August 19, 2025 2:17 am
State Police say an eighteen-year-old man has been arrested in the shooting death late Sunday evening in Ellsworth. Troopers say the shooting happened at around 11:12 p.m. in the 20 block of Walnut Street in Ellsworth. Twenty-one-year-old Elijah Thomas Johnson of Carnegie was allegedly shot and killed by his friend, eighteen-year-old Christopher Tarkelo Harper while at Harper’s house. According to state police, Johnson and Harper were involved with the same woman. Harper is charged with criminal homicide, burglary, firearms charges and reckless endangerment. He was taken into custody in New Castle, Lawrence County Monday afternoon.
August 19, 2025 12:16 am
Business owners and property owners were invited to the Washington Downtown Business Authority’s Town Hall gathering to try make the City of Washington a more vibrant place. Bradley Martin, Director of the WDBA, prepared questions for all to answer with regards to challenges that business owners and property owners face in their day to day routine of business. Among the challenges that both face are uneven sidewalk issues, unkempt and vacant properties. Several owners cited parking as an issue. Lots are unmarked and the app available for people to use is not well advertised. Owners agreed that collaboration between businesses would be a meaningful way to try and drive business back downtown. Property owners and business owners both had issues that they would like to see the city address. The concrete boxes that cover light pole bases were mentioned often. Also mentioned was the lack of police presence. Some believed that a patrolman should be designated to make sure streets are safe for visitors to walk. Martin was pleased to have had 30 stake holders attend the meeting. He said that the collaborative effort between all parties is vital to the city’s success.
August 19, 2025 4:56 am
President Donald Trump is vowing more changes to the way elections are conducted in the U.S., but based on the Constitution there is little to nothing he can do on his own. He pledged on his social media site that he would do away with mail voting, which remains popular and is used by about one-third of all voters. He also wants to eliminate voting machines, some form of which are used in almost all of the country’s thousands of election jurisdictions. The Constitution makes the states the entities that determine the “time, place and manner” of elections while allowing Congress to “make” or “alter” rules for federal elections.
August 19, 2025 4:52 am
DENVER (AP) — The conservative network Newsmax has agreed to pay $67 million to settle a lawsuit accusing it of defaming a voting equipment company by spreading lies about President Donald Trump’s 2020 election loss. The settlement announced Monday comes after Fox News Channel paid $787.5 million to settle a similar lawsuit in 2023 and Newsmax paid what court papers describe as $40 million to settle a libel lawsuit from a different voting machine manufacturer, Smartmatic, which also was a target of pro-Trump conspiracy theories on the network. Delaware Superior Court Judge Eric Davis ruled earlier Newsmax defamed Denver-based Dominion Voting Systems by airing false information about the company and its equipment. Dominion says it’s pleased to have settled.
August 19, 2025 4:53 am
The television network MSNBC will change its name later this year as part of its corporate divorce from NBC. The new name will by My Source News Opinion World, or MS NOW for short. MSNBC, which will also removed NBC’s peacock corporate logo from its insignia, has been building a separate news division from NBC News by hiring new reporters and executives in recent months. It has been known as MSNBC since its formation in 1996, as a partnership then between Microsoft and NBC. It runs second in cable news ratings to Fox News Channel with personalities like Rachel Maddow, Nicole Wallace and Ari Melber.
August 19, 2025 4:55 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has started arranging a meeting between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss ending Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. On Monday, Trump said the U.S. would support European security guarantees to prevent future invasions. Details are still evolving, but European leaders express cautious optimism about Trump’s efforts after their meeting at the White House. French President Emmanuel Macron highlighted the U.S. commitment to security guarantees as a key outcome. Trump spoke with Putin during the talks with Zelenskyy and European leaders. Concerns remain that Trump might pressure Ukraine into concessions. Zelenskyy emphasized the need for U.S. involvement in security guarantees for Ukraine.
August 19, 2025 4:50 am
Oklahoma will require applicants for teaching jobs from California and New York to pass an exam that the state’s top education official says is designed to safeguard against “radical leftist ideology.” Opponents decry the exam as a “MAGA loyalty test.” Ryan Walters, the state public schools superintendent, said Monday that any teacher coming from the two blue states will be required to pass Oklahoma’s PragerU assessment test before getting a certification. PragerU is short for Prager University and promotes itself as a leading conservative nonprofit. State education officials say the 50-question test is finalized and will be rolling out “very soon.”
August 18, 2025 4:53 am
TORONTO (AP) — Air Canada has reached an agreement with the union representing 10,000 flight attendants to end a strike. The union first announced the agreement early Tuesday after talks resumed late Monday. The strike, which began over the weekend, affected about 130,000 travelers daily during the peak summer travel season. Flights will start resuming Tuesday evening, but full restoration may take a week or more. The agreement guarantees pay for work performed while planes are on the ground, resolving a major issue. Air Canada operates around 700 flights daily and estimated that 500,000 customers were affected by cancellations.
August 18, 2025 3:25 pm
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and President Donald Trump expressed hopes that talks with Ukrainian and European leaders at the White House could lead to trilateral talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring an end to Russia’s war on Ukraine. Monday’s hastily assembled meeting comes after Trump met on Friday with Russian President Vladimir Putin and has said that the onus is now on Zelenskyy to agree to concessions that he said could end the war. Trump said he would back European security guarantees for Ukraine, though he stopped short of committing U.S. troops to the effort. (Photo: AP)
August 17, 2025 7:18 am
State Police are investigating a shooting late Sunday night in Ellsworth. The Washington County Coroners office says 21 year old Elijah Johnson of Carnegie was pronounced dead at a home along Walnut Street just after 4 a.m Monday morning. Washington County 9-1-1 dispatchers say police were called to the home around 11:15 p.m Sunday night. According to the coroner, Johnson was shot inside a friend’s home. A cause and manner of death are pending. There is no word on any suspects or a motive. No other injuries were reported.
