DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — The Iowa Democratic Party has extended until Monday a deadline originally set for midday Friday for presidential candidates to request a review of the results of this week’s Iowa presidential caucuses. That’s in light of the reporting debacle that forced a days-long delay in final numbers from the contest and left inconsistencies in the final count. After a breakdown in tallying the results caucus night, it took until Thursday for the state party, which operates the series of roughly 1,700 local meetings statewide, to issue final numbers.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Another plane carrying people evacuated from the virus zone in China has landed at a Marine Corps base in San Diego.  The evacuees who arrived Friday morning at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar are among hundreds of Americans who have been evacuated due to the viral outbreak in the Wuhan region of China. They are being held at military bases for 14 days while they are monitored for any signs of illness. Friday’s flight was the second plane this week to land at Marine Corps Air Station Miramar just outside San Diego.

3 Aliquippa football players have signed letters of intent…as we hear in this report from Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano:

(Photos of Mr. Guzie with Ms. Aziz and Ms. Geisler, both taken by Sandy Giordano)

The Aliquippa School Board recognized two award winners at its meeting this week. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Slippery Rock University is going to pass on its annual Chinese New Year celebration this year. The event planned for February 15th is being scrapped due to the coronavirus. Organizers say the move is out of respect for the people in China who haven’t been able to celebrate themselves.

Pennsylvania State Police say they are noticing a decrease in seat belt usage. In January alone, troopers issued 105 citations for people failing to buckle up. According to PennDOT data from 2018, there were nearly 400 people killed and about one-thousand people seriously hurt because people weren’t wearing a seatbelt.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A new report recommends Pennsylvania’s Legislature increase licensing fees and take other steps to put the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement on more sound financial footing. The report released Thursday by Auditor General Eugene DePasquale says the agency could run out of money sometime this summer. It also recommends that lawmakers increase penalties for kennels that fail inspections but remain open while they appeal. The bureau has 41 dog law wardens and inspects about 2,600 kennels. Dog licenses currently cost $6.50 a year for dogs that have been spayed or neutered, or $8.50 if they haven’t.

A New Castle man has been indicted by a federal grand jury on drug and gun charges. 31 year old Samuel Cheeks is being charged with unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition after having previously been convicted of a felony. The Superseding Indictment also alleges that, in September of 2017, Cheeks unlawfully possessed a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine. The ATF, the Ellwood City Police Department, and the New Castle Police Department conducted the investigation leading to the Indictment in this case.

The Aliquippa police chief has issued a warning to residents: Keep your car doors locked. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7TH, 2020

 

 

*** WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FOR BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON ***

TODAY – SNOW THIS MORNING WILL TRANSITION TO SNOW
SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. TEMPS NEARLY
STEADY AROUND 30. 1 TO 3 INCHES OF SNOW
EXPECTED. HIGH – 31.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW FLURRIES OR
SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. LOW – 25.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY SKIES WITH AFTERNOON SNOW
SHOWERS. HIGH – 35.

SUNDAY – OVERCAST. HIGH NEAR 40.