Naval Air Station Oceana’s annual air show will bring high-flying performances to the Virginia Beach sky Sept. 21-22, officials announced Tuesday. The lineup will feature flight demonstrations, including from the Navy’s Blue Angels and F-35C Lightning II team and the Air Force’s F-22 Raptor team from Langley in Hampton. The performance schedule will be announced […]
Algeria will hold its next election on September 7, giving first-term president Abdelmajid Tebboune more than five months to campaign for a second term to lead the oil-rich north African nation. Mr Tebboune’s office announced the date in a statement after meeting with a group that included high-ranking members of Parliament and the constitutional court […]
FILE – Algeria’s President Abdelmajid Tebboune gives a press conference, in Algiers, Algeria, Sunday, 24, 2019. Algeria’s presidential campaign is officially starting a week ago with five candidates vying to replace the longtime leader pushed out in April in an ongoing protest movement. Algeria has scheduled this year’s presidential elections for September 7, providing more […]
Another department head is resigning from the City of Jackson. Chloe Dotson, Jackson’s director of the Department of Planning and Development, has submitted her resignation, Jackson Mayor Chokwe Antar Lumumba announced at a Monday press conference. Lumumba praised Dotson’s work during her time as director of planning and development, including the strides she made with […]
A 17-year-old boy testified on Friday that he was walking home on East 14th Street in Erie after playing basketball on Sept. 5 when a gunshot struck him in the shoulder. The teen said all he saw was a “dude” with a mask, but didn’t see who shot him or if the person he saw […]
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office announced that an arrest was made in the case surrounding the shooting incident that occurred on Saturday, September 2, 2023, in the 6800 block of Old Kings Road South. Upon responding to the scene, authorities discovered an adult male victim with a gunshot wound. Despite efforts by the Jacksonville Fire and […]
Jan. 28—Gov. Josh Shapiro announced this week that the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) approved his recent request to make financial aid available to survivors after devastating flooding on Sept. 9, 2023. “The flooding in Northeastern PA has been devastating, and I stand committed to helping Pennsylvanians recover and rebuild stronger than before,” said Shapiro. […]
Jan. 25—Family and friends are mourning the loss of a 20-year-old West Virginia University junior who died last week after suffering injuries in a Sept. 6, 2023, explosion at her off-campus residence in Morgantown. According to her obituary, Carly Joan Grozier of Bethlehem, Pa., passed away surrounded by friends and family on Jan. 17 at […]
Police made another gun-related arrest at Naperville’s TopGolf facility last weekend. That makes five since September. The latest occurred on New Year’s Eve when Dequan J. Dent Davis, 26 of Calumet City, was taken into custody at the 3211 Odyssey Court venue and charged with felony counts of aggravated unlawful use of a weapon, according […]
Police in Arlington have named a 20-year-old man as a person of interest in the Sept. 25, 2023, shooting death of 24-year-old Jamiya Strong. In a news release Tuesday, police said they are asking for help finding Juan Angel Fraire, who they believe may have information that could assist them in the homicide investigation. Officers […]
Russia has launched approximately 3,800 Iranian Shahed kamikaze drones into Ukraine since September 2022, and Ukrainian air defense forces have shot down around 3,000 of them, Air Force spokesperson Yuriy Ihnat said on national television on Dec. 31. “The strengthening of our air defenses with Western systems began in October 2022,” he explained. “Therefore, today […]
Gas prices continue to fall in Pennsylvania, but the same can’t be said for the national average. According to AAA, the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania is now $3.435. That’s two cents less than last week and 28 cents lower than this time last year. The average in Pittsburgh is […]