New Castle police are looking for the suspect in a convenience store robbery. Detectives say the woman held up the Last Minute Mart on Montgomery Avenue this week. Surveillance videos show a woman standing five-feet-five-inches tall and wearing a teal-colored coat. A male suspect was apparently driving the getaway car, described as a small blue or black two-door vehicle.
Court officials say a man accused of rape is admitting to taking nude photos of a woman unconscious in his bed. Zachary Dinell, who had lived in Freedom, reportedly had sex with the woman then sent photos of her to his ex-girlfriend without the victim’s knowledge. On the stand yesterday, the 25-year-old Dinell said he knew the woman was too drunk to coherently respond to his request to take the pictures and he regretted doing it. Dinell said the two were very drunk, but he believed their sex was consensual June 1st. Closing arguments are expected to begin today.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 8TH, 2019
TODAY – OVERCAST. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. HIGH NEAR 40.
TONIGHT – A FEW CLOUDS. LOW – 23.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY. HIGH NEAR 50.
SUNDAY – CLOUDY. A BIT WINDY. HIGH – 53.
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Mike Sullivan isn’t looking for an explanation. The Pittsburgh Penguins coach isn’t sure there is one that can adequately descdescr why his team dominates the Columbus Blue Jackets.
“All I can tell you is, every game we play them is a hard-fought battle and the margin for error is slim,” Sullivan said.
And every game ends the same: with the Penguins exchanging high-fives on their way to the dressing room while the Blue Jackets trudge off wondering how another one got away.
Matt Murray stopped 25 shots for his 10th career shutout and the Penguins opened a pivotal home-and-home with the Columbus by rolling to a 3-0 victory on Thursday night.
“We’re finding ways to win,” Sullivan said with a shrug.
The Penguins always seem to when the Blue Jackets are on the other side of the ice. Pittsburgh has won eight straight over Columbus. And while the Blue Jackets will get another shot at the Penguins at Nationwide Arena on Saturday night, Pittsburgh put on a defensive clinic in front of Murray to drop Columbus to just 2-4 since the trade deadline.
“I think we need something good to happen,” Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella said. “They blocked 24 shots. We have a lot of shot attempts and a lot of good things, but we don’t score a goal.”
For the first time in more than a month, that wasn’t an issue for Penguins forward Phil Kessel, who ended a 16-game scoring drought when he beat surprise starter Joonas Korpisalo just 2:22 into the first period to give Pittsburgh a lead it would never relinquish. The crowd erupted when he banked a shot from in tight off a sprawled Korpisalo and into the net for his first goal since Jan. 30.
“I got lucky tonight,” Kessel said. “I thought it was going to come a little earlier than it did. It took me a little while. But hopefully now I can get a hot streak going or something.”
Nick Bjugstad collected his ninth of the season for Pittsburgh. Sidney Crosby took a high stick from Columbus’ Boone Jenner in the third period but returned to add an empty-net goal and extend his goal streak to six consecutive games as the Penguins created a little bit of breathing room between themselves and the Blue Jackets in the race for a playoff spot in the crowded Eastern Conference.
Pittsburgh moved into third place in the Metropolitan Division, dropping idle Carolina to the top wild-card spot. The Blue Jackets are currently on the outside looking in. While Korpisalo overcame his sluggish start to finish with 28 saves, his teammates couldn’t get anything by Murray.
Making his sixth straight start, Murray was solid. So were the guys in front of him. Pittsburgh’s defensemen — including recently acquired Erik Gudbranson — prevented Columbus from creating consistent pressure by making sure Murray had a clear line of vision.
“They’ve been stepping up big time, clearing guys out from the front and blocking shots,” Murray said. “They’re just sacrificing a lot. I can’t say enough about those guys back there.”
Tortorella tried to downplay the importance of his team’s final two meetings with the Penguins, though he made a curious decision to start Korpisalo — winless since Jan. 15 — over No. 1 goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky, claiming the two-time Vezina Trophy winner needed to get some rest with the stretch looming.
The change in net did little to change the Blue Jackets’ fortunes. Defenseman Scott Harrington was called for tripping barely two minutes in and Pittsburgh pounced. Evgeni Malkin collected a shot behind the Blue Jackets’ net and fed Kessel at the far post.
Tortorella decided to challenge the goal, claiming goaltender’s interference, but the call stood and Tortorella burned his only timeout before most of his players had even broken a sweat. Murray kept the Blue Jackets at bay and Bjugstad finished off a sequence of extended pressure by collecting a pass from Jared McCann then pivoting into space in the slot before beating Korpisalo between the legs with 1:13 to go in the second for his fourth goal since being brought over in a trade with Florida on Feb. 1.
The chippy play between the rivals separated by three hours geographically but by considerably more in terms of stature perked up at times. Pittsburgh’s Garrett Wilson and Columbus captain Nick Foligno received fighting majors in the second period following a brawl that left Wilson’s forehead bloody. Jenner received a double-minor for high sticking Crosby early in the third.
