June 30, 2025 2:39 am
The Greene County Coroner says a Scenery Hill man was killed in a vehicle accident early Monday morning. No details are available, pending the completion of an investigation and the results of an autopsy, but they say the accident, which left 22-year-old Brenden MacFann dead, happened just before seven o’clock on State Route 218 in Wayne Township in Greene County.
July 1, 2025 4:50 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Josh Shapiro and Pennsylvania’s politically divided Legislature will miss Pennsylvania’s deadline to pass a budget for the new fiscal year, amid closed-door talks to try to produce a compromise. Without the governor’s signature on a new spending plan by Tuesday, the state loses some of its spending authority, particularly on discretionary payments. The impact of such missed payments generally takes until August to be felt by schools and counties. Shapiro said at a news conference Monday he anticipates negotiators will agree on a plan “very soon.” All state employees under a governor’s jurisdiction are typically expected to report to work and be paid as scheduled during a budget stalemate.
July 1, 2025 2:01 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — Building a safer Pittsburgh, that’s the goal of the Stop the Violence Trust Fund. Established in 2021, it’s meant to help address gun violence as a public health crisis. But now, the money is in jeopardy. Currently, the city has $16 million allocated to stopping the violence. Each year, that fund grows by $10 million. But, if action isn’t taken to add accountability about who gets the money, it could be lost. Last week, Pittsburgh City Council introduced legislation to restructure the city’s violence prevention fund. Councilman Khari Mosley, who co-sponsored the bill, says it would add transparency and ensure annual funding. The Stop the Violence funds are allocated to various organizations addressing violence prevention. Bill opponents have suggested repurposing the fund to support items like blight or policing, but bill sponsors say the fund is working, citing recent crime statistics from 2024.
July 1, 2025 4:53 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed President Donald Trump’s big bill of tax breaks and spending cuts, with Vice President JD Vance breaking a 50-50 tie to push it over the top. The bill next goes back to the House, where Speaker Mike Johnson of Louisiana warned off big revisions from his chamber’s version. But senators did make changes, particularly to Medicaid health care. Senate Majority Leader John Thune of South Dakota worked through the night and into Tuesday to strike a last-minute agreement between Republicans worried the bill’s health care reductions will leave millions without care and his conservative flank seeking steeper cuts to hold down deficits. Rand Paul was among three Republicans opposing the bill.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — At some 940 pages, the legislation is a sprawling collection of tax breaks, spending cuts and other Republican priorities, including new money for national defense and deportations. Now it’s up to the Republican-controlled Congress to decide whether President Donald Trump’s signature’s domestic policy package will become law. The bill is nearing a final Senate vote. If it passes, it would then move to the House. Democrats are united against it. The bill would make permanent many of the tax breaks passed in Trump’s first term while adding new ones such as no tax on tips or overtime.
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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Bryan Kohberger has agreed to plead guilty to murdering four University of Idaho students as part of a deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty. Shanon Gray, an attorney for the family of victim Kaylee Goncalves, has confirmed that families of the victims received the news in a letter from prosecutors Monday. A change of plea hearing is set for Wednesday. Kohberger, 30, is accused in the stabbing deaths of Goncalves, Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle and Madison Mogen at a rental home near campus in Moscow, Idaho, in November 2022. Kohberger was arrested in Pennsylvania weeks after the killings. He had been a criminal justice graduate student at Washington State University.
July 1, 2025 3:06 pm
(WPXI) Set to open in August 2025, LevelUp Pickleball Club is shaping up to be the premier pickleball club in the country – and it’s right outside of Pittsburgh. Located in Canonsburg, the club is the ninth-largest indoor pickleball club in the country, at 62,000 square feet, with 40,000 square feet serving as court space. The facility is equipped with various amenities, including 16 indoor courts, three bars, a 4,500-square-foot restaurant, and men’s and women’s locker rooms. The facility is set to open in August. “As I travel the country, we teach 280 camps a year in 45 states and having seen all the clubs that are out there, we decided to make what I feel was the best indoor club in the country,” Wayne Dollard shared.
