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(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 is announcing that that an overnight closure of the northbound I-79 local lane at the traffic crossover in Aleppo Township, Allegheny County, will occur Wednesday night, June 15 weather permitting.

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(North Sewickley Twp, Pa.) Pa State Police in Gibsonia reported yesterday that they were called to the scene of a one vehicle accident at mile marker 17.7 East bound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in North Sewickley Township last Wednesday, June 8, 2022 around 4:30 PM.
Troopers are reporting that upon arriving and investigating it was learned that 44-year-old Jadie Nightingale, of Big Beaver, was traveling east bound when she looked down at a check engine light that was on in the 2010 Chevy Tahoe that she was driving. Troopers said Nightingale failed to pay attention to a right curve in the road and her vehicle struck the concrete barrier median along the right side of the road causing the vehicle to spin and continue traveling to the right shoulder where it struck several more concrete barriers along the left side of the roadway. She was not injured in the accident but her vehicle did sustain heavy front end damage and had to be towed from the scene. She was cited by troopers with not driving properly on roadways laned for traffic

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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The National Weather Service in Moon Twp. is predicting a bumpy start to your Tuesday with Showers and Thunderstorm being predicted for this morning with some storms producing heavy rainfall. The warm up will continue into Thursday with a chance of showers and thunderstorms and heat indexes over 100 each day. Friday will set us up for a beautiful weekend with sunny skies and a high of 85. Saturday and Sunday we are expecting sunny skies and high’s in the mid 70’s. You can see a detailed forecast for the next five days below:

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(HARRISBURG, Pa.)On Monday, Reps. Josh Kail (R-Beaver/Washington), Torren Ecker (R-Adams/Cumberland) and Tim O’Neal (R-Washington) announced they are starting the process of impeachment of Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner.
Since the beginning of the year, there have been nearly 1,000 people injured or killed by gun violence in Philadelphia with over 220 people murdered in the city.
The June 5th South Street shooting underscored the need to take immediate action to ensure the district attorney is enforcing the law in Philadelphia.
The three members said they are, as of today, circulating a co-sponsorship memo for supporters of Articles of Impeachment they hope to have completed in the near future.
“We did not arrive at this decision lightly or easily. In fact, we are taking this action after we have taken significant steps to pass legislation that addresses violent crime in Philadelphia by ensuring our current laws are enforced,” said Kail. “We are starting this process now because the unchecked violent crime in Philadelphia has reached a breaking point due to the willful refusal by District Attorney Krasner to enforce existing laws.”
Ecker detailed Krasner’s persistent dereliction of duty in willfully refusing to enforce current criminal laws already on the books in Pennsylvania that are designed to keep communities safe.
“Unfortunately for the people of Philadelphia, and the people of Pennsylvania at large, the problem of violent crime in Philadelphia has reached a point that demands this action be taken,” he said. “Taking this step today and undertaking this process continues what we have been doing and what we need to do to combat violence and crime here in Pennsylvania – ensure the laws already on the books are enforced.”
O’Neal explained that what happens in Philadelphia, especially relative to the issue of violent crime, is ultimately a statewide problem.
“Across the country, people are standing up to unchecked and uncontrolled violence and lawlessness allowed because of radical politicians in district attorneys’ offices, like Larry Krasner,” he said. “Just last week, city businesses said they are thinking of relocating because of spikes in crime. Philadelphia is Pennsylvania’s major economic engine, a tourist attraction, and the birthplace of our freedoms. If unchecked crime is keeping businesses and tourists from visiting and locating in Philadelphia, it impacts Pennsylvania as a whole.”
To hear from the people of Pennsylvania who have been impacted by the District Attorney’s actions, there is a publicly accessible website where people can submit their stories or share information: www.stopkrasner.com.
Once the Articles of Impeachment are introduced, they will then be referred to committee. Once the committee approves them, the Articles of Impeachment can be considered by the full House of Representatives. If approved by the House, there will be a trial in the Senate to determine whether the impeached official should be removed from office.

Keystone State News Connection

Emily Scott

Pennsylvania’s Senate race is garnering national attention, with Democrat John Fetterman and Republican Dr. Mehmet Oz running to replace retiring Republican Sen. Pat Toomey. A new report examines how outside spending from Super PACs and national donors affects voters.

The report from American Promise includes recent survey results that say more than 70% of Pennsylvanians think big donors have too much political influence.

As they can expect to see hundreds of millions of dollars poured into political ads for the Senate race, Bill Cortese of American Promise said “dark money” can create a sense of mistrust among voters.

“Pennsylvania voters deserve to learn about the candidates who are running and make their own decisions on this, without being influenced by outside groups,” said Cortese. “Democrats, Republicans, Independents all agree that this outside money – from people who, most of the time, don’t reside in Pennsylvania – is troubling.”

