Several high school students from Coraopolis were hurt when a school bus overturned this morning on Interstate 79. The bus overturned on the Noblestown Road on-ramp to Interstate 79 North around 7:00 this morning. The bus was headed to Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School. Jessica Cerchiaro – Director of Communications for the school – tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that there were six OLOSH students on the bus. Only three students were taken to the hospital, treated for minor injuries and released.

The United Steelworkers union says it has reached a tentative deal with Allegheny Technologies that would end a six-month lockout of workers. Area media report the lockout has affected workers in six states, including an estimated 1,500 in Western Pennsylvania. It’s still unclear, however, what the deal would mean for the 270 union workers at ATI’s Midland plant, which idled last month and is expected to remain idle until later this year at the earliest.

A state prison inmate in Indiana County is suspected of conspiring with an Aliquippa woman on the outside to have a man killed. That’s what state police are saying today. The intended victim was not identified in a written statement announcing the arrests of 54-year-old Laraine Patterson of Aliquippa, and 48-year-old Gregory Rouzer on felony charges of solicitation and conspiracy to commit homicide. Rouzer was already serving time at SCI Pine Grove. He was scheduled to be arraigned on the new charges today by District Judge Susanne Stefee. Patterson is being held in the county jail on $75,000 bail as she awaits a preliminary hearing Feb. 29.

A top honor for one of Beaver County’s colleges… CCBC’s practical nursing program has been ranked #1 in Pennsylvania. Nursing experts at practicalnursing.org ranked the Community College of Beaver County practical nursing program the #1 program in Pennsylvania in 2015. Dr. Shelly Moore is the dean of the School of Nursing and Allied Health at CCBC. She tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that the ranking is  quite a distinction: CCBC has offered the program since the college opened its doors nearly 50 years ago.

Legislative hearings open today on Governor Tom Wolf’s proposed $33.3 billion state budget even with no end in sight for the fight over this year’s spending plan. Wolf’s plan would include a nearly $3 billion increase in taxes. Top Republican leaders say they’re committed to dealing with a deficit, but without hiking taxes.

A new poll out today from Robert Morris University in Moon Township shows the pope with a favorability rate of 69% compared to a 31% favorability rating for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. This survey was conducted before the controversy between the two figures in which Pope Francis questioned Trump’s Christianity due to his plan to construct a wall between the U.S. and Mexico. Trump responded by saying the pope had no right to question his faith, but later blamed the media for blowing the conflict out of proportion. These figures show Trump was likely wise to downplay the situation, as this poll shows that even his supporters have a 71% favorability rating for the pope.

Ambridge police are continuing to search for the suspect in a February 13th attempted armed robbery. Police say the suspect entered the Italian Villa restaurant in Ambridge, wrote “money now” on a slip of paper that he gave to a witness, and implied that he had a weapon. The man is described as a white male wearing a black hoodie with the Nike symbol, light-colored sweatpants, and dark shoes. Anyone with information can call the Ambridge police department at (724) 266-3270.

Three Democrats looking to unseat Republican Senator Pat Toomey meet this evening for a debate. John Fetterman, Katie McGinty and Joe Sestak are virtually identical in their positions on central Democratic Party officials. The forum at the Keystone Progress Summit in Harrisburg comes two months ahead of the race’s primary.