September 25, 2024 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day.” That’s according to a bipartisan Senate investigation released Wednesday. Similar to the agency’s own internal investigation and an ongoing bipartisan House probe, the interim report from the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee found multiple failures on almost every level ahead of the Butler, Pennsylvania shooting, including in planning, communications, security and allocation of resources. Each probe has found new details that show a massive breakdown in the former president’s security.
September 24, 2024 2:51 am
(AP) – Counties in Pennsylvania have started testing their voting equipment to ensure that it’s working properly ahead of the November election. All election equipment used to count votes is tested during the process. This includes everything from machines that tabulate mail ballots to devices used by voters who cast ballots in person. The procedure, known as a logic and accuracy test, involves running a predetermined collection of sample ballots through the machines to confirm that they’re tabulating and processing ballots correctly. The testing helps officials ensure not only that the equipment is functioning properly but that ballots don’t have any proofing errors, such as missing candidates. (Photo: AP)
September 25, 2024 4:45 am
North Strabane Township Supervisors took steps to advance a project that appeared before them earlier this spring. Supervisors voted to schedule a public hearing on the definition of a “personal warehouse.” The hearing will take place on October 15 at 6:00 PM. CC Realty Advisors is looking to develop the personal warehouse. They want to build it at the corner of Morganza and Curry Roads. Supervisors voted to not change the zoning on that parcel to industrial. It will remain under a highway commercial zoning use. Supervisors also voted to change the weight restriction on Demar Blvd. It will now have a 10 ton weight limit. According to Township Manager Andrew Walz, residents have been complaining about excessive traffic from large trucks using the road as a shortcut from Interstate 79 to Route 19. Finally, Supervisors approved a development package of $1,632,890 to remodel their new municipal building at 1957 Route 519. The Waller Corporation will be the general contractor on the project.
September 25, 2024 5:03 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s vice presidential candidates both entered the spotlight this summer as relative political unknowns — but as they prepare to address their biggest audience yet in next week’s debate, Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is less popular among voters than his Democratic rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. The findings of the new survey from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research reinforce a challenge for the Republican presidential ticket as voting begins in more and more states. In addition to Vance’s relative unpopularity among voters overall, Democrats are more enthusiastic about Kamala Harris and Walz than Republicans are about Donald Trump and Vance.
September 25, 2024 5:01 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House has passed a temporary spending bill that would keep federal agencies funded when the new fiscal year begins next Tuesday while punting final decisions on spending for the next budget year until after the Nov. 5 election. The stopgap measure, approved Wednesday by a 341-82 vote, generally funds agencies at current levels through Dec. 20. Speaker Mike Johnson touted the measure as doing only what’s absolutely necessary in a bid to win over conservatives. The measure now moves to the Senate, which is expected to approve it later Wednesday.
September 24, 2024 2:40 am
After spending the past eleven years with the Washington City Mission, Dr. Sally Mounts has announced plans to retire, effective September 30th of this year. Mounts, who was originally hired by former President and CEO, Dean Gartland, as a contracted grants writer, quickly moved into her current position as Chief Development Officer. During Mounts time at the mission, the facility’s annual budget grew from two-point-five-million-dollars to more than nine-million-dollars and it expanded from a ninety-six beds to a one-hundred and seventy-four bed facility with four distinct shelters, a medical clinic and career training and education center. As for her future plans, Mounts says she plans to enjoy family, traveling and coming back to the mission, as a volunteer. (Photo courtesy of City Mission. Former President and CEO Dean Gartland w/Dr. Sally Mounts)
September 25, 2024 4:58 am
BEIRUT (AP) — Hezbollah has launched a missile at Tel Aviv in its deepest strike yet into Israel, marking a further escalation after Israeli strikes on Lebanon killed hundreds of people. The Israeli military said it intercepted the projectile, which set off air raid sirens in Tel Aviv and across central Israel, and there were no reports of casualties or damage. The military said it struck the site from which the projectile was launched. Hezbollah said it targeted the headquarters of Israel’s Mossad intelligence agency, which it blames for the targeted killings of its commanders and for an attack in which explosives hidden in personal devices killed dozens and wounded thousands, including many Hezbollah members.
September 24, 2024 5:37 pm
(AP) – Two major weather systems are bringing heavy rain, high winds and more to Mexico’s southern Pacific coast on one side and the Caribbean on the other. Tropical Storm John struck Mexico late Monday night as a Category 3 hurricane before weakening back to tropical storm status early Tuesday. Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Helene formed in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday after bringing heavy rains and big waves to the Cayman Islands. Forecasters warn the storm could strengthen into a major hurricane en route to the southeast U.S. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis declared a state of emergency in dozens of counties ahead of the storm’s arrival.
September 24, 2024 1:45 pm
State Police in Greene County are investigating the death of a Waynesburg man. Troopers say 65-year-old John Thralls died Monday after being assaulted on Friday in the two-hundred block of Tollgate Run. Thralls was taken to an area hospital where he later died.
September 24, 2024 4:51 am
A Washington man is headed to court for his role in a SWAT incident last month on East Maiden Street. 67 year old Walter Klick was in court Monday and is being charged with several counts of aggravated assault and terroristic threats after holding police at bay during a standoff and allegedly firing and striking a Beaver county SWAT vehicle in late August. The charging complaint states Klick, who lives in the 700 block of East Maiden Street, became angry after a female he resided with resisted his sexual advances and threatened to shoot her and her child. The woman fled the scene with her daughter and alerted police that Klick was threatening to kill them. When officers arrived to speak with Klick, he did not respond to calls or knocks at the door and a standoff ensued. Residents were advised to stay in their homes as police continued to try to negotiate with Klick. He held authorities off for several hours and shortly after the shots that struck the SWAT vehicle, police entered the residence and took him into custody.
