A host of organizations joined to honor about 200 veterans during a program over the weekend at the Beaver Valley Mall. It was held at the Center At The Mall and was part of several similar ceremonies held across the country to honor veterans. Holocaust survivor Judah Samet was the guest speaker. Samet tells Beaver County Radio his memories will be etched in his mind forever. He says the violence and the cruelty he experienced at the age of six was non-stop. Samet speaks to veterans groups and schools over all Beaver County.

Gov. Tom Wolf says his administration will continue working with the federal government to resettle Syrian refugees in Pennsylvania following the Paris terrorist atttacks. Wolf, a Democrat, said today that the federal government believes it can handle an additional 10,000 refugees that the White House said in September that it would accept from Syria. Pennsylvania’s Department of Human Services says 14 Syrian refugees have arrived in the state since Oct. 1. Eight governors, all Republicans, say they’re opposing efforts to relocate Syrian refugees in their states or they’re demanding to know more about the federal government’s security procedures to screen Syrian refugees.

Gov. Tom Wolf is ordering that Pennsylvania and U.S. flags on state facilities be lowered to half-staff for the victims of Friday night’s terror attacks in Paris. Wolf also said today that the front facade of the Capitol building is being lit up at night with the red, white and blue tricolor stripes of France’s national flag. The flags will remain at half-staff until sunset Thursday. Wolf also says the Pennsylvania State Police are taking extra security measures, including at major sporting events.