An Ohio man is accused of forging checks from a local physical therapy office. Franklin Township Police say the owner of Burk Physical Therapy was contacted by Huntington Bank in June after a man attempted to cash a suspicious check from her bank account, and the man left after being pressed for more details on the check. The accused is being charged with 2 counts forgery, theft by deception, theft by unlawful taking, and access device fraud.
A new bill co-introduced by U. S. Senator, Pat Toomey, would give prosecutors another option to obtain death penalty sentences. Specifically, the bill would permit federal prosecutors to impanel a second jury for sentencing death penalty cases if the 1st jury does not reach a unanimous decision. “Eric’s Law”, named after Eric Williams, a federal corrections officer who was murded by an individual that received a second life in prison because one of the jurors would not vote for a death sentence. The bill is modeled after laws in California and Arizona.
U. S. Rep Conor Lamb sought help from President Trump, when concerning Beaver County’s 387 thousand dollar penalty from the IRS. Lamb explained the county’s predicament in a letter, saying the predicament stemmed from its former payroll supervisor’s inability to properly file payroll tax paperwork for 2016/2018. Officials say the taxes were paid, but the forms were not filed correctly. If the penalty is not waived, it will be on tax payers to pay it back.
A protest, including an inflatable baby Trump, accompanied the President’s visit to Beaver County yesterday. The majority of protesters targeted Shell and Trump’s changes to economic policies, but there were a few other issues addressed, including gun control and a woman’s right to abortion. Protesters came from Beaver County, Pittsburgh, and parts of Ohio.
Tune into Teleforum with Frank Sparks today at 10:10 a.m. for his special guest’s in studio Eric Loehlein, Manager of Site Maintenance, and Rod Penfield, Site Vice President for First Energy Shipingport Nuclear Power Plant.
Eric and Rod will fill the listeners in on if there is any progress in attempting to keep the Shippingport Plant from shutting down.
The Entire interview will be streamed live on our Facebook Page at https://www.facebook.com/beavercountyradio/
Today- Areas of fog early, then partly cloudy this afternoon. A stray shower or thunderstorm is possible. High 82
Tonight- Some clouds. Slight chance of a rain shower. Low 62
Tomorrow- Scattered showers and Thunderstorms. High 81
Wolf pursues changes to Pennsylvania’s charter school rules
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf says Pennsylvania needs to improve the operational and reporting rules for charter schools and wants to change the regulations and laws that govern them.
The Democratic governor on Tuesday directed his Education Department to develop regulations to limit enrollment for underperforming schools and revamp admissions standards.
He wants charter schools to meet stricter transparency, ethics and financial management standards and to prevent them from overcharging public schools for their services.
The Pennsylvania Coalition of Public Charter Schools says some of what Wolf wants to do through executive orders and regulations isn’t lawful.
The group says, however, it supports holding all public schools to the same accountability and transparency standards.
Taxpayers fund the 180 charter schools, which are run by private boards. They enroll more than 137,000 students.
Bell’s HR, 3 RBIs help Pirates take down Angels 10-7
By DAN GREENSPAN Associated Press
ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates slugger Josh Bell has pulled himself out of a recent slump with some extra film study and a return to better habits as a hitter.
Not only has he found his form, Bell helped the floundering Pirates find their footing.
Bell homered and had three RBIs to help the Pirates rally for a 10-7 win over the Los Angeles Angels on Tuesday night.
“It’s awesome to get our bats alive,” said Bell, who homered for the fourth straight interleague game to set a new Pirates record. “Hopefully it starts a new trend the next couple of weeks and hopefully we can finish this thing strong.”
José Osuna drove in two runs, and Bryan Reynolds added a solo homer for the Pirates, who have won consecutive games for the first time since July 6-7 against Milwaukee.
Trevor Williams (5-5) allowed five runs in five innings. He was tagged for three runs in the first inning, but responded to take some pressure off Pittsburgh’s bullpen and get back to .500 on the season.
Pittsburgh, which is now in position to sweep a series for the first time since June 21-23 against San Diego, can thank its offense for getting back on track. And no one has been more important to that turnaround than Bell, whose two-run shot to center tied the game at 5 as part of a four-run fifth inning.
The Pirates took a 6-5 lead on Osuna’s double to left that scored Colin Moran, and Pablo Reyes drove in another run to make it 7-5 and tag Taylor Cole (2-4) with the loss.
Bell’s 31st homer of the season continued a recent long-ball flurry with his fourth homer in the past three games. He is also one away from tying Bobby Bonilla’s 1990 team record for homers by a switch-hitter in a season at 32.
“I think things got a little bit sped up for me there for a little bit, so I’m just trying to focus on the timing of everything ,” Bell said. “If I can start early and slow I’m in a good place, I can see the ball. So I’m just trying to stay there.”
Justin Upton had three RBIs and Shohei Ohtani added two for the Angels, who have lost 10 of their past 12. Albert Pujols moved into a tie for 15th place in career hits with an RBI single in the first inning.
After falling behind 4-0 on Ohtani’s RBI triple in the second inning, the Pirates started their comeback in the third. Bell dropped a bloop single into left field to get Pittsburgh on the board, with Reynolds scoring and Bell reaching third on a throwing error by Angels starting pitcher Griffin Canning to pull within 4-2. Moran’s double drove in Bell and cut the deficit to 4-3 before Luis Rengifo made it 5-3 with an RBI single in the bottom of the third.
Pittsburgh went up 8-5 on Osuna’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded in the sixth inning. They made it 10-5 in the seventh on an RBI double by Adam Frazier, who had three hits, and Reynolds’ solo homer.
