Dorothy J. Hahn of Brighton Township, passed away on December 5th, 2024, at Brighton Rehabilitaion and Wellness Center.
She was born in Rochester, the daughter of the late John L. and Dorothy J. Taylor Hahn.
A committal service will be held Wednesday, December 11th at 10:30 A.M. at Union Cemetery of Monaca.
Professional services were entrusted to CORLESS-KUNSELMAN FUNERAL SERVICES, LLC 3801 4th Avenue Beaver Falls.
(File Photo of Health Insurance Paper)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Greensburg, PA) On Monday in Greensburg, Pennsylvania Liutenant Governor Austin Davis was one of the speakers that let Pennsylvanians know that by the end of this week, they need to sign up for coverage through Pennie, which is the market for health insurance in the state for those who are not covered yet. Davis spoke at Adagio Health about the change that can occur if an increasing number of Pennsylvanians can enroll and how their coverage can help them for their future. According to Davis, over 430,000 Pennsylvanians have already applied for a plan this year, and the December 15th deadline is when enrollment must happen for those in Pennsylvania to be covered starting on January 1st, 2025, on New Year’s Day.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: This image provided by the New York City Police Department shows a man wanted for questioning in connection to the investigation of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson outside a Manhattan hotel, Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. (New York City Police Department via AP)
ALTOONA, Pa. (AP) — After UnitedHealthcare’s CEO was gunned down on a New York sidewalk, police searched for the masked gunman with dogs, drones and scuba divers. Officers used the city’s muscular surveillance system. Investigators analyzed DNA samples, fingerprints and internet addresses. Police went door-to-door looking for witnesses.
When an arrest came five days later, those sprawling investigative efforts shared credit with an alert civilian’s instincts. A Pennsylvania McDonald’s customer noticed another patron who resembled the man in the oblique security-camera photos that New York police had publicized.
Luigi Nicholas Mangione, a 26-year-old Ivy League graduate from a prominent Maryland real estate family, was arrested Monday in the killing of Brian Thompson, who headed one of the United States’ largest medical insurance companies.
He remained jailed in Pennsylvania, where he was initially charged with possession of an unlicensed firearm, forgery and providing false identification to police. By late evening, prosecutors in Manhattan had added a charge of murder, according to an online court docket. He’s expected to be extradited to New York eventually.
It’s unclear whether Mangione has an attorney who can comment on the allegations. Asked at Monday’s arraignment whether he needed a public defender, Mangione asked whether he could “answer that at a future date.”
Mangione was arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania, after the McDonald’s customer recognized him and notified an employee, authorities said. Police in Altoona, about 233 miles (375 kilometers) west of New York City, were soon summoned.
They arrived to find Mangione sitting at a table in the back of the restaurant, wearing a blue medical mask and looking at a laptop, according to a Pennsylvania police criminal complaint.
He initially gave them a fake ID, but when an officer asked Mangione whether he’d been to New York recently, he “became quiet and started to shake,” the complaint says.
When he pulled his mask down at officers’ request, “we knew that was our guy,” rookie Officer Tyler Frye said at a news conference in Hollidaysburg.
New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said at a Manhattan news conference that Mangione was carrying a gun like the one used to kill Thompson and the same fake ID the shooter had used to check into a New York hostel, along with a passport and other fraudulent IDs.
NYPD Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said Mangione also had a three-page, handwritten document that shows “some ill will toward corporate America.”
A law enforcement official who wasn’t authorized to discuss the investigation publicly and spoke with The Associated Press on condition of anonymity said the document included a line in which Mangione claimed to have acted alone.
“To the Feds, I’ll keep this short, because I do respect what you do for our country. To save you a lengthy investigation, I state plainly that I wasn’t working with anyone,” the document said, according to the official.
It also had a line that said, “I do apologize for any strife or traumas but it had to be done. Frankly, these parasites simply had it coming.”
Pennsylvania prosecutor Peter Weeks said in court that Mangione was found with a passport and $10,000 in cash — $2,000 of it in foreign currency. Mangione disputed the amount.
