Archbishop Wilton Gregory is promising Catholics he will “rebuild your trust” after Pope Francis named him the new archbishop of Washington, D.C.. the archdiocese that has become the epicenter of the clergy sex abuse crisis in the U.S. Gregory, the archbishop of Atlanta, is a moderate and the first African American to lead the Washington archdiocese. He replaces Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned last year after a Pennsylvania grand jury accused him of covering up the abuse.

BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS CHAIRMAN DAN CAMP IS TALKING ABOUT HIS TRIP TO WASHINGTON, D-C YESTERDAY. HERE’S WHAT HE TOLD FRANK SPARKS DURING THE ‘ASK THE COMMISSIONERS’ SEGMENT ON TELEFORUM THIS MORNING…

CAMP SAYS HIS TESTIMONY FOCUSED ON THE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND JOBS THAT THE NATURAL GAS INDUSTRY BROUGHT TO BEAVER COUNTY…

SOME PROCLAMATIONS WERE PRESENTED…AND A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER WAS HIRED BY THE CITY… AT LAST NIGHT’S ALIQUIPPA COUNCIL MEETING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)

STATE REPRESENTATIVE JOSH KAIL OF THE 15TH DISTRICT HELD AN OPEN HOUSE AT HIS CENTER TOWNSHIP OFFICE YESTERDAY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Photos taken by Sandy Giordano

PPG Industries Inc. is agreeing to pay $1.2 million and treat polluted water seeping into the Allegheny River from a long-closed waste site, although environmental organizations called it a “slap on the wrist.” Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection and PPG signed the agreement Tuesday. PennEnvironment and the Sierra Club sued PPG in 2012, yielding a federal judge’s ruling last year that PPG is liable for the contamination. The groups say they’ll continue with their lawsuit.

A state judge in Pennsylvania has ruled that a state-brokered consent decree between health care rivals UPMC and Highmark cannot be extended beyond the end of June. Attorney General Josh Shapiro has sought to modify and extend the five-year agreement that gives Highmark members in-network access to UPMC hospitals and physicians. Judge Robert Simpson cited a state Supreme Court ruling. A Shapiro spokesman said an appeal to the high court is planned.

BEAVER COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE KICKED OFF THE COUNTDOWN TO THE 2020 CENSUS. COMMISSIONER TONY AMADIO, DURING THE ‘ASK THE COMMISSIONERS’ SEGMENT ON TELEFORUM THIS MORNING, STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF MAKING SURE EVERY RESIDENT IS ACCOUNTED FOR…

Authorities say a jitney driver who fatally shot a passenger who was trying to rob him won’t face charges. Allegheny County police say the shooting occurred Wednesday. The 73-year-old driver had picked up a 33-year-old man and another passenger in Duquesne. While on the road, authorities say the man pulled out a gun and struck the driver while demanding money. After the driver and the man got out of the car, authorities say the jitney driver took out his own gun and shot the would-be robber.

Authorities say a freight train struck a man and a woman as they walked along some tracks in Pittsburgh, killing the man moments after he pushed the woman out of the way. Pittsburgh police say 20-year-old Conlan Onder, of Baldwin, and the woman apparently didn’t hear the train as it approached them around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday on the Norfolk Southern tracks near Station Square. Onder was pronounced dead at the scene. The woman remains hospitalized today in serious condition.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 4TH, 2019

 

TODAY – OVERCAST. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER.
HIGH – 55.

TONIGHT – SHOWERS THIS EVENING…BECOMING A STEADY
RAIN OVERNIGHT. LOW – 45.

FRIDAY – CLOUDY WITH SHOWERS. HIGH – 57.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY IN THE MORNING. SUNSHINE IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 65.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY WITH RAIN DEVELOPING LATER IN THE
DAY. HIGH – 72.