This Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, photo shows a Social Security card in Tigard, Ore. Social Security checks to increase by 5.9%, as inflation fuels largest COLA for retirees in nearly 40 years (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) By FATIMA HUSSEIN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of Social Security recipients will get an 8.7% boost in their…
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PITTSBURGH, Pa. – Three residents of the Pittsburgh area were sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the Pennsylvania Medicaid program and related offenses, United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced today. United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon sentenced Arlinda Moriarty, 53, of Cranberry, to 84 months’ imprisonment; her sister, Daynelle Dickens, of Pittsburgh,…
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(Story and photo by Beaver County Radio Staff Members) (Potter Twp., Pa.) The Shell Cracker Plant in Potter Township is nearing completion and they are preparing to start operations at the facility. Shell held a virtual townhall Wednesday night to discuss what Beaver County residents can expect as they prepare for start-up. The Topics that…
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(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio) “When you understand people and their wants and needs, and you can fulfill those wants and needs with a product or service, then I believe you will become successful.” “Successful” is certainly a fitting word in the lexicon to describe Kim Villella, who joined Matt Drzik on the August 16 edition…
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On Monday’s edition of A.M. Beaver County, Matt Drzik will talk with Dr. Todd Graham at 8:10 about the upcoming performance of the Hopewell Community Big Band as part of “Midland Music Mondays”. Then at 8:35, Matt will talk with Kelly Cope of Patriot Home Care in Beaver Falls to talk about the benefits of…
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(Photo provided with release) Keystone State News Connection May 10, 2022 Available files: mp3 wav jpg Emily Scott The Pennsylvania Department of Corrections has officially launched “Little Scandinavia,” a unit in a state prison to focus on rehabilitation and reintegration. The new unit at SCI Chester comes after a multiyear partnership with the Norwegian Correctional…
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(Photo Courtesy of Pa Media Services) Bethlehem, PA – Governor Tom Wolf was joined by Representative Steve Samuelson on Thursday to call on Pennsylvania’s Republican-led General Assembly to immediately use $1.7 billion in unspent American Rescue Plan Act dollars to help older Pennsylvanians and individuals with disabilities through property tax rebates to recover from the…
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Keystone State News Connection February 15, 2022 Emily Scott By Katie Fleischer for Ms. Magazine. Broadcast version by Emily Scott for Keystone State News Connection reporting for the Ms. Magazine-Public News Service Collaboration Throughout 2020 and 2021, marginalized communities were hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, exacerbating economic inequities that already fell along race, gender and…
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PITTSBURGH (Jan. 28, 2022) – Allegheny Health Network (AHN) today announced an impending leadership transition at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH). David Parda, MD, is stepping down as AGH’s President to take a new role as AHN’s Publication and Research Collaboration Physician Executive. Imran Qadeer, MD, AGH’s Chief Medical Officer, will assume the role of hospital…
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(Photo Provided by Councilman Donald Walker) Story by Beaver County Radio news Correspondent Sandy Giordano Monday, January 24, 2022 at 7:14 AM (Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa Councilman Donald Walker reported Sunday, January 24, 2022, that T-Mobile presented a $50,000 grant to the City of Aliquippa’s Parks and Recreation Department last Thursday, January 20, 2022, at the…
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