November 23, 2023 4:01 am
South Strabane Township Manager Jeffrey Ziegler told WJPA News on Wednesday that the rumors surrounding the resignation of long-time board member Bracken Burns were true – he has resigned. Ziegler says Burns submitted a letter of resignation to the board of Supervisors, dated November 7th, the day of the general election. Burns, a Democrat, lost his bid for re-election. Ziegler says the board has forty-five days to accept the resignation. In the meantime, Ziegler says the board has reached out to Burns, asking him to reconsider, however they have received no response. The supervisors next voting meeting will take place on December 12 because of the Christmas holiday. WJPA News also reached out to Burns for comment, but have received no response.
January 1, 2023 8:16 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Chief Justice John Roberts is praising programs that protect judges, saying that “we must support judges by ensuring their safety.” Roberts’ comments in an annual, year-end report about the federal judiciary follow recent security threats to the justices. Roberts and other conservative Supreme Court justices were the subject of protests, some at their homes, after the May leak of the court’s decision that ultimately stripped away constitutional protections for abortion. Justice Samuel Alito has said that the leak made conservative justices “targets for assassination.” Polls following the abortion decision show public trust in the court is at historic lows.
February 19, 2022 12:26 pm
NEW YORK (AP) – Former President Donald Trump faced one legal setback after another this week. The National Archives and Records Administration confirmed Friday that classified information was found in 15 boxes of White House records that Trump had brought with him to Mar-a-Lago and that the matter had been sent to the Department of Justice. Also Friday, a federal judge rejected Trump’s efforts to dismiss conspiracy lawsuits filed by lawmakers and two Capitol police officers over the Jan. 6 insurrection. And on Thursday, a judge in New York ruled that he must answer questions under oath in the state’s civil investigation into his business practices.
March 26, 2021 4:28 pm
DALLAS (AP) – Larry McMurtry, the prolific and popular author who took readers back to the old American West in his Pulitzer Prize-winning “Lonesome Dove” and returned them to modern-day landscapes in works such as his emotional tale of a mother-daughter relationship in “Terms of Endearment,” has died. He was 84. McMurtry died Thursday night of heart failure, according to a family statement issued through a publicist on Friday. The statement did not say where he died but noted that he’ll be buried “in his cherished home state of Texas.” Several of McMurtry’s books became feature films, including the Oscar-winners “The Last Picture Show” and “Terms of Endearment.” His epic 1986 Pulitzer winner “Lonesome Dove,” about a cattle drive from Texas across the Great Plains during the 1870s, was made into a popular television miniseries that starred Robert Duvall, who has often cited the project as a personal favorite and likened his role as retired Texas Ranger Augustus McCrae to acting in “Hamlet.”
May 28, 2020 3:58 am
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) – Connecticut State Police say a college student wanted for two slayings in Connecticut has been captured in Maryland. Peter Manfredonia had been the subject of a six-day search involving several police agencies and the FBI. Connecticut State Police say the University of Connecticut senior killed a 62-year-old man and wounded another in northeastern Connecticut on Friday and killed a high school classmate in Derby on Sunday before abducting the man’s girlfriend and driving to New Jersey. Police say Manfredonia was found in the area of a truck stop in Hagerstown, Maryland. A lawyer for the suspect’s family, Michael Dolan, said they were relieved the search had ended peacefully.
August 8, 2019 3:39 pm
MISSOULA, Mont. (AP) – An attorney says a Montana man charged with assaulting a 13-year-old boy who refused to remove his hat during the national anthem believed he was doing what President Donald Trump wanted him to do. Attorney Lance Jasper tells the Missoulian he will seek a mental health evaluation for Curt Brockway, a U.S. Army veteran who suffered a traumatic brain injury and was convinced he was following his commander in chief’s orders. Jasper’s comments Wednesday came as prosecutors formally charged Brockway with assault on a minor.
Prosecutors say Brockway asked the boy to remove his hat during the anthem ahead of a rodeo. They say the boy cursed at Brockway, and the man grabbed him by the throat, “lifted him into the air and slammed the boy into the ground.”
September 21, 2024 4:03 am
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission has awarded nearly $4 million in Cultural and Historical Support Grants to 173 eligible museums and county historical societies statewide. Locally four agencies were included in that group. They include the Senator John Heinz History Center that received $14,200, The Pennsylvania Trolley Museum with $26,800, The National Duncan Glass Society with $4000 and the Washington County Historical Society, Inc. received $8000. The grants help museums and historical societies that are not supported by other state agency funding programs with their general operations expenditures.
November 23, 2023 3:23 am
A petition challenging the mayoral election in the City of Washington was withdrawn in Washington County Court on Wednesday. Mark Kennison was the Independent candidate for mayor that lost to Democratic candidate JoJo Burgess. The petition claimed that the election was illegal. It pointed to irregularities of ballots and actions of Burgess at polling locations on Election Day. Prior to the hearing, attorneys representing both parties and the county met with the judge in chambers. Once the hearing was called to order, Kennison’s attorney withdrew the petition with prejudice citing lack of witnesses for his case due to intimidation and the witness’ fear of retribution. When called to testify before the judge, Kennison cited his desire to challenge the accuracy of the vote count as his reason for bringing the suit. His desire to unite the city was his reason for withdrawing the petition. Mayor Elect JoJo Burgess – who will become Washington’s first black mayor – was pleased with the result. He said that claims of intimidation are untrue and people named in the suit contacted him claiming that they signed on to the action after being told one thing, then finding out the filing was totally different than what they were told. Election results will be certified on Monday. (Photo: Facebook)
January 1, 2023 8:15 am
NEW YORK (AP) — Revelers are celebrating the traditional ball drop in New York City’s Times Square, ushering in 2023 in the largest New Year’s celebration in the United States. Thousands gathered in and around the iconic landmark to ring in the new year as millions more celebrated throughout the globe. The dazzling Saturday night spectacle anchored celebrations across the U.S. and the world. With countdowns and fireworks, people marked an end to a year that brought war in Europe, a new chapter in the British monarchy and global worries over inflation. For many, thoughts focused on possibilities, even elusive ones like world peace. But Russian attacks continued to target Ukrainian power supplies, leaving millions without electricity. There were no big celebrations in Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital.
February 19, 2022 12:24 pm
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) – Police aggressively pushed back protesters, took over trucks and advanced toward Parliament after arresting more than 100 and towing away vehicles in Canada’s besieged capital. Scores of the trucks left under the pressure, raising authorities’ hopes for an end to the three-week protest against the country’s COVID-19 restrictions. Police in tactical gear quickly gained ground Saturday against demonstrators who are facing of one of the biggest police enforcement actions in Canada’s history, with officers drawn from around the country. By Friday evening, at least 100 people had been arrested, mostly on mischief charges, and nearly two dozen vehicles had been towed, including all of those blocking one of the city’s major streets
