Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT is announcing slide repair work on Route 2003 (Hoenig Road) in Economy Borough, Beaver County will begin Monday, September 30 weather permitting.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 6:47 A.M.)

(Rochester, PA) After getting hit by a truck, a Beaver County woman and her boyfriend continue to recover and urges police to take responsibility. Daniel Arevalo and Brittany Cleckley were riding scooters down Virginia Avenue and then a truck which did not make a complete stop at the stop sign hit Cleckley before driving away. Around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Arevalo was also almost hit and called out a driver in a gray Chevy Colorado pickup truck that did a rolling stop off Arthur Street before Cleckley was hit. Cleckley was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital that night and has been home since with several cuts and scrapes, a sprained elbow, a sprained ankle, and hematoma on both hips. The Beaver Valley Regional Police is currently investigating this incident. The couple is still waiting on a response from the police, and the two sent a message to the driver to be accountable for the accident. 

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 6:26 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) A Pittsburgh seafood restaurant and bar has been recognized in the New York Times as one of the best fifty restaurants in the United States. Fet-Fisk, which is located on Liberty Avenue in Pittsburgh, was one of two restaurants in Pennsylvania to make the New York Times’ list called “America’s Best Restaurants 2024,” selected by their editors and reporters. Co-founders Nik Forsberg and Sarah LaPonte were complimented by New York Times reporter Priya Krishna with a comment that their eatery gives comfort without fuss to their customers and described the restaurant as a “cozy sweater.” Fet-Fisk, which is open for dinner from Thursdays through Mondays from 5-11 p.m., joins the New York Times’ fifty best restaurants for 2024 to go along with the James Beard Award given to Forsberg for his culinary achievements. 

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 6:20 A.M.)

(Washington) On Thursday, bipartisan House task force members held a hearing and blamed the Secret Service, not the authorities, for the first assassination attempt on Former President Donald Trump in Butler on July 13. There were repeated questions brought up about why the roof that gunman Thomas Michael Crooks was not protected enough. Co-Chair of the committee, Republican Mike Kelly, noted that the security on several fronts was considered a failure. The commander for the Butler County Emergency Services Unit Edward Lenz confirmed that a sniper team was not on top of the roof because his agency was not intending to put them up there, and he also testified that Secret Service did not check with him or his team. This is the fourth congressional hearing regarding the assassination attempt to Former President Trump in Butler and a series of legislative reforms and a final report will be issued by the House panel on December 13. 

Source for Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents at a campaign rally, Saturday, July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

 

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 6:16 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) For the thirty-third time in 2024, Transportation Security Administration agents at Pittsburgh International Airport have intercepted a gun in someone’s luggage. On Wednesday, a West Virginia woman was caught with a 9 mm loaded gun with ten bullets in her carry-on bag and the weapon was confiscated after police were called. The TSA website has the resources and rules for traveling properly with firearms so this issue can be prevented. 

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 6:11 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Democratic Presidential Nominee and Vice President Kamala Harris shared her economic plan in Pittsburgh on Wednesday afternoon at Carnegie Mellon University. Vice President Harris emphasized in her plan to lower costs for middle-class families, increase house supply to lower housing costs, and invest in American innovation and entrepreneurship. Vice President Harris also noted the desire to have the United States lead the future of industry in the world. This is the fourth time that Vice President Harris has visited Pittsburgh since her campaign was launched. 

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 6:08 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Republican Vice-Presidential Nominee and Senator JD Vance will be making a stop in Monroeville on Saturday. According to the Trump-Vance campaign, Senator Vance will be a featured guest at a town hall. Senator Vance will be speaking at the Monroeville Convention Center at 1 p.m. with the doors opening at 9 a.m. 

Source for Photo: Senate candidate JD Vance, left, greets former President Donald Trump at a rally at the Delaware County Fairgrounds, Saturday, April 23, 2022, in Delaware, Ohio, to endorse Republican candidates ahead of the Ohio primary on May 3. (AP Photo/Joe Maiorana)

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 27, 2024 at 5:50 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Close to three hundred Sheetz stores in Pennsylvania will start selling canned cocktails thanks to a new law. A bill that expands places where ready-to-drink cocktails like High Noon and Surfside are sold was signed by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro. Sheetz says that effective immediately, more than two-hundred and eighty locations will start selling these drinks. This law allows those to sell spirits with ABV ranging from 0.5% to 12.5% involving cans up to 16 ounces. 

