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The Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa said on Saturday that one of their booster stations had been hacked by an Iranian-backed cyber group. Matthew Mottes, the chairman of the board of directors for the Municipal Water Authority of Aliquippa, confirmed to KDKA-TV that the cyber group, known as Cyber Av3ngers, took control of one of the stations. An alarm went off as soon as the hack had occurred. Mottes added that the station, located on the outskirts of town, monitors and regulates pressure for Raccoon and Potter Townships and stressed that there is no known risk to the drinking water...

A widow was given ample notice before her $280,000 house was sold at a tax auction three years ago over $6.30 in unpaid interest, a Pennsylvania judge has ruled. The decision last week turned down Eileen Battisti’s request to reverse the September 2011 sale of her home outside Aliquippa in western Pennsylvania. “I paid everything, and didn’t know about the $6.30,” Battisti said. “For the house to be sold just because of $6.30 is crazy.” …

BEAVER COUNTY (KDKA) – An 18-year-old has been charged in the brutal rape and beating of an elderly nun in Aliquippa. Andrew Bullock, of Orchard Street, faces at least 10 charges in the Friday morning attack. The nun serves at St. Titus Church on Franklin Avenue.

A Wilkinsburg man faces charges of involuntary manslaughter and attempted homicide after police said he shot a man he was attempting to rob in Aliquippa, an encounter that ended with his suspected accomplice being fatally shot. Yasin El Aman Shakir, 19, will also be charged with four counts of aggravated assault, four counts of reckless endangerment and firearms violations in connection with the July 14 incident. He is currently being held in the Allegheny County Jail on unrelated charges. Detective Sgt. Steven Roberts of the Aliquippa police said witnesses relayed to police that Mr. Shakir, 19-year-old Jiwan Bailey of Penn...

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The nephew of Hall of Fame running back Tony Dorsett has been sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for heading a major cocaine ring out of the western Pennsylvania town both called home. But federal prosecutors say 33-year-old Anthony A. Dorsett, of Aliquippa, has been cooperating with authorities — testifying against several of the 12 others indicted with him three years ago — which may result in an eventual sentence reduction. The indictment said the ring was based in that city's crime-ridden Linmar Terrace public housing complex, about 25 miles northwest of Pittsburgh.

<p>State officials are investigating whether additional Beaver County restaurants may be involved in the growing hepatitis A outbreak and are urging restaurants in three counties to beef up sanitation efforts and report any workers ill with flu-like symptoms.</p> <p>The number of people confirmed to have contracted hepatitis A after visiting or working at the Chi-Chi's Mexican Restaurant in the Beaver Valley Mall rose to 130 Thursday. Four of the victims are employees, according to the state health department.</p>

<p>Long before Sophie Masloff made history as Pittsburgh's first female mayor, another woman reigned at the confluence of the Ohio, Monongahela and Allegheny rivers.</p> <p>She led a band of American Indians through turbulent times. She met with George Washington. A city in Beaver County is named for her. And she was a queen to boot, at a time when most women were ruled rather than rulers.</p>