THE SOUTHWEST PLANNING COMMISSION LAST NIGHT OUTLINED THE FUTURE TRANSPORTATION PLANS FOR THE AREA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS AT THE COUNTY COURTHOUSE YESTERDAY FOR THE PUBLIC MEETING. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
The sirens sounded this morning to test Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station’s emergency alert system. All 118 sirens sounded for three minutes after nine this morning to test their volume and to determine if more or fewer sirens are needed. The power station’s operators had observers in the field monitoring the alarms.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, MAY 7TH, 2019
TODAY – SUNSHINE THIS MORNING…THEN BECOMING
MOSTLY CLOUDY THIS AFTERNOON. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER. HIGH – 74.
TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. LOW NEAR 50.
WEDNESDAY – INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
HIGH – 74.
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) by Frank Sparks Beaver County Radio
Tune into 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA Tuesday, May 7, 2019 during Teleforum with Frank Sparks in the 10 o’clock hour for another interview in the continuing series highlighting the candidates running for office in Beaver County.
Frank’s guest will be Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio who is a seeking to be re-elected as a Commissioner. Amadio is a Democrat who has teamed up with former Commissioner Dennis Nichols on the ballot. The two hope to win the Democratic nod to run in the general election in November. The entire interview will also be streamed live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/beavercountyradio/.
Commissioner Amadio will also be available to answer your questions by calling 724-774-1888 or 724-843-1888. You can also ask questions on the Facebook Live stream.
(Patterson Twp.) Local Police and a SWAT team surrounded a home in Patterson Twp. Monday afternoon, May 6, 2019. According to emergency officials, a “sensitive police incident” was ongoing along Steffen Hill. The road was closed to traffic as the scene began to unfold. Emergency dispatchers would not say how the incident started or if anyone was injured.
Reports have said that flashbangs could be heard going off at the scene, and the SWAT team was calling to someone suspected to be in a home.
At this time one person was taken into custody just before 3 p.m. and the situation was diffused. Stay tuned to Beaver County Radio for continuing updates on this developing story.
Reports of Facebook say that the road has since re-opened to traffic.
Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Glezman, have joined the large crowd at former President Jimmy Carter’s Sunday school class in Plains, Georgia. At Carter’s invitation Buttigieg stood and read from the Bible as part of the lesson at Maranatha Baptist Church. Carter told the audience that two other Democratic presidential candidates, Sens. Cory Booker of New Jersey and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota, had previously attended his classes. Carter said he knew Buttigieg from working on a Habitat for Humanity project in Indiana where the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, volunteered. Many in the class greeted Buttigieg and took photos with him before Carter arrived in the sanctuary and took a seat in the front to teach.
LONDON (AP) — A formal baby announcement has been posted at Buckingham Palace saying Queen Elizabeth II welcomed the birth of Prince Harry and Meghan’s son, her eighth great-grandchild. A pair of uniformed staff members placed the framed announcement on an easel just inside the palace gates Monday afternoon, observing a tradition hours after the new prince’s arrival was announced on social media.
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump’s ex-lawyer and fixer has arrived at an upstate New York prison to start a three-year sentence for crimes including campaign finance violations related to hush-money payments made on Trump’s behalf. A vehicle carrying Michael Cohen arrived at around 11:30 a.m. EDT Monday at the federal prison in Otisville, about 70 miles (113 kilometers) northwest of New York City.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The top Republican on the House Judiciary Committee is calling a Democratic effort to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress “illogical and disingenuous.” Georgia Rep. Doug Collins said Democrats “have launched a proxy war smearing the attorney general” when their anger actually lies with President Donald Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller.
UNDATED (AP) — Nature is in more trouble now than ever, and scientists say it is humanity’s fault. A United Nations report released Monday says 1 million species of plants and animals are threatened with extinction. Scientists blame development that’s led to loss of habitat, climate change, overfishing, pollution and invasive species. They say there’s still time to save Earth’s species and people who depend on them.