(Photo Courtesy of Rep. Conor Lamb’s Office)

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Representative Conor Lamb (PA-17) announced that Pine-Richland High School student, Ayla Chandola, is the winner of the 2021 Congressional Art Competition for Pennsylvania’s 17^th District for her computer generated and mixed media artwork “Nature’s Power.”  Chandola will enter her senior year at Pine-Richland in the fall of 2021.

Lamb received a dozen art submissions for the contest, including oil paintings, photographs and drawings from schools across PA-17.

A panel of judges, including local artists and educators, selected Chandola’s “Nature’s Power,” which will be hung in the U.S. Capitol along with the winning entries from other congressional districts nationwide.  Additionally, the panel selected

2^nd Place: Ashley Glabicki (Sewickley Academy) “Say Their Names”

3^rd Place: Brian Walsh (Seneca Valley Senior High School) “4 Elements”

4^th Place: Logan Fitch (Saint Joseph High School) “Chromatic Bloom”

 Visit Lamb’s website to see the 2021 Congressional Art Competition winning selections for PA-17.

By EVENS SANON and DÁNICA COTO Associated Press
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — An already struggling Haiti is stumbling into an uncertain future, reeling from the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse, followed by a gunfight in which authorities say police killed four suspects, detained two others and freed three officers being held hostage. Officials are pledging to track down all those responsible for the pre-dawn raid Wednesday in which the president was shot to death and his wife critically wounded. Authorities have not provided any details on the suspects, nor have they said anything about a motive or what led police to them. The prime minister has assumed leadership and decreed a two-week state of siege in a country beset with poverty, violence and political instability.

By JOSHUA GOODMAN Associated Press Writer
MIAMI (AP) — The last time Haiti was thrust into turmoil by assassination was 1915, when rebels beat to death President Vilbrun Guillaume Sam, triggering a nearly two-decade U.S. military intervention. But the era of gunboat diplomacy is long over and the U.S. is unlikely to deploy troops in the aftermath of the brazen slaying of President Jovenel Moïse. But the Biden administration may nonetheless find itself dragged into the country’s increasingly violent political conflict. It’s been building — if largely ignored by Washington — for months and is now expected to deepen further, with the immediate path forward blurred by intrigue.

By GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press
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By DAVID McHUGH and RAF CASERT Associated Press
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union has fined major German car manufacturers $1 billion because they colluded to limit the development and rollout of car emission-control systems. The European Commission said Thursday that Daimler, BMW and Volkswagen along with its Audi and Porsche divisions avoided competing on technology to restrict pollution from gasoline and diesel passenger cars. Daimler wasn’t fined after it revealed the cartel to the EU Commission. It was the first time the commission imposed collusion fines over holding back the use of technical developments, not a more traditional practice like price fixing. Volkswagen says it is considering an appeal to the European Court of Justice.

By RUSS BYNUM and CURT ANDERSON Associated Press
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Tropical Storm Elsa is carving a destructive and soaking path up the East Coast after killing at least one person in Florida and spinning up a tornado at a Georgia Navy base that flipped recreational vehicles upside-down and blew one of them into a lake. One person was killed in Jacksonville, Florida, when a tree fell onto a car. And a spokesperson for Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia says a possible tornado struck a park for recreational vehicles on the base, hospitalizing about 10 people. A tropical storm watch extended up the East Coast to Massachusetts.

Story by Beaver County Radio Correspondent, Sandy Giordano.

(Hopewell Township, PA) – BEAVER COUNTY 9-1-1 reported that power lines were down in the  area of Crestmont Shopping Center and the road was closed earlier this morning. Quick action by Duquesne Light Company allowed the road to be reopened a short time ago, according to  Beaver County 9-1-1.

Story by Beaver County Radio Correspondent, Sandy Giordano.

(Aliquippa, PA) – Alex Scott, and his public works crew will begin street sweeping on August 2 and will continue until the end of the month. He told the council at Wednesday night’s meeting. An effort will be made to sweep the streets twice. He reported that work on Christine Drive should be complete by Friday. He said beginning the week of July 26  the storm water project on 4th Avenue between Jefferson and Madison Street on Plan  11 will take a few weeks to complete. He asked council to  request applicants for part time work and turn them in to City Administrator Sam Gill. A Duquesne Light pole in the area of CVS at Brodhead and Mill  Street was struck by lightning, and he is in contact with them to replace it.