May 10, 2026 7:00 am
A house fire on Friday in North Strabane Township is under investigation. Authorities say the blaze broke out Friday night in the 200 block of Clutter Street. The fire started just after six-thirty. There were no injuries by multiple fire departments were called out.
May 10, 2026 8:29 am
(WPXI) – Butler County election officials are warning of a printing error that’s impacting a small number of absentee ballot envelopes for the May primary election. According to a letter from Butler County Commissioner Kevin Boozel, about 50 purple declaration envelopes are missing the address for the Butler County Bureau of Elections. He says this error accounts for less than 1% of absentee ballot envelopes mailed out. Boozel says county officials are working closely with USPS distribution centers. All Butler County post officers were notified of the error and have been provided with address labels to assist voters as needed. Voters are asked to make sure the mailing address is present on the envelope. If it’s not, the voter should fill in the physical or mailing address to the elections office. Those addresses are as follows:
May 9, 2026 4:22 am
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin is overseeing a military parade commemorating the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II on Red Square. Security was tight in Moscow as Putin was set to speak at the parade, even as a U.S.-brokered three-day ceasefire eased concerns about possible Ukrainian attempts to disrupt the festivities. Putin, in power for more than a quarter-century, has used Victory Day, Russia’s most important secular holiday, to showcase the country’s military might and rally support for his military action in Ukraine, now in its fifth year. But this year, the parade will take place without tanks, missiles and other heavy weapons.
May 9, 2026 4:20 am
VENICE, Italy (AP) — Geopolitical tensions have spilled over into the Venice Biennale contemporary art exhibition. This year’s edition is chaotic and contested, with no Golden Lions awarded after the jury quit in protest of Israel’s and Russia’s participation. Visitors will vote for the best national pavilion and best participant in the main show, “In Minor Keys,” with winners announced Nov. 22. Highlights include Koyo Kouoh’s focus on minority perspectives, Lubaina Himid’s exploration of life as a newcomer, the Vatican’s Mystic Garden offering spiritual respite, and Austria’s provocative performance art by Florentina Holzinger.
May 9, 2026 4:17 am
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama lawmakers have approved a plan for new U.S. House primaries if courts allow the state to use different congressional districts in this year’s elections. Republican Gov. Kay Ivey signed the measure into law Friday shortly after the legislature approved it. The action came on the same day that the Virginia Supreme Court dealt a major setback to Democrats by overturning a redistricting plan that could have helped Democrats win as many as four additional House seats. The Alabama law could set aside the results of the May 19 primaries, if courts lift an injunction requiring it to use a map with two districts that have large Black populations.
May 9, 2026 3:53 am
May 9, 2026 3:47 am
PennDOT has announced a full slate of work for the week of May 11 for Washington County. Maintenance Manager Brian Malik announced this includes bridge replacement work along Brush Run Road in Canton Township. The road will be closed between Maple Road and Jefferson Avenue with a detour from Brush Run Road to Jefferson Avenue and Scenic Drive. Various routes in Washington County will see crack sealing work done. Culvert cleaning and repair work will be along Rt. 18 (Prosperity Pike in Morris Township), State Line Road in Jefferson Township, and Crosscreek Road in Crosscreek and Smith townships. Crews will be cleaning ditch lines on State Route 221 S Bridge Road in Buffalo Township, along State Line Road in Jefferson Township, and mowing will be along Rt. 22 the Ramp 8046 in Hanover Township, Rt. 837 in Donora, and I-70 Ramp 8014, Jefferson Avenue in the city of Washington. There will be patching at various routes throughout the county, and rock lining on State Line Road in Jefferson Township. Shoulder cutting and slide repair work will take place throughout California Borough. Due to road construction, the route between SR 481 (Scenic Drive) and Route 2079 (South Ridge Road) will detour motorists from Scenic Drive to California Drive and South Ridge Road. There will be underdrain installation and ditch line along Rt. 40 (National Pike) in Claysville Borough. Crews will pick litter, replace downed signs, update existing signs, and address work orders on various state routes throughout the county. Drivers can anticipate detours, flaggers, moving operations, and/or single-lane restrictions. Please drive cautiously through all work areas and be alert for signed work zones requiring headlights. Safety is everyone’s responsibility. And all work is weather permitting.
May 10, 2026 7:00 am
More than 350 people turned out Friday at the Hilton Garden Inn at Southpointe to celebrate strong female leaders for the presentation of the 23rd annual Washington County Athena Award. Leanna Spada, executive director of the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce in Charleroi, took home the honor. “We have so many strong women in this county, and I worked alongside so many of them,” said Spada, who has led the chamber since 2018. “So I feel like I’m accepting this award for all of them as well.” Aliesha Walz, president and CEO of the Washington County Community Foundation, won the Diana Irey Vaughan Athena Young Professional Leadership Award. “I know so many of the previous honorees, the women who are part of the Athena program … and so to be included in this group of influential, powerful change-makers is something I could have only aspired to,” she said. The awards were presented by the Washington County Chamber of Commerce with Dollar Bank as the title sponsor.
May 8, 2026 6:08 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the leaders of Russia and Ukraine have agreed to his request for a three-day ceasefire and an exchange of prisoners. Trump said Friday that such a halt to hostilities could be the “beginning of the end” of the long war between them. Trump announced on social media that the ceasefire would run Saturday through Monday. Saturday is Victory Day in Russia, a holiday that commemorates victory over Nazi Germany in World War II. The Republican president says the ceasefire includes a suspension of all kinetic activity and the exchange of 1,000 prisoners by each country. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Kremlin foreign affairs adviser Yuri Ushakov both confirmed the agreement.
May 8, 2026 9:14 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — America’s employers a delivered a surprising 115,000 new jobs last month despite an economic shock from the Iran war. Hiring was better than the 65,000 that economists had expected, though it decelerated from the 185,000 jobs created in March. The unemployment rate remained at a low 4.3%. The war has caused the biggest disruption of global oil supplies in history and sent average U.S. gasoline prices surging past $4.50 a gallon this week. But the conflict hasn’t done much damage to the American job market so far.
