Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden declared Saturday that the Equality Act would be his top legislative priority, an effort to enshrine LGBTQ protections into the nation’s labor and civil rights laws. The former vice president shared his hopes of signing the legislation as part of a keynote address to hundreds of activists at the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Ohio gala on the first day of Pride Month. In a half-hour at the lectern, his remarks ranged from emotional tributes to his audience and their personal endurance to condemnations of President Donald Trump.

THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AN INCIDENT INVOLVING AN ALLEGED ASSAULT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

The Moon Transportation Authority (MTA) celebrated the ground-breaking of the Thorn Run Interchange Improvement Project in Moon Township on Friday. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

HUNDREDS OF STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM THE BEAVER COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNOLOGY CENTER OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

The Ellwood City Wolves Club is handing out several thousand dollars in scholarships to ten area seniors. The six students from Lincoln and four from Riverside high schools were recognized during the club’s annual scholarship dinner last month, with more than 15-thousand-740 dollars in scholarships awarded toward their college education. The organization’s president told the Beaver County Times the Wolves Club is proud to aid these students as they enter a new and challenging phase of their lives.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Raising the minimum wage in Pennsylvania is getting its most serious discussion since Democratic Gov. Wolf began calling for an increase in 2015 and, for that matter, since the federal minimum wage last increased in 2009. The question, Democrats say, is how big of an increase leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature will support and what sort of concession they will demand in return. Today, rank-and-file lawmakers return to the Capitol.

TRAFFIC ALERT: PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists that line painting operations on various roadways in Beaver County will occur today  through Saturday, June 8, weather permitting. Work to repaint lines will occur from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day in the following locations:

· McCleary Road in Raccoon and Greene townships;

· Tank Farm Road in Independence Township;

· Shivler Road in Greene and Raccoon townships;

· Park Road/Dutch Ridge Road in Brighton Township; and

· Darlington Road in Patterson Township and Fallston Borough.

 

TRAFFIC ALERT: PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities on the East Rochester-Monaca Bridge (Route 51) over the Ohio River in East Rochester and Monaca boroughs will begin today, weather permitting. Single-lane alternating traffic will occur on the bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through Monday, June 10 as crews conduct inspection activities. Additionally, a lane restriction will occur as needed on southbound Route 65 under the bridge.  Motorists are advised to use caution, allow extra time, and expect changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area.