About a week later than normal, employees at Ellwood City Medical Center are receiving their paychecks. For the fifth consecutive payroll, employees were only given minimum wage for their work. Some employees say they were told the medical center’s owner, Americore Health, took out a one-million-dollar loan to make payroll. If the company doesn’t make up the remainder of the wages by next week, it will be in violation of labor laws.

State police are warning residents about a scam call that reached a North Beaver Township resident. According to police, someone called an 83-year-old Wampum Road resident on the telephone in September claiming to be able to fix technical problems on a computer. The woman gave the caller the numbers to $2,000 in Walmart gift cards before realizing the scam and contacting authorities.

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S OFFICE IN REGARDS TO SIX-HOUR STANDOFF IN RACCOON TOWNSHIP LATE LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE STORY. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

New Castle police have the suspect in a deadly shooting. Isaiah Angry was arrested yesterday for criminal homicide and other charges. Detectives say Angry gunned down 32-year-old Todd Walker yesterday morning inside of a home along North Lee Avenue. There’s no word yet on a motive.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 22ND, 2019

TODAY – WINDY. SOME SNOW THIS MORNING WILL BE
MIXED WITH RAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. TEMPS NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID TO
UPPER 30‘S.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. LOW – 26.

SATURDAY – SOME CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE
WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 45.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 54.