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Air national guardsman put his life on the line
By Christina GallagherThe gunfire was inescapable. Nearly 10 Afghan terrorists fired machine guns and launched rocket grenades designed to kill. Tech. Sgt. Mike Sears was trapped in …
Annual Nationality Days festival to be held Friday-Sunday in Ambridge
By Bobby CherryThe 48th annual Nationality Days begins today along Merchant Street in Ambridge. The three-day festival features a variety of entertainment, ethnic foods, local groups and vendor booths. Events get underway today at noon with a Lincoln Park jazz group performance. …
Fire erupts in Beaver County Airport hangar
By Bill VidonicA fire on Tuesday morning heavily damaged a hangar at the Beaver County Airport in Chippewa. Airport manager Beth LaValle said a firewall stopped the …
Man claims in federal lawsuit that four city officers beat him up in South Side bar
By Tribune-ReviewA Beaver County man claims in a federal lawsuit filed Tuesday that four Pittsburgh police officers beat him up during a May 26 incident on the South Side. William Everetts, 22, of Hanover claims in the lawsuit that when he …
Nude women photographed in Beaver County park aren’t underage
By Bill VidonicBeaver County detectives said Friday they’ve identified two women who were photographed nude in a county park. A witness told authorities that a man and woman were taking the pictures around 1 p.m. Sunday in Brush Creek Park, located in …
Police charge Monaca man with leaving bomb at apartment complex
By Tribune-ReviewA Monaca man remained in the Beaver County Jail on Thursday after police accused him of leaving an explosive device at a borough apartment complex. Police charged Robert B. Tilly, 60, with possessing weapons of mass destruction, reckless endangerment, risking …
Police seek couple taking nude photos in Beaver County park
By Tribune-ReviewBeaver County detectives want to identify a couple who were taking nude pictures of two young girls at a county park. Detectives said in a news release that someone spotted the couple taking the pictures around 1 p.m. Sunday in …
Parkway West reopens following tanker truck crash
By Tribune-ReviewThe Parkway West outbound was shut down for nearly five hours on Friday — including several hours during the evening rush — for cleanup of an accident involving a tractor-trailer. Authorities closed the roadway, Interstate 376, shortly after 1 p.m. …
Florida man charged in crash that killed Rochester woman, 2 others
By The Associated PressLAKELAND, Fla. — A central Florida man faces several charges in a car crash that killed a Beaver County woman and two other people. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says Edward McCoy of Lakeland was arrested Thursday on three counts …
Rochester woman killed, husband injured in Florida crash
By The Associated PressLAKELAND, Fla. — Authorities say three people are dead and two are injured after two vehicles collided in a central Florida intersection. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office says a speeding pickup truck collided with a car early Sunday in Lakeland. …
Beaver County sheriff to stand trial on threat charges
By The Associated PressA judge says the Beaver County sheriff should go to trial on allegations that he threatened to cut off the hands of a political campaign worker and threatened to shoot an online news reporter. Judge Michael L. Gerheim of Armstrong …
Beaver County men accused of possessing, sharing child porn
By Tribune-ReviewTwo Beaver County men were charged this week and accused of using Internet file-sharing programs to download, share and possess child pornography, the state Attorney General’s Office said Friday. Raul Arias, 54, of Economy, was arrested after state agents searched …
Former Beaver Falls coach sentenced for his role in drug ring
By Brian BowlingA former Beaver County high school coach who dedicated much of his time to help kids deserves leniency for his drug dealing convictions, though not much, a federal judge ruled Thursday. U.S. District Judge Alan Bloch sentenced Carlos “Los” Cleckley, …
Plant swap to raise funds for Ambridge historic district
By Tory N. ParrishGreen thumbs could help Ambridge spread the word about its historic district and opportunities to help revitalize the 32-acre area, according to some residents and …
Beaver County school bus driver charged after encouraging kids to fight
By The Associated PressROCHESTER — A Beaver County school bus driver has been charged with endangering children after police say he let 2 students fight instead of intervening. North Sewickley Township police charged Braden Hollis, of Baden, after viewing surveillance video of the …
Texas man sentenced in Beaver County cocaine operation
By Tribune-ReviewA Houston man who drove shipments of cocaine from Texas to Beaver County in his tractor-trailer will spend 20 years in prison, a federal judge ruled Monday. A jury in December convicted Gathon Dudley Shannon, 46, of participating in the …
New Brighton man claims false arrest in federal lawsuit
By Tribune-ReviewA New Brighton man claims in a federal lawsuit filed Monday that a Glassport police officer violated his civil rights during an October 2012 traffic stop. Michael S. Caldwell, 56, said Officer Michael Piccini had no reason to stop him …
Beaver community college looking at Butler school as possible merger partner
By Tribune-ReviewButler County Community College will decide in a month or so whether to look at a merger proposal from the community college in neighboring Beaver County, the president of the Butler school said Thursday. The board of the Community College …
US Airways can’t share employee’s lawsuit settlement without sharing legal costs, U.S. Supreme Court rules
By Brian BowlingUS Airways Inc. can’t grab the money an injured employee won in a lawsuit over a motor vehicle accident without sharing his legal costs because the company’s health plan didn’t spell out how to handle attorney fees, the Supreme Court …
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