June 6, 2025 5:58 am
The State Police Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate a house fire Friday morning in Peters Township. Washington County 9-1-1 says a neighbor reported the blaze at 4:30 a.m in the 100-block of Brookdale Circle. Dispatchers say the home was under construction and firefighters from Peters Township and North Strabane found flames coming from the windows on both floors when they arrived. The home was not occupied and no injuries were reported.
June 6, 2025 1:11 am
Washington City Council took on several personnel moves during their June voting meeting. The biggest move was to approve a grievance settlement with the International Association of Fire Fighters. The action is centered on previous actions in April where two city fire fighters were terminated and two others faced lesser disciplinary actions. City of Washington Fire Chief Chris Richer was unable to offer any comment on the settlement, or the circumstances surrounding the incidents, citing the necessity to have all parties sign off on the agreement. He said detailed information would be available once all documents are signed and fully executed. In two subsequent actions following the authorization, retirements of two fire fighters were accepted. Richer did acknowledge that those retirements are related to the grievance settlement. In other personnel moves, Police Corporals Brad Resnick and Rodger Frazee were promoted to Sergeant. Officers Bill Dennison and Nick Powell were promoted to Corporal. Public works also had a promotion where Dennis Amon was hired to fill the position of Public Works Street Superintendent. In day to day business, council authorized the City Controller to pay off the $1.3 million Tax Anticipation Note early.
June 6, 2025 3:07 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police are searching for a missing 12-year-old boy. Jonathan Dehaven was possibly last seen in the 600 block of Brookline Boulevard around 9 a.m. on Friday. He may be wearing black high-top vans, a brown hoodie with a Rick and Morty graphic and shorts. Jonathan is described as 5 feet tall and weighing 110 pounds with light brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call 412-323-7141 or 911.
June 6, 2025 5:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is threatening to cut Elon Musk’s government contracts as their fractured alliance rapidly escalated into a public feud. Hours after Trump lamented his breakup with Musk and said Thursday that he was “disappointed” in his former backer and adviser and Musk responded on social media, Trump then escalated the feud by threatening to use the U.S. government to hurt Musk’s bottom line.
June 6, 2025 4:58 am
Harvard University is challenging President Donald Trump’s move to block foreign students from coming to the United States to attend the Ivy League school, calling it illegal retaliation for Harvard’s rejection of White House demands. In an amended complaint filed Thursday, Harvard called the president’s action an end-run around a previous court order. A few hours later, a judge issued a temporary restraining order against Trump’s most recent proclamation. As the court action plays out, admitted students around the world are anxiously tracking the school’s feud with the Trump administration.
June 5, 2025 1:40 am
After four years as the Main Street Manager with the Washington Business District Authority, Shana Brown has announced that she is leaving to take a new job at Washington and Jefferson College. Brown made the announcement on WJPA Thursday morning. Brown says it was not an easy decision. She is taking a job as a ‘giving officer’ with the college and is to start by the end of the month. When asked what she takes the most pride in during her tenure with the Authority, Brown joked that it’s always about “Sheep” referring to the ‘running of the wools’ event here in downtown. On a serious note, Brown pointed to the more than thirty businesses that have located in the city during her tenure. Bradley Martin will take over as the new manager. The 32 year old Trinity graduate has worked with the CityWide Development Corporation for the past three years where he worked closely with Brown. Martin says he wants to continue the momentum that Brown has generated and build on that moving forward. (PHOTO: Washington Business District Authority website)
June 6, 2025 4:55 am
ALLEGHENY COUNTY, Pa. — (WPXI) – A TSA agent at Pittsburgh International Airport is accused of stealing money from a passenger. Allegheny County police say a passenger reported missing money just before 4 p.m. on Wednesday. TSA agent Richard Bruce, 39, is suspected of intentionally taking the money during a security screening, police say. He has been charged via summons with one misdemeanor count of theft by unlawful taking and one misdemeanor count of receiving stolen property. Allegheny County police questioned Bruce after reviewing the surveillance video. They found a wad of cash in his pocket and counted nine twenty-dollar bills. Investigators say Bruce told them that he must have forgotten that the money was in his pocket when he returned the wallet to the victim. Bruce has been put on administrative leave.
June 6, 2025 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has made it easier to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and was demoted because she’s straight. The justices’ decision Thursday affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination under federal law. The court ruled in an appeal from Marlean Ames, who’s worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for years. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says federal civil rights law draws no distinction between members of majority and minority groups.
June 6, 2025 5:03 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko says a Russian missile and drone attack on the capitla early Friday has killed at least four people and injured 20 others. It was part of a wider overnight assault that became the latest in a series of large-scale attacks targeting regions across Ukraine. Klitschko said search and rescue operations were underway at several locations. Ukrainian cities have come under regular bombardment since Russia invaded its neighbor in February 2022. The United Nations says the attacks have killed more than 12,000 civilians. The 3-year war has continued unabated, even as a U.S.-led diplomatic push for a settlement has brought two rounds of direct peace talks.
June 6, 2025 5:04 am
A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on Friday. Flight controllers tried to gain contact, but were met with only silence. Communication ceased less than two minutes before the spacecraft’s scheduled landing on the moon with a mini rover. It was ispace’s second lunar strikeout. The encore came two years after ispace’s first lander slammed into the moon.
