Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa Water Authority Superintendent Bob Bible said this morning, Monday July 27, 2020 that there was a water leak discovered in a field on Brodhead Road Friday afternoon. Crews have been out since 9 a.m. to work on repairing the line, he said. Work will possibly be completed by mid afternoon. There are flagger’s directing motorist in the area of the First United Methodist Church.
2 MLB games postponed as Marlins deal with virus outbreak
By STEVEN WINE AP Sports Writer
MIAMI (AP) — Two major league games scheduled for Monday night have been postponed as the Miami Marlins deal with a coronavirus outbreak that stranded them in Philadelphia. The Marlins’ home opener against Baltimore was called off, as was the New York Yankees’ game at Philadelphia. The Yankees would have been in the same clubhouse the Marlins used last weekend. Major League Baseball announced the cancellation of both games about 7 1/5 hours before the scheduled first pitch, saying additional COVID-19 testing was being conducted.
Trump’s national security adviser has coronavirus
By ZEKE MILLER and JONATHAN LEMIRE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien has tested positive for the coronavirus. That’s according to two people familiar with the situation who spoke on condition of anonymity because they weren’t authorized to discuss it by name. He’s the highest-ranking White House official to test positive so far. The White House confirmed that O’Brien has mild symptoms and “has been self-isolating and working from a secure location off site.” The White House says “there is no risk of exposure to the President or the Vice President” and that the “work of the National Security Council continues uninterrupted.”
This past weekend took a toll on the stars of Hollywood and the music scene. We lost Legends Like Oscar winner Olivia de Havilland, best known as the kindly Melanie in “Gone with the Wind” who died on Sunday. She was 104. On Friday Regis Philbin died. The genial host shared his life with television viewers over morning coffee for decades and helped himself and some fans strike it rich with the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.” Philbin died Friday, just over a month before his 89th birthday. He died of natural causes. Peter Green, the dexterous blues guitarist who led the first incarnation of Fleetwood Mac in a career shortened by psychedelic drugs and mental illness died at 73.
PennDOT Extends Expiration Dates on Driver Licenses, ID Cards, and Learner’s Permits
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) announced today that expiration dates for driver licenses, identification cards, and learner’s permits, will be extended for Pennsylvania residents in response to statewide COVID-19 mitigation efforts.
Effective July 23, expiration dates for driver licenses, photo ID cards and learner’s permits scheduled to expire from March 16, 2020 through August 31, 2020, have been extended until August 31, 2020. These extensions are in addition to those announced on June 25.
A camera card is considered a driver’s license, so it is covered by the same terms and conditions extending other driver’s license products. Camera cards with expiration dates within this timeframe are also extended through August 31, 2020.
Additionally, limited services are available at some Driver License and Photo License Centers. For a list of open driver license and photo license centers and the services provided, as well as their hours of operation, please visit www.dmv.pa.gov.
Customers may continue to complete various transactions and access multiple resources online at www.dmv.pa.gov. Driver and vehicle online services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week and include driver’s license, photo ID and vehicle registration renewals; driver-history services; changes of address; driver license and vehicle registration restoration letters; ability to pay driver license or vehicle insurance restoration fee; driver license and photo ID duplicates; and schedule a driver’s exam. There are no additional fees for using online services.
PennDOT will continue to evaluate these processes and will communicate any changes with the public.
More COVID-19 information is available at www.health.pa.gov. For more information, visit www.dmv.pa.gov or www.PennDOT.gov.
PennDOT District 11 is announcing bridge washing activities on I-376 (Beaver Valley Expressway) in Hopewell Township over Green Garden Road requiring single-lane restrictions this week. The work will start today, Monday July 27 and continue thru Friday.
Crews from DeAngelo Brothers, LLC will conduct the work
Andrea Sears, Keystone News Exchange
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Just in time for the 30th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, a bill has been introduced in Congress to expand voting rights for people with disabilities and older Americans.
Some 18 million Americans 65 and older need some assistance with daily living, one of every four American adults has a disability, and both are especially vulnerable to COVID-19.
But a 2016 study found that only 17% of polling places nationwide were fully accessible.
Sonia Gill, senior legislative counsel with the American Civil Liberties Union, says the Accessible Voting Act would help ensure that every eligible voter has access to the ballot and can vote safely.
“People are quite literally having to choose between their ability to vote and protect their health,” Gill states. “And we need to make sure that voters don’t have to face that choice.”
The bill would establish an Office of Accessibility in the Election Assistance Commission and provide grants to help states improve voting access, including absentee ballots.
The Accessible Voting Act was introduced late last week by Reps. Mary Gay Scanlon of Pennsylvania and Jamie Raskin of Maryland.
Gill notes that Scanlon was involved extensively in voter protection efforts before she was elected to Congress.
“We know there is a deep commitment and investment from the sponsors of this bill,” Gill states. “We also know that House Democrats have made voting rights a priority and voters with disabilities are top of mind.”
The House bill is the companion to a bill introduced in the Senate earlier this year by Sens. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota.
So far, the Senate bill has stalled in committee, but Gill is confident that it will eventually go to the floor for a vote and pass.
“It may be challenging to get a legislative hearing, but I absolutely believe that this bill will be enacted, if not this Congress in a future Congress,” she states.
The ACLU is urging members of Congress to sign on as co-sponsors of the Accessible Voting Act.
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — Search crews have found the body of a 14-year-old girl who was missing in the Monongahela River near Pittsburgh, police said. West Mifflin police said the girl’s body was found at about 1:45 p.m. Saturday a few feet upstream of the Mansfield bridge. Police said the girl was with relatives fishing in the river and was reported missing at about 6 p.m. Friday. More than 100 search and rescue personnel spent more than four hours looking for her Friday night and resumed the effort on Saturday morning.
By JEFF MELNICK Associated Press
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Pittsburgh’s Derek Shelton staged baseball’s first major, socially distanced umpire argument, then got his first victory as a big league manager as the Pirates beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1. Shelton came out to argue with plate umpire Jordan Baker in the third inning after pitcher Derek Holland was ejected from the dugout for arguing balls and strikes. Shelton pulled a gaiter over his face as he left the dugout, and Baker pulled a face mask out of his pocket and held it to his face as Shelton argued from about six feet away. Baker let Shelton say his peace, and the first-year skipper was not ejected.
They use the term “great outdoors” to speak of its vastness in size, but on Beaver County Radio’s second stop of the summer to Hufnagel & Majors Trailer Sales in Harmony Township, the outdoors itself could not have been more great.
The duo of Matt Drzik & Malik Garrett took the Legendary Prize Van up north of Exit 88 on Interstate 79 and were spinning away on the Personality Prize Wheel under pure blue skies and zero accumulation of clouds or precipitation. All the while, the staff at Hufnagel & Majors were helping people take the indoor comfort of a trailer to the great outdoors and JD Merkel was spinning some classic tunes from the hey-day of AM radio.
To check out some of the highlights from our trip, check these photos out:
