PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh suburb is honoring pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino by renaming a park in the longtime resident’s honor. Relatives and friends on Friday will be on hand as Sangree Park in Ross Township becomes Sammartino Park. Sammartino lived in the community for more than 50 years. Sammartino appeared in the ring between 1963 and 1987. He was the longest reigning champion in World Wrestling Entertainment history and was a member of its Hall of Fame. Sammartino was born in Italy and his family joined his father in Pittsburgh in 1950. Sammartino died in 2018 at age 82.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh suburb on Friday honored pro wrestler Bruno Sammartino by renaming a park in the longtime resident’s honor.
Sangree Park in Ross Township will be known as Sammartino Park, after the man who lived in the community for more than 50 years.
Sammartino appeared in the ring between 1963 and 1987. He was the longest reigning champion in World Wrestling Entertainment history and was a member of its Hall of Fame. He was known as “The Living Legend.”
Sammartino was born in Italy and survived World War II before his family joined his father in Pittsburgh in 1950.
“Bruno is an internationally known figure and a lot of people knew that he was from Pittsburgh but didn’t know that he lived in this community, in Ross Township” said Dan DeMarco, president of the Ross Township Board of Commissioners.
Sammartino died in 2018 at age 82. He was survived by his wife and three sons.

Grand Avenue On-ramp to Northbound I-79 Long-term Closure Begins Monday in Allegheny County

Gov. Wolf Signs Bill to Align State Tax Deadline with May 17 Federal Deadline for Corporate Taxes, Other Provisions

Harrisburg, PA – Governor Tom Wolf today signed House Bill 766 into law, aligning the annual state corporate tax deadline with the federal tax deadline of May 17, 2021, and giving the Pennsylvania departments of Revenue and Community and Economic Development the ability to deal with state taxation while the COVID-19 disaster declaration is in effect. The state personal income tax deadline already automatically aligns the federal deadline of May 17.

“This bill helps Pennsylvania businesses organize and simplify filing their federal and state taxes and empowers the departments of Revenue and Community and Economic Development to eliminate fines and penalties that may have accrued between differing deadlines for filing federal and state taxes.”

Specifically, the bill amends the Tax Reform Code of 1971 by adding a new section entitled “COVID-19 Emergency Finance and Tax provision” that provides temporary authority to the departments of Revenue (DOR) and Community and Economic Development (DCED) to disregard the period after April 14, 2021 and before May 17, 2021 in the calculation of interest, penalties, or an addition to tax for failure to meet an extended filing deadline.

The bill also provides temporary authority to the DCED to deal with location taxation while the COVID-19 disaster declaration is in effect. This includes requiring DCED to coordinate with the governing bodies and local agencies of political subdivisions to extend filing and payment deadlines for local taxes so that local deadlines coincide with the filing deadline for a state tax return.

Under the bill, the corporate net income tax return filing deadline is changed from 30 days after the due date of the federal return to the 15th day of the month following the due date of the federal return for taxable years beginning after December 31, 2020.

The bill took effect immediately upon signing.

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Beaver, Pa.) PA State Trooper  Trask Alexander, assigned to Troop D Beaver patrol section was charged with tampering  evidence. Charges were filed on Thursday, April 22, 2021 by the PSP Bureau of Integrity and Professional Standards, Internal Affairs Division.

(Emlenton, Pa.) A Clintonville fire fighter was injured on Interstate 80 Thursday morning when he was hit by a vehicle while tending to a crash along I-80 on Thursday morning.

the firefighter was setting up flares for a crash near the Emlenton exit when he was hit when a vehicle lost control on the snow-covered road.

This crash, and another multi-vehicle crash, closed both sides of I-80 in the area for several hours yesterday morning.

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and DENISE LAVOIE Associated Press
ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina sheriff says the deputy who shot and killed a man while serving a search warrant has been put on leave pending an investigation. Pasquotank County Sheriff Tommy Wooten II did not identify the deputy who fired the shot Wednesday. He told a news conference that the deputy was wearing a body camera that was on at the time. The State Bureau of Investigation is taking over the inquiry of the case and will turn over its results to District Attorney Andrew Womble’s office. Womble says he won’t make any decisions about possible charges until the investigation is complete. He says he’s looking for “accurate answers and not fast answers.”