Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is inviting the public to attend a recruitment event each Wednesday, from October 20 through November 24 to learn about winter maintenance positions the department offers in Beaver County.
The recruitment event will be held at PennDOT’s Rochester Maintenance Building located at 155 Stewart Avenue Rochester, PA 15074 from 8 a.m. to noon each Wednesday, from October 20 through November 24.
Recruiters will be available to discuss current and future openings within the Commonwealth. On the spot applications and interviews will take place for individuals with their CDL license for winter equipment operator positions.
Laptops and staff will be available to assist interested participants navigate the new electronic application system.
PennDOT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer promoting workforce diversity. To learn more about jobs, please visit www.employment.pa.gov.
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by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
06:44 AM
(Ambridge, Pa.) Melissa Miller the Ambridge woman whose 10-month-old daughter ingested heroin and had to be revived with Narcan at their Ambridge home late last month is now facing third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges after her daughter died at Children’s Hospital a couple weeks later from ingesting heroin.

According to court documents, Melissa Miller’s charges were upgraded from endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and possession.

Miller told police that she was a recovering addict and must have dropped a baggie of heroin. It was found in the girl’s mouth.

09:41 AM
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census. They claim they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses. They also complain that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige. The affected communities include Bloomington, Indiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and State College, Pennsylvania. Dudley Poston is a sociology professor at Texas A&M University. He says off-campus students ran the greatest risk of being missed. An Associated Press review of 75 metro areas with the largest share of residents between 20 and 24 showed that the census results fell well below population estimates in some cases but also exceeded them significantly in others.

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by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent 
09:38 AM
(Ambridge, Pa.) Ambridge Borough Council voted at last week’s council meeting to settle  a lawsuit filed by former female police officers Alexis Korol and Amanda Brown. The lawsuit was filed against the borough and former Police Chief James Mann. The award was for $150,000 and was split between the two officers and their legal counsels.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
07:28 AM
(Wayne Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they have charged a 53-year-old unnamed male with harassment and Physical contact after an incident that took place in Wayne Township early Friday morning, October 15, 2021. Troopers stated via release that during the investigation it was learned that a 48-year-old unnamed female from Wampum was struck with an open hand and a slap to the top of her head during a physical altercation with the male suspect. The male suspect received a non-traffic citation. Troopers withheld the names of both parties due to it being domestic violence related.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
7:18 AM
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) The Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino are reporting that 42-year-old Keith Butcher of Aliquippa unknowingly attempted to change out a counterfeit $100 Dollar bill at the Rivers Casino on Sunday afternoon, October 17, 2021. The suspected counterfeit bill was forwarded to the United States Secret Service for additional investigation. Trooper said in the release that Butcher thinks he received the bill several days earlier during a transaction not on casino property.

Harrisburg, Pa. – In accordance with the recent Presidential Flag Order, Governor Tom Wolf ordered United States and commonwealth flags on all commonwealth facilities, public buildings and grounds to fly at half-staff immediately in honor of the General Colin Powell who passed away on Monday.

“General Powell was a trailblazer,” said Gov. Wolf. “As a public servant, he dedicated his life to our nation. I extend my deepest condolences to his friends and family.”

The US and commonwealth flags should be lowered to half-staff at immediately and should fly at half-staff until sunset on October 22, 2021.

All Pennsylvanians are invited to participate in this tribute.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
06:54 AM
(Wampum, Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reminding residents that they should keep their car doors locked after two incidents of items being stolen from unlocked cars in Wampum. The first incident was reported to Troopers on Saturday when 5 dollars in loose change was taken from a 2014 Chevy Equinox on Beaver Street. The second incident was reported on Sunday in which someone took 5 dollars in loose change and a Samsung cell phone from a 2016 Chevrolet Impala on Kay Street in Wampum. In both incidents the vehicles were left unlock. Troopers are asking anyone with any information to call them at 724- 598-2211

Doyle, Pennsylvania congressional delegation dean, to retire
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Mike Doyle, the dean of Pennsylvania’s congressional delegation, will not seek another term in office in next year’s election, bringing his career in Washington to an end after 28 years. Doyle said Monday that the pandemic accelerated his thoughts about retirement plans with his wife and redistricting will likely bring substantial change to the district’s boundaries. The 68-year-old Doyle was first elected in 1994. His district includes all of Pittsburgh and some of its increasingly leftward-leaning suburbs, and has easily won re-election in the heavily Democratic district. Doyle’s retirement could set off a scramble among the city’s Democrats in a bid to replace him.