Beaver County is asking the I-R-S to forgive a more than 380-thousand-dollar fine it received. The fine is connected to improper paperwork filed for payroll taxes between 2016 and 2018. The county hasn’t yet filed the proper paperwork, according to their solicitor. They are working with a financial consultant to finish those filings now.
POLICE WERE CALLED TO THE BOSCOV’S STORE
IN THE BEAVER VALLEY MALL JUST AFTER 3PM
ON MAY 4TH FOR REPORTS OF A COMBATIVE
SHOPLIFTER. UPON ARRIVAL POLICE FOUND 22
YEAR OLD HONESTI MASSEY OF CENTER ST
STRUGGLING WITH A STORE SECURITY GUARD.
DURING HER STRUGGLES MASSEY REPORT
EDLY BIT THE GUARD ON THE ARM HARD
ENOUGH TO DRAW BLOOD. MASSEY WAS FOUND
TO HAVE ABOUT $182 IN MERCHANDISE IN HER
PURSE. SHE WAS CHARGED WITH ROBBERY BY
INFLICTING BODILY HARM, SIMPLE ASSAULT,
AND RETAIL THEFT. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SET FOR MAY 24TH.
Police in New Brighton are looking for a woman who forced a young Beaver Falls girl to get a birth control implant. Valerie Fullum is a friend of the 12-year-old’s mother. Fullum is accused of driving the girl from Beaver Falls to a Turtle Creek health clinic to have the device installed without her parents’ permission and against the girl’s will. The implant was eventually removed from the girl at U-P-M-C Children’s Hospital. Fullum was watching the 12-year-old and another girl overnight when the incident occurred.
Former Beaver County basketball star Herb Pope is going to federal prison. U.S. District Judge Cathy Bissoon on Wednesday sentenced him to 48 months behind bars for using a gun to rob a Sewickley bank in 2016 with his half-brother. The sentence was a substantial departure below federal guidelines, and she also gave him credit for time served, which is about three years since his 2016 arrest. The 30-year-old Pope was an Aliquippa star who excelled at Seton Hall University and later played in Europe. He pleaded guilty in 2017 to robbing Sewickley Savings Bank on Feb. 12, 2016, with his half-brother, Tyler Bridges.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MAY 16TH, 2019
TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 73.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY WITH LATE NIGHT SHOWERS
OR THUNDERSTORMS. LOW NEAR 60.
FRIDAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 71.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY SKIES DURING THE MORNING HOURS
FOLLOWED BY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 83.
SUNDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING FOLLOWED BY
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 84.
The New Brighton Historical Society has completed the installation of historic markers to designate the safehouses that played a major part in the Underground Railroad. New Brighton was a hub of the Underground Railroad movement, and is one of only a few towns in the country that has 6 homes, as well as a church affiliated with this movement, still in existence. A walking tour of sites in New Brighton has been developed by the Historical Society to educate future generations on this pivotal piece of history in New Brighton. The self-guided walking tour pamphlet is available at the New Brighton Borough Municipal Building and online at the Beaver County Tourism website, www.visitbeavercounty.com
Tune in to Beaver County Radio, 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019 at 9 A.M. for financial insight from special guest expert, Tom Young, from 1st Consultants Inc. in Beaver. Tom will be making his monthly appearance, and to further develop a topic introduced last month, Tom will begin a series of multi media forums that center around “The Prosperity Pathway”. The Prosperity Pathway is a process that is designed to expand your personal economy. Tune in, or watch the live video presentation on line to find out how you can:
You can participate in the show by calling 724-843-1888 or 724-774-1888. You can also ask your questions on Facebook Live Tuesday May 21, 2019.
Click Tom’s picture below at showtime of 9:10 a.m. to be directed to the WBVP and WMBA Facebook page where the special multi media simulcast will be streamed on Facebook Live.
Click on the logo below to find out more about 1st Consultants Inc.
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 special show on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is 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. Back by popular demand, later today, enjoy a rebroadcast of a show that originally aired in January featuring conversation and insight with Todd DePastino, Ph.D in American History and Executive Director of Veterans Breakfast Club.
This week’s edition of “The Best Of Beaver County” will be also be replayed from 11:30 am to Noon this Sunday May 19, 2019 on Beaver County Radio.
Trump criticizes prosecutors at event for fallen officers
By KEVIN FREKING Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump used a ceremony for fallen law enforcement officers on Wednesday to criticize big-city prosecutors he asserts don’t go after criminals who pose a severe threat to public safety.
Trump pledged to the families of fallen officers that the country will “never, ever leave your side, never disappoint you” but went beyond memorializing for much of the annual event.
He singled out prosecutors in Philadelphia and Chicago as being part of a “dangerous trend” by deciding not to prosecute “many criminals who pose a severe threat to public safety and community well-being.” He provided scant context for the claim, and prosecutors in those cities did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
The president also renewed his calls for changes to the nation’s immigration laws, citing the shooting death last December of a Northern California police officer, Cpl. Ronil Singh. Trump said the suspect in Singh’s killing could have been kept out with “border security, with the wall, with whatever the hell it takes.” Paulo Virgen Mendoza, suspected of being in the country illegally, has pleaded not guilty in the case.
