June 7, 2025 5:09 am
There was a one-car vehicle roll-over crash around 4:13 this morning at 742 Washington Road, U.S. 19 in Washington. That’s just a little north of Burt Lane. 9-1-1 Dispatchers say an 18-year-old male extracted himself from the vehicle and had a bleeding arm. The man was transported to a local hospital and Washington County 911 reports that the scene has been cleared.
June 6, 2025 4:48 pm
Authorities are searching for a suspect after a mail carrier from Washington County was injured Wednesday afternoon during an attempted armed robbery in Bridgeville. Officials with the United States Postal Inspection Service say the attempted armed robbery took place along McLaughlin Run Road in Bridgeville around 2:30. The mail carrier was injured and was taken for treatment at a nearby hospital, but the extent of his injuries was not released. The condition of the injured mail carrier wasn’t released, but WJPA News has learned that he is doing well.
The U.S. Postal Inspection Service is leading the investigation along with police officers from Bridgeville and Upper St. Clair who also responded to the scene of the incident.
June 6, 2025 4:41 pm
(WPXI) – First responders are supporting the family of a 12-year-old boy who drowned in the Monongahela River. Mon Valley EMS hosted a fundraiser at their headquarters. They sold meals, including pork chops and pulled pork sandwiches. Rontae Lester drowned last month while swimming with friends in Donora. EMS officials said the fundraiser is helping the community reach out to his family in their time of need. All of the money raised will go to the family. Organizers said they were hoping to raise between $3,000 and $4,000.
June 6, 2025 4:10 pm
COLLEVILLE-SUR-MER, France (AP) — Veterans have gathered on the beaches of Normandy to mark the 81st anniversary of the D-Day landings — a pivotal moment during World War II that eventually led to the collapse of Adolf Hitler’s regime. Tens of thousands of people attended the commemorations, which included parachute jumps, flyovers, remembrance ceremonies, parades, and historical reenactments. The June 6, 1944, D-Day invasion of Nazi-occupied France was unprecedented in scale and audacity, using the largest-ever armada of ships, troops, planes and vehicles to punch a hole in Hitler’s defenses in western Europe. A total of 4,414 Allied troops were killed on D-Day itself.
June 6, 2025 3:07 pm
(WPXI) PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Police are searching for a missing 12-year-old boy. Jonathan Dehaven was possibly last seen in the 600 block of Brookline Boulevard around 9 a.m. on Friday. He may be wearing black high-top vans, a brown hoodie with a Rick and Morty graphic and shorts. Jonathan is described as 5 feet tall and weighing 110 pounds with light brown hair and brown eyes. Anyone with information is asked to call 412-323-7141 or 911.
June 6, 2025 9:18 am
A two vehicle crash involving a Charleroi Police vehicle resulted in both drivers being transported to Penn Highlands Monongahela Valley Hospital Friday morning. Washington County 9-1-1 says it happened just after 8 a.m. at the intersection of Twilight Hollow Road and North Avenue in Twilight Borough. Dispatchers tell WJPA News the officer driving the police car called the crash in. There is no word on the identity or condition of either driver. The crash did close Twilight Hollow Road but it was reopened a short time later.
June 6, 2025 8:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers slowed hiring last month, but still adding a solid 139,000 jobs amid uncertainty over Trump’s trade wars. The Department of Labor said Friday that hiring fell from a revised 147,000 in April. The unemployment rate stayed at 4.2%. Trump’s aggressive and unpredictable policies – especially his sweeping taxes on imports – have muddied the outlook for the economy and the job market and raised fears that the American economy could be headed toward recession. But so far the damage hasn’t shown up clearly in government economic data.
June 6, 2025 5:58 am
The State Police Fire Marshall has been called in to investigate a house fire Friday morning in Peters Township. Washington County 9-1-1 says a neighbor reported the blaze at 4:30 a.m in the 100-block of Brookdale Circle. Dispatchers say the home was under construction and firefighters from Peters Township and North Strabane found flames coming from the windows on both floors when they arrived. The home was not occupied and no injuries were reported.
June 6, 2025 5:05 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A unanimous Supreme Court has made it easier to bring lawsuits over so-called reverse discrimination, siding with an Ohio woman who claims she didn’t get a job and was demoted because she’s straight. The justices’ decision Thursday affects lawsuits in 20 states and the District of Columbia where, until now, courts had set a higher bar when members of a majority group, including those who are white and heterosexual, sue for discrimination under federal law. The court ruled in an appeal from Marlean Ames, who’s worked for the Ohio Department of Youth Services for years. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson says federal civil rights law draws no distinction between members of majority and minority groups.
June 6, 2025 5:04 am
A private lunar lander from Japan has crashed into the moon. The Tokyo-based company ispace declared the mission a failure several hours after communication was lost with the lander on Friday. Flight controllers tried to gain contact, but were met with only silence. Communication ceased less than two minutes before the spacecraft’s scheduled landing on the moon with a mini rover. It was ispace’s second lunar strikeout. The encore came two years after ispace’s first lander slammed into the moon.
