Investigators are looking into the cause of two house fires in New Brighton over the weekend. The first fire was reported at an abandoned home along Sixth Avenue. Officials say that the home was fully engulfed. Firefighters had to call for extra help to fight the blaze and keep it from spreading to a home next door. Beaver County Emergency Services tells Beaver County Radio News this morning that crews were called to another fire in New Brighton, less than a mile away on 6th Street, a short time later. Firefighters arrived to find flames on the porch of another abandoned home. The fire marshal is looking into the cause of both fires and whether they were intentionally set. No injuries were reported.

The first-ever Primanti Bros. Restautant and Bar in Beaver County will open its doors on Wednesday. The restaurant is located near the Walmart on Brodhead Road in Monaca. The new location will give away free sandwiches for a year to the first 100 customers through the door. The restaurant will also have an opening celebration tailgate beginning at 5:30 a.m. Doors open to the first 100 tailgaters around 10 a.m. with the restaurant opening to the public at 11 a.m.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prosecutors in western Pennsylvania have withdrawn charges against five men charged in a shooting at a neighborhood vigil in Pittsburgh 4 1/2 years ago that wounded three people, two of them children. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that the action by the Allegheny County district attorney’s office Friday came 10 days before jury selection was scheduled in the case. A prosecutor cited “the murder of a commonwealth witness, subsequent lack of cooperation of witness and other evidentiary issues.” The September 2015 gunfire occurred at a vigil in the Homewood neighborhood to mark the two-year anniversary of a young man’s shooting death nearby.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, MARCH 2ND, 2020

TODAY – RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL EVOLVE INTO
A MORE STEADY RAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 54.

TONIGHT – OVERCAST WITH RAIN SHOWERS AT TIMES.
LOW – 43.

TUESDAY – STEADY LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING.
SHOWERS CONTINUING IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 54.

AP sources: Buttigieg ending his presidential campaign
By THOMAS BEAUMONT Associated Press
Democrat Pete Buttigieg is ending his campaign for president. Three people with knowledge of Buttigieg’s decision tell The Associated Press he is informing campaign staff. They were not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity. His campaign says Buttigieg will speak Sunday night in South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg rose to the field’s top tier but failed to notch enough wins in the critical early states necessary to keep his bid moving forward. The millennial, Afghan War veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, defied expectations in a field of better-known candidates for months while becoming the first openly gay top contender for a major party nomination.

Democrat Pete Buttigieg is ending his campaign for president.
Three people with knowledge of Buttigieg’s decision tell The Associated Press he is informing campaign staff. They were not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.
His campaign says Buttigieg will speak Sunday night in South Bend, Indiana.
Buttigieg rose to the field’s top tier but failed to notch enough wins in the critical early states necessary to keep his bid moving forward.
The millennial, Afghan War veteran and former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, defied expectations in a field of better-known candidates for months while becoming the first openly gay top contender for a major party nomination.
“Mayor Pete” burst onto the scene with a blitz of national media a year ago and impressive fundraising. He leaned hard into a next-generation message of urgency on pressing issues while preaching a message of hope and inclusion.