December 14, 2025 6:48 am
The snowstorm that moved through Washington County caused several accidents throughout the region. According to Washington County 9-1-1, at approximately 3:00 PM, a two vehicle collision occured on Rt. 19 North in the vicinity of Weavertown Road. Minor injuries were reported but no one was transported from the scene. Both lanes of northbound Rt. 19 were closed until emergency crews were able to tow the vehicles away. County 9-1-1 also stated that several single vehicle incidents took place throught the county.
December 13, 2025 7:20 pm
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — The Latest on the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island (all times local): Brown University shooting happened during final exams Brown University Provost Frank Doyle said final exams were taking place in the engineering building Saturday afternoon when a shooter opened fire, killing two and critically injuring eight Providence, Rhode Island, Mayor Brett Smiley asked for prayers for the families of the victims, noting the coming Christmas holiday. “It’s going to be a difficult rest of the day, difficult days and months ahead as this community heals,” the mayor said. The mayor declined to say whether the victims were students.
December 13, 2025 5:36 am
Speed and vehicle restrictions have been announced for multiple local highways as Pennsylvania braces for winter weather over the weekend.
PennDOT and PA Turnpike crews will pre-treat roadways where necessary ahead of the winter storm, which is expected to bring several inches of snow.
Beginning at 2 p.m. on Saturday, these roadways will be restricted to a 45 mph speed limit and be under a Tier 1 vehicle restriction:
- PA Turnpike Interstate 76 from Cranberry (Exit 28) to Breezewood (Exit 161).
- PA Turnpike Mon-Fayette Expressway (Route 43), entire length.
- PA Turnpike Southern Beltway (I-576), entire length.
- PA Turnpike Route 66, entire length.
- PA Turnpike Beaver Valley Expressway (Route 60), entire length.
- I-70 from the West Virginia border to PA Turnpike I-76.
- I-79 from PA Turnpike I-76 to the West Virginia border.
- I-279, full length.
- I-376 from PA Turnpike I-376 to PA Turnpike I-76.
- I-579, full length.
A Tier 1 restriction forbids these vehicles from using the affected roadway:
- Tractors without trailers
- Tractors towing unloaded or lightly loaded enclosed trailers, open trailers or tank trailers
- Tractors towing unloaded or lightly loaded tandem trailers
- Enclosed unloaded or lightly loaded cargo delivery trucks/box trucks that meet the definition of a CMV
- Passenger vehicles (cars, SUV’s, pickup trucks, etc.) towing trailers
- Recreational vehicles/motorhomes
- School buses, commercial buses and motor coaches.
- Motorcycles
The restrictions will be lifted as quickly as possible when conditions are safe, officials say. Road restrictions may be added or changed depending on changing conditions.
Drivers are advised to avoid or delay unnecessary travel during winter storms.
Drivers are required by law to remove ice or snow from their vehicles no later than 24 hours after a storm has ended, or else face a fine. That fine could increase if the snow or ice hits a vehicle or person, officials say.
December 13, 2025 5:30 am
Residents in parts of Washington County could smell a gas-like odor after a chemical was accidentally released on Friday According to the Cecil Township Fire Department, crews were called to Reissing Road for two reports of a gas odor but found no leak or hazard. Washington County 911 advised that a contractor was transferring mercaptan — the odorant added to natural gas — when a hose failed and released it into the air, There is no danger to the public, the department says, but anyone with symptoms or concerns is told to call 911.
December 12, 2025 1:24 am
Washington County has come under scrutiny for the way it has been distributing opioid settlement funds. The Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust is the committee that oversees the state’s opioid settlement trust fund. In a meeting this month, the committee rejected eight applicants, put nine others under review and agreed to assign a liaison to monitor future grant awards. The county has the option to take back the money given to the non-compliant eight recipients, or allow them to keep the money, but that money would then come from county funds and not settlement funds. Last week, Democratic County Commissioner Larry Maggi had questioned the procedures used to award the grants and called for an actual committee to be formed, rather than just three employees making the decision. He also called for an audit. WJPA reached out for comment to Commission Chairman Nick Sherman, who responded with an emailed statement saying the county intends to discuss and appeal the non-compliant determinations and give those recipients an opportunity to demonstrate that their programs do fall under the Trust’s approved uses.
December 13, 2025 5:21 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he hasn’t seen the photos from Jeffrey Epstein’s estate released Friday by Democrats on the House Oversight Committee, but says they are not a big deal. The photos include some of Trump, Bill Clinton and the former Prince Andrew. The White House is accusing Democrats of “cherry-picking photos” to create a false narrative about Trump. Republicans say nothing in the documents the committee has received shows “any wrongdoing” by Trump. The photos are among 95,000 the panel received from the estate of Epstein, who died in a New York jail cell in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. says
December 13, 2025 5:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department has asked an appeals court to block a contempt investigation of the Trump administration for failing to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador in March. In a court filing Friday, the department also sought Chief Judge James Boasberg’s removal from the case. The department asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rule on its requests before Monday, when Boasberg is scheduled hear testimony from a former government attorney who filed a whistleblower complaint. The judge is trying to determine if Trump administration officials should be prosecuted for willfully defying his March 15 order blocking the Venezuelan migrants’ deportations to El Salvador.
December 13, 2025 5:17 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate failed to get anywhere on health care this week. Now it’s the House’s turn. Speaker Mike Johnson late Friday released a package of proposal to address growing health care costs. The House legislation does not include an extension of enhanced tax credits that make health insurance more affordable in the Affordable Care Act marketplace. Those tax breaks are expiring at the end of this year. Johnson said Republicans’ goal is to reduce premiums for all Americans, not just those enrolled in Obamacare plans. But going Johnson’s route has left vulnerable House Republicans representing key battleground districts in a tough spot.
December 13, 2025 5:16 am
SURIN, Thailand (AP) — Fighting is raging along the Thailand-Cambodia border despite U.S. President Donald Trump’s claim of a ceasefire agreement. Thai officials say they did not agree to the ceasefire, and Cambodia has not commented on Trump’s statement. Thai jets on Saturday carried out airstrikes, and Cambodia fired medium-range rockets. There had been similar fighting in July, and the conflict reignited after a skirmish on Dec. 7 that wounded two Thai soldiers. The July ceasefire was brokered by Malaysia with Trump’s pressure. Recent fighting has killed about two dozen people and displaced hundreds of thousands.
December 12, 2025 4:18 am
BALTIMORE (AP) — Kilmar Abrego Garcia has walked away after a scheduled appointment at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office after a federal judge ordered that officials could not detain him. Abrego Garcia appeared Friday for the appointment at a Maryland ICE office, some 14 hours after he was released from detention in Pennsylvania on a judge’s orders. His lawyers asked the judge to block authorities from detaining him again. The judge says officials cannot re-detain him until the court conducts a hearing on the motion for the temporary restraining order. Abrego Garcia became a flashpoint of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown earlier this year when he was wrongly deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador.
