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Pgh Police: Man Got Girl Pregnant Three Times Before She Reached 18

Pittsburgh police say a Brighton Heights man was in his early 40s when he began a years-long sexual relationship with a teenage girl that led to three pregnancies before she turned 18. 55-year-old Michael Anthony Wilson was charged Wednesday with involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, unlawful contact with a minor, statutory sexual assault and other offenses. A police affidavit says that the victim, who is now 26, told investigators that she had been in an “intimate relationship” with Wilson beginning around 2005 when she was just 13. The relationship continued over a period of about five years. According to the affidavit, Wilson got the victim pregnant when she was 14, 15 and 17 years old…and she had abortions when she was 14 and 17 and gave birth to a child from her pregnancy at age 15. The victim said told investigators that Wilson knew how old she was at the time and said that several of her family members confronted him.

Cleanup of Chemical Explosion in Rochester Expected to Take Longer Than Expected

The cleanup of a Beaver County chemical explosion is expected to take a few more months. Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection officials say the former swimming pool supply store in Rochester is posing a host of challenges, including an unstable building and unlabeled chemical barrels. Last month’s blast forced neighbors to shelter-in-place until an all-clear was sounded.

Abundant Sunshine for Beaver County Today

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 29TH, 2019

 

TODAY – ABUNDANT SUNSHINE. HIGH NEAR 80.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 65.

FRIDAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 82.

SATURDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 78.

SUNDAY – VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH – 78.

LABOR DAY MONDAY – INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND
SUNSHINE. A STRAY SHOWRE OR
THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 82.

Family Glow Walk 9/21/19

The Beaver County Humane Society  hosts 25th Annual Family Glow Walk for Animals

Saturday, September 21, from 6:00 – 9:00 PM

Food Trucks   Demonstrations

Brady’s Run Walking Track

 

Recognize and prevent Scams/Frauds 9/18/19

Learning how to recognize and prevent Scams/Frauds

When:               Saturday, September 18 from 7pm to 8pm

Where:              Chippewa United Methodist Church, Community Life Center, 118 McMillen Avenue, Beaver Falls, PA

Information:       Pension/Medicare fraud, charity and banking scams, it seems like every day you hear more and more about how people are coming up with ways to cheat others.  Join Beaver County’s District Attorney, Dave Lozier to find out how to recognize and avoid becoming a statistic.

Cost:                Free

Register:           on line @ www.chippewaumc.org, in our church welcome centers or by calling the church office @ 724-843-4828

AUDIO: Presidential Nominee Dr. Jerome Segal Talks Bread & Roses Socialism With Matt Drzik On A.M. Beaver County

Usually when there’s a presidential election on the horizon in the United States, a certain segment of the population will express a jaded apathy towards the two-party system, and perhaps give nod to a new idealism that doesn’t constantly beckon towards the status quo.

Enter Dr. Jerome Segal, a 75-year old philosopher and leader of the Bread & Roses party, a socialist party dedicated to the utopian possibilities for the average American. One that echoes the sentiment, as Segal put it, that “nobody ever died wishing they spent more time at the office”.

He put it as such in a phone interview with Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County, where Dr. Segal talked about the necessity for the American individual to become more invested in the stocks and trades of the corporate system, how fear is a destructive force in today’s America, and his 20-year plan for culture change towards each American being in solid (if not comfortable) financial standing.

More information about Dr. Segal’s campaign can be found here.

To listen to the interview with Dr. Jerome Segal, click on the player below.

Tune In For A “Sweet” Edition of The Best Of Beaver County on WBVP, WMBA, & 99.3 FM

(Beaver County, PA) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio!  Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M.  for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen.  Find out what all the buzz is about by joining “The Best Of Beaver County”.   The first guest on the show will be Jennifer Brinker, the Vice President of Marketing for Bruster’s Ice Cream. Then joining Mr. Roddey will be author and military historian Jared Frederick.

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A live video stream of this week’s edition of  “The Best Of Beaver County” can be viewed on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon from the St. Barnabas Studio on Beaver County Radio.

 

Realmuto powers Phillies to 12-3 rout of Pirates

Realmuto powers Phillies to 12-3 rout of Pirates
By AARON BRACY Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Rhys Hoskins did more with less.
The slumping slugger doubled, tripled and drove in a run as the Philadelphia Phillies got 17 hits in a 12-3 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Wednesday night.
Hoskins has been struggling mightily at the plate this month and made a game-changing error in the ninth inning of Philadelphia’s 5-4 loss Tuesday night. Phillies manager Gabe Kapler considered giving Hoskins a day off Wednesday before putting him in the cleanup spot — and it paid off.
“It looked like Rhys had a lot of weight lifted off his shoulders,” Kapler said.
Hoskins, who entered in a 2-for-20 slide, said he swung at “80 percent” effort in an attempt to control the barrel of his bat better.
“I throttled down even more than usual and it got me back to where I wanted to be,” he said.
Every position player who started for the Phillies finished with at least one hit and RBI.
J.T. Realmuto had three hits and a home run, Cesar Hernandez added three hits and three RBIs, and Corey Dickerson also went deep. Philadelphia remained two games behind the Chicago Cubs for the second NL wild card.
“We attacked from the get-go and never let off the gas,” Hoskins said.
Starling Marte homered and had three hits for Pittsburgh, and Josh Bell hit a two-run shot.
Pirates rookie Bryan Reynolds, who began the day leading the NL in batting, went 0 for 3 to snap his seven-game hitting streak and drop his average to .330.
Vince Velasquez (6-7) bounced back from a forgettable outing last time out, going five innings and allowing two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and no walks. Velasquez coughed up a 7-0 lead in the third inning of Philadelphia’s 19-11 loss at Miami last Friday.
Kapler didn’t give Velasquez the opportunity to blow a lead this time, lifting the right-hander for a pinch-hitter in the fifth even though he had thrown only 75 pitches.
“I knew I needed to make an impact,” Velasquez said. “Today was a pretty important game for me and the team in general.”
Mitch Keller (1-3), a 23-year-old rookie making his seventh career start, pitched into the fifth for Pittsburgh and gave up eight runs on 11 hits with eight strikeouts and a walk.
The Phillies did damage against the 2014 second-round pick in the fifth when Keller didn’t get an out while facing six batters, five of whom scored. Dickerson started the inning with an opposite-field homer to left. Realmuto followed with a triple and scored on Bryce Harper’s single. After a walk to Hoskins and an infield single by Jean Segura, Hernandez ended Keller’s night with a two-run single.
“The overall effect of execution of pitches caught up to him,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “Mix wasn’t sharp.”
All told, Philadelphia tallied five runs on five hits in the inning to go up 8-2.
Marte led off the sixth by crushing a long homer to left, but Realmuto answered in the bottom half with a drive to left of his own.
Bell hit a two-run drive to the opposite field in left in the fourth, giving him 34 homers and 106 RBIs. Bell began the day second in the NL in RBIs, one behind Atlanta’s Freddie Freeman.
BIG SERIES
Realmuto finished the three-game set 8 for 15 with a double, triple and homer.
PHILLY PHUN
Marte has reached base safely in all 19 career games in Philadelphia, batting .375 (27 for 72) with nine doubles, three homers and 10 RBIs.
UP NEXT
Pirates: Open a four-game set Thursday night at Colorado with RHP Trevor Williams (6-6, 5.35 ERA) facing Rockies RHP Chi Chi Gonzalez (0-5, 6.43).
Phillies: After an off day, begin a three-game home series Friday against the Mets with Philadelphia RHP Aaron Nola (12-4, 3.53 ERA) opposing RHP Zack Wheeler (9-7, 4.46).
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