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Local environmental critics say they are happy that Shell Chemicals will install and operate a fence-line monitoring program to ensure that any gasses or contaminants seeping out from the cracker plant’s boundaries remain at acceptable levels.

Local environmental critics say they are happy that Shell Chemicals will install and operate a fence-line monitoring program to ensure that any gasses or contaminants seeping out from the cracker plant’s boundaries remain at acceptable levels.

A crowded field of Republican candidates seeking to challenge U.S. Sen. Bob Casey next year has gotten bigger with U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Hazleton the latest to enter the race.

An attorney for the Islamic educational consulting firm that saw its deal to buy a Shenango Township property terminated on Tuesday said the state failed to fulfill the contract, and he warned that certain project opponents could face legal action.

A crowded field of Republican candidates seeking to challenge U.S. Sen. Bob Casey next year has gotten bigger with U.S. Rep. Lou Barletta of Hazleton the latest to enter the race.

The future for a former Aliquippa football player accused of assisting in the planning of a robbery which led to the deaths of two teens is now in the hands of a Beaver County jury.

An attorney for the Islamic educational consulting firm that saw its deal to buy a Shenango Township property terminated on Tuesday said the state failed to fulfill the contract, and he warned that certain project opponents could face legal action.

The future for a former Aliquippa football player accused of assisting in the planning of a robbery which led to the deaths of two teens is now in the hands of a Beaver County jury.

A New Brighton man was charged Wednesday by the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office with two counts of drug delivery resulting in death, and 22 others have been charged with felony drug-delivery charges.

BEAVER -- The Beaver tax office of Maureen T. Bostwick will be closed Saturday. The office at 650 Corporation St., Suite 403, will reopen from 5 to 7 p.m. Sept. 5.