(Pa State Rep. Josh Kail (15th) official photo)

(Harrisburg, Pa.) Pa State Rep Josh Kail (15th) via release weighed in on his opinion of the budget talks Friday morning:

You can listen to Rep Kail’s comments below:

(File Photo of Pa. Attorney General Josh Shapiro)

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Pa Attorney General Josh Shapiro, a democrat running for Governor of Pennsylvania joined Eddy Crow on Teleforum Friday, July 1, 2022 to talk about his campaign.
AG Shapiro will be facing off against Republican candidate Doug Mastriano in the general election on November 8, 2022 to replace outgoing Governor Tom Wolf who is term limited.
You can listen to the audio of Josh’s interview on Beaver County Radio by clicking the play button below:

(Photos used with permission of David Novak) 

(Moon Twp., Pa.) Moon Township Police Officer Marcello Graziani discovered a fire confined to a front porch at Mount Vernon Avenue residence at 10:15 PM Thursday night. Officer Graziani rescued the family’s Shih Tzu dog named Oscar once he was informed by the home owner that Oscar was still in the house. Officer Graziani did the initial knockdown of the fire, with a fire extinguisher, preventing it from  becoming a fully involved structure fire, according Fire Chief John Scott .

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) A former McKees Rocks, PA resident pleaded guilty in federal court to a violation of the federal narcotics laws, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today.
Rachel Novalesi, 39, formerly of McKees Rocks, PA, pleaded guilty to an Indictment
charging her, and 26 other codefendants, with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute and to distribute five kilograms or more of cocaine before United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy. In connection with the guilty plea, the Government advised the Court that the prosecution of Novalesi arose out of a two-year investigation into a drug trafficking organization whose members distributed kilograms of cocaine, sourced from Mexico, throughout the United States (in California, Arizona, Pennsylvania, and elsewhere). The Court was advised that co-conspirators obtained kilograms of cocaine in Los Angeles, California, and sent them to the Western District of Pennsylvania (and elsewhere) through the United States Postal Service. In connection with her guilty plea, Novalesi admitted that she received cocaine-laden parcels that were sent by co-conspirators from Los Angeles, California, to the Western District of Pennsylvania, and that she redistributed the kilograms of cocaine to others. As part her plea, Novalesi admitted that she possessed roughly five
ounces of cocaine that was seized in May 2019 during a traffic stop by the Bridgewater Police Department in Beaver County, PA. Novalesi admitted as part of the plea that the cocaine was sourced from a codefendant, and that she intended to redistribute it. Novalesi admitted that the total quantity of cocaine attributable to her, through her conduct and the foreseeable conduct of co-conspirators, was at least 15 kilograms but less than 50 kilograms. The Court was advised that agents seized in excess of 100 kilograms of cocaine during its two-year investigation into the drug trafficking
organization, of which Novalesi admitted to being a member.
Judge Hardy scheduled sentencing for November 4, 2022. The law provides for a total
sentence of not less than 10 years and not more than life imprisonment, a fine of up to $10,000,000, or both. Under the Federal Sentencing Guidelines, the actual sentence imposed is based upon the seriousness of the offense and the prior criminal history, if any, of the defendant.
Assistant United States Attorney Jerome A. Moschetta is prosecuting this case on behalf of the government.
The Drug Enforcement Administration (in Pittsburgh, PA) and the United States Postal
Service – Office of Inspector General led the multi-agency investigation that included members of the Drug Enforcement Administration (in Los Angeles, CA; in Tucson, AZ; in New York, NY; in Nashville, TN; at the Special Operations Division; and in Mexico); the Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General; the Los Angeles Police Department; the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police; the Allegheny County Police Department; the New Castle Police Department; the Monessen Police Department; and the Pennsylvania State Police.
This prosecution is a result of an Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) investigation. OCDETF identifies, disrupts, and dismantles high-level drug traffickers, money launderers, gangs, and transnational criminal organizations that threaten communities throughout the United States. OCDETF uses a prosecutor-led, intelligence-driven, multi-agency approach that leverages the strengths of federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies against criminal networks.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Beaver County 9-1-1 reported that Aliquippa Police and fire departments and Medic-Rescue  responded   to a 2 vehicle accident at 4 p.m. on Thursday at Mill Street and Golf Course Road. It’s not known how many people were injured or what caused the accident. The scene was cleared by 5 p.m.

JOSEPH MADER III WHO HAD BEEN MISSING SINCE EARLY THURSDAY MORNING, HAS BEEN FOUND, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JOHN DELUCA. THE CHIEF THANKED ASSISTING AUTHORITIES FOR THEIR HELP.

(AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s new fiscal year will begin without a state budget in place, as Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and top Republican lawmakers planned to work through the deadline to hammer out a roughly $42 billion spending plan whose details were still largely being kept secret. As of Thursday, negotiators had yet to fully brief rank-and-file lawmakers or publish the details of budget-related legislation. Without a new budget signed into law by Friday, the state will lose the authority to make some payments. Negotiations in closed-door talks revolve around a substantial amount of new aid for public schools and various concessions by the Democratic governor to Republican lawmakers who control the Legislature.

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By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state court is permanently blocking Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan to toll as many as nine major bridges on interstates in Pennsylvania, siding with three Pittsburgh-area municipalities that argued that his administration had violated procedures in getting to the advanced stage of considering the idea. A panel of Commonwealth Court judges on Thursday granted the municipalities’ request to effectively declare the plan dead because Wolf’s Department of Transportation hadn’t followed the law. Wolf’s push for tolling comes as states increasingly look to user fees to make up for declining gas tax revenue that is not keeping up with the demands of fixing highways and bridges.