AAA: Gas Prices Lower in Pennsylvania as Demand Drops
The average price of gasoline across Western Pennsylvania is a penny lower this week at $2.533 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average                  $2.533
Average price during the week of October 12, 2020                                  $2.542
Average price during the week of October 21, 2019                                  $2.816

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:      

$2.552      Altoona
$2.585      Beaver
$2.586      Bradford
$2.536      Brookville
$2.458      Butler
$2.483      Clarion
$2.564      DuBois
$2.581      Erie
$2.485      Greensburg
$2.599      Indiana
$2.351      Jeannette
$2.578      Kittanning
$2.589      Latrobe
$2.589      Meadville
$2.575      Mercer
$2.355      New Castle
$2.584      New Kensington
$2.599      Oil City
$2.512      Pittsburgh
$2.459      Sharon
$2.598      Uniontown
$2.599      Warren
$2.438      Washington

Trend Analysis:
Gasoline demand, according to the Energy Information Administration (EIA), lowered for the week ending Oct. 9, decreasing from 8.90 million b/d to 8.58 million b/d. Even though total gasoline stocks and imports have also fallen, the lower demand contributed to pump price decreases for most of the country.

Today’s national average is $2.16, which is two cents less than a week and month ago and 49 cents cheaper than last year. On the week, a few Mid-West states saw much larger decreases: Indiana (-6 cents), Michigan (-6 cents), Ohio (-5 cents) and Kentucky (-5 cents), which could be attributed to an increase in regional stock. A penny gas price increase was seen in these states since last Monday: Utah ($2.40), New Jersey ($2.24), Alaska ($2.50), Georgia ($2.00), South Dakota ($2.10) and Hawaii ($3.24).

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate decreased by eight cents to settle at $40.88. Domestic crude prices decreased at the end of last week due to market concern regarding an increase in coronavirus infections worldwide. Prices lowered despite EIA’s new weekly report showing that total domestic crude inventories declined by 3.8 million barrels to 489.1 million. For this week, ongoing demand concerns could cause prices to decrease further.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.

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PITTSBURGH — A deadly crash occurred just before midnight Monday on interstate 279 North in Pittsburgh. The driver of the car somehow entered 279 going the wrong direction and collided head on with a Pepsi Truck. The front end of the car was wedged under the front of the truck and it’s being reported the car caught fire and the driver of the Pepsi truck put out the flames. The driver of the car was pronounced dead at the scene and the driver of the Pepsi Truck was taken to a local hospital with minor injuries. Interstate 279 was closed until around 6 a.m. this morning. Investigators are now working to determine where the driver got on to 279 going the wrong direction.

(Beaver County, PA) October is National Domestic Violence Awareness Month and the Women’s Center of Beaver County has partnered with Beaver County Radio to produce and publish a four part series on issues associated with Domestic Violence.

One of the most significant ways to combat domestic violence is by making people more aware of the resources that are available to them in their community. The Women’s Center of Beaver County has traditionally been that safe haven and advocate for the victims of domestic violence.  Ann Colella-Murray from the Women’s Center of Beaver County remarked in a recent discussion, that while certain changes in procedure and the fact that center capacity has been modified in conjunction with COVID 19 protocol, the mission to intervene and support those affected by domestic violence continues.

Upcoming segments in this series include “Holiday Donations In A Post COVID World”, “24 Hour Helpline” and “Counseling Versus Therapy”.

For more information, call the Women’s Center Of Beaver County at 724-775-0131.

 

Glasnow, Snell to start first 2 World Series games for Rays
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Tyler Glasnow will start Tuesday night’s World Series opener for the Tampa Bay Rays against the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Blake Snell will be on the mound for Game 2 on Wednesday night. Glasnow was 5-1 with a 4.08 ERA in 11 starts during the regular season and 2-1 with a 4,66 ERA in four postseason starts. Snell, a left-hander, won the 2018 AL Cy Young Award. He was 4-2 with a 3.24 ERA in 11 regular-season starts and 2-2 with a 3.20 ERA in four postseason starts.

6 Russian military officers charged in vast hacking campaign
By ERIC TUCKER Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Six Russian military officers sought to disrupt through computer hacking the French election, the Winter Olympics and U.S. businesses. A Justice Department indictment details attacks on a broad range of political, financial and athletic targets.  It accuses the defendants, all alleged officers in the Russian military agency known as the GRU, in destructive attacks on Ukraine’s power grid and in a hack-and-leak effort directed at the political party of French President Emmanuel Macron during the 2017 election. The indictment does not charge the defendants in connection with interference in American elections.

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Patterson Twp.) Traffic was restricted to one lane on Steffen Hill in Patterson Township early Monday morning following a one vehicle accident.  Police Chief Dave Stanislawski said the department received a call 5:18 a.m.  He said a pickup truck operated by a male  veered off the road ended up on the passenger side.   The driver was taken to the hospital for facial injuries.  The vehicle sustained extensive damage.. Steffen Hill was restricted to one lane , and it was closed between  Craig and Clayton so traffic could move,, the chief said.

House unanimously adopts Matzie resolution recognizing credit unions

HARRISBURG, Oct. 19 – The House today unanimously adopted state Rep. Rob Matzie’s resolution highlighting the special benefits provided by Pennsylvania’s credit unions.

Matzie, D-Beaver/Allegheny, said he introduced H.R. 1020 – designating Oct. 11-17 as Credit Union Week in Pennsylvania – to emphasize the ways these financial collaboratives empower consumers and differ from banks.

“Credit unions are unique because they exist to serve their members,” Matzie said. “Shareholder profits are not part of the equation. Instead, credit unions are owned and operated by their members, and any gains realized go back to members in the form of lower fees, lower-than-average bank card rates, low-interest loans and higher interest rates on deposits.

“Beyond those benefits, credit unions also offer financial education, consumer outreach and support for members’ community work. They are guided by a common motto – ‘Not for profit, not for charity, but for service’ – and they operate in a way that truly empowers the consumers they serve.

“It’s a model that has been working for more than 100 years in this country and an alternative that consumers should be aware of when it comes to their personal finances.”

Matzie said the credit union movement began in Germany in the mid-1800s, and the first U.S. credit union opened its doors in 1909 in New Hampshire.

Today, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are home to more than 510 credit unions serving the needs of 5.3 million members.

Prospects dim for critical election bill in Pennsylvania
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With 15 days until the presidential election, Republican lawmakers in the battleground state of Pennsylvania appeared unwilling Monday to authorize counties to process mail-in ballots before Election Day, seen as crucial to producing a prompt election result. A spokesperson for the House Republican majority said they have no plans to consider changes to election laws that will affect the Nov. 3 election. County officials say the change could ensure the vast majority of ballots are tabulated within hours of polls closing. They say that waiting until Election Day to dig into roughly 3 million mail-in ballots could require days to process enough ballots to project a winner in the presidential contest.