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(Brighton Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were called the the scene of a single vehicle accident on Interstate 376 in Brighton Twp. yesterday at 9:53 AM.
Troopers reported via release that upon arriving on the scene and investigating they determined that 34-year-old Amy Minium of Hermitage lost control of the 2016 Jeep Cherokee that she was driving north bound near Chapel Road on I-376 while negotiating a right curve in the road. The vehicle left the roadway and struck the retainer cables in the median twice before coming to a final rest on the left shoulder and part of the left lane.
Neither Minium or her passenger 35-year-old Terrance Metz also of Hermitage were injured.
The vehicle became disabled due to the crash and had to be towed from the scene.

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DETROIT (AP) — Kia is recalling more than 410,000 vehicles in the U.S. to fix a problem that can stop the air bags from inflating in a crash. The recall covers certain Forte small cars from the 2017 and 2018 model years, and Sedona minivans and Soul small SUVs from 2017 through 2019. The electric Soul also is included. The Korean automaker says the air bag control computer cover can contact a memory chip and damage the electrical circuit. That could stop the air bags from inflating. Dealers will inspect the computer and either update software or replace it. Owners will be notified by mail starting March 21.

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(Aliquippa, Pa. ) Pa State Police in Beaver reported Sunday, January 30, 2022, that they have charged 29-year-old Charles Grag of Aliquippa with providing false identification to law enforcement after a traffic stop that was conducted on December 29, 2021 at 1:44 PM at the intersection of Englewood Street and Franklin Ave in the City of Aliquippa.
Troopers said via release that when they conducted the traffic stop on the 1999 Honda Civic that Grag was driving he told them his name was Charles Hileman.

No other information about the incident was released by State Police.

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By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — Howard Hesseman, who played the radio disc jockey Dr. Johnny Fever on the sitcom “WKRP in Cincinnati” and the actor-turned-history teacher Charlie Moore on “Head of the Class,” has died. He was 81. His manager Robbie Kass said Sunday that Hesseman died Saturday in Los Angeles due to complications from colon surgery. Hesseman, who had himself been a radio DJ in the ’60s, earned two Emmy nominations for playing Johnny Fever on CBS’ “WKRP in Cincinnati,” which ran for four seasons from 1978-1982. The role made Hesseman a counterculture icon at a time when few hippie characters made it onto network television.

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — The mayor of Pittsburgh has announced plans to sign a declaration of disaster emergency for the city in light of last week’s collapse of a bridge in a city park. Mayor Ed Gainey said the declaration would increase availability of federal funds and speed cleanup and reconstruction of the Frick Park bridge. Gainey said the declaration would be in effect for a few days but called on council members to extend it. On Friday, Gov. Tom Wolf signed a proclamation of disaster emergency for Allegheny County. Five vehicles and a city bus were on the bridge. Several people were taken to hospitals.

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By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party committee members are deadlocked on their endorsement vote in the party’s hotly contested primary race for U.S. Senate. Winning an endorsement at Saturday’s meeting was a high hurdle to clear, requiring two-thirds of the party’s roughly 350 committee members. Third-term suburban Pittsburgh Congressman Conor Lamb came closest at 60%. His campaign has worked for months to win favor with committee members. Lt. Gov. John Fetterman suggested that even if his campaign lagged Lamb in popularity with committee members, he is leading the pack in other important ways, including in polls and fundraising.

(AP Photo) By DAVID KOENIG AP Airlines Writer
Concern about new high-speed wireless service interfering with airplanes appears to be easing. Federal safety regulators said Friday they have cleared the way for Verizon and AT&T to turn on more 5G towers. The Federal Aviation Administration says the move is possible because the telecom companies are providing more information about the location of their wireless transmitters. Aviation groups and the FAA had warned that 5G service could interfere with planes because it uses part of the radio spectrum that is close to that used by radio altimeters on planes. Altimeters measure the height of planes above the ground, and they’re crucial for landing when visibility is poor because of bad weather.

PITTSBURGH (Jan. 28, 2022) – Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced an impending leadership transition at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH). David Parda, MD, is stepping down as AGH’s President to take a new role as AHN’s Publication and Research Collaboration Physician Executive. Imran Qadeer, MD, AGH’s Chief Medical Officer, will assume the role of hospital President on an interim basis while AHN commences a national search for a permanent successor.

Dr. Parda, who was appointed AGH President in 2019 and previously served as the founder and longtime Chair of AHN’s Cancer Institute, is an internationally recognized radiation oncologist and cancer researcher. He was a key architect of the new AHN Cancer Institute innovation hub that opened at AGH last year, as well as AHN’s unique cancer partnership with Johns Hopkins Medicine and its greatly expanded system of affiliated community cancer centers. Over almost his entire tenure as President of AGH, Dr. Parda has successfully guided one of the region’s busiest critical care hospitals and its thousands of caregivers through the unprecedented challenges of the COVID pandemic.

“One of the advantages of being part of a large health care enterprise is having a deep, diverse talent pool that allows us to continually reassess and align the right leaders with positions and projects that are critical to our strategic vision and success,” said Cynthia Hundorfean, AHN President and CEO. “We look forward to the vital work that Dr. Parda will continue to do for our organization in that regard, particularly the role he will play in leading the integration of our Institutional Review Board, electronic health record platforms, and Johns Hopkins research collaborations which will greatly enhance our ability to analyze patient data, advance clinical innovations with clinical, academic, and industry partners, and become a world leader in healthcare quality, outcomes and efficiency.”

Dr. Parda will oversee the review, optimization and approval of all patient clinical trials within the organization as well as work across teams at AHN and Highmark Health to lead scholarly activities, including publications and presentations, that support Highmark Health’s Living Health strategy, correlating improved health outcomes with lower healthcare utilization rates and costs.

Dr. Qadeer joined AHN’s academic hospitalist medicine staff in 2009 and has also served as Medical Director of AGH Observation Services, AHN Lead Chief Medical Officer, Lead Physician Advisor, and Chief Quality Officer for the AHN Medicine Institute. He has been a pivotal member of AHN and Highmark Health’s COVID-19 pandemic response team over the past two years.