March 28, 2025 7:22 am
Two people have been injured in a four-vehicle crash on Interstate 70. Washington County 9-1-1 says the crash occurred around 6 a.m. in the eastbound lanes near the Dunningsville exit. According to dispatchers, a tanker truck and three passenger vehicles were involved. Two of those injured were transported from the scene by ambulance and taken to UPMC Washington Hospital. There is no word on their identities or conditions. The crash did close the eastbound lanes.
March 28, 2025 7:27 am
MONESSEN, Pa. — A shooting suspect is in custody after barricading themselves inside a home in Westmoreland County Friday morning. The incident on Leeds Avenue started just after 4:30 a.m. after authorities attempted to serve a search warrant for Jay Din Eleam, 21, following a late Thursday night, according to police paperwork. The shooting happened just before 11 p.m. near Marion and Leeds avenues. One person was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital and is expected to survive. Eleam was taken into custody after a nearly five-hour standoff. The Monessen City School District moved to a flexible instruction day due to the situation.
March 28, 2025 2:13 am
FBI agents along with members of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) were in Charleroi Thursday, conducting immigration enforcement operations. Bradford Arick told WJPA News that the FBI was there in support of and alongside their partners at the DHS. He says the FBI in Pittsburgh continues to provide investigative, technical and analytical support to the DHS in their immigration operations all over the region as directed by the Attorney General. Arick would offer no further information as to where the operation took place, other than to say Charleroi, nor did he comment on whether anyone was detained.
March 28, 2025 2:56 am
Changes that were put in place Thursday on a Washington School District bus following an incident that was captured on video and shared online, were successful. Washington Superintendent George Lammay tells WJPA news that staff members were added to bus #5 for both its morning and afternoon run. The bus driver, John King, also remained on that bus. Videos taken by students showed him shouting at the kids and telling them to “shut up” and sit down. He can also be heard saying, “bunch a morons, dude. Like, I’m driving a giant bus and yinz won’t shut up.” In other parts of the video, he’s heard threatening to write students up, “daring” the district to confront him, pondering quitting and saying he hopes they “handcuff” parents for truancy if the kids can’t get to school. Lammay says an investigation is underway which will include reviewing those videos as well as bus video. King says the kids actions had been building up and became a “safety issue.” Lammay says they support the driver and are asking that all sides come together to address the issue and that includes; district officials, the bus company, the driver and students and parents. Lammay says the district is reviewing a way to add additional adults on all of its buses for the remainder of the school year. (Photo: Facebook)
March 28, 2025 4:56 am
BELLE VERNON, Pa. — An increased police presence will be at the Rostraver Elementary School on Friday. Belle Vernorn Area School District Dr. Timothy Glasspool said school administrators learned that students in grades 2-5 were talking about weapons and fighting in their neighborhood. Glasspool said one student mentioned bringing a gun to school. The Rostraver Township Police Department has been notified and is investigating. An officer will be at the bus stop and the school. A school representative will also ride the bus for further supervision. “The safety of our students is our highest priority. We take all potential threats seriously and will continue to maintain open communication with families and law enforcement, provide a secure learning environment for all students, and respond promptly and throughout to all safety concerns. We encourage parents and guardians to talk openly with [their] children about school safety and remind students to report any concerning conversations or behaviors to a trusted adult,” Glasspool said in a statement. The parent of the student who was the target of the threats has been notified.
March 28, 2025 7:45 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican and Democrat on the Senate Armed Services Committee are requesting an investigation into how Trump national security officials used the Signal app to discuss military strikes. A federal judge also says he will order the preservation of the messages. Thursday’s action ensures some scrutiny on an episode President Donald Trump has dismissed as frivolous. Republican Sen. Roger Wicker and Democratic Sen. Jack Reed signed onto a letter to the acting inspector general at the Defense Department for an inquiry into the potential use of unclassified networks to discuss classified information. Contents of the Signal chat published by The Atlantic show Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth listed weapons systems and a timeline for an attack on Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen.
March 28, 2025 7:43 am
NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance says Denmark has “underinvested” in Greenland’s security and demands Denmark change its approach as President Donald Trump continues to talk of taking over the Danish territory. The pointed remarks came Friday as Vance visited U.S. troops at Pituffik Space Base on the mineral-rich, strategically critical island. The Republican vice president says the Trump administration’s message to Denmark is very simple: “You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland.” Relations between the U.S. and the Nordic country have soured as Trump has repeatedly suggested the U.S. should control the territory.
March 28, 2025 7:46 am
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new AP-NORC poll finds that as America’s longtime allies reel over President Donald Trump’s aggressive tariffs, his hostility and — in some cases — open threats of invasion, his actions and his rhetoric may be shaping perceptions of which countries are viewed as friends and foes. Americans are now less likely to see Canada and the U.S. as close allies than they were less than two years ago, according to a new AP-NORC poll. Although most still see the countries’ relationship as at least “friendly,” slightly fewer than half of U.S. adults — just 45% — now consider the U.S. to be “close allies” with its neighbor to the north. That’s down from about 6 in 10 in a poll conducted in September 2023.
March 28, 2025 7:48 am
After decades of partnership with the U.S. government, American colleges are facing new doubts about the future of their federal funding. President Donald Trump’s administration has been using the funding spigot as a tool to seek compliance with his agenda. And universities across the country are navigating cuts to grants for research institutions. The squeeze on higher education underscores how much American colleges depend on the federal government. In fact, an Associated Press analysis found the government provides grants and contracts worth close to half the total revenue of some research universities.
March 28, 2025 7:50 am
SCHOENEICHE, Germany (AP) — The U.S. government is on a global egg hunt. It’s seeking exports from countries in Europe and elsewhere to ease a severe shortage that has caused egg prices at grocery stores to hit record highs. European industry groups say Denmark, Germany, Italy and Poland are among the nations the U.S. Department of Agriculture approached. Many officials in Europe say the import tariffs President Donald Trump has imposed or threatened to impose on his nation’s top trading partners wouldn’t preclude their sharing eggs. A bigger obstacle is U.S. food safety regulations that require fresh eggs to be sanitized before they reach shoppers. In the European Union, the standards call for Grade A eggs to be sold unwashed.
