The Peace Light began its journey at the Eternal flame in the Nativity Grotto in Bethlehem where Jesus was born. The oil lamps there have reportedly been burning for over 1,000 years. The social network is low-tech…moving through a chain of personal exchanges organized by the Boy Scouts of America and worldwide counterparts using nothing more than a wick dipped in oil or wax. It has traveled all over the world and will be in Ellwood City this Saturday at Dayspring Harvest ministries at 316 Sixth St. from 10 AM till 1 PM. Next you will find it at Habitual Glasss Vape & Skate at 505 Lawrence Ave. from 1-8PM. Come see the Peace Light to be a part of history and the place where Christmas began.

The judge presiding over the case against  two men accused of a mass slaying in Wilkinsburg nearly three years ago said Monday that “the stress placed upon jurors assigned to decide the life or death of the convicted” will cause him to “seriously” consider a motion seeking to dismiss the application of the death penalty against them

The trial of Cheron Shelton, 31 and Robert Thomas, 30, who are charged with killing five adults and an unborn child during a cookout on March 9, 2016 has been scheduled for jury selection on September 9th.  Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.

Check out this link to hear all the details from Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano.

According to Butler Township police, a man left his two small children home alone while he tried to kill their mother. Gage Carrozi shot through Jessica McFarland’s door seven times, one of those bullets hitting her. The incident put three Butler area schools on lockdown. Officials said they ultimately found Carrozi under a bridge and took him into custody. He is facing a number of charges, including child endangerment.

According to Police, the staff at the Grove Personal Care facility on Maus Road in North Huntingdon noticed 32-year-old Ross Lisi of Squirrel Hill with a hypodermic needle in his hand after arriving to visit an individual staying at the facility just before 1 a.m. Sunday morning.

Investigators say a search of both Lisi and the patient’s belongings revealed about 75 stamp bags of suspected heroin. He was charged with dealing drugs after he admitted to bringing the heroin into the building.
As for the person staying in the personal care facility, investigators say they’re not ruling out drug charges against that person as well.

Meanwhile, Lisi is in the Westmoreland County Jail, held on $50,000 straight cash bond, facing multiple felony drug counts.

When friends paid for Michelle Manuel and her wife, Rose Johnson to take a cruise to the Bahamas they never expected one of them to end up in the emergency room. The life or death situation became even more precarious when the two realized that, because they are on Medicare, the cost of the treatment wouldn’t be covered in the Bahamas.
Neither woman took their passports because the cruise line only asked for a birth certificate to travel. The hospital requested $2,000 or they weren’t going to even see the patient, so friends & family are helping out. They are stressed over the prospect of getting back home, which the pair hope to figure out with the help of the U.S. Embassy. Manuel hopes to be able to get home before Christmas.

At least one person was taken to the hospital after a vehicle overturned and caught fire on Interstate 79 early Tuesday morning.

The crash happened around 3:30 a.m. Tuesday in the southbound lanes in Worth Township, near the 106 mile-marker.

Crews had the southbound lanes of Interstate 79 shut down until about 5 a.m. while they responded to the scene.

The cause of the crash has not been determined.

A lawsuit by Richard Bieranowski alleges fraud, conspiracy and constructive conspiracy on the part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh and its two most recent bishops, David Zubik and his predecessor, now-Cardinal Donald Wuerl.

The suit says a former priest sexually abused him in 1981 and 1982. The lawsuit said Mr. Bieranowski only learned of the extent of the diocese’s alleged cover-up with the August release of a Pennsylvania grand jury report on seven decades of abuse and cover up within Pittsburgh’s and five other dioceses.

The Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese has outlined plans to compensate victims of clergy sex abuse.

The lawsuit noted the diocese never publicly explained frequent assignment shifts for that priest which is a feature of the assignment records of some priests facing accusations.

A kind of revenge faced 38-year-old entrepreneur and lifelong Steelers fan David Eldridge after Pittsburgh’s 17-10 win on Sunday, when he found himself out $11,000 — the amount he bet (and lost) wagering on New England to beat his hometown team. The bet made the news because it was among the first placed on sports at Rivers Casino.

But Mr. Eldridge, of Gibsonia, was feeling fine Monday, and said in an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that he’s neither upset with the sum he lost or the outcome of the game. Mr. Eldridge said. “I gamble quite a bit. That wasn’t the largest gambling endeavor I had. ”

And that’s what led him to quietly root for the Patriots at an office Christmas party on Sunday, where he watched some of the game with colleagues.
But he did say that if the Steelers make the playoffs, he won’t bet against them. That’s a promise, he said.

It’s the biggest free fitness program in the nation, offering unfettered access to gyms and health clubs to millions of seniors.

The YMCA of Greater Pittsburgh, citing financial strains and changing reimbursement rates, will no longer participate after Jan. 1, 2019, leaving seniors to look elsewhere.
Most gyms and health clubs in our region continue to honor the program; and while United Healthcare is dropping Silver Sneakers in some states, Highmark is still providing the benefit.

UPMC insurance is actually transitioning from its current Silver and Fit program into Silver Sneakers.

As of now, the Beaver County YMCA is still accepting Silver Sneakers, but it is no longer available at the Sewickley location