Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published November 20, 2023 8:26 A.M.

(Hopewell Township, Pa) Hopewell Commissioner’s chairman Rich Bufalini, the Police Commission, Police Chief Don Sedlacek, and the department received PLEAC accreditation on October 26, 2023.
To attain the certification the department, worked diligently over the past 10 months.
PLEAC officials will be in the township at the Monday, January 22, 2024 commissioner’s meeting to re-present the certification to the township, in which Hopewell is only the second township to receive.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published November 20, 2023 8:02 A.M.

(Aliquippa, Pa) At approximately 3:48 pm Friday, Aliquippa Police and firefighters were called to a home in the 2100 block of Buchanan Street for a structure fire. When firefighters entered they discovered that a 63 year old white male was on fire. He was the only one in the residence according to Police Chief John Lane.
State Police are assisting with the investigation. Crews were on scene for almost 6 1/2 hours. The coroner was called to the scene and Fred Edward Poore, II of 2100 Buchanan Street has been identified as the homeowner. No foul play is suspected, and the investigation into Poore’s death is ongoing. PSP was called to assist Aliquippa Police at the scene Friday afternoon at 4:21 pm.

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing utility work on Route 151 (Laurel Road) in Hopewell Township, Beaver County will begin Monday, November 20 weather permitting.

Single-lane alternating traffic will occur as needed on Route 151 near the intersection with Brodhead Road weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through the end of November. Crews from Peoples Natural Gas will conduct gas pipeline relocation work.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published November 17, 2023 3:46 P.M.

(Aliquippa, Pa) On Saturday, November 18, 2023,  the Heal Your Heart Thanksgiving meal in Aliquippa for families is being held from 11 am to 2pm in the high school cafeteria.

FILE – The logo of Honda Motor Co., is seen in Yokohama, near Tokyo on Dec. 15, 2021. Honda is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles in the U.S. because bearings can fail, causing the engines to stall and increasing the risk of a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 and 2019 Honda Pilot SUVs and Odyssey minivans, and some 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline pickup trucks. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

DETROIT (AP) — Honda is recalling nearly 250,000 vehicles in the U.S. because bearings can fail, causing the engines to stall and increasing the risk of a crash. The recall covers certain 2018 and 2019 Honda Pilot SUVs and Odyssey minivans, and some 2017 and 2019 Ridgeline pickup trucks. Also affected are certain 2015 to 2020 Acura TLX cars and 2016 to 2020 Acura MDX SUVs. Honda says in documents posted Friday by .U.S. safety regulators that connecting rod bearings in the engine can wear and seize due to a manufacturing error, damaging the engines. The engines could stall while being driven, increasing the risk of a fire or crash. The automaker says in documents that it has no reports of injuries. Dealers will inspect and repair or replace the engines if needed.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Several leading Pennsylvania universities that receive millions of dollars in state aid must start publicly disclosing more records about their finances, employment and operation. That’s according to legislation signed Thursday by Gov. Josh Shapiro. He signed the bill a day after it passed the Senate unanimously. For years, lawmakers have sought to expand public-disclosure requirements over Pennsylvania’s four state-related universities: Pitt, Temple, Lincoln and Penn State. Under the legislation, the universities will be required to publish various pieces of information about their finances, employment and operations. Some of it they already voluntarily produce, such as open meeting minutes from their boards of trustees, enrollment and staff employment figures.

The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington, Sunday, May 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

WASHINGTON (AP) — The federal government has opened civil rights investigations at seven schools and universities over allegations of antisemitism or Islamophobia since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. It includes three Ivy League institutions — Columbia, Cornell and the University of Pennsylvania — along with Wellesley College, Lafayette College and Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. It also includes Maize Unified School District, a K-12 system in Kansas. The Education Department announced the inquiries on Thursday, calling it part of the Biden administration’s effort to take “aggressive action” against discrimination.

Danielle Smith – Keystone State News Service

Pennsylvania needs more economic opportunities and a new report from the Keystone Research Center showed federal investments in climate and infrastructure projects would help grow a skilled construction workforce.

Diana Polson, senior policy analyst at the center, said the report revealed federal money would create thousands of trade jobs through expanding union construction apprenticeships leading to quality careers, as electricians, operating engineers, carpenters, and laborers.

“In Pennsylvania, for example, these apprenticeships train workers for jobs that pay more than most college-educated workers earn, and 61% more than the average worker in Pennsylvania,” Polson pointed out. “Significantly, this training comes without any student debt.”

Polson added Gov. Josh Shapiro wants to use 3% of the federal funds from recently signed climate and infrastructure laws to expand workforce development and apprenticeships. Shapiro’s 2023-24 budget includes $6 million for the effort.

Polson noted President Joe Biden’s Good Jobs Initiative seeks to embed job quality and equity incentives into the federal funding, to make sure apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeships benefit underserved communities. She called it a huge win all around, for the state, climate, for those communities, and taxpayers.

“We had shared this in the report, research has shown that for every dollar invested in apprenticeship $35 is returned to the government in higher tax collections, or reduced expenditures on public assistance or unemployment over the career of an apprentice,” Polson emphasized. “These are huge returns on investments.”

Keystone Research Center said the resources will lead to high-wage union construction careers. The center is holding a webinar today at 1 p.m. on construction apprenticeship programs in coal country, in Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and Kentucky.