June 18, 2025 2:33 am
North Strabane Township Supervisors picked up on a conditional use application hearing for the Hidden Acres development. A public hearing was begun in January of this year and was continued to Tuesday to allow Laurel Communities time to address supervisor concerns with the plan. As was the case in January, about two dozen local residents attended the meeting for the proposed development on Christy Road to voice different concerns than before. Several residents including Doug Matt voiced environmental concerns as they relate to the streams stocked with fish that traverse the property. Also addressed were protected plant and insects living there. Bats and turtles were also animals of concern. Residents of Christy Road voiced their concerns for their own safety. Many pointed out that increased traffic from the development would put their safety at risk as they walked along Christy Road for recreation. Laurel Communities presented a revised application in March of 2025 for a 160 home development that would be located on 279 acres. Jon Kamin, an attorney representing Laurel Communities explained that this is the very first step in a process that has several more steps and could take up to 18 months to complete. Supervisors anticipate voting on the conditional use application in July.
June 17, 2025 5:48 pm
DENVER (AP) — A federal jury in Colorado has found MyPillow founder Mike Lindell defamed a former employee for a leading voting equipment company. Jurors reached the verdict Monday for Lindell, one of the nation’s most prominent election conspiracy theorists. He had called the employee for Dominion Voting Systems, Eric Coomer, a traitor. Lindell’s online media platform also streamed an event where a conservative podcaster accused Coomer of helping rig the 2020 election. During the trial in Denver, Lindell denied making any statements he knew to be false about Coomer. Coomer said his career and life have been destroyed as a result of the statements. Coomer’s lawyers said Lindell either knew the statements were lies, or conveyed them recklessly without knowing if they were true. (Photo: AP)
June 17, 2025 8:50 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — Retail sales fell sharply in May as consumers pulled back after a sharp increase in spending in March to get ahead of President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs on nearly all imports. Sales at retail stores and restaurants dropped 0.9% in May, the Commerce Department said Tuesday, after a decline of 0.1% in April. The figure was pulled down by a steep drop in auto sales, after Americans ramped up their car-buying in March to get ahead of Trump’s 25% duty on imported cars and car parts. Excluding autos, sales fell 0.3%. The sales drop comes after sharp declines in consumer confidence this year.
June 17, 2025 5:20 am
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Prosecutors say the man charged with killing one Minnesota lawmaker and wounding another had dozens of apparent targets, including officials in at least three other states. U.S. Attorney Joseph Thompson says Vance Boelter made it to the homes of two other legislators on the night of the attacks, but one was not home and the suspect left the other house after police arrived. Boelter surrendered to police Sunday. He is accused of posing as a police officer and fatally shooting state Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband in their home early Saturday. Federal prosecutors have charged Boelter with murder and stalking. He also says faces state murder charges. His attorney declined to comment.
June 17, 2025 5:19 am
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Officials say a nighttime Russian missile and drone bombardment has killed at least 15 people and injured 116 others in Ukraine while they slept in their homes, with the main barrage centering on the capital Kyiv. The Kyiv City Military Administration says 14 people were killed and 99 others were injured in the capital as explosions echoed across the city for hours during the night. The bombardment demolished a nine-story residential building, destroying dozens of apartments. It was one of the deadliest attacks on the Ukrainian capital in recent months and came as two rounds of direct peace talks have failed to make progress on ending the war, now in its fourth year.
June 17, 2025 5:17 am
KANANASKIS, Alberta (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer say they have signed a trade deal that will slash tariffs on U.K. auto and aerospace industry imports, but they are still discussing how to handle steel production. The pair spoke to reporters Monday at the Group of Seven summit. Trump brandished the pages of what he said was the long-awaited agreement but then dropped them. He also at first said the United States had reached an agreement with the European Union when he meant the United Kingdom. The U.S. president nonetheless insisted the pact would “produce a lot of jobs, a lot of income.”
June 17, 2025 5:13 am
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israel’s air campaign on Iran’s capital appeared to broaden on the fourth day of an intensifying conflict as U.S. President Donald Trump posted an ominous message warning residents of the city to evacuate. Earlier, the Israeli military called for the some 330,000 residents of a neighborhood in the city center to evacuate. Israel says its sweeping assault on Iran’s top military leaders, uranium enrichment sites and nuclear scientists, is necessary to prevent its longtime adversary from getting any closer to building an atomic weapon. The strikes have killed at least 224 people since Friday. Iran has retaliated by launching more than 370 missiles and hundreds of drones at Israel. So far, 24 people have been killed in Israel and more than 500 injured.
June 17, 2025 4:56 am
A Washington man was pronounced dead in the emergency department at UPMC Washington Hospital following a motorcycle crash in South Strabane. The Washington County Coroners office says 21 year old Nathan Boyd was the sole rider on a motorcycle that went out of control on Interstate 79 southbound near the Meadow Lands exit around 8:15 p.m. A cause and manner of death are pending. State Police are investigating.
June 17, 2025 4:50 am
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and state lawmakers are getting down to crunch time, with big questions still outstanding about how to balance the Democrat’s spending request. A push is also on to make Pennsylvania the 25th state to legalize marijuana for adult use, raise the minimum wage and slap taxes on slot machine-like “skill” games that are popping up everywhere. Pennsylvania’s politically divided government has two weeks left to pass a new spending plan before the state loses some spending authority when the new fiscal year starts July 1. Lawmakers describe closed-door talks at a crawl, and many are watching Congress to see if the federal government will cut aid.
June 17, 2025 4:48 am
WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) — The death toll from weekend flooding in West Virginia has risen to seven. Authorities in Ohio County say search and recovery teams resumed their efforts early Tuesday morning and Swift Water Rescue crews will continue removing vehicles from Little and Big Wheeling Creeks. Emergency officials say the discovery of another victim, 71-year-old Connie Veronis of Moundsville has brought the death toll to seven. As much as 4 inches of rain fell in parts of Wheeling and Ohio County within 40 minutes on Saturday and more rain is expected through Thursday. Among the six dead was a 3-year-old child. To the southeast, heavy rains tore through the community of Fairmont on Sunday, ripping off the outer wall of an apartment building. Morrisey says at least 60 homes, 25 businesses and an estimated 30 roads were impacted by the floods.
