January 12, 2025 3:34 am
The Washington County Community Foundation has released a statement saying that President and CEO Betsie Trew will be retiring. The Board of Directors has been working on a succession plan for the last year. They say that they are reviewing many options but the day to day operations are in capable hands of the staff under the direction of the Board of Directors. According to the statement the WCCF has awarded over $30 million in grants and has assets of approximately $60 million. Betsie Trew is planning to spend more time with her family and grandchildren. (Photo courtesey of WCCF)
January 12, 2025 1:02 am
The jury reached a split verdict decision in the trial of Brandon Allen, 33 of Washington. Allen is one of three men charged in the May 2022 drive-by shooting on Ridge Avenue in Washington that took the life of Kristin Barfield. The jury’s decision was delivered at about 5:40 on Friday evening. Allen was found not guilty of the most serious of the charges, criminal homicide. He was found guilty on charges of attempted homicide, conspiracy to commit aggravated assault, aggravated assault and two counts of recklessly endangering another person. Those were for attempts on the life of Trey Willis, the intended target of the shooting. He also was guilty of possession of a firearm without a license. Allen was found not guilty on charges of attempted homicide, aggravated assault and conspiracy aggravated assault for actions against Charles Dickson who was seated next to Barfield during the shooting. Allen is scheduled to be sentenced on April 9.
January 11, 2025 4:16 am
PARIS (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has tossed expansionist rhetoric at U.S. allies and potential adversaries with arguments that the frontiers of American power need to be extended into Canada and the Danish territory of Greenland, and southward to include the Panama Canal. Trump’s suggestions that international borders can be redrawn are particularly inflammatory in Europe, especially for Ukraine. But many European leaders have been measured in their response. Some are taking a nothing-to-see-here view rather than vigorously defend European Union member Denmark. Still, analysts say that even words can damage U.S.-European relations ahead of Trump’s second presidency.
January 11, 2025 4:14 am
ATLANTA (AP) — A winter storm that dropped heavy snow and glazed roads throughout the U.S. South is maintaining its icy grip on much of the region into the weekend. Power outage numbers around Atlanta have crept up as meteorologists warn of accumulating freezing rain. Georgia transportation officials are urging people to stay off the roads until midday Saturday. The snow and ice is forecast to continue across the Carolinas, Virginia, and the Ohio and Tennessee Valleys. Arkansas Gov. Sarah Sanders has mobilized the National Guard to help stranded motorists. School was canceled for millions of children from Texas to Georgia and as far east as South Carolina.
January 11, 2025 4:11 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Some Los Angeles area residents have begun returning to their still smoldering neighborhoods to search for memories even as the threat of new fires persists. For many it has been a first look at the staggering reality of what was lost. Southern California faces a gargantuan challenge of overcoming the disaster and rebuilding. The blazes have killed at least 11 people, obliterated neighborhoods and left the nation’s second-largest city on edge. Firefighters were making gains Friday. But new flareups continued to pop up. By Friday evening, new evacuations were ordered as the eastern side of the Palisades Fire spread, nearing Interstate 405 and The Getty.
January 11, 2025 4:07 am
PANAMA CITY (AP) — The administrator of the Panama Canal has responded to criticisms from U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, denying that there is any interference from China in the canal’s operations and saying giving special privileges to any nation would only cause problems. Ricaurte Vásquez said in an interview with The Associated Press Friday that no privileges are given to any nation, and Chinese companies are not meddling in its operations. Trump has gone so far as to suggest the U.S. should take back control of the canal and he would not rule out using military might to do so.
January 11, 2025 4:04 am
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro was sworn in for a third six-year term after a reelection widely viewed as illegitimate and as his administration grows increasingly brazen in cracking down on its opponents. On Friday, the European Union imposed sanctions on 15 top Venezuelan officials who had a role in the country’s 2024 election, including the president and vice president of Venezuela’s Supreme Court. The U.S. and Canada also slapped a new round of sanctions on Venezuelan officials.
January 11, 2025 4:00 am
Interstate 70 Westbound was closed for several hours just after midnight on Saturday. According to Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers, two tractor trailers collided. It was described as a sideswipe collision that happened in Fallowfield Township. No injuries were reported. Interstate 70 Westbound was reported to be open at 4:00 AM.
January 11, 2025 3:37 am
District Attorney Jason Walsh has announced that his office will be providing a state of the art drug testing machine to the Canonsburg and Peters Township Police Departments. The District Attorney’s office obtained grant funding to supply the MX908 mass spectrometer. In what is described as a game changing tool to fight illegal drugs through real time chemical detection and identification, officers are able to quickly identify narcotics on the scene and act accordingly. Earlier this month, the District Attorney’s Office delivered an MX908 to the Charleroi Regional Police Department.
January 10, 2025 12:48 pm
(WPXI) – The man accused in the shooting death of another man found inside an abandoned building on 11th Street in Beaver Falls was arrested Thursday. Daniel Felo II was captured by the U.S. Marshal Service task force in Connellsville, with the help of Beaver Falls police and Connellsville police. Felo is charged in the shooting death of Eric Mason. Mason was shot and killed and his body was discovered on the afternoon of Dec. 30. Witnesses have provided critical details to investigators. One witness overheard Felo discussing the murder, claiming Mason had “ratted” on his friend leading to a 15-year prison sentence. Another witness came forward saying Felo demonstrated how Mason fell after being shot.
