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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent

(Patterson Twp., Pa.) Ross Hill In Patterson Township has reopened late Friday morning after a transformer blew around 5:30 AM /Friday morning knocking down wires and tree limbs. Duquesne Light and the fire department cleared the scene earlier this morning and the roadway was reopened to traffic.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent

(Hopewell Twp., Pa.) Peoples Gas  and Hopewell firefighters were called to the Hopewell High School on Longvue Avenue around 8:30 AM Friday morning for reports of a gas smell. The school was evacuated due to a gas leak.  High school classes  are cancelled for the day.

Dr. Robert Kartychak, Hopewell School District superintendent reported that a  gas leak  at the high  school was detected around 8 a.m.  Students were bused to the junior high school and sent home for the day.

Stay tuned to Beaver County Radio as this story continues to develop.

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(Monaca, Pa.)  Pa State Josh Kail (15th) announced on Friday that he and and other members of a  Washington County delegation of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives issued the following statement calling on President Joe Biden and his administration to seek Domestic Energy Solutions in Light of Ukraine Invasion.

Kail represents parts of Beaver and Washington County.

In the release that was sent out Friday morning stated:

“Our thoughts are with the Ukrainians as they face this senseless act of war by Russia.
“Less than 24 hours before the invasion, the United States and its allies bought over $700 million in Russian oil and gas products. The United States should be looking to domestic oil and gas producers to help solve our energy crisis, not the enemy. This search should start right here in Pennsylvania – the number two gas producing state in the country. We should not be reliant on dictators, despots or adversaries on the world stage when we have the ability to produce our own energy.

“With investments in infrastructure and constructive engagement with domestic producers, the United States can address skyrocketing energy prices now and in the near future. Our natural resources can solve our energy crisis and the energy crisis that now exists globally, especially with our European allies who have become dependent upon Russian oil and gas. Best of all, it can be done in a cleaner way than anywhere else in the world.

“We urge the White House to look right here at home for a way to solve our energy problem and work with our local producers in Pennsylvania.”

The Washington County delegation consists of Reps. Bud Cook (R-Washington/Fayette), Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Natalie Mihalek (R-Allegheny/Washington), Timothy O’Neal (R-Washington), Jason Ortitay (R-Washington/Allegheny), and Mike Puskaric (R-Allegheny/Washington).

(File Photo of Patterson Township’s New Fire Truck taken by Curtis Walsh Fall of 2021)

(Patterson Twp., Pa.) Beaver County 9-1-1 reported that a transformer exploded on Ross Hill  and firefighters were called to the scene at 5:30 a.m. for trees and wires down.   Firefighters were still on scene at 8:45 a.m.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County radio News Correspondent

(Aliquippa, Pa.)  Aliquippa police and firefighters responded early Friday Morning to the scene of an accident on Route 51 in an area that is flooded  near the Henry Mancini Bridge in West Aliquippa. Crews were called out at  7:45 AM. Those involved in the accident sustained minor injuries.

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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Wolf administration is asking the state Supreme Court to keep the state’s mail-in voting law in place while the justices consider a lower-court ruling throwing it out. Lawyers for the Department of State in a Thursday filing argued the court should overturn a Commonwealth Court ruling that means the popular voting law may no longer be in effect as of March 15. That’s a week after the Supreme Court is expected to hear oral argument in the case. The state lawyers argue that eliminating mail-in voting ahead of the spring primary season “would, if anything, only exacerbate voter confusion and the danger of disenfranchisement.”

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By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new filing by top state elections officials argues it would be premature for the state Supreme Court to order Pennsylvania’s legislative elections this year to be held based on old maps of state House and Senate districts. The officials argued in a filing made Wednesday that House Majority Leader Kerry Benninghoff’s request to use the old maps “is without foundation in law or fact.” Benninghoff sued a week ago, asking the high court to throw out the new district plan and to declare that this year’s elections be run based on district lines adopted in 2013.

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By JOHN DANISZEWSKI Associated Press
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — It has been a long time since the threat of nuclear weapons has been brandished by a world leader, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has just done so. He warned that he has the weapons available if anyone dares to use military means tries to stop the takeover of Ukraine. The threat may have been empty, a mere baring of fangs by the Russian leader. But it brought out thoughts of a nightmare scenario in which Putin’s ambitions in Ukraine could lead to a nuclear war through accident or miscalculation.