“We’ve just connected the dots offensively,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “(Starling) Marte has three hits today and we didn’t mention his name, so there’s a lot going on.”
Pujols tied Adrián Beltré (3,166) in career hits with his single up the middle to drive in a run as part of a three-run first inning for the Angels, with Ohtani and Upton picking up the other RBIs.
Upton had a two-run single in the ninth inning to score Mike Trout and Ohtani that pulled the Angels within 10-7 before Felipe Vázquez (22) came in to see out the game.
“Sometimes you got to believe in things you can’t see,” Hurdle said. “And we’ve had different guys step up the last two days in different areas and give us big pushes.”
BIG ARM
Marte had an outfield assist in the bottom of the fifth with his throw from deep center to Jacob Stallings, allowing the catcher to tag Kole Calhoun out at home and deny the Angels a run. Hurdle called it “one of the prettiest plays in the game,” and Bell credited Marte’s effort for the win.
“He was definitely the player of the game with that.,” Bell said. “Got Trevor the win, and allowed our bats to take hold of the game and keep the game in our grasp.”
BACK IN ACTION
Canning allowed three runs in four innings after being activated off the injured list for inflammation in his right elbow earlier on Tuesday. Angels manager Brad Ausmus said he would be cautious with the workload for Canning, who gave up six hits and three walks while striking out two, over the remainder of the season.
“His stuff looked really good, but the pitch count got up,” Ausmus said. “A little trouble locating the ball, and the error, that hurt him. But, overall, I thought more importantly he looked healthy, looked strong.”
ROSTER MOVES
The Angels optioned RHP Jose Rodriguez to Triple-A Salt Lake on Tuesday and recalled RHP Jake Jewell from Triple-A on Tuesday. They also placed LHP Adalberto Mejia on the restricted list for personal reasons. Ausmus did not know when Mejia would rejoin the team.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Angels: RHP Noé Ramirez (viral infection) could be recalled from the injured list by Thursday following a successful rehab assignment at Single-A Inland Empire, Ausmus said. Ramirez must serve a three-game suspension for hitting Astros OF Jake Marsinick with a pitch on July 16 when he rejoins the team.
UP NEXT
Pirates RHP Chris Archer (3-8, 5.23 ERA) has gone 11 starts without a victory, the longest winless stretch in his eight-year career. Archer is 0-3 with a 5.25 ERA since his last win on June 6. Angels LHP Dillon Peters (2-1, 3.45) has thrown 13 2/3 innings over his past two appearances, the longest outing during a two-game span in his three-year career.
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Shell estimates that there are 5,100 workers currently employed at the Shell Ethane Cracker Plant. One could assume then that all staff were in attendance at the plant on August 13 as U.S. President Donald Trump made his first visit to the massive plant off of Route 18.
Trump started off by warmly greeting his Beaver County audience, whom he quickly reminded everyone belonged to him in November 2016:
As was to be expected, the feeling of praise was mutually received and given by the President and the Shell workers, as Trump’s main focus was about American production.
He also heaped praise upon Shell itself, claiming that he loved the view of the cranes and trucks on site (saying it reminded him of playing with those toys when he was little). He also acclaimed Shell for being announced as the newest cooperators in Trump’s “Pledge To American Workers” initiative.
Though Trump did bounce around at times–chiding the likes of Hillary Clinton, Elizabeth Warren & Joe Biden–for the majority he stayed focused on his self-claimed successes in helping American jobs and commerce survive and thrive.
If there was an enemy that Trump zeroed in on during the hour-and-change speech, it was China…the country with whom he felt was “screwing over” and “taking advantage” of America over years of attempts at socioeconomic dominance.
The crowd of workers were very positive of Trump and his speech, only booing at familiar targets like Hillary Clinton and the “Green New Deal”. In fact, the only level of agitation between the workers and Trump occurred after the speech, when the delayed departure of the presidential motorcade kept several hundred people inside the warehouse where the speech was held.
For more images from Trump’s speech at the Shell plant, check out the gallery below.
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Air Force Staff Seargant Andrew Keeling and Tech Seargant Dave Sumpter stopped by Teleforum on Tuesday August 13, 2019. Staff Seargant Keeling is an Air Force Recruiter who is new to our area and Tech Seargant Sumpter is from the Cannonsburg Air Force Recruiting Facility.
The guys talked with show host Frank Sparks about their careers in the United States Air Force and what led them to become recruiters for the Air Force. Staff Seargant Keeling talked about growing up in Arizona and how he decided that he wanted to do something with his life and that he decided after studying the different branches of t he service that the Air Force was right for him. His MOS was a plumber before he moved on to wanting to help others achieve the success that he has by becoming a recruiter. Staff Seargant Keeling and his two dogs have recently been assigned to our area and he is working out of the Air Force Recruiting Center on Wagner Drive in Monaca.
Tech Seargant Sumpter talked about growing up in Oregon and his path that led him to the Air Force and the fact that after being an inventory specialist he wanted to help people and give back so he then went into recruiting. Tech Seargant Sumpter works out of the Cannonsburg Pa. Recruiting Center
They then went on to talk about the different options that the Air Force has to offer and the process of enlisting in the Air Force. The guys also talk about some of the benefits of the Air Force such as funding for school or to help pay back college loans. Tech Seargant Sumpter then told the listeners about some of the openings that the Air Force has now and is looking to fill.
If you would like more information you can reach out to Staff Seargant Keeling at the Monaca Recruiting Center at 724-773-8195 or you can call his cell phone at 412-977-1448. The Monaca Air Force Recruiting Center is locates at Center Commons 94 Wagner Road Monaca Pa. 15061.
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