Two men are facing charges in New Castle after a high speed chase led to a drug bust. Ladonte Scott and Antonio Gardner were arrested Saturday. Police say the pair fled from officers before crashing their SUV on Junior High Street. Officers found heroin, crack cocaine, cash and Ecstasy tablets in the vehicle. Gardner was taken to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh for injuries he suffered in the crash. Scott was arraigned on a number of charges and place in the Lawrence County Jail.

AMBRIDGE BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS WERE HIT BY HEAVY DAMAGE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT’S STORM. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A woman is hospitalized this morning after a hit and run accident in Lawrence County. Police say the woman was getting out of a car parked along Center Avenue in Taylor Township when she was struck by a commercial vehicle. The victim was flown to a hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. No word on her condition. Butler State Police and New Castle police are investigating.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 2019

 

TODAY – SOME CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO
GENERALLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 84.

TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. A STRAY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW – 67.

TUESDAY – SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS,
ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE DAY. HIGH NEAR 90.

Thousands of jobs in the clean energy industry are coming to Pennsylvania. These jobs will not only improve PA’s environment, but the economy as well.

Beaver Country Radio News Intern Kristian Biega has more on the story.

Pennsylvania State Police have announced that they will be enforcing a DUI checkpoint beginning today, and ending on July 8th. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has details…

Pennsylvania blocks plastic bag bans for at least a year

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf has signed legislation barring Pennsylvania’s municipalities from taxing or banning the sale or distribution of plastic bags and other containers, wrappings and bags.

The measure Wolf signed Friday is a 69-page budget-related bill that lawmakers unveiled two days ago.

A three-paragraph provision prohibits municipal bans or taxes on plastic bags or packaging for one year while legislative agencies study the economic and environmental impact.

Senate Republican Leader Jake Corman of Centre County says he wanted the provision because his district includes a plastics manufacturer and a township considering a fee on plastic bags.

Philadelphia city officials are also considering a ban on plastic bags and a fee on reusable bags that many stores provide.

Wolf in 2017 vetoed legislation preventing counties and municipalities from taxing or banning plastic bags.

The Latest: Wolf signs $34B ‘divided government’ budget

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf has signed a $34 billion compromise state budget after Pennsylvania lawmakers wrapped up the week with a flurry of votes.

Wolf made the announcement Friday, shortly after the Republican-controlled Legislature took its final votes and adjourned for the summer. The 2019-20 fiscal year starts Monday.

Healthy state revenues eased pressure on the governor and lawmakers.

The budget carries more money for public schools and universities, holds the line on taxes and stuffs cash into reserve. Wolf calls it a product of ‘divided government’ amid criticism from his fellow Democrat’s.

Republicans prevailed over Democrats’ protests to end a decades-old cash assistance program for the destitute deemed temporarily unable to work.

About 10,000 people were in the program. Wolf says he’s working on ways to help them.