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Tuesday, January 18, 2022 at 6:04 AM
(Georgetown, Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they received a phone call from Joann Boyd of Georgetown on Monday morning, January 17, 2022 at 10:30 AM after her 11-year-old son, Andrew Boyd ran away.
Troopers are saying via release that when they arrived on the scene and conducted a canvass of the area Andrew was located in the Georgetown Post Office safe and unhurt.

Keystone State News Connection

January 18, 2022

Emily Scott

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is accepting public comments through the end of this month regarding a proposal which would sharply reduce methane pollution.

Environmental advocates in Pennsylvania say it is critical for residents to provide testimony because they are not being protected from the oil and natural-gas industry.

A study from the Environmental Defense Fund found the state’s gas industry leaked more than one million tons of methane in 2017.

Barb Jarmoska, board member of the Responsible Drilling Alliance, said the effects of methane’s potent greenhouse gas contribute significantly to climate change, which is already negatively impacting Pennsylvanians.

“We are putting Pennsylvania citizens in harm’s way in order to send this methane elsewhere,” Jarmoska asserted. “I hope as many Pennsylvania citizens as possible will take the time to visit the EPA website and let their voice be heard.”

Pennsylvania is one of the largest contributors to greenhouse-gas pollution in the United States. The EPA is accepting written comments from the public on the proposal until Jan. 31.

Hundreds of Pennsylvanians shared their thoughts on the proposal last month during three days of virtual public testimony hosted by the EPA.

Ralph Kisberg, consultant for the Responsible Drilling Alliance, was among those who spoke, saying the federal rule is needed because of inaction by state leaders to sufficiently regulate methane emissions.

“People everywhere deserve the same protections,” Kisberg contended. “This goes for climate emissions from Pennsylvania as well as health-damaging emissions. Here, the political influence of the industry is too vast, the industry too out of sight for most, the emissions too invisible.”

Pennsylvania’s Department of Environmental Protection also released an updated plan to impose stronger restrictions on oil and gas well sites leaking methane, but advocates say it leaves thousands of low-producing wells exempt from the ruling.

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) PennDOT has lifted the speed limit and right-lane-only commercial vehicle restrictions that were in place on several roadways in the Pittsburgh region.
Due to the winter storm impacting the region, speed limits were reduced yesterday to 45 mph on all interstates and several other routes in the region.
PennDOT is continuing to treat roadways in the area and will continue until roads are clear.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts.

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(New Brighton, Pa.)  New Brighton Borough posted on their website and social media accounts that due to “The recent winter storm has delayed refuse and recycling collection in New Brighton Borough by one day.  This week, collection will be on Wednesday, January 19, 2022  instead of tomorrow, January 18, 2022.

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(Center Twp., Pa.) The Beaver County Transit Authority has cancelled all bus service for Monday, January 17, 2022.  Bus service will resume with a normal schedule on Tuesday, January 18, 2022.

PennDOT Removes Tier Restrictions on Certain Vehicles in the Pittsburgh Region

​Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT has lifted the temporary Tier restrictions on certain vehicles from traveling on several roadways in Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence counties.
The following roadways have been lifted from the Tier 2 of the commonwealth’s weather event vehicle restriction plan:
Allegheny County: Interstates 79, 376 (Parkways East and West), 279 (Parkway North), and 579
Beaver County: Interstate 376 (Beaver Valley Expressway)
Lawrence County: Interstates 79 and 376
Due to the winter storm impacting the region, PennDOT temporarily restricted certain vehicles from using the interstates earlier today to help ensure that the interstates remained open during the most challenging conditions of the winter storm.
Speed limits remain restricted to 45 mph on these roadways in addition to Routes 22 and 28 in Allegheny County for all vehicles, and commercial vehicles not affected by other roadway restrictions must move to the right lane.

(Portersville, Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting that they have charged a New Castle Man with DUI involving a crash after an accident that we first told you about earlier this month in which 60-year-old Andrew Smith crashed his vehicle into the median of Interstate 79 at mile marker 94.8 near the Portersville exit. Smith was traveling north bound when he crashed his 2007 Lexus RX350 and was trapped in the vehicle and had to be rescued by emergency personnel and flown to Allegheny General Hospital. During the investigation it was suspected that Smith was driving under the influence of alcohol and he was subsequently charged with dui.

BEAVER FALLS, PA (JANUARY 12, 2022) – The Cornerstone of Beaver County (TCBC) – a nonprofit organization working to prevent and end homelessness in Beaver County – has coordinated with community partners to provide warming centers this winter for those experiencing homelessness or housing-related crisis in Beaver County.

Warming centers provide relief from inclement and potentially dangerous winter weather, including extreme cold and wind chill. Those who turn to TCBC for warming center service can also access basic needs and housing resources that are part of the organization’s regular, year-round programming.

Local Warming Center Locations and Hours of Operation:

The Cornerstone of Beaver County 

Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

600 6th Street, Beaver Falls

Trails Ministry

Mon-Fri 9 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

1217 7th Avenue, Beaver Falls

Central United Methodist Church

1227 6th Avenue, Beaver Falls

New Brighton Municipal Building

Mon-Thurs 8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.

610 3rd Avenue, New Brighton

Rochester Free Methodist Church

Call ahead 724-774-5304

480 Jefferson Street, Rochester

Current CDC and Pennsylvania State COVID-19 guidelines apply.

TCBC’s website — CornerstoneBeaver.org — contains a resources page that provides the warming center information and a list of community organizations offering meals, groceries, clothing, and other assistance.

“Winter is dangerous for people experiencing homelessness. As the temperature drops, living outside in the elements, in cars, in tents, in abandoned buildings, not only becomes harder and more uncomfortable, but it can also result in illness, injury, and even death,” said TCBC Executive Director Marie Timpano.

Timpano continued, “We’re grateful to have wonderful community partners coming together to help keep those who are homeless out of harm’s way this winter. And as we work to obtain the support needed to start construction on our county’s long-awaited 24/7 men’s emergency shelter, we are hopeful that this will be the last winter without a men’s shelter in Beaver County.”

TCBC works to prevent and end homelessness in Beaver County by providing and coordinating emergency shelter, permanent housing, basic needs, and resources.

For more information about TCBC’s emergency and permanent housing programs as well as utilities and basic needs assistance, visit CornerstoneBeaver.org or call 724-846-6400.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Patrick Mahomes threw for 404 yards and five touchdowns, Travis Kelce caught a TD pass and threw another one, and the Chiefs sent Pittsburgh quarterback Ben Roethlisberger into his expected retirement with a 42-21 win in the wild-card round of the playoffs Sunday night. Byron Pringle caught touchdown passes from both Mahomes and Kelce, and Jerick McKinnon and Tyreek Hill also reeled in scoring catches for the Chiefs. Their pursuit of a third straight AFC title now includes a date with the Bills next week. The 39-year-old Roethlisberger finished with two TD passes in his likely finale.