple assault and reckless endangerment. Morris was sent to the Washington County jail on $25,000 bond.
March 3, 2026 3:59 am
Additional parents are facing charges for living with several children in deplorable conditions at a Charleroi building that was condemned last week. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatched police last week, to a building along McKean Avenue from a phone call from a girl believing her father had died. At that time, police said they found no running water, a broken toilet and garbage in the home. Following this investigation, the child’s parents, Jackson Alexis and Roldy Noel were arrested and the building condemned. According to new court documents, another family was still living in the same deplorable conditions when investigators returned to the building on Feb. 26. Investigators found that two adults and four children were still staying in the building, sharing the same kitchen and bathroom as the family in the previous incident. The children living in the apartment were between the ages of 4 and 14. The parents, identified as Navilia Norazier and Lucner Joseph, were both charged with four counts of felony child endangerment. Court documents show both parents are being held in the Washington County Jail unable to post bond. It is not clear who is tending to the children.
March 3, 2026 3:58 am
AAA is reporting that gasoline prices dropped last week in western Pennsylvania, but the national average increased by 6 cents. The national average sits at $2.99 per gallon. In western Pennsylvania, prices were five cents lower at $3.23 per gallon. In Washington County gas prices were at the same $3.23 per gallon. But, AAA cautions that events in Iran could cause and actually have caused prices to begin to rise. Prices will also begin to rise as refineries begin to process summer blend gasoline that contains pricier additives. For those that drive electric cars, the national average per kilowatt hour of electricity at a public EV charging station remained at 39 cents.
March 2, 2026 5:00 am
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The war in the Mideast is sending shudders through global energy markets. Oil prices are up more than 6%, and European natural gas futures are spiking more than 40% in the wake of the shutdown of a major supplier of ship-borne gas due to the fighting. The jump came after QatarEnergy said Monday it would stop its production of liquefied natural gas as the Mideast war rages. Europe relies on shipments of liquefied gas, or LNG, to replace supplies of Russian pipeline gas lost due to the invasion of Ukraine. Shipping has been disrupted in the Strait of Hormuz, a key route for oil and LNG tankers coming from the Persian Gulf.
March 2, 2026 5:44 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit started the next phase in the refund process by sending it to a lower court to sort out. In a court filing Friday, Trump’s Justice Department had urged the Federal Circuit to proceed cautiously and hold off for 90 days. But the judges refused.
March 1, 2026 4:58 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is speaking to widening concerns the U.S.-Israeli strikes in Iran could spiral into a protracted regional conflict by declaring, “This is not Iraq. This is not endless.” Hegseth and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Air Force Gen. Dan Caine on Monday held the Trump administration’s first news briefing since Saturday’s strikes. Hegseth says the operation has a “clear, devastating, decisive mission” to “destroy the missile threat” from Iran, destroy its navy and “no nukes.” The briefing comes as the conflict has intensified into a wider war in the region. Iran and its allied armed groups have launched missiles at Israel, Arab states and U.S. military targets in the Middle East.
March 2, 2026 5:49 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Videos of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton answering questions about convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have been released by a House committee investigating the late financier. The depositions spanned hours over two days last week. Bill Clinton told the committee he had ended his relationship with Epstein years before the financier entered a guilty plea in 2008 to soliciting prostitution from an underage girl. Hillary Clinton said she never recalled meeting Epstein. Still, they faced hours of questioning from lawmakers who are searching for accountability for anyone who was aware of or ignored Epstein’s abuse of underage girls.
March 1, 2026 4:59 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran’s Revolutionary Guard has become a powerful force within the country’s theocracy, answering only to the supreme leader. The European Union declare the Guard a terrorist organization in January over its role in the recent crackdown on protests across Iran. The Guard was born out of Iran’s 1979 Islamic Revolution and steadily grew in power, especially after the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s. Its Quds Force has been key in supporting groups like Lebanese militant Hezbollah group and Yemen’s Houthi rebels. The Guard also operates its own intelligence services and has been involved in arrests of foreigners. The force is crucial in suppressing protests in Iran.
March 2, 2026 4:19 pm
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — New Medicaid work requirements signed into law by President Donald Trump are meant to save money. But states first will have to spend millions of dollars to implement them. An Associated Press analysis finds that states are projected to spend over $1 billion on technology improvements and additional staff needed to carry out the requirements. The Medicaid changes were included in Trump’s big tax-cut law passed by Congress last year. States are still waiting on federal rules to provide further guidance. But they face a time crunch because the Medicaid work requirements are supposed to be enforced next January.
March 2, 2026 2:00 am
Washington County 911 says multiple fire departments and crews were called out to the 300 block of Edgewood Avenue in Canton Township just after seven Saturday night. Crews were reportedly ordered out of the building due to a collapse. At this point, there are no reports of any injuries.