Thompson, 50, was killed last Wednesday as he walked alone to a midtown Manhattan hotel for an investor conference. Police quickly came to see the shooting as a targeted attack by a gunman who appeared to wait for Thompson, came up behind him and fired a 9 mm pistol.
Investigators have said “delay,” “deny” and “depose” were written on ammunition found near Thompson’s body. The words mimic a phrase used to criticize the insurance industry.
From surveillance video, New York investigators gathered that the shooter fled by bike into Central Park, emerged, then took a taxi to a northern Manhattan bus terminal.
Once in Pennsylvania, he went from Philadelphia to Pittsburgh, “trying to stay low-profile” by avoiding cameras, Pennsylvania State Police Lt. Col. George Bivens said.
A grandson of a wealthy, self-made real estate developer and philanthropist, Mangione is a cousin of a current Maryland state legislator. Mangione was valedictorian at his elite Baltimore prep school, where his 2016 graduation speech lauded his classmates’ “incredible courage to explore the unknown and try new things.”
He went on to earn undergraduate and graduate degrees in computer science in 2020 from the University of Pennsylvania, a spokesperson said.
“Our family is shocked and devastated by Luigi’s arrest,” Mangione’s family said in a statement posted on social media late Monday by his cousin, Maryland lawmaker Nino Mangione. “We offer our prayers to the family of Brian Thompson and we ask people to pray for all involved.”
Luigi Nicholas Mangione worked for a time for the car-buying website TrueCar and left in 2023, CEO Jantoon Reigersman said by email.
From January to June 2022, Mangione lived at Surfbreak, a “co-living” space at the edge of Honolulu tourist mecca Waikiki.
Like other residents of the shared penthouse catering to remote workers, Mangione underwent a background check, said Josiah Ryan, a spokesperson for owner and founder R.J. Martin.
“Luigi was just widely considered to be a great guy. There were no complaints,” Ryan said. “There was no sign that might point to these alleged crimes they’re saying he committed.”
At Surfbreak, Martin learned Mangione had severe back pain from childhood that interfered with many aspects of his life, from surfing to romance, Ryan said.
“He went surfing with R.J. once but it didn’t work out because of his back,” Ryan said, but noted that Mangione and Martin often went together to a rock-climbing gym.
Mangione left Surfbreak to get surgery on the mainland, Ryan said, then later returned to Honolulu and rented an apartment.
Martin stopped hearing from Mangione six months to a year ago.
Although the gunman obscured his face during the shooting, he left a trail of evidence in New York, including a backpack he ditched in Central Park, a cellphone found in a pedestrian plaza, a water bottle and a protein bar wrapper.
In the days after the shooting, the NYPD collected hundreds of hours of surveillance video and released multiple clips and still images in hopes of enlisting the public’s eyes to help find a suspect.
“This combination of old-school detective work and new-age technology is what led to this result today,” Tisch said at the New York news conference.
James L. Plum, 40, of Beaver Falls, passed away unexpectedly on December 6th, 2024, at Heritage Valley Beaver.
He was born in Beaver on June 12th, 1984, a son of Tammy Stuck and the late James Plum. In addition to his mother, he is survived by his children, Tajon Plum, Jaylynn Plum and Tamara Plum, grandchild, Ezra, sister, Santana Plum, brothers, Shawn Plum and Robert Plum, his fiancée, Tiffany Burtch, and many other family members and friends.
James was a hard worker, and was currently working construction for Drumm and Sons. He enjoyed music, Tik Tok, fishing and camping. He loved the Steelers, his family, fiancée, and especially his children.
Friends will be received Friday, December 13, from 4 p.m. until the time of the funeral service at 7 p.m., in the J&J Spratt Funeral Home, 1612 3rd Avenue, New Brighton, with Pastor Nick Giles officiating.
Donations may be made to the funeral home in his name to assist with expenses.
