Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published July 25, 2023 2:32 P.M.

(Ambridge, PA) The A-TSI plan is for interventions that will assist the high school staff in supporting students in the 2023-24 school year to meet academic thresholds for academic proficiency and academic growth.

BUTLER, PA (July 24, 2023) — At 10 a.m. tomorrow — Tuesday, July 25 — McDonald’s of Greater Butler Mart will cut the ribbon on a new level of choice, engagement, service and family fun.

The new 3,915-square-foot restaurant will feature a refreshed design and a modern layout, with digital kiosks, table service, free wi-fi and touch screen games for children.  Outside, guests will enjoy two drive-up lanes, patio seating, and Mobile Order & Pay with curbside service option using the McDonald’s mobile app.

“We’ve built a better McDonald’s for our customers,” said Meghan Sweeney, the restaurant’s Owner/Operator. “We’re making long-term investments so McDonald’s of Greater Butler Mart will be even more easy, convenient and, of course, delicious!”

During construction, all 55 employees of the Greater Butler Mart site were offered employment at other nearby McDonald’s restaurant locations.  When it reopens tomorrow, the restaurant will add 10-15 more positions to the roster. To apply, text PA277 to 38000 or go to www.mchire.com.

“As local small business owners, my family has a 58-year and three-generation history of operating at this location. We’re proud of our distinguished history and our preeminent operations today,” Sweeney said. “We’re thrilled to bring a modern McDonald’s experience to our Butler community.”

Additional grand opening festivities include:

July 28

-First 100 customers to make a purchase will receive a punch card good for a free Big Mac every week for a year

-10 am – noon:  Live radio broadcast by WLER-FM

-11:30 am:  First 100 drive thru customers to purchase a combo meal will receive a $5 McDonald’s Arch Card.

August 1 and 8

-6 – 9 am:  All customers will receive a coupon good for a free small coffee on their next five visits.

August 3 and 10

-4 – 6 pm:  Customers who place a kiosk order will receive a coupon for a free combo meal on their next visit.

August 7

-5 pm:  Family Fun Night With Hamburglar! First 50 under-12 customers to make a purchase will receive a punch card good for a free Happy Meal every month for a year.

The restaurant will also offer weekly drawings for valuable prizes including electronics and McDonald’s food items.

“We’re grateful for the strong support that McDonald’s has always received from the Butler community,” Sweeney said. “That’s why we tried to make our restaurant even more comfortable, convenient and fun for all of our guests.”

New police officers Brandon Wilson, Merle McConnell and Noah Brucker are shown above.
Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published July 25, 2023 9:07 A.M.

(Hopewell Township, PA) At Monday night’s meeting of the Hopewell Commissioners, District Magistrate Felicia Santillan presided over the swearing in ceremony of the township’s 3 new police officers. The officers are: Brandon Wilson, Merle McConnell, and Noah Brucker. Their official starting date was Monday, July 24, 2023.
Jon Cochran was introduced as the township’s new fire chief and he has worked with the county’s EMS for 22 years. Pete Ramirez is the Assistant Chief of Fire Operations.

Fire chief Jon Cocharn with Assistant Chief of Fire Operations Pete Ramirez.

Center Township Fire chief Bill Brucker is pictured with his son Noah, one of Hopewell’s new full time officers.

FILE – A sign outside the Internal Revenue Service building in Washington, on May 4, 2021.
Effective immediately, the Internal Revenue Service will end its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a nod to worker safety and combatting scammers who pose as IRS agents. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The IRS says it is ending its decades-old policy of making unannounced home and business visits — in a an effort to keep its workers safe and combat scammers who pose as IRS agents. Effective immediately, the change follows a number of other actions the agency has taken to improve worker safety. The agency in recent years has experienced more threats. In part, those were tied to conspiracy theories that agents were going to target middle-income taxpayers more aggressively after the passage of a climate, health care and tax bill that provided $80 billion to step up tax collections.

(New Brighton, PA) PennDOT District 11 has postponed overnight construction operations on State Route 65 in New Brighton Borough and Daugherty Township. Additional information will be provided once a new schedule in announced.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Lawyers for the school districts that sued in Pennsylvania say they want action now that Republican lawmakers aren’t appealing a judge’s ruling on funding. The judge had ruled that the state’s system of funding public schools violates the constitutional rights of students in poorer districts. The lawyers said Monday that the deadline to appeal the February decision came over the weekend. Top House and Senate Republicans in Pennsylvania had opposed the lawsuit but hadn’t said whether they’d appeal. The plaintiffs’ lawyers said the decision is now final. The judge didn’t direct the Legislature on how much state aid to distribute or how. Lawmakers haven’t assembled a plan to address the court’s findings.

FILE – Yardley Makefield Marine Rescue leaves the Yardley boat ramp heading down the Delaware River on July 17, 2023, in Yardley, Pa. The family of a 2-year-old girl swept away along with another child by a flash flood that engulfed their vehicle on a Pennsylvania road is expressing gratitude at the discovery of a body believed to be hers. The body was found early Friday, July 22, in the Delaware River near a Philadelphia wastewater treatment plant about 30 miles (50 kilometers) from where Matilda Sheils was carried away, authorities said Friday night. (Alejandro A. Alvarez/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

WASHINGTON CROSSING, Pa. (AP) — Search teams in Pennsylvania were focusing on one underwater area Sunday as they try to find a 9-month-old boy swept away in a flash flood. That follows confirmation from authorities that the body of his 2-year-old sister was recovered from the Delaware River. Upper Makefield Township police said Sunday that although 2-year-old Matilda Sheils was recovered Friday, they are “devastated that we have not yet been able to reunite Conrad with his sister and family.” Police said hundreds of people have been searching but right now, it “will be dependent upon the conditions of the river.”

A view of a lap top and monitors showing the Twitter signing in page displaying the new logo, in Belgrade, Serbia, Monday, July 24, 2023. Elon Musk has unveiled a new black and white “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. The X started appearing on the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but the bird was still dominant across the phone app. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk has unveiled a new black and white “X” logo to replace Twitter’s famous blue bird as he follows through with a major rebranding of the the social media platform he bought for $44 billion last year. Musk replaced his own Twitter icon with a white X on a black background and posted a picture on Monday of the design projected on Twitter’s San Francisco headquarters. The X started appearing on the top of the desktop version of Twitter on Monday, but the bird was still dominant across the phone app. In response to questions about what tweets would be called when the rebranding is done, Musk said they would be called Xs.