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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County News
(Center Twp., Beaver County, Pa,)  After recent reports on social media Beaver County Radio spoke with the manager of the King’s Family Restaurant located on Brodhead Road Wednesday morning and he said that the reported that the restaurant location closed permanently at 3 PM on Tuesday.  The unnamed manager said that the lease was up and due to COVID-19 the  popular eatery closed, Former employees can  transfer to  another King’s if they so desire, but there are not any close to our area any more. An attempt was made to contact King’s Marketing Department in North  Versailles, PA but it was unsuccessful. Center Township  officials said they  weren’t notified  concerning  the business’s closing .

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(North Beaver Twp., Lawrence County, Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they were dispatched to a location on West Poland Rd in North Beaver Twp., Lawrence County for a reported Domestic Disturbance.
The incident occurred at 6:42 PM on Monday Evening. Upon arriving and investigating Troopers learned that a 32-year-old female from Bessemer and a 34-year-old male from New Galilee were involved in an argument that became physical when they struck each other.
Troopers have filed Harassment with Physical Contact Charges against both of them at the local magistrates office.

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Keystone State News Connection

Danielle Smith

In just two months, it should be easier for providers of children’s services in Pennsylvania’s child-welfare and foster-care system to get the liability insurance they need. Governor Tom Wolf signed a bill into law that outlines who takes responsibility when an incident or accident occurs in the child-welfare system.

Some counties’ contracts require the private children’s service provider to take full responsibility, even when they are not at fault.

Samea Kim, vice president for Legal & Public Affairs at the Pennsylvania Council of Children, Youth & Family Services said as a result, the private providers have had trouble getting affordable, quality liability coverage – and this should make it easier for them to do so.

“This bill would allow the agency to take ownership of something that may have come up, if it was within the scope of what they did. Otherwise, if it was something related to the county, then the county would be able to take responsibility for their own actions,” Kim said.

Kim added under the current system, providers were making insurance payouts even in cases when they were not at fault, because the county contract requires the provider to take liability. The new law goes into effect February 1. There are nearly 15,000 children in Pennsylvania’s child-welfare system.

Laura Maines, CEO of Every Child, Inc., a nonprofit adoption and foster care organization based in Pittsburgh, said groups like hers have faced limited liability insurance coverage options and high premium costs, driven in part by the contracts that require private providers to indemnify government agencies in any situation. So, they advocated for House Bill 2214.

“This is about fairness,” Maines said. “This is about accountability. This is really about partnership and service continuity. And so, what [HB] 2214 does is it says if there is any language in a public foster care contract or child welfare contract that seeks to transfer 100% of the risk to the private agency, it’s unenforceable.”

Maines added professional liability insurance protects the agency if something happens to a child and there is a claim brought against their agency.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Us . District Judge Cathy Bissoon imposed a sentence of 60 months imprisonment and eight years supervised release on 34-year-old Christopher A. Sennett, from Coraopolis, after his conviction for possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor..
Sennett had previously pleaded guilty at a hearing after he was found, by authorities, on Sept. 26, 2018 in possession of 120 videos and nine still images depicting the sexual exploitation of minors and determined to have distributed one such video over “Motherless.com”, an infamous pornography website.
Prior to imposing sentence, Judge Bissoon emphasized the dangerous nature of Sennett’s conduct and stated that she hoped that he would take advantage of sex offender treatment while incarcerated. Judge Bissoon further ordered Sennett to pay a $5000 special assessment under the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act.

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Glasgow Borough, Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were dispatched to the Ohio River near Glasgow Borough around 9:30 PM for reports of a missing 12-year-old Juvenile male who had not been seen for multiple hours.
State Police took the lead in a comprehensive search that was conducted with the cooperation of many local first responder agencies.
Troopers reported via release that he was ultimately located with no injures and was returned to his parents.
No other information was provided by police.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Republican judge from a suburban Philadelphia county says she’ll run for an open seat on the Pennsylvania Supreme Court in next November’s election. Carolyn Carluccio, the president judge of Montgomery County Court, announced her candidacy Tuesday in next fall’s election for a 10-year term on the state’s highest court. The period for filing paperwork to get on the primary ballot hasn’t opened yet. The 62-year-old Carluccio is a former federal prosecutor and chief public defender of Montgomery County. The seven-seat high court currently has a majority of four justices elected as Democrats. The two other justices were elected as Republicans.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Beaver County 911 reported that The City of Beaver Falls Fire Department was dispatched to an apartment building fire at 1311 8th Avenue at 6:23 PM Monday evening.

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) An arrest warrant has been issued for 37-year-old Kevin Crew of Northview Heights. Crew is accused of shooting his wife in the leg while they were driving along I-579 in Pittsburgh after they got into an argument in their car. Crew allegedly pulled out a gun while his wife was driving and shot her, he then told her to keep driving. She pulled the car over and got out. Crew then got into the driver seat and left his wife on the off-ramp.
Police were called to the scene around 1:30 PM and that is when they found the woman and discovered that she had been shot in the leg. She was taken to a hospital in serious but stable condition.
Crew is being charged with aggravated assault, recklessly endangering another person and firearms violations.