October 6, 2021- 1:13 PM
By JOHN SEEWER Associated Press
COVID-19 deaths in the U.S. are falling and the number of new cases per day is about to dip below 100,000 for the first time in two months. All are encouraging signs that the summer surge is waning. Government leaders and employers not wanting to lose momentum are looking at strengthening and expanding vaccine mandates. Los Angeles is poised to enact on Wednesday one of the nation’s strictest vaccine mandates. And Minnesota’s governor is calling for new vaccine and testing requirements for teachers and long-term care workers. Health experts say there are still far too many unvaccinated people.

(Story by Beaver County Radio News/Program Director Frank Sparks) 

October 6, 2021- 7:22 AM

(New Brighton, Pa.) New Brighton Borough Street Department is reporting that leaf collection will begin in New Brighton Borough on Monday, October 11, 2021 and in Daugherty Township on Monday, October 18, 2021 and in Pulaski Township on Monday, October 25, 2021. Leaf collection will continue in all three communities through December 3, 2021 weather permitting.
Leaves should placed at the curb along the edge of the street for collection. Leaves that are bagged or that contain any tree branches, brush, stones, garbage/rubbish, grass clippings, or garden debris will not be collected. In the Borough of New Brighton leaves will be collected according to the posted street sweeping schedule.

Leaf collection in Daugherty Township will follow the following schedule:
Mondays: William Penn Way & Crescent Heights Plan, Rt. 65 (from Valley Avenue to Stuber Road), North Avenue, Franklin Plan, and McGuire Street.
Tuesdays: Gulbranson Heights Plan, Daugherty Highlands Plan, and Hillcrest Drive.
Wednesdays: Mercer Heights Plan, Klein Plan, Stuber Road, McCreary Plan, Cardinal Drive, Robin Trail, and Rt. 65 (from Stuber Road to Wises Grove Road).
Thursdays: Allendale Road, Wallace Drive, Harold Street, Inman Drive, Hogue Drive, and John Street.

Call the Daugherty Township Municipal Building at (724) 846-5337 to schedule a collection on state routes not listed above.

Leaf collection in Pulaski Township will follow the following schedule:
Mondays: New England Hill and Blockhouse Run Road area.
Tuesdays: Sunflower Road – North to 36th Street.
Wednesday: West Side of Rochester Road from Sunflower Road to 52nd Street.
Thursdays: East Side of Rochester Road from Sunflower Road to 52nd Street.
Fridays: Tree branches will be collected that have fallen from storms. Branches must be tied together into manageable bundles and not contain any other type of lawn debris.

(Story by Beaver County Radio News/Program Director Frank Sparks) 

October 6, 2021- 7:03 AM

(Rochester, Pa.) PennDOT is inviting the public to attend a second recruitment event on today, October, 6, 2021. The event will be to learn about and possibly apply for winter maintenance positions that are open in Beaver County. The recruitment event will be held at PennDOT’s Rochester Maintenance Building located at 155 Stewart Avenue Rochester, PA 15074 from 9 a.m. to noon.

Penn Dot said via release that 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.

(Story by Beaver County Radio News/Program Director Frank Sparks) 

October 6, 2021- 6:55 AM

(Neville Island, Pa.) The Allegheny County Health Department issued an enforcement to Neville Chemical Company for violating the emissions limits in their Title V permit during an overnight incident on September 2, 2021. Fist Responders along with the Allegheny County h=Health Department responded to a call for a strong odor that was reported by multiple residents in the City of Pittsburgh, McKees Rocks and the surrounding areas.
All breakdowns at a permitted facility must be reported to the Health Department within one hour. In this case, the Health Department received the initial breakdown report 33 hours after the incident. Neville Chemical Company reported that one of the bottom valves leaked on a heat polymerization still, allowing raw material to enter a resin kettle and release a hydrocarbon mixture into the air.
Per the enforcement order, Neville Chemical Company must submit a corrective action plan to ensure that foreign volatile material does not enter their resin kettles in the future. They have 60 days from the date of the order to submit their plan. The company was also assessed a civil penalty of $62,075.00. Payment of the fine will go to the Allegheny County Clean Air Fund

(Attorneys and staff associated with a federal trial of pharmacies, CVS, Walgreens, Giant Eagle and Walmart leave the Carl B. Stokes Federal Courthouse in Cleveland, Monday, Oct. 4, 2021. The pharmacies are being sued by Ohio counties Lake and Trumbull for their part in the opioid crisis. (AP Photo/Phil Long) (posted: October6, 2021 5:53 AM)

By MARK GILLISPIE Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — Jurors have heard opening statements in a federal court trial to determine whether retail pharmacy chains created a public nuisance in how they dispensed addictive painkillers in two Ohio counties. Lake and Trumbull counties outside Cleveland say the cost of abating the ongoing crisis is $1 billion for both counties. Mark Lanier, an attorney for the two counties, outlined a case he said would show how pharmacy chains CVS, Walgreens, Walmart and Giant Eagle failed to prevent the illegal diversion of pain pills that have contributed to an ongoing opioid crisis. An attorney for Walgreens said the company’s pharmacists are well-trained and fill prescriptions written by physicians for patients with legitimate needs.

(Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, at podium, speaks during a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown, Pa., Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021. Shapiro filed criminal charges Tuesday against the developer of a problem-plagued pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

October 6, 2021- 6:46 AM

By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
Pennsylvania’s attorney general has filed criminal charges against the developer of a pipeline that takes natural gas liquids from the Marcellus Shale gas field to an export terminal near Philadelphia. Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the charges Tuesday at a news conference at Marsh Creek State Park in Downingtown. That’s where Sunoco Pipeline LP spilled thousands of gallons of drilling fluid last year. The spill occurred during construction of the troubled Mariner East 2 pipeline. Prosecutors say the multibillion-dollar pipeline project fouled waterways and residential water supplies across hundreds of miles. Texas-based Energy Transfer owns Sunoco and says “it intends to vigorously defend itself.”