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(Chippewa Township, PA) Chippewa Township released a statement that they issued a demolition permit for the former Ponderosa Steakhouse on Shenango Road. They also note that there have been inquires of a possible drive through restaurant but no other permits or documents have been filed at this time.

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(Rochester Township, PA) Shoppers were evacuated from the Giant Eagle store in Rochester Thursday evening. Multiple fire departments including Rochester, Beaver Falls, and New Brighton responded to the call of a burning smell in the store. After investigating, it was determined that one of the above door heaters was overheated. The store reopened a short time later.

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Story by Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published January 6, 2023 6:55 A.M.

(Hopewell Township, PA) State Police in Beaver have released details involving an accident that took place in December in Hopewell.  A vehicle travelling east on I-376 towards the Hopewell exit crested a hill and saw a seed cart obstructing the roadway and was unable to avoid it.  The operator of the Hyundai Sonata struck the cart, causing minor damage to their vehicle. There were no injuries reported.

FILE – The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday, June 29, 2022 in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson, File)

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell broadly on Wall Street and Treasury yields rose after another hot reading on the job market raised worries that the Federal Reserve will need to continue inflicting pain on the economy in order to fight inflation. The S&P 500 was down 1.2% in afternoon trading Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average and the the Nasdaq also fell. The pullback came after payroll company ADP reported a bigger-than-expected increase in jobs at private companies last month. The continued strength in the job market makes the Fed’s job of reining in inflation more difficult by putting upward pressure on wages.

LAKE CITY, Iowa (AP) — An Iowa woman who was believed to be the oldest living person in the U.S. has died at the age of 115. Lampe & Powers Funeral Home in Lake City confirms that Bessie Laurena Hendricks, of Lake City, died Tuesday at the Shady Oaks Care Center. Hendricks celebrated her 115th birthday at the home on Nov. 7 and was listed last year by the Los Angeles-based Gerontology Research Group as the country’s oldest living person until her death. Born in 1907, Hendricks was alive to witness news of the sinking of the Titanic, World War I and II, the Great Depression and both the Spanish flu and COVID-19 pandemics.

President Joe Biden speaks about border security in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023, in Washington. Vice President Kamala Harris stands at left. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says the U.S. will immediately begin turning away Cubans, Haitians and Nicaraguans who cross the border from Mexico illegally. It’s his boldest move yet to confront spiraling arrivals of migrants since he took office two years ago. The new rules expand on an existing effort to stop Venezuelans attempting to enter the U.S., which led to a dramatic drop in Venezuelans coming to the U.S. border. Together the changes represent a major revision to immigration rules that will stand even if the U.S. Supreme Court ends a Trump-era public health law that allows American authorities to turn away asylum seekers.

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., arrives to the House chamber as the House meets for the third day to elect a speaker and convene the 118th Congress in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House stalemate over choosing a new speaker is continuing. Kevin McCarthy is determined to win over enough fellow Republicans, but he failed again on Thursday. This is Day 3 of the standoff between McCarthy and 20 olleagues who are withholding the support the California Republican needs. So far, seven roll call votes have failed to elect a speaker. The impasse has left the House unable to fully form and govern. McCarthy’s conservative detractors appear intent on waiting him out, as long as it takes.

Beaver County Radio is looking at the photo albums to celebrate our 75th year in operation! We’ll be sharing a few photos every Thursday, so we hope you can take a trip down memory lane with us.

Photo 1: Chuck Wilson in the Geneva College press box, circa 1960s. Photo courtesy of Bobbie Wilson-Tkacic

Photo 2: The WMBA Volkswagon Remote Broadcast Bus sits out front of the former WMBA studios on Duss Avenue in Ambridge, circa 1971. Photo courtesy of John Poister.

Photo 3: Dave Felts broadcasting in the WBVP studio, circa 1981

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania says he’ll undergo surgery for prostate cancer, but is expected to make a full recovery. The 62-year-old Casey said in a statement Thursday that he was diagnosed last month. He says the news came as a shock, but he says he has an excellent prognosis and is confident that treatment will allow him to continue working in the U.S. Senate “with minimal disruption.” Casey is serving his third term. He hasn’t said whether he will run for a fourth term in 2024, a year when Democrats face a difficult Senate map.