Pennsylvania deer hunters are getting an assist from the state when rifle season opens Monday. The state Game Commission is using bright yellow-and-green signs to steer them to sections of state game lands where it is working to restore the forest vegetation and habitat that attract deer.
Author: Beaver County Radio
Ellwood City Girl Receives Rare Multi-Organ Transplant
An ailing 8-year-old girl from Ellwood city has undergone a rare multi-organ transplant. Doctors say Kyree Beachem received a liver, pancreas, and small and large intestines on Wednesday. The surgery at Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh took about 10 hours. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports the patient has been waiting more than five years for new organs.
State And Beaver County Government Offices Closed for Black Friday
Various state and local government offices are closed today as part of the Thanksgiving holiday break. The Beaver County Courthouse, district judge offices and other county offices are all closed today. State government offices are closed today as well. Banks, state liquor stores and post offices are open today.
Cop Saved By Bulletproof Vest Talks to Beaver County Radio About The Incident One Month Later
It’s been exactly one month to the day that a Harmony Township police officer was shot while on patrol. Officer Alan Loskoch was on patrol early in the morning of October 28th when he saw a man trying to break into a car. The suspect shot at the officer, hitting Loskoch in the vest over his chest. Loskoch is feeling very thankful this Thanksgiving Day Holiday. He credits his bulletproof vest with saving his life and says the experience was positive in several ways – It has made him more aware of his surroundings while on the job and it has also influenced other officers in the department to wear their bulletproof vests as well. Officer Loskoch was briefly hospitalized and just recently returned back to work. The suspect – Earl Hollins – turned himself in to Aliquippa police earlier this month. He faces charges including attempted murder and aggravated assault.
Beaver County Men Plead Guilty On Federal Charges
A heroin addict who stole guns from his father’s Beaver County gun dealership and a friend who helped him have both pleaded guilty to federal gun charges and are likely headed to prison in the spring. Timothy Brown Jr. of Rochester, whose father owns John Brown’s Armory in that town, has admitted that he stole more than 50 guns from the store and sold them to drug dealers for heroin. His accomplice, Daniel Nolder of New Brighton, also an addict, pleaded on Tuesday to possession of a stolen gun. Brown stole 53 pistols from his father’s store over seven months in 2014 and traded them for heroin. So far, 13 of the weapons have been recovered across the region.
Beaver Falls Woman Gets Jail For Molesting Teen Boys
A former employee of a Cranberry Township hotel must spend six to 18 months in jail for molesting two 15-year-old boys who were temporarily living there. Butler County prosecutors say 34-year-old Nancy Fields of Beaver Falls abused the boys when they lived at the Candlewood Suites in Cranberry Township from January to September 2013. Fields was a front desk clerk and night auditor at the hotel. The boys were staying there with their mother because she was undergoing a series of surgeries and other medical treatments. Investigators say the boys were left alone much of the time when Fields showed the boys nude pictures of herself, fondled the boys and performed lap dances for them.
Stage set for Pennsylvania Senate To Consider Removing Kathleen Kane
A Pennsylvania Senate committee is asking the full chamber to consider removing Attorney General Kathleen from office. The committee said today that it voted 5-2 in favor of recommending that the full Senate start a formal process that could result in a vote to remove Kane, the first Democrat and woman elected to the post. The Special Committee on Senate Address issued the recommendation after holding three public hearings this month. It also rejected Kane’s argument that the Senate lacks the authority to remove her. Kane is running the divided office with a suspended law license. She’s also fighting criminal charges of perjury and obstruction for allegedly leaking secret investigative material to a newspaper and lying under oath about it.
Free Thanksgiving Day Dinner Offered At Coroapolis Church
The third annual community Thanksgiving Day Dinner will be held at the Coroapolis United Methodist Church on Thursday from noon until 5 p.m. Jeanne Cosgrove is the coordinator of the event. She tells Beaver County Radio’s Pat Septak that the free dinner is open to anyone who needs or wants a complete Thanksgiving meal with all the traditional trimmings. The church is located at 1205 Ridge Avenue in Coroapolis. Reservations are not necessary but are requested. Just call the church at (412) 264-3727.
Two Charged In Ambridge Shooting
Two men are facing several charges related to a shooting in Ambridge on Saturday. A criminal complaint shows 41-year-old Jason Tyson is accused of shooting a man during a drug deal. The complaint says the victim texted Tyson looking to buy cocaine. When they met at a location in the 900 block of Beaver Road, Tyson allegedly fired shots at the victim. Police initially responded to that shots fired call, but found nothing at the scene. The victim was later found at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. Also charged in the case is 43-year-old Michael Saffron, who police say was driving Tyson at the time of the shooting. Both suspects are in police custody and face several charges.
Beaver Area School District Alerts Parents About Two Whooping Cough Cases
The Beaver Area School District is alerting parents about two cases of whooping cough, also known as pertussis. The district said two children who attend College Square and Dutch Ridge elementary schools are being treated by doctors for the illness. The district is asking parents to watch for symptoms in their children and to seek immediate medical attention if their children develop symptoms. Pertussis begins with a cold and an irritating cough, which worsens at night. Characteristic “whooping” develops in one to two weeks. It is spread by direct contact with airborne droplets of respiratory secretions of an infected person. The district told parents that children with a positive diagnosis are to be kept at home for five days from the start of an appropriate antibiotic treatment.