At least five Eaton Corp. workers have now tested positive for COVID-19 at the company’s Vanport Township plant.Eaton suspended operations until further notice on March 25 after an employee at the site tested positive for coronavirus. It’s being reported that four more salaried employees have tested positive. The second case was confirmed on Saturday and three more Sunday.  Company president Craig Arnold last week said Eaton’s plants would remain open amid the COVID-19 outbreak because company products are “critical to global infrastructure.” The U.S Department of Homeland Security has classified its business as essential and Eaton received a waiver following Gov. Tom’s Wolf shutdown order. The plant was closed on  March 20 and reopened March 23 before closing on again on March 25 following the first positive case. that employee has been in quarantine since March 19.

Pa State Rep’s Aaron Bernstine and Josh Kail held a joint Facebook press conference on Friday March 27, 2020 after drafting a letter to Gov. Tom Wolf asking him to issue an executive Order to use potential  assets of the former Ellwood City Hospital due to the Corona Virus. The Facility Closed its emergency department on December of 2019 for numerous safety violations.

Country singer Joe Diffie dies of coronavirus complications
NEW YORK (AP) — Country singer Joe Diffie, who had a string of hits in the 1990s with chart-topping, rock-tinged singles such as “Home” and “Pickup Man” has died after testing positive for COVID-19. He was 61. A spokesman for Diffie on Friday announced he had contracted the coronavirus, becoming the first country star to go public with such a diagnosis. Diffie’s publicist said the singer died Sunday in Nashville, Tennessee, due to complications from the virus. Diffie was a native of Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was a member of the Grand Ole Opry for more than 25 years. His hits included “Honkey Tonk Attitude” and “Prop Me Up Beside the Jukebox (If I Die).”

Trump adds 30 days to distancing guidelines as virus spreads
By ZEKE MILLER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is extending the voluntary national shutdown for a month as sickness and death from the coronavirus pandemic rise in the U.S. The initial 15 days of social distancing urged by the federal government is expiring and Trump had expressed interest in relaxing the guidelines at least in parts of the country less afflicted by the pandemic. But instead he decided to extend them. Many states and local governments have stiffer controls in place on mobility and gatherings. The federal guidelines recommend against against large group gatherings, promote social distancing, and urge older people and anyone with existing health problems to stay home.

Coroner: Man drowns after being washed into storm drain pipe
IRWIN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man drowned after he was washed into a storm drain pipe during heavy rains in western Pennsylvania. The Westmoreland County coroner’s office said 38-year-old Nathan Roth was trying to clear debris from the corrugated storm drain pipe at about 7:15 p.m. Saturday in Sewickley Township. Officials said he was “pulled through the pipe due to swift moving water and the adverse weather conditions.” Local fire crews and a swift water rescue team recovered his body. The coroner’s office said he died of asphyxiation due to drowning and classified the death weather-related.

Pennsylvania deaths, cases of COVID-19 continue to increase
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The number of new COVID-19 cases in Pennsylvania is still on the rise and four more people have died. The state’s health secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine, said during a video news conference on Sunday that confirmed cases jumped by more than 640 to nearly 3,400 over the past day.  There have now been 38 deaths in Pennsylvania, and infections have been confirmed in 58 of its 67 counties. Most of the people who have died or required hospitalization in Pennsylvania have been 65 or older. Pennsylvania’s governor says the state’s COVID-19 outbreak response would be helped by a federal major disaster declaration. Gov. Tom Wolf made a formal request for the declaration on Sunday, saying it would provide additional help to governments responding to the crisis.

Singer-songwriter Jan Howard dies at 91
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Singer-songwriter Jan Howard has died at 91. The Grand Ole Opry announced her death Saturday; she had been a member for almost 50 years. Howard’s hits included “For Loving You,”   “Evil on Your Mind,” “Bad Seed,” and her first success, “The One You Slip Around With.” She also wrote the songs “It’s All Over But the Crying” and “I Never Once Stopped Loving You.” She had her biggest success as a duo with Bill Anderson, including “I Know You’re Married,”  “Someday We’ll Be Together” and”For Loving You,” which spent four weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard country chart in 1967.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Do you have questions on what Governor Wolf’s “Stay at Home Order” means for you? Below is a guide courtesy of Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio that will help you better understand the what exactly the order means:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Beaver County Commissioners have issued a statement on Governor Wolf’s “Stay at Home” order that now includes Beaver County starting at 8 pm Saturday, March 28, 2020. The statement addresses the Beaver County Court House and employees as well as their thoughts about Governor Wolf’s Order.

In the Commissioners press release it states that “Beaver County’s inclusion in Governor Wolf’s “Stay at Home Order” was welcomed, and in fact requested by the Board of Commissioners, due in part to the County’s  large number of high-risk citizens. In an attempt to do it’s part in achieving the objectives of the Governor’s “Stay at Home Order” the Beaver County Board of Commissioners in conjunction with the President Judge, have decided to move to an essential skeleton staff only effective immediately.”

The Board of Commissioners is imploring their fellow residents to abide by the Governor’s order and continue to practice social distancing. The Governor’s order is an effort to stop the Spread of the COVID-19, and in doing so , save lives.

The Beaver County Commissioners Press release is pictured below as shared on Social Media by Commissioner Amadio.

 

 

Governor again expanding order for residents to stay home
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is expanding his order for residents to stay at home in most circumstances to almost one-third of Pennsylvania’s counties. The governor’s office said Saturday that Wolf was expanding the order to Beaver, Centre and Washington Counties, making a total of 22 of Pennsylvania’s 67 counties included. The order already covered three-fourths of the state’s 12.8 million residents. The stay-at-home order restricts movement to certain health or safety-related travel, or travel to a job at an employer designated “life-sustaining.” The measures aim to slow the spread of the virus and give hospitals time to increase staffing, equipment and bed space.