ALIQUIPPA Thousands of Beaver County residents are, hopefully, one step closer to cleaner drinking water.
The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa broke ground on a new $15 million water filtration plant Thursday near its existing, decades-old facility. Board and city leaders said financing for the two-and-a-half-year project is secured and construction can begin once state regulators approve necessary permits.
Board members, joined by Aliquippa Mayor Dwan Walker and state and local elected officials, said the project’s cost won’t result in higher rates for customers.
“The money’s in the bank,” said MWAA board chairman Matthew Mottes.
Crews with Unis Demolition tore down a section of the MWAA’s former administrative building on Hopewell Avenue to make way for the plant; the existing 80-year-old treatment facility will remain operational during construction, but may be demolished, at some point, after the new plant is built.
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Mother accused of shooting, killing two children in Ambridge home
AMBRIDGE A Beaver County mother is accused of killing her two children at a Maplewood Avenue home Monday afternoon.
Krisinda Bright, 48, of Ambridge, is charged with two counts of criminal homicide after investigators say she shot and killed Jeffery Bright, 16, and Jasmine Cannady, 22, at a residence the three shared. The 16-year-old victim was a transgender Ambridge Area High School student, according to friends and county officials.
Both victims died of gunshot wounds to the head. Beaver County Coroner David Gabauer has ruled their deaths a homicide.
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According to a criminal complaint, Krisinda Bright called 911 around 1:30 p.m. to report she had shot two people. She told the dispatcher the gun was unloaded and on the dining room table.
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