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PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Imperial, Pennsylvania has been sentenced in federal court to one day of imprisonment to be followed by three years of supervised release, the first six months of which are to be served on home detention, and ordered to pay $367,956.89 in restitution to the Internal Revenue Service, on her conviction for failing to account for and pay over payroll taxes to the Internal Revenue Service, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
United States District Judge Nicholas Ranjan imposed the sentence on Rebecca Lynn
Boyce, age 44.
Previously, in connection with her guilty plea, the court was advised that from at least 2006 through at least 2019, Boyce owned and operated Cutie Patootie Daycare, a childcare center in Imperial, Pennsylvania. During that period, Cutie Patootie employed staff and withheld payroll taxes from the paychecks of its employees. Cutie Patootie was required to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS on a periodic basis and was required to account for payroll taxes by filing with the IRS on a quarterly basis Form 941, an Employer’s Quarterly Federal Tax Return. Boyce failed to pay over payroll taxes to the IRS and failed to file any Forms 941 from the quarter ending March 31, 2015, through the quarter ending Dec. 31, 2018. Boyce was informed of her obligation to file
Forms 941 and make payroll tax payments during IRS audit and collections activities that precede the periods charged in the Indictment.

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Gas prices are seven cents cheaper in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.867 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average                          $3.867
Average price during the week of December 5, 2022                                        $3.932
Average price during the week of December 13, 2021                                      $3.558

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:      

$3.890      Altoona
$3.937      Beaver
$3.920      Bradford
$3.581      Brookville
$3.866      Butler
$3.864      Clarion
$3.725      DuBois
$3.899      Erie
$3.935      Greensburg
$3.943      Indiana
$3.869      Jeannette
$3.891      Kittanning
$3.947      Latrobe
$3.904      Meadville
$3.928      Mercer
$3.727      New Castle
$3.883      New Kensington
$3.892      Oil City
$3.858      Pittsburgh
$3.882      Sharon
$3.895      Uniontown
$3.899      Warren
$3.803      Washington

Trend Analysis:

The national average pump price has dropped another 14 cents over the past week to $3.26, which is 52 cents less than a month ago and six cents less than a year ago. There are now approximately 34 states with averages lower than last year.

This relief comes as Americans drive less and oil prices remain lower. According to data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gas demand remained low at 8.36 million barrels per day last week, approximately 605,000 barrels per day lower than a year ago. Meanwhile, total domestic gasoline stocks rose significantly by 5.3 million barrels to 219.1 million barrels.

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate decreased by 44 cents to settle at $71.02. Crude prices softened last week due to a stronger dollar. Additionally, crude prices were pushed down after the EIA reported that total domestic commercial crude stocks fell by 5.2 million barrels, a lower amount than the market expected. The domestic commercial crude supply is 19 million barrels lower than the beginning of December 2021.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at gasprices.aaa.com.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they conducted a traffic stop on November 27, 2022 at 12:46 AM on a 2003 Mercedes-Benz ML320 that was bring driven by 47-year-old Tonya Battle of Aliquippa on 20th Street near Mclean Street in the City of Aliquippa.
During the traffic stop Battle admitted to drinking alcohol and was found to be impaired by Troopers. She was arrested on suspicion of DUI and charges are currently pending.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Center Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they conducted a traffic stop on November 26, 2022 at 9:22 PM on a 2001 Buick La Sabre that was bring driven by 57-year-old Kenneth Sutton of Monaca on Brodhead Road near Lincoln Drive in Center Township.
During the traffic stop Sutton admitted to drinking alcohol and was found to be impaired by Troopers. He was arrested on suspicion of DUI and charges are currently pending.

Shown is the statue of Christopher Columbus at Marconi Plaza in Philadelphia, Monday, Dec. 12, 2022. Philadelphia removed the plywood box it placed over the statue after 2020 protests over racial injustice. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Crews have removed the plywood box that had been placed over a Philadelphia statue of Christopher Columbus that saw tense standoffs in 2020 between supporters of the monument and opponents who viewed it as a symbol of white supremacy. The box was removed Sunday night, as a small crowd cheered. The work came two days after a state judge ordered the removal, saying that if the city disagrees with the “message” the statue sends, it can add its own plaque with what it wants to convey. The statue has been the subject of a long-running dispute. The statue dates to 1876 and was presented to the city by the Italian American community to commemorate the nation’s centennial.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Sewickley, Pa.) An early Tuesday morning house fire along Miller Way in Sewickley has claimed the lives of two children.
Allegheny County Police say that the fire broke out around 3 AM this morning and the two children were pulled from the home by firefighters, but died at the scene. They have not yet been identified by the Medical Examiner’s Office.
An adult was able to escape the flames and was taken to the hospital. Their condition is not known at this time as Allegheny County Homicide detectives and the County Fire Marshals Office are investigating what caused the fire.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) The death of a Monaca man who fell from an escalator at Acrisure Stadium on October 2, 2022 has been ruled an accident.
The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office ruled on Monday that Dalton Keane’s manner of death was accidental. His cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries of the head, trunk, and extremities due to falling.
On Oct. 2, Keane who was 27-years-old attended the Steelers-Jets game when he fell an estimated 40 feet near an escalator by Gate C of the stadium .
He was transported to a local hospital for his injuries but later died at the hospital.
Keane was a member of Steamfitters Local 449 and worked as a pipefitter at McCarl’s here in Beaver County.

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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The top-ranking Republican in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives wants a court to prevent voters from filling three vacant seats in February in special elections that will determine majority control of the chamber. Rep. Bryan Cutler of Lancaster in a lawsuit filed late Friday asked Commonwealth Court to issue an injunction against special elections his Democratic counterpart scheduled this week. Cutler is naming the Department of State, acting Secretary of State Leigh Chapman and the Allegheny County Elections Board as defendants. Democrats won a one-seat House majority in last month’s election, but one of their members died and two have resigned after also being elected to higher offices.

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By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Spending in Pennsylvania’s 2022 gubernatorial race blew past the record set eight years ago, topping $110 million largely because of Democrat Josh Shapiro’s powerhouse fundraising in a race that took on national significance. That beat the $82 million spent in the 2014 election in Pennsylvania. Shapiro, Pennsylvania’s two-term elected attorney general, won the election. He reported spending more than $73 million in the race, including donations of cash, goods and services. Campaign finance reports for the last two weeks of the campaign were due Thursday to the state elections office. Republicans spent another $37 million, mostly in a fractious primary.