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(Beaver Pa.) A Beaver County judge has denied Sheldon Jeter Jr’s request for a new trial or an evidence hearing.
Earlier this year, Jeter was found guilty and sentenced to life in prison for killing his friend and roommate Tyric Pugh in Aliquippa back in 2020.
Keystone State News Connection
| December 10, 2021 |
Emily Scott
READING, Pa. — Food banks in Pennsylvania have been a lifeline to families during the pandemic. Now, state officials are using an influx of federal dollars to help food banks build up their infrastructure to serve more people.
Sen. Judy Schwank, D-Reading, speaking at Mary’s Shelter in Reading Thursday, announced $11.4 million American Rescue Plan dollars are being made available for the COVID-19 Food Bank Cold Storage Infrastructure Program, to support groups fighting hunger to purchase freezers, coolers, and more.
Schwank said it will allow food pantries to offer perishable items and help eliminate food waste.
“We’ve learned where our weaknesses are in addressing hunger,” Schwank explained. “We know now that we could do better in making sure that people not only have food to eat, but more importantly, healthy, nutritious food – and available to them in a way that’s easy for them to access.”
An estimated 1.5 million Pennsylvanians are experiencing food insecurity. The grant program will fund upgrades at 18 food banks, serving all 67 counties in Pennsylvania.
During the pandemic, food banks faced their own problems, from supply-chain interruptions to staff shortages and transportation obstacles.
Frances Wolf, Pennsylvania’s first lady, pointed out despite those challenges, they were able to persevere, and have distributed almost 400 million pounds of food since March 2020.
“Increasing cold storage capacity will strengthen our charitable food network in so many ways,” Wolf stated. “It will allow food banks to create more mobile pantry options, ones that can meet people where they are, and break down the transportation barrier that so many Pennsylvanians have.”
The grant program will work in tandem with the Agricultural Surplus Program, which distributes fresh produce grown on local farms to more than 2,700 food pantries, soup kitchens, feeding programs and shelters across the Commonwealth.
Vikings beat Steelers 36-28, deny last-play pass in end zone
By DAVE CAMPBELL AP Pro Football Writer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings held on to beat the Pittsburgh Steelers 36-28 by forcing an incomplete pass in the end zone on the final play. Ben Roethlisberger’s throw to Pat Freiermuth was on target. Anthony Barr and Harrison Smith sandwiched the rookie tight end at just the right moment to dislodge the ball. The Vikings nearly squandered a 29-0 late third-quarter lead. Dalvin Cook rushed for 205 yards and two touchdowns in his faster-than-expected return from a shoulder injury for the Vikings. Roethlisberger had three touchdown passes in the second half. The Vikings improved to 6-7. The Steelers are 6-6-1.
The Aliquippa Quips defeated the Bishop McDevitt Crusaders tonight 34-27 to claim the 4A State Championship. The Crusaders came out the gate running scoring on the second play of their drive with a 56 yard touchdown pass , making it 7-0 in the first 55 seconds of the game. Moments later the Crusaders recovered the ball on kick off in the Quips territory. A few plays later the Crusaders punched it in on a 16 yard touchdown run, missing the extra point, making it 13-0 in the first 2 minutes of the game. The Quips then woke up and scored on 42 yard touchdown run in the first quarter. And then the very next drive the Quips get an interception and return it 27 yards for the touchdown and take a 14-13 lead to end the first quarter. During the second quarter Bishop McDevitt came up big with another 50 plus yard touchdown pass, giving them the lead once again. But, that lead did not last long as Aliquippa marched 70 yards down the field and capped off the drive with a 3 yard touchdown run. The Quips missed the extra point and the score was tied 20-20 going into the half. Neither team scored in the third quarter, but the fourth quarter had a lot of action. The quarter started with the Quips capping an 80 yard drive with a 1 yard touchdown run, giving Aliquippa a 27-20 lead early in the fourth quarter. After getting the ball back after a punt the Quips scored another touchdown from 8 yards out. The Crusaders then scored with less than 3 minutes in the game. But, they were unable to stop the Quips from getting the first down that sealed the game. With that first down the Quips were able to run out the clock and they became PIAA 4A State Champions.
1230 WBVP, 99.3 FM, 1460 WMBA, and beavercountyradio.com’s Bob Barrickman and Bruce Fry had the call from Hershey for this 2021 PIAA Final high school football game between Aliquippa and Bishop McDevitt.
Aliquippa: Cyair Clark
Bishop McDevitt: Mario Easterly
You can see all of the past CCBC Players of the Game for High School Sports by clicking on the CCBC Logo Below:
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The featured photo above shows the meeting taking place in the Beaver Falls High School Library.
Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh, published December 9, 2021 at 6:50 P.M.
(Beaver Falls, PA) The Big Beaver Falls School Board held their reorganization meeting Thursday night. Cynthia Cook was reelected Board President while Ron Miller was also reelected Vice President. Jessica Campbell was elected Board Secretary. The board went on to approve their meeting schedule, which will be the second Thursday of every month at 6 pm. Also approved was the paying of general fund bills at a cost of $323,753.78.
WBVP-AM 1230, WBVP-FM 99.3 and WMBA-AM 1460’s Bob Barrickman and Bruce Frey have the call from Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey of this 2021 PIAA Class 4A Championship high school football state playoff game as the WPIAL champion Quips battle the District 3 champion Crusaders.
Click the link below to listen to tonight’s broadcast on Beaver County Radio:
1230 WBVP, 99.3 FM, 1460 WMBA and beavercountyradio.com’s Bob Barrickman and Bruce Frey have the call from Hersheypark Stadium in Hershey of this 2021 PIAA Class 4A Championship high school football state playoff game as the WPIAL champion Aliquippa Quips battle the District 3 champion Bishop McDevitt Crusaders.
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Vanessa Campagna previews her upcoming Christmas shows with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra on A.M. Beaver County on Friday morning at 8:35 AM.
Also: Last chance for the week to get registered for the Holiday Helper contest, and the Friday Funny contest will be open for good, funny (and clean) jokes. It all begins tomorrow at 6:30 with Matt Drzik and Frank Sparks on Beaver County Radio.
