September 16, 2024 2:36 am
PennDot has several maintenance and paving projects occurring in the region. Beginning Wednesday September 18, and lasting through September 30, paving on Interstate 70 will occur between Exit 20 (Beau St.) and Exit 18 (North Junction-Pittsburgh). Only one lane will be open during the construction and motorists are advised to expect significant delays. Paving will begin on the westbound side on September 18 and last through September 23. Eastbound paving will begin September 25 and run through September 30. Additionally, pavement marker installation will begin on Interstate 70 from New Stanton to the West Virginia state line. It will also occur on Interstate 79 from the Allegheny County line to the West Virginia state line. This will be overnight work beginning on September 16 and lasting through early October.
September 15, 2024 6:21 am
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A billionaire spacewalker is back on Earth. SpaceX’s capsule carrying tech entrepreneur Jared Isaacman and his crew splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico near Florida’s Dry Tortugas early Sunday. Their predawn return ended a five-day spaceflight that lifted them higher than anyone has traveled since NASA’s spacewalkers. They pulled off the first private spacewalk on Thursday, testing brand new spacesuits. Isaacman shared the cost with SpaceX. He was joined on the mission by two SpaceX engineers and a former Air Force Thunderbird pilot.
September 15, 2024 6:16 am
JERUSALEM (AP) — A missile fired by Yemen’s Iran-backed rebels has landed in an open area in central Israel. The early morning attack on Sunday triggered air raid sirens, including at Israel’s international airport, but there were no reports of casualties or major damage. Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels have repeatedly fired drones and missiles toward Israel since the start of the war in Gaza but nearly all of them have been intercepted over the Red Sea. In July, an Iranian-made drone launched by the Houthis struck Tel Aviv, killing one person and wounding 10 others. Israel responded with a wave of airstrikes on Houthi-held areas of Yemen.
September 15, 2024 6:13 am
DILI, East Timor (AP) — Pope Francis’ longest and farthest trip has proven that despite his age, ailments and eight hours of jet lag, Pope Francis can still pull off an ambitious trip to Asia. That’s especially true when he’s in his element: in the peripheries of the world, among people forgotten by the big powers, where he can go off-script to respond to the spirit of the moment. It was a trip that he had originally wanted to make in 2020 but COVID-19 intervened. Four years and a handful of hospitalizations later, Francis finally pulled it off.
September 15, 2024 6:07 am
A child was hit by a vehicle in Washington County. Washington County dispatchers say emergency crews were called to the intersection of 12th Avenue and Lincoln Avenue in Charleroi at around 2:20 p.m. on Saturday. Officials confirmed a child was hit by a vehicle in that area and was flown to UPMC Children’s Hospital in Pittsburgh. Charleroi Fire Cheif Bobby Whiten confirmed to WJPA News that the victim was a female of toddler age. (PHOTO: Charleroi Fire Department Facebook)
September 15, 2024 1:49 am
Officials in Donegal Township are issuing a boil water advisory that will be in effect from Friday afternoon through end of the day Wednesday. The advisory was issued at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. The advisory is a result of a vehicle running into a fire hydrant. Officials say that traffic travelling through town as a result of an earlier accident that occurred on Interstate 70 Friday morning was the likely cause of the accident.
September 15, 2024 1:18 am
Simultaneous press releases were sent out by the Borough of Charleroi and the Mon Valley Alliance on Friday. Both releases addressed comments spoken by former President Donald Trump while addressing a crowd at a recent campaign rally in Tucson Arizona. In the rally he likened the borough and their Haitian residents to those in Springfield, Ohio where he wrongly accused those residents of eating people’s pets. Charleroi Borough Council President Kristin Hopkins-Calcek called on Trump to halt blaming immigrants for problems and said he could have spoken about corporate greed. Charleroi just lost 300 jobs due to an Anchor Hocking plant closing and another company, Quality Pasta closing its doors, taking 80 jobs away. Jamie Colecchi, CEO of the Mon Valley Alliance says that there is a 50+ acre riverfront property along the Monongahela River with prime access to rail and Interstate 70 and Turnpike 43. He said that with an industrious work force in Charleroi, this would be a desirable property for investors to rebuild anew in Charleroi. (Photo: Charleroi Boro Facebook page)
September 14, 2024 4:50 am
First responders were called to a garage fire in Ellsworth early Saturday morning. According to Washington County 9-1-1, a detached garage containing cars caught fire at 2:09 a.m. and was extinguished by 4:07 a.m. There were no injuries and no other structures were threatened. Fire companies from Ellsworth, Bentleyville and Cokeburg responded to the blaze.
September 14, 2024 4:44 am
RANCHO PALOS VERDES, Calif. (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has refused to condemn recent racist and conspiratorial comments from right-wing provocateur Laura Loomer, who traveled with him earlier this week to the debate and several 9/11 memorial events. “Laura’s been a supporter of mine,” Trump told reporters at a press conference near Los Angeles, where he was pressed on concerns from Republican allies about his ongoing association with her. Trump acknowledged that Loomer has “strong opinions.” He later said in a social media post that he disagreed with her statements, but he defended her as a supporter. Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, meanwhile, was emphasizing her economic proposals as she campaigned in Pennsylvania.
September 14, 2024 4:41 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says one difference between her and President Joe Biden is that she offers a “new generation of leadership.” Harris commented in an interview with a Philadelphia TV station on Friday as she campaigned in Pennsylvania, a state that both she and Republican Donald Trump are campaigning hard to win in November’s election. It was her first solo television interview since she became the Democratic presidential nominee. Harris also said she thinks people are “exhausted” by the “hate and division” that she said characterizes Trump’s leadership style. Trump’s campaign offered no immediate comment.
