The former mayor of Seven Fields in Butler County was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in federal prison on a child pornography conviction. 47-year-old Edward Bayne of Cranberry Township had pleaded guilty in July to possession of pornography following an investigation by state police that uncovered thousands of images in computer graphics files that he acquired through online file-sharing networks. In addition to the seven-year sentence, U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill imposed a term of 10 years of probation. The judge also ordered him to pay $12,000 in restitution to four individuals identified in the pornography under a federal law that compensates victims. Bayne was mayor of Seven Fields from 2006 to 2013, when he resigned after state troopers raided his house.

A police chase ended with a crash near the Monaca Bridge this morning. The incident began when police tried to pull over Bryan Eakles for speeding on route 65. The car took off, reaching speeds of 100 mph at times. After the crash, police say Eakles ran off over a hillside. When police caught up with him, he had a seizure and was taken to the hospital. Eakles, who is originally from New Brighton, spent eight years behind bars for a stabbing in Florida. There was a warrant out for his arrest on charges that he violated his probation. Stay with Beaver County Radio news for the latest news on this developing story.

A Center Township man is getting prison time after pleading guilty to charges he caused a fatal crash in 2013. 67-year-old Frank Malone has been sentenced to two to nearly five years behind bars for a crash that killed 25-year-old Renina Newton. Authorities say the man hit another vehicle on Interstate 376 in Hopewell Township that had four passengers in it, including a pair of 5-year-old children. Newton was a passenger in the car and was pronounced dead at the scene. Malone pleaded guilty in December to homicide by vehicle and reckless endangerment.

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.