ROCHESTER, PA – Sen. Elder Vogel, Jr. (R-47) will be hosting his 12^th Annual Kid’s Extravaganza on Saturday, May 13, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at CCBC – Athletics and Events Center, 1 Campus Drive, Monaca.

This event is free and open to the public for families to enjoy fun activities as well as receive information from local organizations regarding services available to them.

Organizations participating in this event include the American Red Cross; Arise; Armstrong (Sponsor); Beaver County Association for the Blind; Beaver County Conservation District; Beaver County CYS Foster Care Program; Beaver County District Attorney; Beaver County Emergency Service; Beaver County Historical Research and Landmarks Foundation; Beaver County Junior Grange; Beaver County Library System; Beaver County YMCA; Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County; Brighton Hot Dog Shoppe (Sponsor); Center Township Fire Department; Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania (Sponsor); Giant Eagle Pharmacy; Girl Scouts Western PA; Heritage Valley Health System (Sponsor); Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield; Highmark Wholecare; Hookstown Fair; Junior Achievement of Western PA; Keystone Wellness Programs; Lifesteps Early Head Start; Medic Rescue; PA Distance Learning Charter School; PA Office of Attorney General – Safe2Say Something PA; Penn State Extension – Beaver County; The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School; Pennsylvania Housing Finance Agency; Pennsylvania State Police; Pennsylvania State Treasury; The Prevention Network; Private Industry Council – Head Start/Early Head Start Division; Private Industry Council – Pre-K Counts; Provident Charter School (Sponsor); Raccoon Creek State Park; Riders Advocating Against Child Abuse; Riverside Family Chiropractic (Sponsor); Rosalind Candy Castle (Sponsor); Spokane Orthodontics (Sponsor); Tiny Tot Child Development Center; Trying Together; Women’s Center of Beaver County; and YMCA Camp Kon-O-Kwee Spencer.

CLEVELAND (AP) — Two men who admitted stuffing fish with lead weights and fish fillets in an attempt to win thousands of dollars in an Ohio fishing tournament last fall have been sentenced to ten-day jail terms and other penalties, including the forfeiture of a boat valued at $100,000. The cheating allegations surfaced in September when the Lake Erie Walleye Trail tournament director became suspicious of fish turned in by Jacob Runyan, of Broadview Heights, Ohio, and Chase Cominsky, of Hermitage, Pennsylvania, were significantly heavier than typical walleye. A crowd of people at Gordon Park in Cleveland watched as Fischer cut the walleye open, and found weights and walleye fillets stuffed inside. The two men were sentenced Thursday.

This combo from photos provided by Philadelphia Dept. of Prisons shows from left, Nasir Grant, left, and Ameen Hurst. Authorities searched Tuesday, May 9, 2023, for two inmates, one accused of killing four people, who were gone from a Philadelphia prison for nearly 19 hours before officials knew they were missing. Hurst, 18, and Grant, 24, escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center around 8:30 p.m. Sunday by cutting a hole in a fence surrounding a recreation yard, the Philadelphia Department of Prisons said.(Philadelphia Dept. of Prisons via AP)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities say they have captured one of two inmates who escaped Sunday night from a Philadelphia prison. A U.S. Marshals Service official says a fugitive task force was conducting surveillance in an area of North Philadelphia where they believed 24-year-old Nasir Grant was staying Thursday night and they saw him leave a residence dressed as a woman. He was stopped in a car nearby and arrested without incident. The search continues for Ameen Hurst. The 18-year-old was facing four counts of murder when he and Grant cut through a fence and escaped from the Philadelphia Industrial Correction Center. Authorities say the men were aided by a woman in the city who was arrested Wednesday and has been charged with escape and conspiracy.

FILE – The construction on Shell Chemicals’ Beaver County, Pa., ethane cracker plant in Potter Township, Pa., is pictured on May 12, 2020. Shell is putting residents’ health at risk by persistently violating air quality standards at its massive new petrochemical refinery in western Pennsylvania, an environmental group alleged in a lawsuit Thursday, May 11, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

An environmental group says in a new lawsuit that Shell is putting residents’ health at risk by persistently violating air quality standards at its massive new petrochemical refinery in Monaca. A federal lawsuit filed by the Clean Air Council asks a judge to order Shell to bring the plant into compliance, and impose civil penalties of up to $140,000 per day. Opened in November, the plant 25 makes polyethylene, a plastic used in everything from consumer and food packaging to tires. The plant has been shut down for repairs since early April. Shell says it has no comment on the suit.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published May 11, 2023 12:34 P.M.

(Ambridge,  PA) Borough Manager Mario Leone announced that 35 businesses, 24 of them new, 6 soon to open, 5 relocated, in  the borough. Walking or driving through town you can find these new businesses on Merchant Street and Duss Avenue. Administrative assistant Kim Killian said on Thursday, “We are a bustling community, it’s a busy, busy time.!!.

A Senate panel has approved a rail-safety measure in response to the train derailment earlier this year in East Palestine, Ohio. The Senate Commerce Committee voted to send the bill to the full Senate. The vote was mostly along party lines, with only two Republicans favoring it, which raises questions about whether the bill will ever get to President Joe Biden’s desk. Some Republicans complain that the measure could restrict shipments of coal and oil. The vote came after the CEO of Norfolk Southern railroad promised to compensate East Palestine residents whose homes have declined in value since the derailment in February.

This cover image released by Callaway Arts & Entertainment shows “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” a 600-page book of images from the archives of singer-songwriter. The book, expected in the fall, will include dozens of essays, with novelist Michael Ondaatje, critic Greil Marcus and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo among the contributors. (Callaway Arts & Entertainment via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Hundreds of rare photos and other images from the archives of singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will be featured in “Bob Dylan: Mixing Up the Medicine,” coming out this fall. The new release also will include dozens of essays, with novelist Michael Ondaatje, critic Greil Marcus and former U.S. poet laureate Joy Harjo among the contributors. Callaway Arts & Entertainment announced Thursday that the 600-page book will come out Oct. 24. The founder of Callaway, Nicholas Callaway, said in a statement that “Mixing Up the Medicine” will “introduce the full scope of this artist’s monumental creativity and achievements to a new generation.”

FILE – President Joe Biden speaks at the White House Conservation in Action Summit at the Department of the Interior, March 21, 2023, in Washington.  (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

VALHALLA, N.Y. (AP) — President Joe Biden is blasting Republican demands for federal spending cuts as “devastating.” He made his case in a campaign-style speech to voters in Valhalla, New York, on Wednesday. At the same time, lawmakers met in Washington to try to find a path forward to lifting the government’s borrowing limit and avoiding a potentially catastrophic default as soon as June 1. The president showed an increased willingness to discuss possible deficit savings, yet he said that any talks should occur without the risk of the federal government being unable to pay its bills.

Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai speaks at a Google I/O event in Mountain View, Calif., Wednesday, May 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Google has disclosed plans to infuse its dominant search engine with more advanced artificial-intelligence technology. The effort is in response to one of the biggest threats to its long-established position as the internet’s main gateway. The gradual shift in how Google’s search engine runs is rolling out three months after Microsoft’s Bing search engine started to tap into technology similar to that which powers the artificially intelligent chatbot ChatGPT. Google will begin its AI transition in search cautiously, starting with a waitlist available only in the U.S. to people who want to test the new approach. Other AI improvements are coming to Gmail, Photos and the conversational chatbot, Bard.