February 9, 2024 4:54 am
CARROLL TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Authorities say two Washington County residents were killed yesterday afternoon in a head-on crash along Route 837 near the Donora-Monessen Bridge. Officials say it happened just after one o’clock when vehicles driven by 81-year-old Linda Blanker of Venetia, who was traveling south, and 48-year-old Michael Bove of McMurray, who was traveling north, collided. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. Police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash.
February 8, 2024 4:25 pm
A portion of a busy road in Donora was closed after a multi-vehicle crash that happened Thursday afternoon. Washington County 911 says crews were called to Route 837 near the Donora Monessen Bridge at 1:13 p.m and PennDOT said Route 837 in both directions between Route 837 (Donora Road) and the Donora Monessen Bridge in Carroll Township and Northbound Route 837 (McKean Avenue) between Walnut Street and Second Street in Donora Borough were closed for several hours and urged motorists to seek alternate routes and use caution if traveling through the area. (Photo: WPXI)
February 8, 2024 3:40 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden “willfully” retained and disclosed highly classified materials when he was a private citizen, including documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan and other sensitive national security matters. That’s according to a Justice Department report that nonetheless says no criminal charges are warranted for him or anyone else. The report from special counsel Robert Hur, released Thursday, represents a harshly critical assessment of Biden’s handling of sensitive government materials, but also details the reasons why he should not be charged with the crime.
February 8, 2024 12:53 pm
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The military says five U.S. Marines aboard a helicopter that went down during stormy weather in the mountains outside of San Diego are confirmed dead. The miliary made the announcement early Thursday. Authorities say the CH-53E Super Stallion vanished late Tuesday night while returning to Marine Corps Air Station Miramar in San Diego after training at Creech Air Force Base, northwest of Las Vegas. The craft was discovered Wednesday morning near the mountain community of Pine Valley, an hour’s drive from San Diego. The names of the Marines were not immediately released. Efforts to recover the remains of the five have begun and an investigation into the crash is underway.
February 8, 2024 12:51 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — Arguments have ended at the Supreme Court, and the justices seem broadly skeptical of efforts to kick former President Donald Trump off the 2024 ballot. In more than two hours of arguments Thursday, both conservative and liberal justices raised questions of whether Trump can be disqualified from being president again because of his efforts to undo his loss in the 2020 election, ending with the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Concerns included whether Congress must act before states can invoke a constitutional provision that was adopted after the Civil War to prevent former officeholders who “engaged in insurrection” from holding office again. There were questions about whether the president is covered by the provision.
February 8, 2024 12:44 pm
Details are sketchy, but police in North Strabane Township asked motorists to avoid the 200 block of Linden Creek Road Thursday morning. The road was closed due to a commercial vehicle crash involving a dump truck that landed on its side, spilling its load of dirt. There is no word on how the accident happened or whether there were any injuries. (Photo: North Strabane Township Police Facebook Page)
February 8, 2024 5:26 am
CALIFORNIA, Pa. — (WPXI) – A parent of a charter school student in the California Area School District was arrested on campus on Wednesday morning. The parent showed up at the school for a scheduled parent-teacher conference at 10:45 a.m., the district said, but blatantly disregarded directions to the conference room. The parent then allegedly walked to the cafeteria “to have lunch” with their son. According to the district, further directives from the principal and school police officer were challenged. The parent was escorted out of the building and arrested. A release posted on Facebook said the parent will be issued a “no trespass” order on behalf of the district.
February 8, 2024 5:00 am
BAGHDAD (AP) — The U.S. military says a U.S. drone strike blew up a car in the Iraqi capital Wednesday night, killing a high-ranking commander of the powerful Kataib Hezbollah militia who is responsible for “directly planning and participating in attacks” on American troops in the region. The precision blast hit a main thoroughfare in the Mashtal neighborhood in eastern Baghdad. It came amid roiling tensions in the region, and will likely further anger Iraqi government leaders. U.S. officials say Baghdad was not notified in advance of the strike.
February 8, 2024 4:59 am
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has left the Middle East with public divisions between the United States and Israel at perhaps their worst level since Israel’s war against Hamas in Gaza began in October. Wrapping up a four-nation Mideast trip — his fifth to the region since the conflict erupted — Blinken was returning to Washington after getting a virtual slap in the face from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over a proposed cease-fire plan, Netanyahu said the war would continue until Israel is completely victorious and appeared to reject outright a response from Hamas to the cease-fire proposal. Yet Blinken and other U.S. officials said they remained optimistic that progress could be made.
February 8, 2024 4:56 am
PennDot has announced that all westbound lanes of Interstate 70 between Exit 15 (Route 40/Chestnut St) and Exit 11 (Route 221/Taylorstown) are now reopened. An earlier lane restriction was in place due to a tractor trailer crash. One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital in critical condition after a crash involving a tanker tractor trailer and a car in North Franklin Township early Thursday morning. It happened just after 2 a.m. at mile-marker 13. State Police say 48-year-old Eric Joseph of Florida lost control of the truck while traveling in the left lane of Interstate 70 eastbound and crossed the grass median and struck the car head-on in the westbound lanes. Forty-four-year old Lewis Stiltner of Belle Vernon was injured and was flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh. Because of a leak HAZMAT was called to the scene.