Trump also made an apparent reference to the case of actor Jussie Smollett, saying that “those who file false police reports should face full legal consequences.”
The actor was charged with felony disorderly conduct and accused of making a false police report after claiming he was attacked by two masked men who shouted slurs at him and put a noose around his neck. The Cook County state’s attorney’s office abruptly dropped the charges in March.
The White House did not comment on whether Trump was specifically citing the Smollett case.
The 38th annual memorial service honored 228 peace officers who died in the line of duty last year.
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Associated Press writer Deb Riechmann contributed to this report.
Greinke exits with abdominal tightness, D-backs rout Pirates
By JOSE M. ROMERO Associated Press
PHOENIX (AP) — Zack Greinke was cruising along when he felt something wrong. Taking no chances, the Arizona Diamondbacks ace called it a day.
Greinke pitched shutout ball into the eighth inning before exiting with abdominal tightness and the Diamondbacks routed Chris Archer and the Pittsburgh Pirates 11-1.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said Greinke would get an MRI on Friday. Arizona is off Thursday.
“It’s not too bad,” Greinke said. “Just didn’t seem like a good idea to try to push it.”
Greinke said the current situation seems less serious than the left oblique injury that cost him six weeks in 2016, though he thought about that at first.
“I just knew something was wrong and didn’t want to take the chance of hurting it more,” he said. “At first I thought it was an oblique thing, but it seems to be in a different spot.”
Greinke (6-1) allowed four hits in 7 2/3 innings, then walked off the mound with a trainer with a 2-2 count on Pirates reliever Chris Stratton. Greinke said he felt his injury during that at-bat.
“I’m always optimistic about things,” Lovullo said, admitting that if not for the injury he considered allowing Greinke to go after a complete game.
Greinke struck out five, walked none and kept up his recent run of success — he has a 1.09 ERA in his last six starts, allowing five earned runs in 41 1/3 innings. He also raised his scoreless innings streak against the Pirates to 21 1/3 innings.
“This is the most consistent that I’ve seen him. It’s angle of the fastball. It’s throwing fastballs to both sides of the plate, and he’s got three secondary pitches that he can throw at any time,” Lovullo said. “We get spoiled by him. We know that he’s extremely locked in right now.”
Blake Swihart hit a two-run, inside-the-park home run in the eighth, and Eduardo Escobar and Adam Jones also homered for the Diamondbacks, who went 6-1 against the Pirates this season. Jarrod Dyson had two hits, scored three runs and stole two bases.
Melky Cabrera drove in the Pirates’ run with a two-out single in the ninth.
Pirates pitcher Chris Archer’s first start since April 26, after which he went on the 10-day injured list with right thumb pain, didn’t go well. He walked the bases loaded in the first inning, and all three runners scored.
Archer (1-3) lasted just 3 2-3 innings, allowing six earned runs on four hits with four walks and a wild pitch.
Dyson came home on Ketel Marte’s soft single, Escobar scored on an error by third baseman Colin Moran and Nick Ahmed added a sacrifice fly to put Arizona ahead 3-0.
Archer rallied to strike out the side in the second inning, but the Diamondbacks plated four runs in the fourth, all with two outs.
“Poor. Very, very poor. I just didn’t have good command at all,” Archer said. “I don’t really know what to say other than that.
“They exploited my lack of control,” Archer added, saying his thumb did not affect him.
After Dyson’s single, Escobar hit his ninth homer of the season. Jones’ ninth homer curled inside the left-field foul pole and into the Diamondbacks bullpen in the fifth off Stratton.
“Home runs happen, but when you can score runs on some base hits, that’s when you know you’re offense is clicking,” Jones said.
Escobar doubled in Dyson for his third RBI of the game in the eighth. Swihart hit a long fly and when the ball caromed off the angled wall in right-center and eluded two outfielders, he scored standing up for his second career inside-the-park homer.
Josh Bell got two hits for the Pirates, extending his career-high hitting streak to 15 games.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: Archer’s return from injury led to the Pirates optioning RHP Clay Holmes to Triple-A Indianapolis. … OF Corey Dickerson (shoulder) is on track to throw long toss as soon as this weekend. … RHP Keone Kela (shoulder) could throw off a mound in the next few days.
Diamondbacks: OF David Peralta left the game after five innings with tightness on the right side of his upper back, replaced by Swihart in left field. Lovullo said he hopes some training room therapy will take care of Peralta’s issue. … RHP Taijuan Walker (elbow surgery) was scheduled to pitch four innings in an extended spring training game Wednesday at the team’s facility in nearby Scottsdale. But he threw just 17 pitches due to right shoulder soreness and was removed as a precaution, then had an MRI later Wednesday.
UP NEXT
Pirates: Pittsburgh begins a four-game series at San Diego on Thursday, with RHP Trevor Williams (2-1, 3.40 ERA) scheduled to start the opener. He’s pitched at least six innings in each of his eight starts this season.
Diamondbacks: RHP Merrill Kelly (3-4, 4.70 ERA) gets the ball at home on Friday against the San Francisco Giants, the opener of a three-game series. It’ll be his first career start against the Giants.
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