Officials say the extent of damage to a Beaver County dam hit by a tow boat won’t be known until the spring. The boat ran into a gate at the Montgomery Lock and Dam on the Ohio River near Shippingport on Dec. 13, closing the large lock chamber. A secondary lock was closed for repairs, shutting down river traffic. Spokeswoman Carol Davis tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to pull the gate from the river in the spring, which will reveal the extent of the damage. Authorities are still investigating what caused the crash.

Water service has been restored to some areas of Plan 11 in the city of Aliquippa but Beaver County radio news correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that it will be some time before service is completely restored. Service was halted at 8:00 last night due to a water line break affecting Plan 11 and the Plan 11 extension.

An Aliquippa man was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two teens over the weekend. According to police, the incident happened in the 300 block of Woodrow Street in Aliquippa just before midnight on Saturday. Two teens, ages 14 and 17, were approached by 19-year-old Raequan Wannamaker. At that time, Wannamaker allegedly pointed a gun at one of the teens and demanded the hoverboard. Wannamaker took the hoverboard and fled on foot. He was later arrested and was found with a .32-caliber handgun and a small amount of suspected drugs. He is facing a list of charges, including armed robbery and aggravated assault with a weapon along with firearms violations.

A woman injured Sunday night when her oxygen tank exploded in her Coraopolis home has died. 59-year-old Karen Tomko was pronounced dead at Mercy Hospital from burns, according to the Allegheny County medical examiner’s office. The office said that Tomko was smoking near her oxygen tank, which caused it to explode in her home in the 1200 block of Fourth Avenue. Her death has been ruled accidental.

A woman serving life in prison for an Erie bank robbery plot that ended with the killing of a pizza deliveryman forced to wear a bomb collar in 2003 has lost her latest appeal. The Erie Times-News reports a federal judge ruled the trial evidence was sufficient to link Marjorie Diehl-Armstrong to the plot.