June 7, 2025 5:15 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump and billionaire Elon Musk are showing no signs of reconciling on Friday, but Republicans are increasingly urging them to settle their dispute. They know what’s at stake — a massive tax and border spending bill from the Republican Party that Musk has been railing against for days. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas says he hopes “that both of them come back together.” Still, the feud between Trump and Musk is probably best described as a moving target. One person familiar with the president’s thinking says Musk wants to speak with Trump, but that the president doesn’t want to do it — or at least, not on Friday.
June 7, 2025 5:09 am
There was a one-car vehicle roll-over crash around 4:13 this morning at 742 Washington Road, U.S. 19 in Washington. That’s just a little north of Burt Lane. 9-1-1 Dispatchers say an 18-year-old male extracted himself from the vehicle and had a bleeding arm. The man was transported to a local hospital and Washington County 911 reports that the scene has been cleared.
June 7, 2025 5:09 am
Slow-moving storms soaked the area Friday night, bringing widespread flooding. From the Mon Valley to Salem in Westmoreland County, rain was slow and heavy at times. According to our news partners at Channel 11, storms developed around 3 p.m. over Allegheny and Westmoreland counties with repeated rounds of heavy rain. More than 2.5 inches of rain fell in Irwin, Westmoreland County and more than 2.25 inches of rain fell in Pittsburgh. About 10 people in North Versailles were displaced, due to flooding.
June 7, 2025 5:11 am
A Pittsburgh woman has 30 days to pay for damage she caused to a Tesla truck in April. Thirty-three year old Stephanie Berard is charged with spray painting the truck while its owner was inside a store in West Mifflin. According to police, the car’s camera shows the actor pull into a parking spot near the Tesla. The alleged assailant then exited the vehicle and spray painted racist imagery on the vehicle. At a preliminary hearing on Thursday for Criminal Mischief, Berard provided no testimony but agreed to pay $6,286.14 in restitution for the damage by July 10th.
June 7, 2025 5:11 am
PennDOT District 11 has announced lane restrictions in both directions of Interstate 79 in Kennedy, Robinson, and Neville townships, Allegheny County will continue Monday evening, June 9 weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of I-79 between the Neville Island Bridge and the Route 51/Coraopolis/McKees Rocks (Exit 64) interchange weeknights from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. through Friday night, June 27. Crews will conduct compression seal and punch list work. This work is part of the $43.9 million I-79 “S-Bend” Project that included full-depth pavement reconstruction, and bridge preservation work. Additionally, there was milling and paving of three ramps at the Route 51 (Coraopolis/McKees Rocks) interchange. The project also included guiderail replacement, highway lighting and signing upgrades, new pavement markings and delineation, and other miscellaneous construction work. Motorists can always check out conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511pa.com.
June 6, 2025 4:48 pm
Authorities are searching for a suspect after a mail carrier from Washington County was injured Wednesday afternoon during an attempted armed robbery in Bridgeville. Officials with the United States Postal Inspection Service say the attempted armed robbery took place along McLaughlin Run Road in Bridgeville around 2:30. The mail carrier was injured and was taken for treatment at a nearby hospital, but the extent of his injuries was not released. The condition of the injured mail carrier wasn’t released, but WJPA News has learned that he is doing well.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is leading the investigation along with police officers from Bridgeville and Upper St. Clair who also responded to the scene of the incident.
June 6, 2025 4:41 pm
(WPXI) – First responders are supporting the family of a 12-year-old boy who drowned in the Monongahela River. Mon Valley EMS hosted a fundraiser at their headquarters. They sold meals, including pork chops and pulled pork sandwiches. Rontae Lester drowned last month while swimming with friends in Donora. EMS officials said the fundraiser is helping the community reach out to his family in their time of need. All of the money raised will go to the family. Organizers said they were hoping to raise between $3,000 and $4,000.
June 6, 2025 4:10 pm
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans have gathered on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime. Tens of thousands of people attended the commemorations, which included parachute jumps, flyovers, remembrance ceremonies, parades, and historical reenactments. The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Hitler’s defenses in western Europe. A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself.
June 6, 2025 9:18 am
A two vehicle crash involving a Charleroi Police vehicle resulted in both drivers being transported to Penn Highlands Monongahela Valley Hospital Friday morning. Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Twilight Hollow Road and North Avenue in Twilight Borough. Dispatchers tell WJPA News the officer driving the police car called the crash in. There is no word on the identity or condition of either driver. The crash did close Twilight Hollow Road but it was reopened a short time later.
June 6, 2025 8:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still adding a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars. The Department of Labor said Friday that hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April. The unemployment rate stayed at 4.2%. Trump’s aggressive and unpredictable policies – especially his sweeping taxes on imports – have muddied the outlook for the economy and the job market and raised fears that the American economy could be headed toward recession. But so far the damage hasn’t shown up clearly in government economic data.
