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Story by sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Independence Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Five local fire departments responded to a fire Sunday night when a home at 132 Colonial Drive was struck by lightning in Independence Township, Beaver County.  Beaver County 9-1-1 said there is no report on  the extent of damage. Fire Chief Jerry New wasn’t available Sunday night to comment.

(File Photo of Mike Warfield during an appearance on the “Best of Beaver County” on Beaver County Radio in 2019. Photo taken by Frank Sparks)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Aliquippa, Pa.) The New Pittsburgh Courier will honor Aliquippa City Administrator Samuel L. Gill, Councilman Donald Walker III, and Quips Head Football  Coach Mike Warfield
Walker is also the AEDC  Board chairman and Parent, Family, and Community Engagement Manager of  the Private Industry council of  Head Start of Beaver County. Warfield is also a Law Enforcement Coordinator  for the Department of Justice for the United State’s Attorney’s Office.  The three men are part of the class of 50 African American men from the Pittsburgh area receiving the Men of Excellence Awards. The honor celebrates  the vision, exceptional achievements and community service of African American men.
This year’s event will take place at the Sheraton Pittsburgh Station Square on Thursday, September 22, 2022 from 6- 9 p.m.. Cost is $90 per  person, $900 for a table of 10. For tickets contact  Allison Palm 412-481-8302 ext. 128.

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Eugene Phillips pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and to launder drug trafficking proceeds, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
Phillips, age 30 of Farrell, Pennsylvania, pled guilty before United States District Judge
Cathy Bissoon. Judge Bissoon scheduled sentencing to occur on Dec. 9, 2022, at 10:00 a.m.
As part of the factual basis for the guilty plea, the Court was informed that between March and June 2021, while Phillips was detained at the Mercer County Jail with pending state drug trafficking charges, he conspired to distribute crack cocaine and to launder drug trafficking proceeds.
The law provides for a sentence of at least 5 years and up to 60 years in prison and a fine of up to $5,500,000. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is to be based upon the seriousness of the offenses and the prior criminal history of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Craig W. Haller is prosecuting this case on behalf of the United States.

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(Lawrence County, Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are looking for the publics help in the theft of a catalytic converter theft from two different Lawrence County businesses on the same day.

Troopers said via release that someone stole the catalytic converter from a 1999 Ford F350 Truck at Ferrante Upholstering that belong to the company on Pa. Route 18 sometime between Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 3:00 PM and Monday, August 15, 2022 at 10:00 AM.

In the second incident at Three Rivers Aggregates, on Wampum Road, someone broke into the office, stole the catalytic converter from a 2006 Ford F250 Supercab, and vandalized a 2003 Chevy C/K 3500.  Troopers said this incident also occurred sometime between Saturday, August 13, 2022 at 3:00 PM and Monday August 15, 2022 at 7:00 AM.

Pa State Police in New Castle are asking anyone with information on either incident to contact them at (724) 598-2211

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(NATRONA HEIGHTS, Pa. )The former administrative offices building located adjacent to Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison Township is set to be demolished. The site where the building has stood since 1928 will be repurposed with additional hospital parking, a project that is slated for spring 2023.
In preparation for the demolition, excavation around the perimeter of the building will begin Monday, August 22; the building is tentatively scheduled to come down in early October. Although the project will not require any road closures, the sidewalk bordering the two sides of the building along Alabama and Carlisle Streets will be closed off and inaccessible for the duration.
The building was originally home to the nursing school and residence and then served as the main hospital for many years. Most recently, hospital administration offices were located there, until they were moved to the main hospital building in 2019. The building has been vacant since then.
AHN is partnering with Rycon Construction, Inc. to oversee the project, with MCF Architects and Gateway Engineering collaborating on the design of the planned parking area.

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(Clay Township, Butler County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting via release that 92-year-old Norman Jacaszek from Glenshaw was killed Friday night when the 2014 Hyundai Santa Fe he was driving southbound along West Sunbury Road in Clay Twp., Butler County crossed left of center for an unknown reason and hit a Ford F-150XL T being driven 21-year-old Nicolas Michielli of Allison Park.
Troopers said in the release when they arrived on the scene Michielli was trapped in his vehicle and sustained serious injuries. Emergency Responders extracted him from the truck and he was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital for treatment. Jacaszek was found to be deceased and heavily entrapped in his vehicle with significant blunt force injury to his entire body.
There is no word on Michielli’s condition at Troopers continue to investigate.

An election worker continues the process in counting ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mercer County Elections Board in Mercer, Pa. Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
By MICHAEL RUBINKAM Associated Press
A Pennsylvania judge has ordered three Republican-controlled counties to include undated mail-in ballots in their certified results of the May election. The Republican judge sided Friday with the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf in a dispute that has stalled statewide certification of the primary results for governor and U.S. Senate. Berks, Fayette and Lancaster counties were ordered to count about 800 mail-in ballots that lack handwritten dates on their return envelopes. State law requires voters to date the envelopes, but the Commonwealth Court judge ruled the lack of a date was a minor irregularity.

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The fast-food chain Wendy’s says it is pulling lettuce from sandwiches in its restaurants in Michigan, Ohio and Pennsylvania after people eating them there reported falling ill. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the source of the E. coli outbreak that has sickened at least 37 people. The CDC said Friday it is trying to determine whether romaine lettuce is the source of the outbreak and whether romaine used at Wendy’s was also served or sold at other businesses. The CDC says it is not advising people to stop eating at Wendy’s or not to eat romaine lettuce. Wendy’s says it is cooperating with the investigation.

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(Homewood Borough, Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were dispatched to the scene of a single vehicle accident on August 6, 2022, at 10:01 PM on Big Beaver Boulevard in Homewood Borough, Beaver County.
Upon arriving and investigating it was learned that 46-year-old Anthony D. Cope of Columbiana, Ohio laid down his 2015 Harley-Davidson Electra Glide motorcycle to avoid oncoming traffic as he was leaving a restaurant. Troopers reported that Cope suffered serious non-life threating injuries in the accident and was transported to Allegheny General Hospital by Cranberry Twp. EMS for treatment.
There is no word on Cope’s condition as possible charges for lack of financial responsibility are pending as Troopers continue to investigate.

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(Pittsburgh, PA)  PennDOT District 11 is advising motorists that overnight line painting operations on various roadways in Allegheny County will begin Sunday night, August 21 weather permitting.