WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says a New York Times report that his businesses lost more than $1 billion from 1985 to 1994 is “highly inaccurate.” Trump tweeted Wednesday that real estate developers during that period were “entitled to massive write offs and depreciation” that would “show losses and tax losses in almost all cases.” He tweeted that much of those losses were “non monetary.” Trump said, “You always wanted to show losses for tax purposes” and “renegotiate with banks.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler says President Donald Trump’s assertion of executive privilege over special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is a clear escalation of his administration’s “blanket defiance” of Congress. Nadler spoke ahead of a committee vote to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress for not turning over a fuller version of the Mueller report.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The owner of Three Mile Island, site of the United States’ worst commercial nuclear power accident, says it now appears certain it will not get a financial rescue from Pennsylvania and will proceed with a shutdown. Exelon Corp.’s Wednesday statement comes two years after the Chicago-based energy giant said it would close the money-losing plant without what critics have called a bailout. The shutdown is planned to start June 1.

KENNEDY, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement officers shot and wounded a man who authorities say rammed an unmarked police vehicle and accelerated at other officers during an undercover drug sting in western Pennsylvania. The shooting occurred Tuesday in a shopping center parking lot in Kennedy. Authorities say the 27-year-old man was shot twice in the right arm and had head and facial injuries from bullet fragments. His name hasn’t been released. The officers who were in the rammed vehicle suffered minor injuries.

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Just another dog and pony show? Well, not quite.

The continuing saga of the grant from the Roethlisberger Foundation took a sharp turn on Wednesday at the Commissioners’ work session, where Chairman Dan Camp gave a clue as to who the responsibility falls upon:

 

The declaration essentially would allow Sheriff Tony Guy to handle the situation of adding a new K9 unit to his staff through lease or purchase without any necessity to inform or involve the County Commissioners. However, Sheriff Guy explained that he told the Commissioners what he was doing as a courtesy:

 

Commissioner Sandie Egley, who had been opposed to the process of the grant (but not the hiring of a K9 unit), said that she’d rather have known about it sooner from the Sheriff’s office before they proceeded.

Egley, however, did have some good and encouraging news later in the meeting. A pair of citizens came out to express their concerns over the Horse Arena at Brady’s Run Park, amid rumors that it was to be replaced soon. Commissioner Egley reassured that such plans were not being put in motion:

 

Meanwhile, Commissioner Tony Amadio spoke out (with Camp and Egley in agreement) against the issues involving the Brighton Township water supply, claiming that the County shouldn’t have to pay extra to provide a service to a municipality:

 

The Commissioners will hold their bi-weekly public meeting tomorrow at the Courthouse with a start time of 10 AM.

 

AN ALIQUIPPA AREA MAN HAS BEEN SENTENCED ON TAX EVASION CHARGES. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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SPRINGFIELD, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania school principal will no longer say “God bless America” after leading students in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Peter Brigg’s practice at Sabold Elementary School in Springfield led at least one parent to complain to the Freedom for Religion Foundation, whose attorney contacted the district. The group claimed it violated the U.S. Constitution’s prohibition of government sponsoring religious messages.

The district decided to cease the practice after consulting with its lawyer. In a statement , the district says it is not prohibiting students from reciting “God bless America” after the pledge on their own.

The foundation says “young elementary school children don’t need to be coerced into affirming God’s name every morning.”