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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities, Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 1103 into law this week. This act amends the Mortgage Licensing Act known presently as Act 16 of 2025. This bill will go into effect in 60 days from July 2nd. This bill will also make a clarification that the collection of discount points may happen on first and secondary loans of mortgage made by non-bank mortgage lenders. The Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities license those lenders. The Mortgage Licensing Act gives a license to mortgage companies and mortgage originators and regulates theservicing activity and origination for people in Pennsylvania. Under the law which will be amended, the monthly payment for borrrowers will help to be reduced by the interest rate for borrowers being bought down on their first and second mortgage loans.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Fallston Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that an unidentified man from Darlington was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol in Fallston Borough on Saturday. A thirty-five-year-old man was stopped by police after committing a vehicle violation on a block of Constitution Boulevard. According to police, that man was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Aliquippa was charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Monaca on Tuesday. Seventy-year-old Julio Romero was driving on I-376 East in Center Township and hit a guide wire on the left side of the road. There were no reported injuries and the vehicle of Romero was towed by Sullis Towing. According to police, PennDOT was notified of the damage from this incident.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A sign with the company’s logo stands outside a Rite Aid store in Salem, N.H., on Wednesday, May 29, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) The Rite-Aid store located on Merchant Street in Ambridge is the last in Beaver County set to close after Rite-Aid filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on May 5th, 2025. A filing that was made recently by Rite Aid came with an announcement that another 118 Rite Aid stores would close. The other pharmacy branches announced that the other stores in Beaver County would be closing in the month of May. According to Rite Aid officials, the company has faced financial hardships since emerging from bankruptcy in September of 2024. This is due to challenges of econmics that are “intensified by the rapidly evolving retail and healthcare landscapes.” Several other local pharmacies, including CVS, Giant Eagle, Walgreens, Weis Markets and others have received a sale of prescription files from Rite-Aid.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ellwood City, PA) According to a release from Representative Aaron Bernstine’s office, Bernstinewill host a free community shredding event at the Ellport Borough Building in Ellwood City. This will be from 10 a.m. to noon on Saturday, July 12th. 8th Legislative District residents can shred documents with personal information that is sensitive like medical records, Social Security numbers and account information. Bound books, newspapers and phonebooks will not be accepted. The acceptable items wil be shredded by a professional shredding company on-site and will be recycled afterwards. Acceptable items suitable for shredding include bank and credit card statements, documents for insurance, tax returns that are old, as well as other papers that have information that is financial or personal. You can call Bernstine’s offices at 724-847-5291 or 724-752-2120 for more information.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester Borough, PA)

Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that an unidentified woman from Midland was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in Rochester Borough on Saturday. A forty-two-year-old woman was stopped by police after committing a vehicle violation on the Quad Ctr. According to police, that woman was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance. 

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Revetti announced Tuesday that an Ambridge resident pleaded guilty to violating drug trafficking and firearms laws. Forty-four-year-old Maurice Mosely, Jr. got fifteen years in jail and eight years of supervised release that is federal. According to an investigation, Mosely distributed controlled substances from his Ambridge residence and the Aliquippa residence of his girlfriend. Mosley was also convicted of four previous crimes involving felony drug trafficking. Law enforcement executed search warrants upon both locations on July 21st, 2021. The result was a seizure of ammunition and a stolen, loaded handgun from the residence of Mosley and a bulk of currency from the United States and crack cocaine from a search of Mosley’s person. According to Revetti, federal law prohibits possession of a firearm or ammunition by a convicted felon. The search of the residence of his girlfriend also resulted in distribution quantities of crack, methamphetamine, and cocaine, two digital scales, an owe sheet and about $4,000 in cash being seized. Following these seizures, the subject of a traffic stop in New Brighton, Pennsylvania, in August of 2021 was Mosley. The officer identified signs of impairment and observed Mosely kick a bag underneath the driver’s seat upon approaching the vehicle. The seizure of crack and other currency from the United States in a bulk was the result of a search incident to the arrest of Mosley. Law enforcement also responded to a fight outside of a bar in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania in September of 2021. A surveillance camera within the bar recorded Mosely reach for his waist, run toward a nearby cigarette machine, and throw an item behind the machine, with an audible clunk when the item Mosely threw struck the ground upon the arrival outside from law enforcement. Law enforcement
had all of the bar patrons line up outside of the building, with which Mosely initially complied before he fleed the scene on foot. Subsequently, that bar in Beaver Falls was searched and a loaded handgun that was behind the cigarette machine was seized as a result.

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(Harrisburg, PA) As the Senate passes President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill and sends it back to the House, Pennsylvania educators warn in its current form, the bill would slash billions from safety-net programs that affect families across the state. The bill’s detractors say the cuts would help fund trillions of dollars in tax breaks that mostly benefit the wealthy – and add trillions to the nation’s budget deficit. Christopher Lilienthal with the Pennsylvania State Education Association says cuts proposed for health insurance and nutrition programs would affect many Pennsylvania families – including the one in four residents who relies on Medicaid for health care. Lilienthal notes Democratic Senator John Fetterman has voiced strong opposition to the legislation, while G-O-P Senator David McCormick’s position remains pivotal. Pennsylvania’s 17 representatives in the U-S House take another look at the bill this week, under pressure from President Trump to get it to his desk by July 4th.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child’s COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children’s National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Allegheny County Representative and physician Arvind Venkat proposed recently that private insurers and the program for Medicaid would be required to cover vaccines approved by the FDA. Venkat also noted that the Medicaid program and private insurers would need to cover approved vaccines from some medical societies that are professional. The Democratic representative confirmed this proposal would stop lapses in coverage for insurance for shots, even if CDC key advisors change recommendations for vaccines. Vaccines recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, the American College of Physicians or the American Academy of Family Physicians would get mandated health coverage through the proposal made by Venkat.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Campbells Run Road in Allegheny County suffered heavy rain twice in less than a week on Tuesday. The road has been clear at this time, but an area close to Interstate 79 between Baldwin Road and Keiners Lane was closed both yesterday and on Thursday temporarily due to the weather.