(Franklin Township) The Franklin Township police Chief Rudolph Harkins had reported yesterday that a robbery has occurred at the Kwik Fill gas station at 10:35 p.m. on Sunday night. The chief said a male ordered the cashier to open the register, he then took the U.S. currency and fled on foot. Chief Harkins asks that anyone having information on the robbery or the suspect to call the department at 724-843-3421.
Wolf won’t extend state’s eviction moratorium, office says
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is reiterating that the governor won’t extend Pennsylvania’s moratorium on evictions and foreclosures past Monday. Wolf’s office said it had explored the possibility that it could build off the Federal Housing Administration’s extension of its national moratorium protecting homeowners with FHA-insured single family mortgages. But they have since determined the governor can’t extend his executive order to protect people who aren’t benefiting from the federal moratorium. His office says lawmakers now need to act to extend it. Housing advocates predict a rush to Pennsylvania courthouses and a wave of evictions once the moratorium expires.
(Beaver County, PA) Just when the need might be the greatest, two companies in the energy business are kicking off a major fund raising campaign for the Aliquippa Salvation Army. Shell Polymers and Center Independent Energy, LLP are donating 15 cents per gallon of gas purchased at Beaver County Shell gasoline retailers from September 1 through September 7, 2020. The campaign is called “Fueling Those In Need”. Area residents wishing to participate need only to make sure they are buying their gas at any one of three area Shell gas stations, including the Brodhead Car Wash in Center Township, Sunrise Shell on Kennedy Boulevard in Aliquippa or Fast Eddie’s Too in Independence Township. Shell Polymers and Center Independent Energy will donate the money.
Beaver County Radio is also a sponsor of the campaign, along with the UPS store in Monaca and Dobish Signs.
20 new sexual assault counts for adult film actor Ron Jeremy
By ANDREW DALTON AP Entertainment Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Adult film star Ron Jeremy has been charged with 20 new counts of rape or sexual assault involving 12 women and a teenage girl. Authorities say the new counts were filed Monday. They come two months after the 67-year-old Jeremy was charged with the rape of three women and the sexual assault of a fourth. Jeremy has been held in jail on $6.6 million bail since June, Jeremy pleaded not guilty to the previous charges, and his attorney Stuart Goldfarb said he was “absolutely innocent.” Goldfarb did not immediately reply to an email seeking comment on the new counts.
House to subpoena postmaster general over mail delays
By LISA MASCARO AP Congressional Correspondent
WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Oversight Committee intends to subpoena Postmaster General Louis DeJoy. The committee wants documents pertaining to disruptions in mail delivery operations and other operational changes. Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., the committee chairwoman, sent notice Monday in a memo, saying DeJoy blew past a deadline to fully respond to the committee’s request for more information. Maloney says, “It is clear that a subpoena has become necessary.” Democrats are aggressively pursuing oversight of the Postal Service as agency operations are central to the November election, with an expected surge of mail-in ballots.
Trump, Pence to follow on Biden’s heels to Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence are each traveling separately to the battleground state of Pennsylvania this week for campaign events. They’ll follow Democrat Joe Biden’s speech in Pittsburgh on Monday where he blamed Trump for instigating violence in America’s streets. Trump is to speak Thursday evening at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, about 30 miles (45 kilometers) east of Pittsburgh. Pence was to appear Tuesday in northeastern Pennsylvania, at a construction company for a “workers for Trump” event. Pennsylvania, with its 20 electoral votes and politically divided electorate, is of the utmost importance to both campaigns in the Nov. 3 presidential election.
NFL reveals more in-game social and racial justice plans
NEW YORK (AP) — NFL end zones will be inscribed this season with two slogans: “It Takes All Of Us” on one end line, “End Racism” on the other. As part of its social justice awareness initiatives, the NFL also will allow similar visuals on helmets and caps. Previously announced were decals on the back of helmets, or patches on team caps, displaying names or phrases to honor victims of racism and/or police brutality. Now, a T-shirt designed by NFL Players Association executive committee member Michael Thomas, a safety with the Houston Texans, can be worn in warmups.
Biden hits campaign trail, blames Trump for city violence
By ALEXANDRA JAFFE, JONATHAN LEMIRE and WILL WEISSERT Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Joe Biden is forcefully condemning the violence at recent protests while also blaming President Donald Trump for fomenting the divide that’s sparking it. He’s dismissing his presidential opponent as incapable of tackling the violence himself. Biden said Monday in Pittsburgh that Trump can’t stop the violence “because for years he’s fomented it.” Trump says Biden won’t condemn the violence, but Biden said Monday, “It’s lawlessness, plain and simple. And those who do it should be prosecuted,.”
Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing seal coating operations on various roadways in Beaver County will occur Monday through Friday, August 31-September 4 weather permitting.
Lane restrictions will occur during the mobile seal coating operations. Work will occur from 6 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on the following roadways:
Each year, PennDOT’s maintenance crews perform numerous operations designed to maintain the integrity of the road surface and preserve its life. Seal coating, or more commonly referred to as “tar and chips”, is essential in preserving the life of a road surface because it prevents moisture from entering the pavement through surface cracks and oxidized asphalt surfaces.
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Aliquippa, Pa.) PA State Police reported this morning that an alleged sexual assault of a 13 year-old girl on Superior Avenue in Aliquippa is being investigated The alleged incident was reported to Aliquippa Police last Monday afternoon and they turned it over to the state police, according to Aliquippa Police Chief John Lane.