(File Photo of the Christmas Star)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) There are two local locations that can offer a Christmas meal without having to provide one and cook for others. The holiday season is meant to give, and in Beaver County, Beaver Falls High School will be spreading the cheer of Christmas by offering a dinner that is free on December 25th from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at their high school location, and they are still looking for people to help them out with the event and serve those in the community. If you are near Wampum, from 1 to 3 p.m. on December 25th, a service for a Christmas dinner will be offered at Clinton United Methodist Church for delivery, take-out, or eating in so you can sit around the table like it is Christmas. Arrangements can be scheduled for a dinner at the Wampum church by calling 724-657-4328.
(File Photo of Gavel)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan on Monday, a resident of Pittsburgh, has been charged by criminal complaint with making a false statement or representation involving international terrorism to a department or agency of the United States. Olshan confirmed that the twenty-four year-old suspect, Jack Danaher Molloy, told a lie to the FBI regarding international terrorism, around or on the day of October 20, 2024. Olshan stated that the suspect and his support claim was the motive that Molloy went to join an organization called Hizballah that seeks to murder Jews after going from Lebanon to Syria and then back to the United States, and furthermore, told FBI agents at the Pittsburgh International Airport that he did not have anything to do with Hizballah or had no plans to be with them. According to Olshan, the sentence for Molloy remains up to an eight-year stay in prison, a $250,000 fine or both, provided by the law.
(photo provided with release)
McDonald’s Be Our Guest Cards will be given to those who support the Red Kettle Campaign at Giant Eagle grocery store at 100 Settlers Ridge Drive
Pittsburgh, PA. – (December 9, 2024) – As the holiday season picks up, McDonald’s owner operators in the Pittsburgh area will be teaming up with the Salvation Army to do a 1-day takeover for the Red Kettle Campaign at the Giant Eagle grocery store at 100 Settlers Ridge Drive. Local Owner/Operators Twila Mezan, John Santonastasso, Toni Hower, and their crew members will ring bells on December 12 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Anyone who donates during the event will receive Be Our Guest Card for a free McDonald’s breakfast combo meal. Fan-favorite McDonaldland character Grimace will also be making an appearance during the fundraiser.
“McDonald’s has a long history of giving back to the community,” said Santonastasso, who owns and operates 27 restaurants with his wife Kathy and daughter Toni. “We are looking forward to continuing this tradition with The Salvation Army and the red kettle campaign.”
The iconic Salvation Army red kettle campaign began in 1891 by Captain Joseph McFee, a Salvation Army officer who was looking for a way to cover the cost of the community Christmas meal. Today in the U.S., The Salvation Army assists more than four-and-a-half million people during the Thanksgiving and Christmas time periods. If you are unable to attend the event the day of, donations are accepted virtually by texting the word “kettle” to 31333 or by visiting the local Virtual Red Kettle link: https://salarmy.us/
(Photo of the Beaver Falls School District Entry courtesy of PENNDOT)
Pittsburgh, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) District 11 invites the public to vote on 9 plows decorated by high school students in Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties as part of the annual Paint the Plow program. Paint the Plow is a statewide outreach aimed at promoting winter driving safety and fostering appreciation for high school art programs and student creativity.
Earlier this year, teens from the Pittsburgh region designed and painted PennDOT plow blades based on the statewide theme “Use your reason when it’s freezin’.” The theme was chosen to remind motorists to practice safe driving during the winter season.
Students from A.W. Beattie Career Center, Fox Chapel Area, Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, Beaver Falls, Blackhawk, Freedom Area, Laurel, Neshannock, and Union Area high schools participated.
This year, the public is invited to vote through an online survey posted on the PennDOT website www.penndot.pa.gov/
The plow photo in each district that receives the most votes between December 9-15, 2024, will be deemed the “Fan Favorite” for that area. The blades are also eligible for the “Judges’ Pick” honor that will be determined by PennDOT personnel, based on a standard judging criteria.
The winner in each category will be announced later in December.
Schools and participants are encouraged to share the link to the contest to promote voting. PennDOT may post the pictures on statewide and regional Facebook accounts, however responses on social media will not count toward the voting totals.
For more information on PennDOT’s winter preparations and additional winter-driving resources for motorists, visit the department’s winter website.
Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.
Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.
Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.
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