An elderly woman has died in a house fire that occurred Sunday afternoon in New Castle. Officials say a 92-year-old woman who lived by herself was found dead in the kitchen of the home at 1709 Gretchen Avenue. The victim’s identity has not been released. The home is a total loss. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.

MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — More than 16,000 customers in four western Pennsylvania communities are waiting to learn if a boil water advisory has been lifted. The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County told residents in McKeesport, Port Vue, Versailles and White Oak to boil their water after a pump failed on Saturday. The agency says the McKeesport Water Treatment Plant is operating and purging air from its system. Two successful tests are needed before the boil water advisory will be lifted.

PennDOT District 11 is announcing roadway improvements on Route 68 (Midland Beaver Road) in Industry Borough and Vanport Township, Beaver County, will occur Monday through Friday, October 14-18 weather permitting. Center and edge line paving will occur on Route 68 between the Shippingport Bridge in Industry Borough and Sebring Road in Vanport Township from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Single-lane alternating traffic will occur.  Crews from PennDOT’s Beaver County Maintenance will conduct the work. Please use caution and allow extra time when traveling through the area. Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 950 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2019

 

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 61.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 37.

TUESDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 67.

4 dead in shooting at illegal gambling site in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (AP) — Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting at an illegal gambling club in New York City, police said.
The six men and one woman were shot just before 7 a.m. inside a building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said four men were dead at the scene and the others were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The victims, who have not been identified, ranged in age from 32 to 49, Shea said at a briefing near the shooting. Two may have lived out of state and the rest were from neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn, Shea added.
One additional person was injured fleeing.
No arrests have been made, and police do not know the motive for the shootings, Shea said. He said two guns were found at the scene and more could potentially be found.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter that the city “awoke to senseless gun violence.”
The Democrat added, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it until I can’t anymore: we have an epidemic of gun violence that spares no community — and it won’t stop until we get guns off our streets once and for all.”
The shooting was the second mass killing in New York in a week in a city that has seen a marked drop in homicides in recent years. Four homeless men were beaten to death by another homeless man Oct. 5 in the Chinatown neighborhood. In 2000, there were more than 600 homicides in the city. Last year, there were fewer than 300.
A sign on the building where the bloodshed occurred says Triple A Aces. Shea said there was “evidence of gambling” including cards and dice inside.
The gambling operation was unlicensed but police had not previously received any complaints about the location, Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison said.
Crime scene tape surrounded the building Saturday morning and investigators in white jumpsuits could be seen going in and out.
The block where the shots rang out has empty storefronts and boarded-up buildings as well as renovated townhouses.

1 dead, 3 missing after hotel collapse in

New ORLEANS (AP) — A Hard Rock Hotel under construction at the edge of New Orleans’ historic French Quarter collapsed Saturday morning, leaving at least one person dead and three unaccounted for, authorities said.
City officials and Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards confirmed the death.
The building was under construction at the corner of Rampart Street and Canal Street, a broad boulevard just outside the Quarter, lined with restaurants hotels and retailers. Canal, which carries six lanes of traffic divided by a wide median where streetcars roll, separates the Quarter from the city’s main business district.
WWL-TV aired and tweeted a viewer’s dramatic video of the collapse, showing upper floors falling on top of each other before one side of the building toppled to the ground.
Another video on social media was taken by someone aboard one of the city’s famous streetcars as it approached the site while the building was collapsing. It showed what looked like a metal structure — part of the building or a piece of construction equipment — tumbling to the ground and people running from the scene as clouds of dust billowed up and around the streetcar, obscuring the view like a thick fog.
Authorities say 18 people were taken to a hospital for treatment. All were considered stable.
Edwards urged people to stay away from the area, which was still considered unstable. An unsupported crane listed away from the building site. As dust settled following the morning collapse, twisted metal, concrete pilings and other wreckage covered part of Rampart Street.
“It was a deep rumbling sound,” Matt Worges, who saw the collapse from a nearby building, told The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate. “Like an airplane maybe. It drew my head immediately.”

Beaver County Radio, 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA and 99.3 F.M. has announced plans to host and broadcast a live Beaver County commissioners “Candidate Cast” debate on Friday November 1st – that’s the Friday before Election Day – from 10 A.M. until Noon. The special program will originate from the Beaver County Radio Live Sound Stage, located in the WBVP,WMBA and 99.3 F.M. studio and office building in Beaver Falls.  Beaver County Radio Program Director Frank Sparks has spearheaded the project…

Sparks explains how the  idea came about….

Sparks says all four commissioner candidates have agreed to participate in “Candidates Cast”…

Sparks says this will be an interactive debate, one in which you – the listeners – will be able to participate in…

 

Sparks says during the last half hour of the debate, they will break away from the traditional format with a little twist…

 

…and if you happen to miss the live debate, no worries…Sparks you can always view it later…on Facebook:

 

THE COPYRIGHT OWNERS OF THE ‘CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS’ THEME SONG HAVE SUED DOLLYWOOD IN FEDERAL COURT FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT. NEWS OUTLETS REPORT THE COMPLAINT SAYS THE EAST TENNESSEE THEME PARK, WHICH WAS NAMED FOR COUNTRY STAR DOLLY PARTON, HAS USED THE SONG WITHOUT PERMISSION IN LIVE CHRISTMAS PERFORMANCES SINCE 2007. THE LAWSUIT SAYS LOS ANGELES-BASED LEE MENDELSON FILM PRODUCTIONS OWNS THE COPYRIGHT…AND IS ASKING FOR $150,000 FOR EVERY TIME THE SONG HAS BEEN USED. ACCORDING TO THE SUIT, “CHRISTMAS TIME IS HERE” WAS WRITTEN BY LEE MENDELSON AND VINCE GUARALDI FOR THE 1965 TELEVISION SPECIAL “A CHARLIE BROWN CHRISTMAS”.