January 11, 2023 4:11 am
Sheetz has announced that it’s lowering its diesel fuel prices by 50 cents a gallon for the start of the new year. The offer officially starts on Tuesday, Jan. 10, and ends on Tuesday, Jan. 31. The company said this cut will result in savings of approximately $10 for mid-size trucks, $12 for full-size trucks and $60 for semi-trailers if drivers are filling up their trucks from “empty” to “full.” In September, Sheetz reduced prices of diesel fuel in honor of Truck Driver Appreciation Week. This offer will include both auto diesel fuel and truck diesel fuel options. The company said the price displayed at the pump is the final purchase price and reflects the decrease.
January 11, 2023 4:08 am
North Franklin Township Supervisors are working with residents about their concerns about an inordinate amount of visitors to a local home. Residents of and near Ramsey Street have been talking with township supervisors about a home on Ramsey Street that they say has people stopping by for very short visits at all hours of the day and all night long. At their meeting Tuesday night, supervisors indicated that they are addressing the concerns by erecting signs indicating that the road is a dead end street and is part of a neighborhood watch program. Supervisor Josh Polan is in charge of monitoring the scenario and says that he actually went there and witnessed the problem and the township has sent a letter to the house indicating that officials are watching the activity at the home. Residents are particularly concerned about the traffic because of the number of children in the neighborhood. In other township business, advertisements will be made with regards to an amendment to an ordinance governing the use of fireworks. The proposal is to repeal the current ordinance and replace it with a new one. Once advertised, a public hearing will be held on the changes.
January 11, 2023 4:06 am
CANONSBURG, Pa. — (WPXI) – Two family pets died in a house fire in Washington County on Tuesday evening. According to a Washington County 911 supervisor, the call for a residential fire on Valley Road in Canonsburg came in at 5:16 p.m. Officials say the owners of the home are doing renovation work on the structure, which was previously a commercial building. A resident of the home was working outside near the attached garage. The resident went inside for a short time and saw the garage was on fire when he returned outside. Officials said flames spread to the rest of the residence quickly. No injuries were reported in the blaze. The family dog was rescued from the fire, but a cat and an iguana did not survive. The cause of the fire is under investigation.
January 11, 2023 4:00 am
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. (AP) – Bills safety Damar Hamlin has been released from a hospital in Buffalo after his doctors said they completed a series of tests a little over a week after he went into cardiac arrest and had to be resuscitated during a game at Cincinnati. Hamlin is going home after spending two days undergoing tests at Buffalo General Medical Center. He was transferred to Buffalo after spending last week at the University of Cincinnati Medical Center, where the 24-year-old experienced what doctors called “a remarkable recovery.”
January 10, 2023 3:38 pm
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – States and local governments soon will have new flexibility to spend billions of dollars of federal coronavirus relief funds on some things not directly related to the pandemic. A $1.7 trillion spending bill recently signed into law included several provisions expanding the ways governments can use a pool of $350 billion of previously approved pandemic relief. Transportation infrastructure projects will be eligible at up to $10 million or 30% of their pandemic relief funds, whichever is greater. There will be no cap on using pandemic funds for aid from wildfires, floods and other natural disasters. The expanded spending options are expected to take effect by the end of February.
January 10, 2023 4:24 am
Washington City Council held their agenda meeting Monday and got the year started on a positive note. Police Chief Dan Rush reported that the police department has qualified for a $442,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency. Rush hopes to use the funds for additional body cameras for police, wi-fi upgrades, in car computers and new radios. Shana Brown, Main Street Manager has several events planned for the winter beginning with a February 11 Cocoa Tour. March 11 is the Washington Goes Irish celebration and May 6 is the target date for the Running of the Wools. Mayor Scott Putnam expressed his desire to have the “Pride in Washington Award” resurrected. He says that there are several groups and individuals that have shown extraordinary efforts to make Washington a great city and he would like to recognize their efforts. Council will meet for their voting meeting on Thursday.
January 10, 2023 4:20 am
WASHINGTON (AP) – The top Republican on the House Intelligence Committee has requested that U.S. intelligence conduct a “damage assessment” of potentially classified documents found in the Washington office space of President Joe Biden’s former institute, Rep. Mike Turner sent the request Tuesday to Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines, saying that Biden’s retention of the documents puts him in “potential violation of laws protecting national security, including the Espionage Act and Presidential Records Act.” It comes a day after the White House confirmed that the Department of Justice was reviewing “a small number of documents with classified markings” that were discovered as Biden’s personal attorneys were clearing out the offices of the Penn Biden Center.
January 10, 2023 4:16 am
ATLANTA (AP) – The special grand jury in Atlanta that has been investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and his allies committed any crimes while trying to overturn his 2020 election loss in Georgia has finished its work. The judge overseeing the panel issued an order Monday dissolving the special grand jury. The order says the grand jurors completed a final report and that a majority of the county’s superior court judges voted to dissolve the special grand jury. It heard from dozens of witnesses, including numerous close Trump associates, and the case is among several around the country that threaten legal peril for the former president as he seeks a second term in 2024.
January 10, 2023 4:15 am
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Thousands of protesters in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paolo demanded “No amnesty!” Monday, following a riot that invaded the heart of Brazil’s capital Sunday in an effort to reinstall former President Jair Bolsonaro. The words evoke memories of an amnesty law that for decades has protected military members accused of abuse and murder during the country’s 1964-85 dictatorship. Justice minister Flávio Dino vowed to prosecute those who acted behind the scenes to summon supporters on social media and finance their transport for crimes including organized crime, staging a coup, and violent abolition of the democratic rule of law. He also said authorities would investigate allegations local security personnel allowed the destruction to proceed unabated.
January 10, 2023 4:15 am
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The latest in a relentless string of California storms is swamping roads, battering coastlines with high surf, turning rivers into gushing flood zones and forcing the evacuation of thousands in towns with histories of deadly mudslides. At least 14 people have died since the storms began last week, including two people killed by falling trees. Forecasters expect the rain to continue through Tuesday after dumping up to 14 inches at higher elevations in central and Southern California. The storm on Monday prompted evacuation orders for 10,000 people along the central California coast, including the entire town of Montecito – home to Prince Harry and other celebrities – which saw 23 people killed in a mudslide five years ago.
