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At the Beaver Falls City Council Meeting on Tuesday, the council approved its first reading of the agreement between the Beaver Falls Police Department and the Beaver County Housing Authority.

“This is just basically a renewal of an existing agreement, where we patrol extra duty patrols for the Housing Authority in all the housing areas of the city,” stated Beaver Falls police chief David Johnson. The fiscal agreement runs from September 2022 until September 2023, and the agreement is not to exceed $57,000.

The council also approved General Fund expenditures of $898,188.89, the approval for the Beaver County Behavioral Health Early Intervention to hold its “Trunk Or Treat” event on October 22 at the Human Services Building from 11:30 to 12:30, and for the repository purchase of 1303 9th Avenue. There were only four resolutions on the October 11 agenda.

Community Development director Rochelle Burks announced the first published edition of “Beaver Falls Buzz”, a community newsletter operated by the city council. The publication features stories and news regarding Beaver Falls, an events page, and commentary from local leaders. The newsletter is in digital format for the public at the moment: “We are working towards securing funding to print more [copies] moving forward,” Burks said; the only physical copies printed were to those in attendance at Tuesday’s meeting. A digital copy of the newsletter can be seen by clicking here.

The next Beaver Falls City Council meeting is scheduled for October 25 at 7:00 PM at the City Building.

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Gas prices are eight cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.968 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average                $3.968
Average price during the week of October 3, 2022                                  $3.887
Average price during the week of October 11, 2021                                $3.466

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:      

$3.852      Altoona
$4.052      Beaver
$3.994      Bradford
$3.740      Brookville
$4.009      Butler
$3.982      Clarion
$3.790      DuBois
$3.933      Erie
$3.986      Greensburg
$3.992      Indiana
$3.992      Jeannette
$3.991      Kittanning
$3.991      Latrobe
$3.998      Meadville
$4.074      Mercer
$3.905      New Castle
$3.993      New Kensington
$3.999      Oil City
$4.006      Pittsburgh
$3.995      Sharon
$3.991      Uniontown
$3.999      Warren
$4.010      Washington

Trend Analysis:

The national average pump price for a gallon of gas rose 12 cents over the past week to hit $3.91. Today’s national average is 19 cents higher than a month ago and 65 cents more than a year ago. Higher crude prices and increased domestic demand are the main factors currently affecting gas prices.

The OPEC+ recent announcement that the group of oil-producing nations would slash output by 2 million barrels per day led to the price of oil creeping above $90 a barrel for the first time in several weeks. At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate increased by $4.19 to settle at $92.64. Additionally, according to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), total domestic crude inventories declined by 1.4 million barrels to 429.2 million barrels.

EIA’s latest weekly report also showed gas demand increased nationally from 8.83 million barrels per day to 9.47 million barrels per day last week. Total domestic gasoline stocks decreased significantly by 4.7 million barrels to 207.5 million barrels. High gasoline demand, amid tight supply, has led to higher pump prices nationwide.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 71 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members.  News releases are available at news.eastcentral.aaa.com.  Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

Emergency responders work on the scene of a carbon monoxide leak at a day care center in Allentown, Pa. on Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022. (Zach DeWever/WFMZ-TV via AP)

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — An apparent carbon monoxide leak at a Pennsylvania day care center has sent about two dozen children to the hospital. Officials say none of the injuries are considered serious. Emergency responders went to the Happy Smiles Learning Center in Allentown on Tuesday morning on reports of an unconscious child. Authorities say the building was evacuated after air quality detectors worn by firefighters were triggered. The 25 children were being evaluated at the hospital, and all were listed as stable. Eight staffers were also in the building. The cause of the leak is under investigation.

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(Wilmington Township, Lawrence County, Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are investigating after a 46-year-old Volant man reported that over $2500.00 worth of tools were stolen from his garage.
Troopers said in a release that the burglary occurred in the area of Fayette Neshannock Falls Road in Wilmington Twp., Lawrence County, sometime between 10 PM on Sunday, October 9, 2022 and 6 AM, Monday, October 10, 2022.
State Police are asking anyone with information to contact them at the New Castle Barracks, 724-598-2211. The investigation is currently ongoing.

FILE – In this Oct. 4, 2018, file photo, the U.S. Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court is siding with Google in an $8 billion copyright dispute with Oracle. The justices sided with Google 6-2 on April 5, 2021. The case has to do with Google’s creation of the Android operating system now used on the vast majority of smartphones worldwide. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
By JESSICA GRESKO Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments Tuesday over a California animal cruelty law that could raise the cost of bacon and other pork products nationwide. The case’s outcome is important to the nation’s $26-billion-a-year pork industry. But the outcome could also help define the limits of states’ ability to pass laws with impact outside their borders, including laws aimed at combating climate change or improving drug prices. The case before the court involves a California law that says pork sold in the state needs to come from pigs whose mothers were raised with at least 24 square feet of space, including the ability to lie down and turn around.

FILE – Pope John XXIII stands and prays in the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City, Oct. 12, 1962, during a special audience to delegates from foreign governments to the ecumenical council. Pope Francis commemorates the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council by celebrating a Mass in honor of St. John XXIII, the “good pope” who convened the landmark meetings that modernized the Catholic Church. (AP Photo/File)
By NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is commemorating the 60th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council, the landmark meetings that brought the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church into the modern era. Francis is celebrating a Mass on Tuesday in honor of St. John XXIII, who convened the council and presided over its opening sessions. Tuesday’s commemoration opens with a reading of John’s inaugural speech and ends with a reenactment of the candlelight procession that lit up St. Peter’s Square on the night of Oct. 11, 1962. On that night, the “good pope” came to the window of the Apostolic Palace and delivered his famous “moonlight speech.”

FILE—Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, meets with supporters as he leaves his event in Philadelphia, in this file photo from Sept. 24, 2022. Black voters are at the center of an increasingly competitive battle in a race that could tilt control of the Senate between Fetterman and Republican Mehmet Oz, as Democrats try to harness outrage over the Supreme Court’s abortion decision and Republicans tap the national playbook to focus on rising crime in cities. (AP Photo/Ryan Collerd, File)
By MIKE CATALINI and MARC LEVY Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Pennsylvania Senate candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and John Fetterman are fighting hard for Black voters who might make the difference in their close race. It’s a voting bloc that traditionally lines up solidly behind Democrats. But some community activists worry that the party hasn’t come up with a unified message for candidates and hasn’t done enough to ensure turnout. Fetterman is touting his past work to free people who may have been imprisoned unjustly. Oz and Republicans are seeking to tie Fetterman to increases in crime and violence. In a close race, peeling off just a few Black voters — or an absence of enthusiasm — could make the difference.

GM Logo Gradient (01-28-21) This image provided by General Motors shows the GM Logo. General Motors is creating a new energy division that will include chargers for electric vehicles, solar panels and other energy-related products and services. The company said Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2022, that the unit, called GM Energy, will have offerings for home, commercial and electric vehicle customers. (General Motors via AP)
By MICHELLE CHAPMAN AP Business Writer
General Motors is creating a new energy division that will include chargers for electric vehicles, solar panels and other energy-related products and services. The company said Tuesday that the unit, called GM Energy, will have offerings for home, commercial and electric vehicle customers. The division will also be able to sell energy from electric vehicle and stationary storage batteries back to utilities during peak, high energy consumption periods.