The borough of New Brighton issued the follwing notice to residents regarding leaf collection:

(New Brighton, Pa) Leaf collection will begin in New Brighton Borough on Monday, October 7, in Daugherty Township on Monday, October 14, and in Pulaski Township on Monday, October 21.   All leaf collection programs will continue through December 6, as weather permits.

Borough and Township residents should place their raked leaves along the edge of the street for collection. Leaves that are bagged or that contain any tree branches, brush, stones, garbage/rubbish, grass clippings, or garden debris will not be collected.

Leaf collection in New Brighton Borough will follow the posted street sweeping schedule.

Leaf collection in Daugherty Township will follow the following schedule:

• Mondays: William Penn Way & Crescent Heights Plan, Rt. 65 (from Valley Avenue to Stuber Road), North Avenue, Franklin Plan, and McGuire Street.
• Tuesdays: Gulbranson Heights Plan, Daugherty Highlands Plan, and Hillcrest Drive.
• Wednesdays: Mercer Heights Plan, Klein Plan, Stuber Road, McCreary Plan, Cardinal Drive, Robin Trail, and Rt. 65 (from Stuber Road to Wises Grove Road).
• Thursdays: Allendale Road, Wallace Drive, Harold Street, Inman Drive, Hogue Drive, and John Street.

Call the Daugherty Township Municipal Building at (724) 846-5337 to schedule a collection on state routes not listed above.

Leaf collection in Pulaski Township will follow the following schedule:

• Mondays: New England Hill and Blockhouse Run Road area.
• Tuesdays: Sunflower Road – North to 36th Street.
• Wednesdays: West Side of Rochester Road from Sunflower Road to 52nd Street.
• Thursdays: East Side of Rochester Road from Sunflower Road to 52nd Street.
• Fridays: Tree branches will be collected that have fallen from storms.  Branches must be tied together into manageable bundles and not contain any other type of lawn debris.

FILE – United States Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa. is shown on Feb. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

An arbitration board has ruled that U.S. Steel may proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel, a deal that faces strong opposition from its workforce.

The board, which was jointly chosen by U.S. Steel and the United Steelworkers to decide disputes between them, said Wednesday that U. S. Steel has satisfied each of the conditions of the successorship clause of its basic labor agreement with the union. It determined that no further action under the agreement was necessary in order to proceed with the closing of the proposed transaction with Nippon Steel.

USW had filed a series of grievances in January alleging that the successorship clause had not been satisfied. The union has previously stated that it doesn’t believe Nippon fully understands its commitment to steelworkers, retirees and its communities. USW has expressed concern about the enforcement of its labor agreements, having transparency into Nippon’s finances, as well as national defense, infrastructure and supply-chain issues.

The arbitration board heard evidence and arguments from U.S. Steel and USW last month.

The board said Wednesday that it recognized the repeated written commitments Nippon made to fulfill the requirements of the successorship clause and that no further actions were required by the company. The written commitments include Nippon’s pledge to invest at least $1.4 billion in USW-represented facilities, not to conduct layoffs or plant closings during the term of the basic labor agreement, and to protect the best interests of U.S. Steel in trade matters.

“With the arbitration process now behind us, we look forward to moving ahead with our pending transaction with Nippon Steel,” U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt said in a statement.

USW said in a statement on Wednesday that it disagreed with the arbitration board’s result.

“Nippon’s commitment to our facilities and jobs remains as uncertain as ever, and executives in Tokyo can still change U.S. Steel’s business plans and wipe them away at any moment,” the union said. “We’re clearly disappointed with the decision, but it does nothing to change our opposition to the deal or our resolve to fight for our jobs and communities that hang in the balance in this transaction.”

President Joe Biden has previously voiced his opposition to Nippon Steel buying U.S. Steel, but the federal government appears to be in no hurry to block the deal.

Earlier this month White House officials did not deny that the president would formally block the acquisition. But the necessary report from the government’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has yet to be submitted to the White House.

The proposed takeover carries some heavy political weight in Pennsylvania, a state that both Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump view as a must-win in November’s presidential election. U.S. Steel is headquartered in Pittsburgh.

Biden, Harris and Trump have all come out against the deal. Harris spoke at the Economic Club of Pittsburgh on Wednesday where she pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class.