FILE – The logo of the Organization of the Petroleoum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is seen outside of OPEC’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, March 3, 2022. A cut in oil production is on the table when OPEC oil-producing countries meet Wednesday, Oct. 5. The OPEC+ alliance that includes Saudi Arabia and Russia is weighing a cut of a million barrels or more. (AP Photo/Lisa Leutner, file)
By DAVID McHUGH AP Business Writer
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — The OPEC+ alliance of oil-exporting countries has decided to sharply cut production to support sagging oil prices. The move Wednesday could deal the struggling global economy another blow and raise politically sensitive pump prices for U.S. drivers just ahead of key national elections. Energy ministers meeting at the Vienna headquarters of the OPEC oil cartel cut production by 2 million barrels per day at their first face-to-face meeting since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Besides a token trim in oil production last month, the major cut is an abrupt turnaround from months of restoring deep cuts made during the depths of the pandemic and could help alliance member Russia weather a looming European ban on oil imports.

(File Photo of the Beaver County Commissioners during a work session at the Beaver County Courthouse. Photo taken by Matt Drzik, Beaver County Radio Staff)

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Tune into 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 99.3 FM, 95.7 FM or beavercountyradio.com this Thursday October 6, 2022 at 9:10 a.m. for “Ask the Commissioners” Commissioners Chairman Dan Camp, Commissioner Tony Amadio, and Commissioner Jack Manning will be live in studio to answer your questions on Beaver County Radio during hour one of Teleforum with Eddy Crow. You can submit any questions you might have to news@beavercountyradio.com or by sending a direct message to the Beaver County Radio Facebook Page at  https://www.facebook.com/beavercountyradio/
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(Photo of Police Captain John Hall receiving the Distinguished Services Award from Beaver County Detective Andy Gall.)(Photo used with permission)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Center Township, Beaver County, Pa.) The Center Twp. Board of Supervisors met on Monday night for a work session and named John Coladonato as a new member of the township’s planning commission. He will serve until 2025.  He replaces Dave Ambrose who resigned.

(Photos of the event provided by Aliquippa Mayor Dwan Walker)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Washington, D.C.) Last Thursday, September 29, 2022, City of Aliquippa Mayor Dwan  Walker went to Washington, D.C. and represented, not only the city but Beaver County  at a  Building a Better Pennsylvania event at the White House. The mayor said that President Joe Biden made a surprise visit to the event  and  called him by name and shook his hand.

Mayor Walker said that the attendees were  from Pennsylvania and upon entering had COVID- 19 testing.  Walker said “It was amazing,” and he was one of four mayors invited to the event.

A tour of the White House and the oval office was featured.  The  mayor took the Aliquippa flag along and took many pictures for all to see.

Mayor Walker said the idea of the trip was to make politics local. The representatives were told to keep  doing what they are doing in their  municipalities.

Doug Imhoff, who is a lawyer, was also in attendance . His focus  was on infrastructure, climate change, allocation of funds and resources.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff

(Hampton Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in Gibsonia have released more information about the deadly west bound accident that occurred early yesterday morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike that had the roadway closed for a period of time between the Butler Valley and Cranberry Exits.
Troopers say that Richard Francis Krupka of Ohio was traveling westbound in his Nissan Versa around mile marker 38.2 in Hampton Township when he lost control of the vehicle striking the center barrier multiple times. The crash disabled all of the lighting on the vehicle and when it came to a final rest the driver’s side door was facing on coming traffic. Another vehicle then struck Krupka’s vehicle on the driver’s door. He was transported to Allegheny General hospital and was pronounced dead. There is no word if any other injuries occurred as Troopers continue to investigate.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(North Beaver Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they were informed on Monday by a 44-year-old unnamed woman who had recently moved from North Beaver Township, Lawrence County to Bluffton Township, South Carolina that her moving company stole her furniture and jewelry.
She told Troopers that six pieces of jewelry and seven pieces of furniture were taken by a known moving company and not delivered to her new address.
Anyone with information is asked to contact State Police in New Castle as Troopers continue to investigate

Hiring sign is displayed outside of a retail store in Vernon Hills, Ill., Saturday, Nov. 13, 2021. The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century, another sign that the U.S. job market is rebounding rapidly from last year’s coronavirus recession. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of available jobs in the U.S. plummeted in August compared with July, a sign that businesses may pull back further on hiring and potentially cool chronically high inflation. There were 10.1 million advertised jobs on the last day of August, down a huge 10% from 11.2 million openings in July. In March, job openings had hit a record of nearly 11.9 million. The sharp drop in job openings will be welcomed by the Federal Reserve. Fed officials have cited the high level of openings as a sign of strong labor demand that has compelled employers to steadily raise pay to attract and keep workers.

FILE – Country music great Loretta Lynn poses for a portrait in September 2000 in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Christoper Berkey, File)

By KRISTIN M. HALL AP Entertainment Writer
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Loretta Lynn, the Kentucky coal miner’s daughter who became a pillar of country music, has died. Lynn’s family said she died Tuesday at her home in Tennessee. She was 90. Her compositions reflected her pride in her humble background and spoke frankly of her experiences as a woman and mother in Appalachia on such hits as “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” “You Ain’t Woman Enough” and “The Pill.” Her bestselling 1976 autobiography was made into a movie, with Sissy Spacek winning an Oscar for her portrayal of Lynn. Lynn wrote unfiltered songs about sex and love, cheating husbands, divorce and birth control that sometimes got her in trouble with radio programmers.