(Moon Township, PA) Noah Landfried, age 38 of Moon Township (Allegheny County), was sentenced sentenced to 330 months in prison for committing drug trafficking and money laundering crimes while on federal supervised release from a prior prison sentence for drug trafficking, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced. Landfried was also ordered to serve ten years of supervised release following his prison sentence. He was convicted of conspiracy to distribute a Schedule I or II controlled substance, including at least 5 kilograms of cocaine, between 40 and 400 grams of fentanyl, and between 100 and 1,000 grams of heroin; conspiracy to launder drug trafficking proceeds; possession with intent to distribute at least 40 grams of fentanyl. The conduct occurred in 2017 and 2018.
Landfried was early released in 2017 from his prior federal prison sentence for international marijuana trafficking. Landfried’s prior sentence was retroactively reduced by nearly 200 months as a result of an across-the-board reduction of the sentencing guidelines for convicted federal drug dealers. Following his release in 2017, he re-established a direct connection to a Mexican source of supply and received tractor-trailer shipments of kilograms of cocaine that were transported across the U.S./Mexico border. Landfried supplemented his cocaine trafficking by distributing thousands of oxycodone pills and large quantities of fentanyl and heroin, in addition to the K2/synthetic cannabinoids he was trafficking into prisons.

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published March 17, 2023 8:18 A.M., Updated 11:02 A.M.

(Beaver Falls, PA) The Calvary United Presbyterian Church on 6th Avenue in Beaver Falls has suddenly hit the market with an asking price just under $200,000. Little information was available to the public regarding the status of the church. Whether they closed down the church completely or moved was not immediately available. Beaver County Radio has been informed that the fate of the church was discussed at a recent Beaver Falls Ministerium meeting. Remaining Calvary leadership is said to have decided to close the ministry due to congregation decline.  The church celebrated their 150th anniversary in 2019. The church is still shown on current schedules to participate in the Beaver Falls Breakfast Ministry.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) On Tuesday  March 21, 2023 Tom Young from 1st Consultants, Inc. in Beaver will join Eddy Crow on “Teleforum” and co-host a guest segment on Beaver County Radio to discuss Taxation in America and banking and how the wo are related.  The special show starts at 9:10 A.M. as part of an ongoing monthly series of multi media forums.

Change your mindset and you change the future.

Tune in on Tuesday, March 21, 2023,  the special multi media presentation  begins at 9:10 A.M. on Beaver County Radio.

Do you want to know more?

You can participate in the show by calling 724-843-1888 or 724-774-1888. You can also ask your questions on Facebook Live.

Click the picture below on Tuesday’s showtime of 9:10 A.M. to be directed to the WBVP and WMBA Facebook page where the special multi media simulcast will be streamed on Facebook Live.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published March 17, 2023 7:27 A.M.

(Center Township, PA) The board approved the retirement of Karen  Lyons, an elementary teacher at the end of the 2022-23 school year.

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Whether it’s for the sake of construction or the sake of celebration, road travel in New Brighton is going to become different from the usual.

The reason for this is the approval of several different resolutions by the New Brighton Borough Council at their regular meeting on March 15. Neither the General Government Committee nor the Public Safety Committee had any new business for the meeting, so the entirety of resolutions stemmed from two departments: Public Works & Sanitation and Recreation & Community Life. The only other matter was the paying of bills at an amount of $307,379.39.

On the Public Works side, the board approved a one-year contract extension for Valley Waste Services for refuse and recycling in the borough through 2024 with a 8.02% fee increase. The board also approved for a 2023 road paving project that will pave one travel lane for portions of the following streets:

• Valley Avenue
• 19th Street
• Grove Avenue
• 7th Street
• 18th Avenue
• Thorn Street
• 19th Avenue

The paving will be done by Youngblood Paving in cooperation with Columbia Gas, with an estimated cost of $140,000.

Two more resolutions regarding Public Works were approved by the board: a storm sewer project for Route 65 that will replace 32 storm water inlets at a cost of $759,557 from 5th Avenue to the Daugherty Township line, and a sidewalk project for 5th Avenue that will replace hazardous sections at a cost of $171,830.50.

On the Recreation side, the requests for road closures for two events were unanimously approved: The Beaver County BBQ & Brews Fest on June 3, and a “boutique crawl” presented by Honeybee Boutique on June 10. The board also approved a sponsorship for Virginia Carver’s induction into the Beaver County Sports Hall Of Fame, as well as a donation of $100 to the Little Lions club. The original donation was to be $50, but a suggestion from Vice President John Ramer to increase the donation was agreed upon by the council.

The next meeting for the Borough Council is scheduled for April 20 at 7:00 PM.

(File photo of Federal Court in Pittsburgh, Pa.)

PITTSBURGH, PA – A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of bank fraud and conspiracy, Acting United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today.
Lee Ann Benninghoff, age 44, pleaded guilty to two counts before United States District Judge Marilyn J. Horan.
In connection with the guilty plea, the court was advised that Benninghoff owned and
operated Complete Escrow and Bella Casa Realty. From February 2014 through March 2017, Benninghoff used her position and connections in real estate financing, and conspired with others in the industry, to submit fraudulent gift letters in support of mortgage loan applications The gift letters misrepresented the source of the funds and their purported purpose.
Judge Horan scheduled sentencing for July 12, 2023, at 9 a.m. The law provides for a total sentence of not more than 30 years in prison, a fine of not more than $1,000,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.

File – A hiring sign is displayed at a grocery store in Arlington Heights, Ill., Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2022. On Thursday, the Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Fewer Americans applied for jobless claims last week as the labor market continues to thrive despite the Federal Reserve’s efforts to cool the economy and tamp down inflation. The Labor Department said Thursday that applications for jobless claims in the U.S. for the week ending March 11 fell by 20,000 to 192,000 from 212,000 the previous week. The four-week moving average of claims, which flattens out some of week-to-week volatility, fell by 750 to 196,500, remaining below the 200,000 threshold for the eighth straight week. Applications for unemployment benefits are seen as a barometer for layoffs in the U.S.

People walk past the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in New York. Stocks are opening lower across the board on Wall Street, Tuesday, July 5, and crude oil prices are dropping again. Treasury yields also fell as traders continued to worry about the state of the economy (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks shook off an early stumble and gained ground Thursday amid hopes for help for a bank at the center of Wall Street’s hunt for what may crack next in the struggling industry. The S&P 500 was 1.8% higher in afternoon trading after erasing an earlier loss following reports that First Republic Bank could receive financial assistance or sell itself to another bank. This week has been a whirlwind for markets globally on worries about banks that may be bending under the weight of the fastest set of hikes to interest rates in decades.

FILE – The icon for the video sharing TikTok app is seen on a smartphone, on Feb. 28, 2023. China accused the United States on Thursday, March 16, of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

BEIJING (AP) — China is accusing the United States of spreading disinformation and suppressing TikTok following reports that the Biden administration was calling for its Chinese owners to sell their stakes in the popular video-sharing app. Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin says the U.S. has yet to present evidence that TikTok threatens its national security. Wang told reporters at a daily briefing Thursday that the U.S. was using the excuse of data security to abuse its power to suppress foreign companies. TikTok was dismissive Wednesday of a report in The Wall Street Journal that said the U.S. Treasury Department’s Committee on Foreign Investment was threatening a U.S. ban on the app unless its Beijing-based owner ByteDance Ltd. divested.