Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano 

(Beaver, Pa.) Beaver County Coroner David J. Gabauer released information Tuesday morning  on the victim  who  was struck and killed Friday night  by a SUV on Third Street in Beaver.  Michael McCutcheon, 59 , died from blunt force trauma to the head/chest and trunk. Beaver Police continue to investigate the accident.

(Beaver, Pa.) Beaver County jail escapee Ron Broman’s hearing is  scheduled to  take place on Monday, March 1, 2021,  in Beaver County Central Court. Broman escaped from the county jail  on January 7, 2021 and was captured on January 8, 2021  in a home on Lexington Drive in Hopewell Township. He remains in jail on $2,000,000 bond.

Building at least 141 years old to be demolished after fire
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a multistory building on Pittsburgh’s South Side built at least 141 years ago will be demolished on safety grounds after a massive fire and partial collapse. Pittsburgh Public Safety officials said in a Twitter post Tuesday that the structure is “considered structurally unsound” after the collapse. Fire crews fought for hours Monday to contain the blaze reported at about 2:30 p.m. that sent flames and smoke poured from the building. At one point, the side of the building facing 11th street collapsed, showering the streets with bricks, glass and other materials. No one was injured. The cause of the fire is under investigation.

(Butler County, Pa.) Rachel Powell, the Mercer County women who is the mother of eight children and is nationally known as the Pink Hat Lady will be released on $10,000 unsecured bond after a detention hearing was held in federal court on yesterday.
She has been being held in the Butler County Prison, which is a holding facility for federal inmates, after facing Federal charges for her role in the January 6, 2021 riots at the US Capital in Washignton D.C..
She will be released on electronic ankle monitoring and house arrest and has been ordered to surrender her passport and is restricted to stay in Pennsylvania or Washington, D.C. for court hearings only, and is not to possess any firearms.

(New York, New York) Quaker Oats is releasing a new name and logo for its “Aunt Jemima” products, finally retiring what is considered by many as a racist stereotypical image that has adorned its pancake mixes and syrups for decades.

The product had a caricature of a Black woman stemming from what many say represented slavery for many years. Aunt Jemima will be replaced on the products packaging with the Pearl Milling Company name and logo according to parent company PepsiCo.

The new brand is scheduled to launch in June, one year after the company announced the change. Aunt Jemima was one of several food brands — including Uncle Ben’s, Cream of Wheat and Mrs. Butterworth’s — to announce redesigns as protests against systemic racism erupted across the United States this past summer.

(Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh)

Beaver Falls City Council met Tuesday evening to discuss multiple topics. Multiple ordinances were approved including agreements with MDIA, Gannett Fleming Consultants, and Grass Root Solutions.  Also among the discussion was the repository purchase of a home on 8th Street in Beaver Falls. The purchase was approved under the condition that the home will have the necessary work completed in a timely manner.  The council also agreed to begin discussions of an altered contract for the services of Bethany Williams.  In addition, Council announced the hiring of  3 new police officers, and the Chief of Police announced additional patrols in the Big Beaver area. Audio clips from the meeting can be found below.

 

Buyer of the 8th Street Home:

Bethany Williams:

 

Police: Multiple people shot at Minnesota clinic; 1 arrested
By MOHAMED IBRAHIM and GRETCHEN EHLKE Associated Press
BUFFALO, Minn. (AP) — Authorities say multiple people were shot at a Minnesota health clinic and a suspect was taken into custody afterward. Kelly Prestidge, an office manager for the Buffalo Police Department, says the shooting happened Tuesday at an Allina clinic in Buffalo, about 40 miles northwest of Minneapolis, and that one person was taken into custody. She says she doesn’t know how many people were shot or if anyone was killed. Police Chief Pat Budke says the situation was contained and there is no further threat. Gov. Tim Walz says improvised explosive devices were part of the attack, but he didn’t say whether any were detonated.