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Beaver County farm owner and his employee sentenced to probation, community service for killing birds
PITTSBURGH ― The courts have issued a sentence for a Beaver County farmer and his employee for their killing of migratory birds with banned pesticides in 2020. According to judges for the Department of Justice, the New Galilee farm's operator, Robert Yost, 52, has received a year of probation, a $21,000 fine and must work 100 hours of community service for killing the migratory birds on the leased farm property during June 2020. His employee, Jacob...
Butler County shaved ice stand serves up deliciously cool treats
PORTERSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) -- On a sunny day, the Snowman shaved ice stand is a cool beacon of icy hope, proudly along Route 488 in Butler County.Co-owner Brain LaChance said that the idea to open this little refreshment spot came to him while he cut the grass on his property, and watched all the cars go by with people heading to nearby parks."The origin of it was, what would be the thing to put here?" LaChance said. "What's the thing? What's the missing thing, then it kind of dawned on me that there are ice cream places nearby or close...
Scott Tady: Brews & Grooves debuts in Beaver; Ambridge & Midland sites host Monday music
Byron Nash and NASH.V.ILL head back to Beaver County on June 8, as musical headliners of the Brews & Grooves festival debuting at the Beaver Station Cultural & Event Center. It'll mark the third time Nash and NASH.V.ILL have played Beaver Station, with Fermata Brewing in Ambridge, the Carnegie Free Library of Beaver...
NTSB holding final derailment board meeting in East Palestine
EAST PALESTINE, Ohio — On June 25, the National Transportation Safety Board will be heading back to East Palestine, Ohio, for the final board meeting related to the derailment that thrust the small town into a national spotlight last year. The meeting will be at 9:30 a.m. at East...
New Springfield superintendent, cannabis lawsuit, LGBTQIA+ legal climate
Host of The Rundown Carrie Saldo is with show panelist and NEPM reporter Nirvani Williams. Today on The Rundown with Carrie Saldo, panelists weigh in on a legal challenge to the Controlled Substances Act rolled out by legal cannabis purveyors in western Massachusetts. Will this light a spark that changes the weed industry?
Lifesaving or Misguided? Funding Pa. Coroners with Opioid Settlements Criticized
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — A lot of people hope opioid settlement money will save lives. Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro, who negotiated settlements with opioid companies as Pennsylvania's attorney general, said in 2021 that the funds would “be earmarked to offer and expand life-saving treatment options.” The National Association of Counties has described saving lives as a goal for local leaders across the country. When a large coalition of professional and advocacy organizations, coordinated by faculty at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg...
EPA whistleblower calls for investigation into high-tech plane response after Norfolk Southern train derailment
PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 is going one-on-one with a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contractorwho became a whistleblower after saying mistakes were made in response to the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. He says there are implications to public health and the safety of...
Beaver County could be a bellwether to determine 2024 presidential election
BEAVER COUNTY, Pa. (KDKA) -- While every part of Pennsylvania will play a role in deciding which presidential candidate wins the commonwealth, this region is a key target for both Joe Biden and Donald Trump.A day after a jury convicted Donald Trump of 34 felonies, two friends playfully raised their fists at each other in the county seat of Beaver County; good friends who could not disagree more about Trump."He's my guy. He is. He is. I like him. He gets things done. He gets things done," New Brighton's Joan Ashton said."I think he is guilty of everything, and I'm...
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