FILE – A sign on the sidewalk outside an antique store in Spartansburg, Pa., on Feb. 29, 2024. Police investigating the killing of a pregnant Amish woman inside her Pennsylvania home last week recovered several firearms, bullets and spent casings as well as broken knife parts, according to an inventory made public on Tuesday, March…

March 5, 2024, Monaca, PA:  The United Way of Beaver County (UWBC) and Shell Polymers, Monaca (Shell) is thrilled to announce that Shell has offered an additional $25,000 matching grant to the UWBC’s ALICE Fund! Shell gave a $50,000 Matching Grant toward The ALICE Fund in late 2023 – as of today, this initial $50,000…

Keystone State News Connection – Danielle Smith Pennsylvania’s teachers’ union is voicing concerns that the state’s public school voucher program will negatively affect public education in lower-income families and communities. The most recent budget proposal would direct an additional $1 billion to K-12 education, affecting more than 1.7 million students, and doesn’t include any specific funding for school…

(AP) Toby Keith, a sometimes polarizing figure in country music who crafted an identity around his macho, pro-American swagger, has died. He was 62. The “Beer For My Horses” singer-songwriter, who was battling stomach cancer, died peacefully Monday surrounded by his family, according to a statement posted on the country singer’s website. “He fought his fight…

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published February 3, 2024 6:07 P.M. (East Palestine, OH) A year after a Norfolk Southern train hauling hazardous chemicals derailed in East Palestine, the town and nearby communities are still feeling the effects. On an unseasonably warm Saturday, residents gathered for a commemoration and commitment ceremony hosted…

PITTSBURGH (Nov. 29, 2023) — This December, while many turn their attention to seasonal celebrations, nonprofit blood services provider Vitalant asks eligible donors to spare an hour and give blood to support patients in need throughout the holidays. Vitalant is thanking donors who give through Dec. 17 with a $10 gift card in the donor…

Eleven days after 57-year-old Anthony Talotta arrived at a Pittsburgh jail, he died from what his family says was a treatable and preventable infection from a foot wound. Talotta, who had autism and developmental disabilities, had been brought to the jail after a fight with a staff member at the group home where he lived….

(AP)- Dorothy Hoffner, a 104-year-old Chicago woman whose recent skydive could see her certified by Guinness World Records as the oldest person to ever jump from a plane, has died. Hoffner’s close friend, Joe Conant, said she was found dead Monday morning by staff at the Brookdale Lake View senior living community. Conant said Hoffner apparently died…