Special counsel Robert Mueller is expected any day now to present his report on his investigation into Russia meddling in the 2016 election and possible collusion with President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. Trump says the report should be released to the public, although he has disparaged it as “ridiculous.” Trump has repeatedly insisted there was no collusion between his campaign and Russia.

AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE MAY 21ST PRIMARY, BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS TAKES A CLOSER LOOK AT THE CANDIDATES ON THE BALLOT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONENT SANDY GIORDANO INTERVIEWED MICHAEL ROSSI, A CANDIDATE FOR BEAVER COUNTY PROTHONOTARY. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Lawmakers and Down syndrome advocates rallied in Harrisburg on Wednesday in support of legislation that would protect unborn children from being aborted because they have been diagnosed with Down syndrome. Under current Pennsylvania law, an abortion can be performed prior to 24 weeks gestational age for any reason if a doctor deems it is necessary, except if the woman’s sole reason is to select the sex of the child. This legislation would expand the exception to prohibit aborting the child solely due to a prenatal diagnosis that the unborn baby has Down syndrome. House Bill 321 is similar to legislation approved in a previous session of the House. House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) is joint prime sponsor of the legislation to ensure protection for unborn Down syndrome babies…

Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor has announced he’ll bring his ‘Recreational Marijuana Listening Tour’ to Beaver County later this month. John Fetterman will be in the auditorium on the Penn Sate-Beaver campus in Center Township on Sunday, March 31st from 2 to 3:30 p.m. State legislators and the Beaver County Commissioners have also been invited, according to a press release from the office. Tonight…Fetterman will be at Slippery Rock University in Butler County in the McKay Education Building auditorium from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Fetterman made a commitment this year to visit all 67 counties in the state to listen to residents’ thoughts on whether the state should legalize marijuana for recreational purposes.

PennDOT will hold an informal event today to highlight infrastructure investments occurring this year in Beaver, Lawrence and Allegheny counties. District 11 Executive Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, along with other PennDOT representatives, will present projects planned for the 2019 construction season for Beaver and surrounding counties. The information will be presented in a meeting set for today at the PennDOT Engineering District 11 Office on Thoms Run Road in Bridgeville.

PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Freedom Borough will begin today, weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of Route 65 in the area of the 3rd Avenue Bridge to southbound Route 65 and the southbound Route 65 Bridge to 3rd Avenue as crews conduct inspection activities. Restrictions will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through Thursday, March 28. Additionally, narrowing will occur on ramps in this location.

Prosecutors will call more witnesses to the stand in the trial of a white former East Pittsburgh police officer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Michael Rosfeld’s trial continues Thursday in a Pittsburgh courtroom. The first two days of testimony included compelling statements from witnesses and neighbors, one of whom said he heard Rosfeld panicking, repeatedly saying “I don’t know why I shot him. I don’t know why I fired.” The trial is expected to take a week or more.

Citizens and lawmakers gathered in Harrisburg to call for improvements in pipeline safety procedures and to increase oversight in pipeline construction and maintenance. Don Rooney has more…

A package of bills designed to bolster career and technical education and increase the number of family sustaining jobs in the Commonwealth have been approved by the Pennsylvania House and are on their way to the Senate for consideration. The Good Jobs for PA initiative is designed to help students prepare for the changing job market, while offering employers an avenue to help develop educational programs that will yield workers who have the skills Pennsylvania businesses need. State Representative Aaron Bernstine says this legislation will create a collaboration between business and education…

The mother of a slain and dismembered 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl has testified that she told her daughter she had no interest in helping her as she was being attacked. When her daughter Grace looked at her for help as Jacob Sullivan punched her in the face, Sara Packer said she told her, “I can’t help you anymore. This is your life now.” Sara Packer said she wanted her daughter dead. She testified Wednesday at a sentencing hearing near Philadelphia for Sullivan, her boyfriend.