Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published May 27, 2025 1:00 P.M.

(Chippewa Township, Pa) Chippewa Township will be the home of the county’s newest medical marijuana dispensary. Sunnyside Medical Cannabis Dispensary is scheduled to open on Wednesday, May 28th.

The dispensary will be the third in the county and first in Chippewa with the others being in Aliquippa and Monaca.

Visitors should be aware that you need to possess a Medical Marijuana card to enter the store.

The store is located at 2634 Darlington Road.

This isn’t Chippewa Township’s first experience with the plant as they approved a decriminalization ordinance in 2021 to make simple marijuana possession a summary offense. They were the first smaller municipality in the state to do so.

 

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(Beaver, PA) One of the show hosts at Beaver County Radio, Mike Romigh, spoke with Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio at the 2025 Beaver Memorial Day Parade yesterday about how veterans can be supported here in Beaver County. One of the ways that Amadio mentioned was through the department for veterans at the Beaver County Courthouse. Amadio also mentioned that specific benefits for veterans that are there for veterans that are new in Beaver County that those involved with the program can help with, and they will be there to do it.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A Southwest Airlines ground operations crew member waits to guide an arriving jet into a gate, Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2022, at Sky Harbor International Airport in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Matt York)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) According to officials, a Southwest Airlines flight bound for Maryland returned to Pittsburgh International Airport after receiving a “maintenance indication.” A spokesperson from Southwest Airlines confirms that the people on Flight 1399 headed for Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport safely landed. The plane will go back to other flights as soon as an evaluation for the plane ends. 

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(Allegheny County, PA) Allegheny County police are investigating an incident that occurred on Sunday in which a body was found in a South Park pond on Maple Springs Drive. Thirty-six-year-old Kevin Stewart of Bethel Park was identified by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner. According to Allegheny County police, there are no signs of trauma that were obvious from the incident. The investigation is ongoing and anyone with information about this incident can call 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, a woman pumps gas at a convenience store in Pittsburgh. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday, March 15, 2020, that gas prices could continue to fall as demand shrinks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices in the state of Pennsylvania this week are at a total average of about $3.29 per gallon as of today, according to the AAA website for gas prices. The website states that most of the counties in Western Pennsylvania go between $3.35 to $3.69 for an estimated current average gas price. The website also notes that the current average price that you can expect for a gallon of gas here in Beaver County is about $3.57.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: More than 80 percent of adults without a degree or credential who have thought about going back to school say they are likely to enroll in a program within the next five years. Credit for Photo: (S Fanti/AdobeStock) – Danielle Smith, Keystone News Service, Caption for Photo: Graduation, education and success with friends in celebration as a graduate group outdoor, throwing mortar caps. Diversity, university and man and woman students celebrating a college diploma. Credit for Photo: (S Fanti/AdobeStock) – Danielle Smith, Keystone News Service

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(Harrisburg, PA) As students graduate across Pennsylvania, a new report shows many adults still hope to earn a college degree – but high costs and limited access often stand in the way. Almost 35 percent of adults in Pennsylvania have a bachelor’s degree or higher. Research by Gallup and Lumina Foundation focuses on nearly 14-thousand U-S adults, ages 18 to 59, who don’t have a degree. Some are in college now, but others are not – and many expressed a willingness to try again. Lumina Foundation’s Courtney Brown says while belief in higher education is strong, most people don’t think getting a degree is within their reach. Brown points out nearly one in three students now enrolled in college have considered stopping out for mental health reasons. That number reached a high of 41 percent in 2022 – and it’s now about 32 percent. According to the survey, financial strain is the biggest reason adults don’t go back to college.

 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A sign requiring masks as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus is posted on a store front in Philadelphia, on Feb. 16, 2022. The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

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(Erie County, PA) Seven lawmakers in Pennsylvania that represent the Republican party want to have availability over the counter for ivermectin, a drug that became a treatment for COVID-19. State Representative Jake Banta of Erie County and six others are in support of their bill which is similar to a bill from state Senator Doug Mastriano. In a memo by Banta, he noted that his mother was cured in 2020 from COVID-19 within four days of taking ivermectin.