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By DAVID PORTER Associated Press
AVENEL, N.J. (AP) — When the Kmart in Avenel, New Jersey, closes its doors on April 16, it will leave just a handful of remaining locations for the former retail powerhouse. It’s a far cry from the chain’s heyday in the 1980s and ’90s when it had more than 2,000 stores and sold product lines endorsed by Martha Stewart and former “Charlies Angel” Jaclyn Smith. Kmart’s demise is attributed to the rise of Walmart and Target and online behemoth Amazon. But retail expert Mark Cohen says the company also was dogged by poor management decisions and could have stayed viable.

Pennsylvania child swept over North Carolina waterfall
SYLVA, N.C. (AP) — A sheriff’s office says a 3-year-old Pennsylvania girl was killed after she was swept over Whitewater Falls in North Carolina. News outlets report the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office says in a news release that Nevaeh Jade Newswanger of Denver, Pennsylvania, had been visiting the waterfall with family, who are staying in Oconee County, South Carolina, while working in the area. Jackson County Emergency Management received a 911 call around 5:50 p.m. on Sunday from someone reporting a little girl had been swept over the edge of the falls. Her body was recovered early Monday morning.

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New Brighton Borough is informing the residents of New Brighton that Valley Waste will be delayed one day in the collection of recycling materials in New Brighton Borough. Collection will occur on Wednesday, April 13, 2022.

(Ambridge, Pa.) Ambridge Police Chief John A. DeLuca reported Monday  afternoon that  the second suspect in the car thefts in the borough has been charged.  Ian Paul Welling of  Lenz Avenue  in Ambridge is charged with  altering or obliterating identification, two counts of receiving stolen property,  three felonies, and two counts of possession of firearm while being prohibited to.

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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano.

(Beaver, Pa.) Beaver County Coroner David J. Gabauer has identified the man who was killed in the a shooting in Aliquippa early Sunday Morning as 22-year-old Isaiah Alston.  Alston’s cause of death was homicide. He is the grandson of former Aliquippa Police Chief William Alston who passed away in 2008. Isaiah was part of what appears to be a shootout. He was found shot multiple times on Irwin Street just before 3 a.m. on Sunday morning. Another man, who has not yet been named, was found shot in the leg on Franklin Ave and rushed to Allegheny General Hospital in stable condition.
Several shell casings were found on the ground.
Aliquippa Police Chief John Lane asked that PSP take over the investigation and Troopers are asking anyone with information about the shooting to contact them at the Beaver Barracks at 724-773-7400.
Police have not made any arrests as of late Sunday.
Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano is continuing to work on updates.

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HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is asking the state’s highest court to let the centerpiece of his plan to fight climate change take effect and make Pennsylvania the first major fossil fuel state to adopt a carbon pricing policy. The filing late Thursday in the state Supreme Court appealed a two-day old decision by a lower court which barred the official publication of the Democratic governor’s regulation “pending further order.” The regulation had been scheduled to be published Saturday, making it official. But the lower court sided with leaders of the Republican-controlled Legislature who contend the regulation is illegal. The plan has won approval from regulatory bodies.

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By MARC LEVY Associated Press)

BOALSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Voters are digesting a newly hostile Democratic primary race in Pennsylvania’s premier contest for U.S. Senate. That’s as the leading candidates came together in a room Saturday, face to face, for the first time since Conor Lamb first attacked rival John Fetterman, Pennsylvania’s lieutenant governor. Fetterman has been on the defensive, after a week of attacks by Lamb, Malcolm Kenyatta and a super PAC supporting Lamb that’s running a TV ad against Fetterman. Neither Lamb nor Kenyatta made any reference to Fetterman in their remarks to a crowd of about 200 Penn State-area Democrats. But Fetterman did, telling the crowd that he wouldn’t attack a fellow Democrat.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa City Council announced that the veteran’s office closed on March 31, 2022. Barb Kamicker sent the city a letter announcing her retirement.   Veterans can go to the Ambridge office or to the veteran’s office at the courthouse.