June 28, 2026 7:37 am
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Country music legend Alan Jackson has ended his touring career. On Saturday night, he performed his final show at Nashville’s Nissan Stadium. The event, titled “Last Call: One More for the Road — The Finale,” featured performances by top country stars like Carrie Underwood and Luke Combs. Jackson, who has sold over 60 million records, has been battling a degenerative nerve condition. Despite this, he delivered a memorable performance, sharing stories and hits. Although he’s retiring from touring, Jackson recently released a new song and plans to continue making music. An NBC concert special will air later this year.
June 28, 2026 6:58 am
State Police are investigating an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Westmoreland County that left two people dead. Authorities say it happened around two-thirty Saturday morning in the eastbound lanes of I-76 near the Route 136 overpass in Hempfield Township. According to the Westmoreland County Coroner’s Office, Hunter R. Fronius of Connellsville was driving a Ford Explorer eastbound with passenger Raymond M. Foster of Connellsville. The Ford failed to negotiate a left curve and left the south shoulder. It went through a grassy embankment and collided with a bridge abutment, causing it to roll over onto its driver’s side. Airbags were deployed, and neither Fronius nor Foster was wearing a seatbelt at the time, officials note. Their cause of death was blunt force injuries, and the incident has been ruled accidental. A section of the Turnpike was closed for several hours.
June 28, 2026 7:00 am
PennDOT says it will be performing more maintenance work, beginning the week of June 29. Bridge replacement work continues on Rt. 331, Brush Run Road in Canton Township. Brush cutting will take place along Patterson Road in West Bethlehem Township, Robinson Road in North Bethlehem and Jolly School Road in South Franklin Township. There will be Culvert replacement on Noblestown Road in Robinson Township and Mowing on Rt. 22 in Hanover Township, the Intertate 70 Jefferson Avenue ramp in the city of Washington, Rt. 221, S Bridge Road in Buffalo Township and Rt. 837 in Donora. And Slide Repair will take place on Rt. 2038 in California Borough. Drivers can expect detours, flaggers and single-lane restrictions. All of the work is weather permitting.
June 28, 2026 7:00 am
State Treasurer Stacy Garrity has called for seven gubernatorial debates with incumbent Democrat Josh Shapiro. This comes after Shapiro’s campaign reportedly said he looks forward to engaging with Garrity in a “good faith” campaign. Garrity said every voter should have the opportunity to learn “where we stand on issues, what are our visions for the future of the Commonwealth, and what experience we bring to the table to lead 13 million Pennsylvanians for the next four years.” Garrity wants a debate in each of the state’s seven media markets.
June 28, 2026 7:21 am
PITTSBURGH — (WPXI) – The Andy Warhol Bridge in Pittsburgh is 100 years old! Allegheny County officials threw a birthday bash for the bridge on Saturday. Named after Pittsburgh native and pop art pioneer Andy Warhol, the bridge connects the North Side to Downtown. It’s the oldest of the Sister Bridges, which were commissioned by Allegheny County in 1925 through a $2.5 million contract with the American Bridge Company. The Rachel Carson Bridge will turn 100 in November, while the Roberto Clemente Bridge will do so in 2028. “This is our first Sister Bridge to turn 100, and we’re excited to do some cool, fun community events for the other two in the next two years,” Allegheny County Communications Director Abigail Gardner said. Saturday’s free birthday bash offered contests and games, including Campbell’s Soup stacking and bridge building with toothpicks and marshmallows. Also, local artist Mary Temonte led a screen printing station, in true Andy Warhol fashion.
June 27, 2026 11:29 am
U.S. Attorney Matthew L. Harvey is proud to announce that Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe has been awarded the inaugural Freedom 250: Hometown Hero Award sponsored by the Department of Justice in honor of America’s 250th birthday. In a ceremony today, United States Attorney Matthew Harvey awarded WV Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe the Hometown Hero Award at the Berkeley County Sheriff’s Office. On November 26, 2025, WV Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Wolfe, and his partner U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, were policing the nation’s capital when an Afghan national committed an ambush-style shooting of both West Virginia Guardsmen. Staff Sergeant Wolfe is a resident of the Northern District of West Virginia during the time of the shooting. Staff Sergeant Wolfe survived his injuries and continues to recover in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. SPC Beckstrom sadly succumbed to her injuries she sustained while on duty.
June 27, 2026 9:24 am
The largest fire in the United States has marched through thousands of acres of tinder-dry forest in Utah, fueled by conditions that fire managers and experts call unprecedented. Little relief is on the horizon this weekend as forecasters warn that more hot, dry and windy weather is expected to hamper efforts as crews try to catch up with the fast-moving Cottonwood Fire. Utah has declared an emergency and is restricting fireworks as a result. Red flag warnings also are in effect for parts of California, Nevada, Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado and Idaho. Nationally, crews are working to corral blazes from Alaska to Florida
June 27, 2026 4:36 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. has struck Iran to respond to a drone attack a day earlier on a cargo ship in the Strait of Hormuz, a provocation that President Donald Trump said violated the ceasefire. It’s the most significant test yet to an interim understanding reached a week ago by the two countries to begin working to end their months-long war. U.S. Central Command said the military struck missile and drone locations and coastal radar sites in Iran. Ebrahim Azizi, who heads the Iranian parliament’s national security commission, responded to Trump’s social media post about Thursday’s drone attacks. Azizi said that “this is not a violation of the ceasefire.”
June 27, 2026 4:34 am
TOKYO (AP) — Heavy downpours have triggered flooding in western Japan as two approaching tropical storms added to a seasonal rain front already stuck above the country. Storm Mekkhala was off the western coast of Japan’s southern remote island of Amami as it headed east as of late afternoon Friday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. Another storm, Higos, was traveling nearby, and both of them are expected to reach the Tokyo region on Saturday, while dumping heavy rain, the JMA said. A man was injured as he fell into a waterway in Nara, according to Japan’s NHK television.
June 27, 2026 4:33 am
LA GUAIRA, Venezuela (AP) — The situation has grown more desperate by the hour in Venezuela as people dig through the rubble of collapsed homes and apartment buildings. The country is entering its third day after the devastating one-two punch of 7.2 and 7.5-magnitude earthquakes. And people know time is running out on the best window for finding survivors — aid agencies consider the first 48 to 72 hours to be a crucial time frame to retrieve people alive. That be extended if they have access to food and water, however. Authorities announced Friday night that they would block access to La Guaira, the epicenter of the destruction.