Lt. Gov. Fetterman’s team has raised over $16 million, a large portion from organized labor, as well as a big donation from a D.C.-based progressive super PAC.

TV Celebrity and patent medicine pitchman Oz has raised over $15 million. He’s supported in part by the American Leadership Action PAC, which raised over $4 million.

Jennifer Mann is an Allentown-based consultant and former state representative. She said over the years, the money funneled into races has skyrocketed, in Pennsylvania and elsewhere.

Mann added that when a majority of campaign donations are coming from a small but wealthy group of people, it discourages others from participating in the electoral process.

“What we want to do is go back to what the intent is, in the founding of this country,” said Mann. “And that’s for citizen legislators, for regular folks from all walks of life, to participate in the process. They’re just being drowned out by specific agendas and big money.”

State Rep. Meghan Schroeder – R-Bucks – is calling on Congress this month to enact the “For Our Freedom” constitutional amendment, which would give state lawmakers the “authority to regulate” political campaign donations.

Support for this reporting was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York.

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(Portersville, Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting that the body of 32-year-old Fredrick Orr of Columbus Ohio was found along along Kelly Road in Portersville on Saturday around 3:30 AM.
Troopers said in the release that the investigation in what led to ORR’s death and a pending autopsy are currently ongoing. His death is being investigated as a homicide and State Police are asking anyone with information regarding the incident to call them at the State Police Barracks in Butler at 724-264-8100

(Featured Photo is of Gary Snair’s Rat Rod Tow Truck. Photos taken by Keith Walsh, Curtis Walsh, and Frank Sparks)
Story by Frank Sparks, Beaver County Radio
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The weather was beautiful on Saturday for the 31st Annual Beaver Falls Car Cruise. The forecast early in the week was calling for rain and in an interview on Beaver County Radio earlier in the week Car Cruise Co-Chairman Tom Gargaro explained to the listeners that his father Vince was a weatherman and he was watching over from heaven and wouldn’t let it rain. Beaver County Radio Program Director, Frank Sparks called it the Vince Vortex and Gargaro agreed.

Record crowds showed up for the opening ceremonies that were emceed by Sparks and featured LInwood Alford as the Grand Marshall of the Car Cruise. After Sparks welcomed everyone to the cruise Linwood spoke about what a great event for the community that the cruise is and that he is honored to be the Grand Marshall and a lifelong resident of Beaver Falls.

Following Linwood, Beaver County Commissioners Tony Amadio and Jack Manning spoke followed by Pa State Rep. (14th) Jim Marshall spoke and Beaver Falls Mayor Kenya Johns finished up the list of dignitaries to speak.

Beaver Falls Car Cruise Committee Co-Chairman Tom Gargaro then presented Beaver Falls Police Chief David Johnson with a $500 Check from the Beaver Falls Car Cruise Committee for a second K-9 dog that the City is working on acquiring. Beaver County Radio’s Eddy Crow donated a handmade quilt to the committee that was made by his mom Sue Crow. The committee sold $5.00 tickets for the quilt and is donating all the proceeds to will go to the Beaver Falls Police Departments to help with acquiring the K-9. Chief David Johnson thanked the car cruise committee and Eddy and Sue Crow.

The opening ceremony finished with the presentation of the colors by Beaver Falls Legion’s Duane Jones and the National Anthem was sung by 2022 Beaver Falls graduate and Mancini award winner for best actress in a musical Maelyn Isenburg. After Maelyn finished singing the National Anthem there was a fly over by Air Heritage in Chippewa’s C-47 Plane “The Luck of The Irish”.

Beaver County Radio then did a live broadcast from 11 AM to 7 PM featuring Sparks, Eddy Crow, Curtis Walsh, Keith Walsh and Bob Barrickman. Patrons at the car cruise stopped by the Beaver County Radio Studios and spun the Beaver County Radio Personality Wheel for prizes that including Pittsburgh Pirate tickets, a gift card to Smokin Dave’s BB, and trinkets from St. Barnabas Health System.

Beaver County Radio did a video stream from the roof of the studios the whole cruise. Check it out and see if you see your ride or someone’s you know:
You can check out photos of all the fun at the 31st Beaver Falls Car Cruise below:

(Photo of Aliquippa Elementary School sixth grade graduation by by Dr. Rob Motte)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Dr. Robert Motte, Aliquippa Elementary School Principal reported on Wednesday, June 8, 2022,  that 74 students graduated from sixth grade. A ceremony was held in the school gym on Tuesday night with teachers, students, and families in attendance. Only a few schools in the county have k-6 in the elementary school, according to reports.

Check out some of the photos below of provided by Dr. Motte of the graduation ceremony: