Court flips on signature rules for Pa. nominating petitions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court says voters who sign a state political candidate’s nominating petition have to list the address where they are registered to vote or it doesn’t count. The state Supreme Court on Thursday overturned a 5-year-old precedent because of a more recent change in state law. The court had previously held that a petition signature could not be invalidated just because the voter’s address didn’t match their voter registration address. The ruling was made in a challenge to Rania Major’s petition to run in the Democratic primary for judge in Philadelphia. The court upheld a decision to keep Major off the ballot.

Pennsylvania pension system says it got grand jury subpoena
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s largest public pension system are giving a little more detail about a federal probe, saying the agency received a subpoena, although it is staying silent about subpoenas said to have been received by top management officials. Officials at the Public School Employees’ Retirement System and board members have declined to answer questions publicly about what information federal investigators are seeking. In a brief statement Thursday, the $64 billion pension system said it had been served with a grand jury subpoena for documents. Pension system officials have said nothing about Tuesday’s revelation by state Treasurer Stacy Garrity that federal subpoenas were served on “several PSERS management officials.”

Tourist charged with manslaughter in pal’s Hawaii death
By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER Associated Press
HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii judge rules there is probable cause to charge a Pittsburgh tourist with manslaughter in the strangulation of the college buddy he was vacationing with. Benjamin Fleming was arrested last month after his first night out on the Big Island with his two college friends ended in a deadly fight. Alexander Germany-Wald of Montclair, New Jersey, testified at a preliminary hearing for Fleming that their friend, Abhishek Gupta, also of Pittsburgh, got “psychotically” drunk. Germany-Wald says a fistfight ensued until Fleming restrained Gupta. They later realized he wasn’t breathing. A judge denied a request to release Fleming or reduce his $250,000 bail.

(Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh)

The Big Beaver Falls School District held their monthly board discussion meeting tonight.  They started off by discussing a real estate auditor contract that was recommended by business manager Gary Ceccarelli.  It would be a three year contract to have real estate audits for 2020 through 2022 at a cost of $13,900 for 2020, $14,325 for this year, and $14,760 for 2022.  The board then went on to speak on 2 recommendations by the administration.  The first was for the approval of sports and voluntary student accident insurance for the 2021/2022 school year at an annual premium of $6,300.  The second recommendation  was for the approval of the Beaver County Career & Technology 2021/2022 operating budget to be $6,234,249, $81,965 less than last year.  The board of education also recommended the approval of a resolution to remove the Midland Borough School District from membership with the Beaver County Career and Technology Center.

On Friday’s A.M. Beaver County, Matt Drzik throws open the phone lines at (724) 843-1888 & (724) 774-1888.

And we’ll be talking about the Biden administration’s attempt at gun control and the Pirates’ home opener against the Cubs…among other things.

6:30 to 9:00 on Beaver County Radio.

Harrisburg, PA – Department of Corrections Secretary John Wetzel signed a Notice of Execution setting May 14, 2021, for the execution of Paul Gamboa Taylor, who was sentenced to death in York County.

The law provides that when the governor does not sign a warrant of execution within the specified time period, the secretary of corrections has 30 days within which to issue a notice of execution.