The State House of Representatives was in session Tuesday in the state capitol and members had the opportunity to attend Governor Wolf’s inauguration ceremony for his second term. In his speech, the Governor struck a conciliatory note and called for increased spirit of cooperation between the General Assembly and the administration. Rep. Josh Kail (Beaver/Washington) said he was impressed with the Governor’s positive tone and is looking forward to working cooperatively to move Pennsylvania ahead…

New Castle police are looking for the person who left a bullet in a school hallway. Officers were called to New Castle Junior-Senior High School yesterday when officials found the bullet on the floor. A check of surveillance video was unable to uncover a suspect and no evidence of a threat was found.

State officials want to know what Mount Airy and borough officials plan to do with its waste once a proposed mini-casino opens its doors. The state Department of Environmental Protection wants Big Beaver officials to submit an official sewage facility plan to the state before it will give its blessing to Mount Airy Pittsburgh. The plan would outline the borough’s wastewater and sewage-disposal needs and its proposed treatment solution. The facility would be just off Interstate 376 at the intersection of Shenango Road and Fairlane Boulevard in Big Beaver.

AN ALIQUIPPA WOMAN HAS BEEN CHARGED WITH CHILD ENDANGERMENT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JAN. 17TH, 2019

TODAY – CLOUDY SKIES WITH AFTERNOON SNOW
SHOWERS. HIGH – 34.

TONIGHT – SNOW SHOWERS CONTINUING THROUGHOUT
NIGHT. AROUND ONE INCH ACCUMULATION.
LOW – 31.

FRIDAY – A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
TEMPS NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID-30‘S.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW. SOME MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. 3 TO 5 INCHES OF
SNOW EXPECTED. HIGH – 31.

SUNDAY – SCATTERED SNOW SHOWERS DURING THE
MORNING. THEN MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR THE
AFTERNOON. HIGHER WIND GUSTS POSSIBLE.
MORNING HIGH OF 24 WITH TEMPS FALLING TO
NEAR 10.

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 am  for “the Best of Beaver County”, a new show on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show will be  hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in your neighborhood, and the people that are making it happen.  This Thursday, enjoy conversation and insight about the Beaver County Partnership  from Chairman Skip Homan and then discussion from Beaver County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director, Jack Manning.

You can also watch a live video stream of the show on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each week from 11:30 am to Noon on Beaver County Radio.  

PennDOT officials say the trouble spots this morning have been southern Allegheny County and northern Beaver County.

“Right around 5 o’clock, we got a flash freeze, and the roads, the little bit of mist that was out there froze over and the roads became pretty slick,” said PennDOT District 11 Executive Cheryl Moon-Sirianni.
One of the trouble spots is I-376 in Beaver County. The icy conditions caused 6-8 drivers to spin-out early this morning, leaving them stranded along the side of the road.

“I was just driving, and all of the sudden, I hit a patch of black ice and the car just immediately spun, and I tried to do what I could, went right into the guardrail and spun around several times,” said motorist Dave Homol.
PennDOT is bringing in extra salt trucks to help alleviate some of the icy conditions.

Moon-Sirianni said they’ve had crews out all night, with double crews that started at 4 a.m., but it was the unexpected nature of the event that caused the problems.