(Aliquippa, Pa.)  Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

Aliquippa City Council met Wednesday  night on ZOOM and  approved a $53,000  contract with HRG  for the Zoning and Subdivision and Land Development Ordinance updates . Council discussed the county’s Community Development Block Grant re qualification process  for the fiscal years 2021-2023.  The county is required to obtain a cooperation agreement from  third-class cities that choose to be included. The resolution is due June 7, 2020. . The funding, when received, is for demolition of blighted structures, playgrounds and other projects.

Train kills 15 migrant workers walking home in India
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s Railways Ministry says a train has plowed through a group of migrant workers who fell asleep on the tracks after walking back home from a coronavirus lockdown. It says the driver of the cargo train tried but failed to stop in time in Maharashtra state. The Press Trust of India news agency says the workers were walking to their home state in central India after they lost jobs when the country went into a strict lockdown on March 25. Early this week the government started running trains to carry stranded workers to their home states. But a lack of trains led many to walk back. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he was anguished by the loss of lives.

Jetliner hits, kills man on Austin, Texas, airport runway
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A man was struck and killed by a commercial jet landing on a runway at an Austin, Texas, airport. Authorities say it happened Thursday night at Austin-Bergstrom International Airport. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says the pilot of a Southwest Airlines flight arriving from Dallas reported seeing a person on Runway 17-Right shortly after touching down at 8:12 p.m. The driver of an airport operations vehicle later found the body on the runway. Airport spokesman Bryce Dubee says officials don’t believe the man was supposed to be on Runway 17-R at the time, but they’re working to confirm that and determine the events leading up to his death.

World War II veterans to join Trump at V-E Day ceremony
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Eight World War II veterans will join President Donald Trump at a wreath-laying ceremony Friday to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the end of the war in Europe. In the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, White House officials describe the veterans as “choosing nation over self” by joining Trump at the World War II Memorial ceremony. The veterans range in age from the mid 90s to 100. White House spokesman Judd Deere says, “These heroes are living testaments to the American spirit of perseverance and victory, especially in the midst of dark days.” The veterans joining Trump include 97-year-old Gregory Melikian, of Phoenix, who sent the coded message to the world that the Germans had unconditionally surrendered.

A devastating jobs report for April will show virus’s impact
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government is poised to report the worst set of job numbers since record-keeping began in 1948, a snapshot of the devastating damage the coronavirus outbreak has inflicted on the economy. The unemployment rate could reach 16% or more. Twenty-one million jobs may have been lost in April. If so, it would mean that nearly all the job growth in the 11 years since the Great Recession ended had vanished in one month. Even those grim numbers won’t fully capture the scope of the damage the coronavirus has inflicted on jobs and incomes. Many people who are still employed have had their hours reduced. Others have suffered pay cuts.

VE Day clashes with virus chaos, veterans left in limbo
By RAF CASERT Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — The 75th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe should be all about parades, remembrances and one last great hurrah for veteran soldiers who are mostly in their nineties. Instead, it is a time of coronavirus lockdown and loneliness spent in search of memories both bitter and sweet. And comparing the world’s fight to contain the coronavirus crisis with the real war doesn’t sit well with some. It all adds to the sense of wistful melancholy that hangs as a heavy, dark cloak across many countries that were victorious in 1945.

(Beaver, Pa.) The Beaver County Commissioners will be holding a press conference tomorrow, Friday May 8, 2020 at 12:00 PM at the Beaver County Courthouse. This will be regarding Beaver Counties status in regards to COVID-19.

This Press conference is not open to the public. Beaver County Radio will provide full coverage of the Press Conference  on the air at 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and 99.3 FM as well as on beavercounyradio.com.

Gov. Wolf is also set to announce tomorrow thar more counties that will be moving into the yellow phase at a future predetermined date.

(Harrisburg, Pa.) Pa. Governor Tom Wolf and Pa. Health Secretary Dr.R Levine are having a press conference tomorrow, May 8, 2020, to announce more counties that will be moving from the red to yellow phase at a pre- determined date in the future.

Stay tuned to Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 99.3 FM, and beavercountyradio.com for an announcement of what time the press conference will be and also live coverage of the press conference as it happens on the air.

Gov. Wolf, Sec. of Health Take Actions on Stay-at-Home Orders, Issue Yellow Phase Orders

Governor’s Stay-at-Home Amendment
Health Secretary’s Stay-at-Home Amendment
Governor’s Yellow Phase Order
Health Secretary’s Yellow Phase Order

Harrisburg, PA – With the April 1 statewide stay-at-home orders set to expire tonight at midnight, Governor Tom Wolf and Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine today extended the orders for all counties in red, and signed new orders for the 24 counties moving to yellow at 12:01 a.m. tomorrow morning, May 8.

The extended stay-at-home order remains the same as the original statewide stay-at-home order announced on April 1, which was set to expire tonight at midnight and is now extended to June 4. The yellow phase order provides guidance for those counties entering the yellow phase of reopening tomorrow.

The yellow phase order applies to these 24 counties: Bradford, Cameron, Centre, Clarion, Clearfield, Clinton, Crawford, Elk, Erie, Forest, Jefferson, Lawrence, Lycoming, McKean, Mercer, Montour, Northumberland, Potter, Snyder, Sullivan, Tioga, Union, Venango, and Warren.

The yellow phase order also addresses the limited reopening of businesses in the yellow phase, detailing those businesses previously deemed non-life-sustaining as being permitted to reopen if they follow the guidance for safety for staff, customers, and facility. The guidance for businesses can be found here.

FAQs for businesses in each phase can be found here.

CDC guidance on child care that reopens under the yellow phase is here.

Tomorrow, there will be an announcement of additional counties moving to the yellow phase at a to-be-determined date.