November 4, 2026 12:01 am
Voters in Hanover Township voted against adding two supervisors to their board of supervisors. In a ballot referendum question, residents were asked if they would want to add two supervisors to the township board of supervisors to bring the total number of supervisors to five. The measure to add supervisors failed with 52% of residents wishing to retain the current set up. Those residents in favor of expansion only had 48% of the vote. The final vote total was 482 no and 443 yes.
November 4, 2026 12:23 am
United States Representative for the Pennsylvania 14th Congressional District Guy Reschenthaler will retain his seat in Washington D.C. The Associated Press called the election in favor of Reschenthaler. As of 11:50 pm on Election Day, Reschenthaler led challenger Alan Bradstock 59%-41%. Reschenthaler will be seated for his fifth term in January of 2027.
November 4, 2026 2:29 am
Washington County Elections Director Melanie Ostrander tells WJPA News an incident at the Chartiers-3 Precinct during Tuesday’s election is under investigation but could not offer any other details at this time. Ostrander says another hearing before Common Pleas Court Judge Tracy McDonald is being planned. WJPA News reached out to Judge McDonald’s office and we were told additional information on that hearing has not been given out. According to reports, twenty-three people were affected by signature issues between 7 a.m. and 11 a.m. at Miraculous Medal Church in Meadowlands. According to several officials, a Judge of Elections was removed and a hearing was held before Judge McDonald. That hearing resulted in an order to keep the precinct open for two additional hours until 10 p.m. Attempts were made to reach those voters and have them return to the church to cast a provisional ballot.
November 4, 2026 5:00 am
Within minutes of polls closing at 8 p.m., both the Associated Press and NBC declared Josh Shapiro the winner in Pennsvlvania’s Governors race, defeating Republican state treasurer Stacy Garrity. Not even 4% of the votes had been counted when the race was called. In remarks at his watch party, Shapiro focused on “getting stuff done.” “Pennsylvania, with your vision and your votes, you declared that we are ready to keep getting stuff done and moving this Commonwealth forward. Tonight, you declared that we are ready to keep delivering results — and that we reject the chaos, cruelty, and corruption in Washington, D.C.,” Shapiro said. “Over the last four years, we’ve gotten a lot done — growing our economy, making our communities safer, investing in our kids’ education, and protecting our freedoms and democracy. I could not be more humbled and grateful for the opportunity to keep serving as your Governor — and I am ready to keep fighting and delivering for you every single day. Thank you, Pennsylvania.”
November 4, 2026 4:38 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats won control of both chambers of Congress, delivering a decisive rebuke of Republican governance in Washington and ushering in a new era of congressional resistance to President Donald Trump. Michigan progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed became the latest in his party to win. Tuesday’s midterm elections laid bare voters’ deep frustration with high prices, the war in Iran and concerns about government corruption. Democrats routed their rivals across the map, flipping states that have voted Republican for decades and that Trump won by double digits just two years ago. Democratic control will profoundly reshape Trump’s final two years in office and likely hamstring his ability to push his agenda.
November 4, 2026 4:41 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump reacted to Republicans’ midterm election losses by showcasing the new White House ballroom. He invited reporters on Wednesday to listen as he dug into details of that construction project rather than addressing his party’s Election Day thumping. Voters expressed concerns about Trump’s and his ability to do the job. According to The AP Voter Poll, many voters believe Trump lacks the right focus. Trump did get around to talking about the election, and he tried to deflect blame for the election results, saying Republicans would have won if he’d been on the ballot. Trump has a history of passing the buck, especially when there are ballot-box failures.
November 4, 2026 4:40 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had escalated efforts to interfere in how states run their elections in the weeks leading up to Election Day. But the greatest fears of Democrats and voting rights groups did not come to pass. The biggest problems affecting voting were weather-related, with flooding in Florida and parts of the Southwest leading to polling location changes. In New York’s Westchester County, where some voters cast ballots in a competitive U.S. House race, an issue with malfunctioning scanners required ballots to be placed in secure bags for later counting.
November 4, 2026 4:41 am
Investigators say they found a piece of the Learjet that slammed into the ground in Florida miles from the crash site. Nine people on board were killed when the jet crashed into a residential area of Greenacres, near West Palm Beach, on Sunday afternoon. National Transportation Safety Board member Tom Chapman said Tuesday that most of the left elevator, which is part of the tail, was found in three pieces between 1.3 miles and 3.8 miles away. Chapman says this confirms the plane was breaking apart before it hit the ground.
November 4, 2026 5:02 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices. U.S. job openings jumped to 7.5 million from a revised 7.19 million in August, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. It is the largest number of openings since May and up from a recent low of 6.9 million in March. The increases are a hopeful sign that hiring could improve, but the trend would have to continue for several months to suggest real improvement.
November 4, 2026 5:51 pm
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Florida authorities say a gunman opened fire at Citibank’s business complex in suburban Tampa and killed a woman before a security guard fatally shot him. Chief Deputy Frank Losat of the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office told a news conference Wednesday that the shooter drove a car through a fence and plowed into an outdoor courtyard where Citibank employees were eating lunch. Losat said the gunman exited the car with a rifle and fatally shot one person before being shot by private security. Four other people were injured, but Losat said he didn’t know if any were shot. Authorities have not given a motive for the shooting at the sprawling complex, where 3,200 people were working.