Crosby returned to finish off Columbus with his 31st, leaving the Blue Jackets with one last chance to solve the Penguins this season.
“Scoring and not scoring are both contagious,” Columbus center Matt Duchene said. “All of us are obviously a little snake bit right now.”
NOTES: Penguins D Kris Letang missed his fifth straight game with an upper-body injury. … Pittsburgh is 9-1 while wearing its yellow third jerseys. … The Blue Jackets were 0 for 3 on the power play. The Penguins were 1 for 5. Malkin’s assist on Kessel’s goal pushed his career point total to 997.
UP NEXT
Blue Jackets: Columbus has issues at Nationwide Arena. The Blue Jackets are just 17-16-2 at home this season.
Penguins: Pittsburgh hasn’t lost on the road to Columbus in the regular season since Feb. 17, 2017 (4-0).
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Thursday March 7, 2019 at 9:10 a.m. it was time to “Ask The Commissioners” on Teleforum with Frank Sparks
Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio flew solo as Commission Chair Dan Camp was tied up in a meeting and Commissioner Sandie Egley was unavailable. The main topic was where is the reassessment appeal at and if there is a plan in place if the Supreme Court finds in favor of Chuck Betters and previous judges rulings. Tony explained that once a decision is reached the commissioners will then take appropriate action and move forward. Some listeners who called into the show told Amadio of their displeasure with the reassessment and Tony assured them that the Board of Commissioners has been against this from the beginning. Tony explained the process during a reassessment and explained how it will effect property owners once a reassessment is completed if the county losses its case. One caller ask Amadio about Commissioner Egley’s recent comments about corruption in Beaver County Government. Tony said that he hasn’t seen any corruption and no one has given him any specific examples of corruption and therefore he doesn’t feel there is corruption.
The entire segment can be watched as it streamed on Facebook Live by clicking the play button below….
The next “Ask the Commissioners” will be on April 4, 2019 at 9 a.m..
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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) 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”, 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. The Theme this week was Public Service as Jim’s guests this week were Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and Beaver County Commissioners Chairman Dan Camp.
In the first segment Jim talked with Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens. Javens has been the Treasurer for 28 years and is not seeking a new term thus she will bringing her career to an end later this year. Jim and Connie talked about her life and career. Javens graduated from Monaca High School in 1955 and after graduation went to work in the office at Westinghouse. She also was learning to get her pilots license but never finished because she got married and started a family. Connie went on to highlight her career from Monaca School Board to becoming Treasurer. Connie told Jim of her many accomplishments and how she is going to miss dealing with the people of Beaver County upon her retirement.
In Segment two Jim welcomed in Beaver County Commissioners Chairman Dan Camp. Jim asked Dan what he thought was the three key things for Beaver County to be a success and Camp answered that number one, we need to keep the youth here, number two, we must continue to educated and invest in education at a high level, and number 3, Good Government. The guys then started talking about infrastructure and how that is a key to the continued growth of Beaver County.
The talk then shifted to the new voting system in Beaver County and the return of paper ballots. Camp explained that the voter will fill out a paper ballot and then scan it upon leaving the polling place. Camp said this will save the county around 1 million dollars. Dan told Jim that he feels this is an excellent way for checks and balances.
In the final segment of the interview Camp explained that the most challenging thing about being a commissioner is dealing with the personalities and managing the employees of Beaver County. He also said the most rewarding thing is his work at trying to bring jobs to Beaver County and assisting companies on getting grants to help employ more people.
You can watch the entire show as it happened on Facebook Live and on WBVP and WMBA by pressing the play button below……
The radio broadcast will be replayed each week from 11:30 am to Noon on Sundays on Beaver County Radio. Tune in next week at 11:00 a.m. as Jim will be welcoming in two more of the “Best in Beaver County” guests presented by St. Barnabas.
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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says freshman Democrat Ilhan Omar didn’t realize her words about Israel would sound anti-Semitic to some members of Congress. Omar’s comment that a pledge of “allegiance” to the Jewish state is expected of lawmakers split Democrats. Pelosi told reporters the resolution the House will vote on Thursday will “speak out against anti-Semitism, anti-Islamophobia, anti-white supremacy and all the forms that it takes.”
French Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is offering his resignation to the pope after being convicted of failing to report a pedophile priest. In a brief statement to the media in Lyon, France, Barbarin said “I have decided to go and see the Holy Father to offer him my resignation.” A Lyon court convicted Barbarin on Thursday and gave him a six-month suspended prison sentence.
The Senate intelligence committee is interested in re-interviewing Donald Trump Jr. and other witnesses after President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, spoke to the committee last week. That’s according to a person familiar with the probe who requested anonymity to discuss the confidential investigation. The committee first interviewed Trump Jr. in 2017.
