A Beaver County-based company has been nationally recognized for its role in employing veterans. The U-S Department of Labor has awarded the HIRE Vets Medallion to 28 companies from Pennsylvania for recruiting, employing and retaining America’s veterans. The nationwide award recipients hired more than 52-thousand veterans since 2017. Monaca-based Leaf Enterprises Inc. – a pest control company serving the greater Pittsburgh region – was the only Beaver County company to win a platinum-level award.
An Ohioville man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at his own wedding last year…has been acquitted of all charges. Borough police charged 27-year-old Stephen Moon in April with aggravated assault, indecent assault, corruption of a minor and unlawful contact with a minor. According to the criminal complaint, the girl was attending Moon’s wedding at his home on July 7th, 2018 when he allegedly took her into a bedroom and said they were going to “make a pretend baby”. A jury found Moon not guilty of all four charges yesterday afternoon in Beaver County Court.
An animal cruelty case out of Aliquippa…is going to trial. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
County officials will begin discussions on final decisions on what turn out to be a tumultuous 2020 budget tomorrow. Financial consultant Corey Trautman is expected to unveil the first look at what the county is dealing with financially in 2020. The biggest unknown that remains for the county commissioners is the court-ordered property reassessment. They will have to determine if they will take on additional debt for the project, raise taxes, use a portion of its reserve funds…or a combination of all of the above. Those final decisions will be made during the coming weeks.
Trump kicks off Veterans Day tribute in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump kicked off New York City’s Veterans Day Tribute on Monday by saying the nation’s veterans “risked everything for us. Now it is our duty to serve and protect them every single day of our lives.”
Trump spoke at the opening of the 100th annual parade organized by the United War Veterans Council in Madison Square Park. He is the first sitting president to accept the group’s invitation to speak at the event.
As Trump spoke, more than 100 protesters gathered and could be heard with whistles and booing. Some chanted “lock him up” and “shame, shame, shame.”
Trump told the crowd that the nation’s veterans often came face to face with evil and did not back down.
“You returned from war and you never forgot your friends who didn’t return,” Trump said. “But your greatest tribute of all is the way you lived your lives in the years since.”
Trump also used the event to tout the strength of the U.S. military and the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, saying “al-Baghdadi is dead. His second in charge is dead. We have our eyes on number 3.”
Trump has been a longtime supporter of the parade. The New York Times reported that during the 1990s he pledged $200,000 and offered to raise money from friends in exchange for being named the parade’s grand marshal.
Trump is a lifelong New Yorker but recently changed his official residence to Florida , complaining about his treatment by the heavily Democratic city’s elected officials.
Injured Penguins star Sidney Crosby to miss Rangers game
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Penguins star Sidney Crosby will miss Tuesday night’s game against the Rangers because of an undisclosed injury.
Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said Monday that Crosby will not travel with the club to New York. The Penguins also play Friday at New Jersey, but Sullivan did not explicitly say Crosby would miss both games.
The two-time MVP left a 3-2 shootout win over Chicago on Saturday night in the third period. Crosby got tangled up with Blackhawks defenseman Erik Gustafsson and moments later took a shot from Gustafsson that smacked off his right foot. He then headed to the locker room.
Sullivan said Crosby will continue to be evaluated but gave no timetable for a return. The 32-year-old Crosby has five goals and 12 assists in 17 games this season. The Penguins are also missing injured forward Patric Hornqvist and defenseman Kris Letgan.
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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) On a beautiful late fall day in downtown Beaver Falls people lined 7th Avenue to pay tribute to the counties veteran’s. The Beaver County Veteran’s Day Parade rotates to a different community each year to host and this year was Beaver Fall’s turn. The last time the parade was held in Beaver Falls was 2012 according to Dwayne Johnson who is from the Beaver Falls Legion. Johnson also told the listeners of Beaver County Radio that Beaver County is number eight on the list of communities that celebrate Veteran’s Day.
Beaver Falls pays tribute to our veteran’s
Beaver County Radio presented a special live presentation of the 2019 Beaver County Veteran’s Day Parade on Monday November 11, 2019 from 10:10 a.m. til 11:30 a.m.. Frank Sparks, host of Teleforum and Jim Roddey, a Marine Veteran, Host of “The Best Of Beaver County”, and St. Barnabas spokesman anchored the broadcast. The star of the show was the Veteran’s but parade attendees were in awe over the large United States Flag that was hanging from New Brighton and Beaver Fall’s ladder truck that hung over 7th Ave.
US Flag is drapped over 7th Avenue by the New Brighton and Beaver Falls Fire Dept.’s
13 local high school bands performed patriotric favorites as they march by the viewing stand with local dignataries including Beaver County Commissioners Dan Camp and Tony Amadio, Pa State Representatives Josh Kail and Jim Marshall, Sentor Elder Vogel and many more.
Dignitaries on the viewing stand during the 2019 Veteran’s Day Parade in Beaver Falls
The Parade was also streamed Live on the Beaver County Radio Facebook Page. You can watch the Parade by clicking the play button below…
Coverage of the Beaver County Veteran’s Day Parade on Beaver County radio was to brought to you by our Premier Sponsor GNU’s Bodyworks in Freedom. Associate sponsorship was provided by Beaver Dairy Queen, Circle of Friends, PFlugh’s Country Market, Connie Javens, Beaver County Treasurer, Eastvale Inn, The Henderson Agency, Enelows Shoes, Marbull’s Restuarant and Tavern, Rochester VFW Post 128, Attorney Michael Nalli, City Rescue Mission, Electric Garage Door Sales, Homemaker Home Health Aide Service of Beaver County, J&J Spratt Funeral Home, Muscle Car Pit Stop, Maple Restaurant, Gallagher Home Health Services, Nalco an ECO Lab Company and us at Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, and 99.3 FM.
Check out all of the photos of the fun as we honored our Veteran’s below……
WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Peter King says he will not seek reelection in 2020. The 14-term Republican congressman says in a Facebook post Monday morning that the “prime reason” behind his decision was the commute. At least 20 House Republicans have announced they will not seek reelection. Three other GOP lawmakers have resigned.
