TODAY IS WORLD ASTHMA DAY…AS WE HEAR IN THIS REPORT FROM BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

THE BEAVER COUNTY CORONER’S OFFICE HAS RELEASED THE NAME OF THE VICTIM INVOLVED IN A TRAFFIC FATALITY IN BEAVER FALLS OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO REPORTS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Crews were called to the scene of an early morning house fire in Independence Township this morning. The fire was reported shortly before 3:45 a.m. along Thompson Hill Road. A family that was inside the house managed to get out safely. No injuries reported. The cause of the fire has not been determined.

According to this week’s Triple-A East Central Gas Price Report gas prices are up a penny in Western Pennsylvania at 3.10 a gallon. Gasoline stocks declined by about a half a million barrels in the Energy Information Administration’s latest report. The national average is at 2.89 a gallon. Prices a year ago in Western Pennsylvania were at 3.05 a gallon.

A Beaver County pilot is in the first stage of a flight around the world. Ross Edmonson took off yesterday from the Zelienople Municipal Airport on a 40-thousand-mile flight in a single-engine aircraft named Planey McPlaneface. His eleven-month journey will double as a fundraiser for African Promise, a group that works to improve schools in Kenya.

UNDATED (AP) — A Philadelphia city commission says it’s investigating an event last month at which Muslim children were captured on video speaking in Arabic about beheadings and the liberation of one of Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy sites. The Commission on Human Relations confirmed Monday that it’s launched a probe into the event at the Muslim American Society’s Philadelphia chapter. The video uploaded to the chapter’s Facebook page shows two girls reading from a prepared text.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A Democratic state lawmaker is drawing criticism for filming himself berating a woman demonstrator outside an abortion clinic in Philadelphia, calling her an “old white lady” and her protest “grotesque.” State Rep. Brian Sims posted the eight-minute-plus video on social media. It shows him peppering the woman with questions and criticism. In response the woman says little but takes out her rosary and clutches it. A Pennsylvania Republican leader is calling for the lawmaker to apologize.

A rally is planned today at the State Capitol to advocate for raising the minimum age to buy tobacco products. It’s expected around 650 members of the Tobacco 21 Movement will be in attendance asking lawmakers to raise the sales age to 21 from 18. It’s reported 12 other states have already made this change.

Four law enforcement members are being remembered in Harrisburg. The Fraternal Order of Police held a ceremony Monday at the Forum in Harrisburg for Deputy U.S. Marshal Christopher Hill, York police officer Alex Sable, Philly Officer Raymond Diaz, and Sergeant Brian Cuscino from New Castle. Each died last year while on duty in Pennsylvania. Governor Tom Wolf and other top state officials were in attendance for the ceremony.

Drivers planning to use the Pennsylvania Turnpike this summer should be aware of a road work project starting this week. The turnpike will have lane restrictions in both directions between the Gateway and Cranberry interchanges starting at 8 p.m. The restrictions are expected to last until 6 a.m. and continue Monday through Friday. Work will take place Saturday nights if a make-up day is needed. This project is expected to continue through November.