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WBVP/ WMBA News Series On Beaver Valley Power Station – Part 3

TODAY IS OUR THIRD AND FINAL SEGMENT OF OUR THREE-PART SERIES ON FIRST-ENERGY’S PLAN TO SHUT DOWN THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION SITE WITHIN THE NEXT THREE YEARS. LEGISLATIVE ACTION COULD CHANGE THE COURSE OF EVENTS AS THE CLOSURE IS MARKET-DEPENDENT AND RELATED TO FINANCIALLY COMPETITIVE ENERGY SOURCES. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS, CONGRESSMAN KEITH ROTHFUS SAYS….HE’S LEADING THE CHARGE ON WASHINGTON ON THIS ISSUE…

HE’S URGING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TO GET INVOLVED…

ROTHFUS SAYS WE NEED TO FOCUS ON THE REAL ISSUE HERE…

ROTHFUS  BELIEVES HIS EFFORTS TO BRING THIS ISSUE TO THE FOREFRONT IN WASHINGTON… ARE BEGINNING TO WORK:

ROTHFUS GAVE US THE LATEST UPDATE ON WHAT’S HAPPENING IN WASHINGTON TO SAVE OUR POWER PLANTS…

MEANWHILE, THE FIRST-ENERGY DIVISION THAT OVERSEES THE BEAVER VALLEY POWER STATION HAS FILED FOR BANKRUPTCY…AND IS CURRENTLY GOING THROUGH A RE-ORGANIZATION PROCESS IN THE HOPES OF FINDING A BUYER.

Penguins sign F Bryan Rust to 4-year deal

Penguins sign F Bryan Rust to 4-year deal
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-signed forward Bryan Rust to a four-year deal that runs through the 2021-22 campaign.
The deal, announced on Tuesday, carries an average annual value of $3.5 million.
The 26-year-old Rust set career highs in both assists (25) and points (38) while playing in 69 games for the Penguins this season and added three goals in 12 playoff games.
Rust was a pivotal member of the Penguins as they won consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017.
He has 10 goals and one assist in 18 career elimination games and has 21 points in 58 career playoff games for Pittsburgh. Four of his 16 career playoff goals have been game winners.
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TRAFFIC: Big Beaver Crash Cleared After Shutting Down PA Turnpike

A tractor-trailer crash in Big Beaver has been cleared from westbound Pennsylvania Turnpike after shutting the highway between the Cranberry and New Castle exits this morning. According to PennDOT, the crash was reported shortly before 3 a.m. in Big Beaver. State police say the crash involved a tractor trailer and van; two people were injured and were flown to local hospitals. The 20-mile stretch of turnpike reopened shortly after 6:30 this morning. Traffic had been detouring at Cranberry exit 28 onto I-79 north to Route 422 west, I-376 east to Exit 26.

Scattered Thunderstorms Throughout The Day

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27TH, 2018

 

TODAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THROUGHOUT THE
DAY. HIGH – 76.

TONIGHT – VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS MORE
NUMEROUS THIS EVENING. LOW – 67.

THURSDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN
REMAINING PARTLY CLOUDY THROUGHOUT
THE AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 80.

Cop’s Facebook comment about slain rapper gets him desk duty

Cop’s Facebook comment about slain rapper gets him desk duty
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh police officer who posted a Facebook comment that appeared to celebrate the recent death of up-and-coming rapper Jimmy Wopo has been put on desk duty.
The police department says the city is investigating the social media post. The department says “comments that disparage victims and endanger the community and fellow officers will not be tolerated.”
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Officer Brian Martin got into an exchange on Facebook with a person saying it seemed like Wopo’s death had been forgotten.
Martin replied: “Not me. I’m still celebrating.”
The post has since been taken down.
Martin declined to comment Monday.
Wopo, whose real name was Travon Smart, was killed and another man injured when someone opened fire on their car in Pittsburgh on June 18.
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Information from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com

Teen in car with Antwon Rose Jr. detained in the case that led to fatal police shooting

Teen detained in case that led to fatal police shooting
By ERRIN HAINES WHACK, Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police made an arrest in a drive-by shooting that started a chain of events resulting in the police killing of a black teenager.
The teenager under arrest was with the victim, 17-year-old Antwon Rose Jr., the night he was shot by police, authorities said Tuesday.
Authorities said Rose and the arrested teen fled after being pulled over June 19 on suspicion they had involvement with the drive-by shooting.
Police shot Rose three times, leading to daily protests around Pittsburgh.
Investigators have not said whether they believe Rose had any involvement in the earlier violence that left one wounded. Two guns were recovered from the car they were riding in, and an empty gun magazine was found in Rose’s pants pocket.
In video of the fatal shooting taken from a nearby home, Rose, in a gray shirt, is the first to run from the vehicle.
The arrest came as dozens of protesters returned to the streets of downtown Pittsburgh, blocking traffic with locked arms and raised fists, demanding justice in Rose’s death.
Chanting, “Who did this? The police did this!” and “Three shots to the back, how do you justify that?” marchers began walking several blocks shortly after 7:30 a.m., shutting down busy intersections for more than two hours.
The crowd made stops at the county and city courthouses, pausing regularly to recall the black teenager in moments of silence a week after he was shot.
Wearing a black T-shirt with the word “ENDANGERED” printed in red, white and blue, protest leader Nicki Jo Dawson told the crowd: “This isn’t something to do for fun.”
“This isn’t a hobby,” Dawson said. “We do this to get justice we’ve never seen. In this courthouse, there’s a man who refuses to indict an (officer) for killing one of our children. Not today.”
Some passers-by raised their fists in solidarity, while others — including several commuters — shouted and honked in frustration. Pittsburgh police flanked the protester route.
Christian Carter, a friend of Rose’s, read the 2016 poem Rose wrote, “I Am Not What You Think,” in which he discussed not wanting his mother to lose him to violence and not wanting to become a statistic.
In the days since Rose was fatally shot by a white police officer, marchers have demonstrated almost daily. They refrained from protest Monday, as Rose was laid to rest, out of respect for his family.
On Tuesday, they renewed their call for Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala to prosecute Officer Michael Rosefeld in Rose’s death. Zappala has said he wanted to delay publicly discussing the investigation until after Rose’s funeral, but it is unclear when he will do so.
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Associated Press writer Claudia Lauer contributed to this report.