(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 49-year-old Cadee Akins Sr. of Monaca, plead guilty on Monday in Federal Court to a charge of cocaine possession with intent to distribute. Akins was accused of distributing five or more kilograms of cocaine between November 2017 and September 2020 to multiple people, who in distributed it to lower-level drug dealers.
Investigators said they recovered an “owe sheet” from a residence Akins used, identifying other conspirators and money they owed him.
Two separate traffic stops on Akins also yielded two kilograms of cocaine and more than $50,000.
Judge Cathy Bissoon schedule Akins’ sentencing for July 13 at 10 a.m

The featured image above shows Bethany Williams in the WBVP studio.
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 8, 2022 9:15 P.M.

(Beaver Falls, PA) The Beaver Falls City Council met for a meeting Tuesday evening.  Director of Community Development, Bethany Williams, announced that she will soon be leaving her position. Williams will pursue an opportunity offered to her as a Local Government Policy Specialist of Southwestern PA. She said that she will be able to “continue to support the city from the state level”, and it is hard to leave her dream job.  Mayor Johns and the rest of council congratulated and thanked Williams for all she has done for Beaver Falls.  Two repository purchase decisions were also made during the meeting.  The purchase of 1809 13th Avenue was approved, while the proposed purchase of 615 2nd Avenue was tabled for the time being.

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Walmart has announced plans for a large fulfilment center in central Pennsylvania that the company says will bring as many as 600 permanent full-time jobs to the area. Walmart said the 1.8 million-square-foot-plus facility in Franklin County’s Southampton Township near Shippensburg is scheduled to open in the spring of this year. Fulfillment centers store millions of items that are picked, packed and shipped directly to customers, unlike the company’s distribution centers that store and distribute products to Walmart stores. The company said the new center is part of a move to add more capacity to Walmart’s supply chain amid growth in the eCommerce sector.

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By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — In a victory for Democrats, the Supreme Court has turned away efforts from Republicans in North Carolina and Pennsylvania to block state court-ordered congressional districting plans. In separate orders late Monday, the justices are allowing maps selected by each state’s Supreme Court to be in effect for the 2022 elections. Those maps are more favorable than the ones drawn by the states’ legislatures. In North Carolina, the map most likely will give Democrats an additional House seat in 2023. The Pennsylvania map also probably will lead to the election of more Democrats, the Republicans say, as the two parties battle for control of the U.S. House of Representatives in the midterm elections.

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By DANICA KIRKA Associated Press
LONDON (AP) — Shell says it will stop buying Russian oil and natural gas. The energy giant also said Tuesday that it will shut down its service stations and other operations in the country amid international pressure for companies to sever ties over the invasion of Ukraine. Shell says in a statement that it would withdraw from all Russian hydrocarbons, including crude oil, petroleum products, natural gas and liquefied natural gas, “in a phased manner.” The decision comes just days after Ukraine’s foreign minister criticized Shell for continuing to buy Russian oil, lashing out at the company for continuing to do business with President Vladimir Putin’s government.

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By ZEKE MILLER, MIKE BALSAMO and JOSH BOAK Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden has decided to ban Russian oil imports, toughening the toll on Russia’s economy in retaliation for its invasion of Ukraine, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move follows pleas by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to U.S. and Western officials to cut off the imports. Energy exports have kept a steady influx of cash flowing to Russia despite otherwise severe restrictions on its financial sector. Biden was set to announce the move Tuesday, the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the matter before an announcement.

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By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Democratic Party committee members backed U.S. Rep. Conor Lamb by 2 to 1 in an endorsement vote over Lt. Gov. John Fetterman in the primary race for the state’s open U.S. Senate seat. In two months, they’ll find out if their party feels differently about nominating a mold-breaking candidate. Not only did Fetterman come from the party’s progressive wing, but he’s irreverent, blunt, 6 feet 8, tattooed and goateed, and most often seen wearing shorts. Fetterman leads in campaign cash and is the only candidate to have run statewide before. But Democrats say the Jan. 6 insurrection stiffened their resolve to vote for the candidate who is most electable.