Fetterman makes it official: He’ll run for US Senate in 2022
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s larger-than-life lieutenant governor, the 6-foot-8, bald and tattooed John Fetterman, will run for U.S. Senate. He’s making the announcement Monday after kicking off an exploratory fundraising campaign last month that raised over $1 million. The plainspoken 51-year-old Democrat may ultimately see competition for his party’s nomination in what could become the most competitive Senate race of 2022. On the Republican side, a number of names are circulating, including former Trump administration figures. Fetterman is by far the highest-profile name in Pennsylvania politics to show interest in running for the seat, which is opening with the departure of two-term Republican Sen. Pat Toomey.

(New Castle, Pa.0 The New Castle City Police Department is investigating a homicide which occurred Saturday Night in an alley off of Marshall Avenue.

The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Jason Miles of New Castle.

Additional information will be released as police continue to investigate.

Anyone with information on this incident is asked to contact the NCPD at 724-656-9300 or tips can be left on our website at www.newcastlepd .com.

The Beaver County Chamber of Commerce will host it’s annual “State of The County” meeting on Tuesday. The virtual online event will be held from 8 A.M. to 9:45 A.M. A recorded broadcast of the “State Of The County” will be aired later on from 12:30 to 2:15 P.M. on Beaver County Radio. The Program will feature Beaver County Commissioners Daniel Camp and Jack Manning along with Moderator John Delano.

 

 

For more information on signing up for the Beaver County Chamber Of Commerce “State Of The County” live online zoom meeting click https://www.beavercountychamber.com/events  Otherwise, tune in to the free recorded radio broadcast  beginning  later that day at 12:30 P.M. on Tuesday, February 9, 2021.

The “State of The County” broadcast on WBVP, WMBA, 99.3 F.M. and BCR Online Stream is being brought to you by:

 

 

(Moon Twp.,Pa) An Aliquippa man is facing federal civil penalties after a Transportation Security Administration officer at the Pittsburgh International Airport spotted the .380 caliber handgun with seven bullets, including one in the chamber, on the X-ray machine’s monitor inside a pocket of his jacket, which he had placed into a bin.

Allegheny County police were alerted and confiscated the gun and questioned the man.

U.S. trade deficit rises to 12-year high $679 billion
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. trade deficit rose 18% last year to $679 billion, highest since 2008, as the coronavirus disrupted global commerce and confounded then-President Donald Trump’s attempts to rebalance America’s trade with the rest of the world. The Commerce Department said Friday that the gap between the value of the goods and services the United States sells abroad and what it buys climbed from $577 billion in 2019. Exports skidded 16% to $2.1 trillion, and imports fell 9.5% to $2.8 trillion. As president, Trump sought to narrow the gap by imposing taxes on imported goods on a scale unseen since the trade wars of the 1930s.

US employers add just 49K jobs as unemployment falls to 6.3%
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S employers added just 49,000 jobs in January, a sign that that the viral pandemic retains a tight grip on the economy nearly a year after it triggered a painful recession.  The drop follows a decline of 227,000 jobs in December, the first loss since April. The unemployment rate for January fell sharply to 6.3%, the Labor Department said Friday. About half the drop occurred because some of those out of work found jobs, while others stopped looking for work and were no longer counted as unemployed.