Former state AG sent to treatment after probation violation

NORRISTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A former Pennsylvania attorney general who served jail time for leaking grand jury material and lying about it has admitted she violated her probation when she was arrested for drunken driving. Kathleen Kane was sentenced Monday to two months to a year of jail on the probation violation. She was given credit for time served and was to be paroled to a residential alcohol treatment center. Kane was charged with drunken driving in March following a crash in Scranton. She had been on probation from a 2016 conviction for perjury and other counts. Kane was the first woman and first Democrat to be elected attorney general.

3 teens wounded by gunfire outside school; 1 critical

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police say three teenagers were wounded by gunfire, one critically, near a school in Philadelphia. Authorities said the male victims, ages 15, 16, and 17, were shot as classes were ending Monday afternoon. The 15-year-old was hit in the thigh and was in critical condition at a hospital. The 17-year-old was shot in the foot and is in stable condition, while the 16-year-old was grazed on an arm and declined medical treatment. No arrests were immediately reported. Over the weekend, three teenagers were wounded by gunfire during a festival in Philadelphia. The city recorded a total of six homicides Saturday and Sunday.

GOP’s 2020 election inquiry contract extended by 6 months

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans in the Pennsylvania Legislature are extending their inquiry into the state’s 2020 presidential election inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of election fraud. The contract is to last another six months, through Nov. 18, under an extension signed last week. The original no-bid contract, including an addendum, was worth $485,115 and expired last week. The extension has no dollar figure attached to it. Senate Republican officials say the contractor hasn’t billed for the contract’s full value while Republicans fight in court to get access to voting machines and certain information about voters and voting systems. Republicans have yet to report any findings.

Wolf’s environmental protection secretary to depart agency

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A cabinet secretary who helped shepherd Pennsylvania’s entry into a regional carbon pricing program to combat climate change is leaving the administration of Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf. The governor said Monday that Department of Environmental Protection Secretary Patrick McDonnell will be replaced in July by Ramez Ziadeh. McDonnell was deeply involved in the state’s entry into the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative. The program imposes a cost for emitting planet-warming carbon dioxide from fossil fuel-fired power plants. McDonnell started at the agency in 1998 and has been secretary since 2016. Ziadeh has been a deputy secretary at the agency after starting there in

Autopsy: Steelers QB Haskins was drunk when fatally struck

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — An autopsy report shows that Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Dwayne Haskins was legally drunk when he was fatally struck by a dump truck on a Florida highway last month. The Broward County Medical Examiner said in its report released Monday that Haskins’ blood-alcohol content was more than twice the legal level for driving when he was struck April 9. Painkillers Ketamine and norketamine were also found in his system. The 24-year-old former Ohio State star had run out of gas on Interstate 595 near Fort Lauderdale about dawn. He told a companion he was going to find a gas station. The dump truck driver told investigators Haskins stepped in front of him as he traveled in the center lane.

Veterans Memorial Vandalized in Beaver

(Beaver, PA) The Veterans Memorial located at Clark Park in Beaver was vandalized sometime Sunday. Beaver Police are investigating and there is a $500 reward for information leading to an arrest.  The memorial honors those that served in the Revolutionary War, War of 1812, and the Civil War.

 

Tuesday’s AMBC: It’s Fun To Stay At The–

On Tuesday’s edition of A.M. Beaver County, Lauren Zemcik–the Vice President of Operations at the Beaver County YMCA–joins Matt Drzik at 8:35 to talk about the upcoming summer programs offered by the Y.

Curtis Walsh starts the show with news at 6:30 on Beaver County Radio.

Biden launches Indo-Pacific trade deal, warns over inflation

TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden has launched a new trade deal with 12 Indo-Pacific nations aimed at strengthening their economies as he warns Americans worried about high inflation that it is “going to be a haul” before they feel relief. The president says he does not believe an economic recession is inevitable in the U.S. Biden spoke at a news conference in Toyko after holding talks with Japan’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. He acknowledged the U.S. economy has “problems” but said they were “less consequential than the rest of the world has.” He added: “This is going to be a haul. This is going to take some time.”

Zelenskyy urges ‘maximum’ sanctions on Russia in Davos talk

DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is calling for “maximum” sanctions against Russia during a virtual speech at the World Economic Forum gathering in Davos, Switzerland. He said Monday that sanctions need to go further to stop Russia’s aggression, including an oil embargo, blocking all of its banks and cutting off trade with Russia completely. Zelenskyy also says Ukraine needs at least $5 billion per month. He said tens of thousands of lives could have been saved if Ukraine had “received 100% of our needs at once, back in February” in terms of weapons, funding, political support and sanctions against Russia.

VIDEO: Patriot Home Care Is Looking For Personable Caretakers

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“When you talk to them, they like what they do. They like taking care of people and that’s why they stay.”

The “they” in that quote, from Kelly Cope of Patriot Home Care, are the caregivers and independent living assistants who work with their patients in the Patriot Home Care program.  Cope joined Matt Drzik on the May 23 edition of A.M. Beaver County to discuss the ins and outs of the assisted independent living programs that Patriot Home Care offers.

Patriot Home Care has a local office located at 1225 7th Avenue in Beaver Falls and can be reached by calling (724) 506-8911. Kelly herself can be emailed directly and further information can be found by going to the main Patriot Home Care website.

To watch the full interview with Kelly Cope, click on the Facebook feed below!