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Former Beaver County Radio Personality Randy Cosgrove passes away at the age of 67

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Randy Cosgrove, who worked for Beaver County Radio on two different occasions, has passed away at the age of 67 after a long battle with health issues. Cosgrove was probably most widely known for his stint as the Public Address Announcer for the Pittsburgh Steelers for 15 years before resigning in 2012.

Randy Cosgrove and Dave Justice at a WMBA live remote broadcast in 1996. Courtesy of Bob Frynkewicz.

Randy was a wealth of sports knowledge and he loved sharing that with everyone with whom he crossed paths with. Cosgrove was most recently hired as the Athletic Director at Bishop Canevin earlier this year.

Cosgrove started out at WMBA back in 1989 when he hosted a sports talk show on Saturday mornings with Bob Pompeani called “More Sports”.  He eventually moved to weekday afternoons and hosted a show called the “Early Line”.  Later on, the show was named “Talkin’ Sports”.   Cosgrove worked for WMBA until 1998 when he moved on to become the Athletic Director at Ambridge School District,  a position he held until 2012.

Randy Cosgrove, Dr. Michael Sisk and Dante Petrella at a live broadcast on WMBA at Monaca Wal Mart in 1992. Courtesy of Dr. Michael Sisk.

Cosgrove then returned to Beaver County Radio in 2014 as an account executive and started a new Saturday morning sports show along with current Beaver County Radio Program Director, Frank Sparks, called the “Saturday Sports Slam”.  The show continues to air on Saturdays from 8 until 10 and is currently hosted by Matt Drzik and Greg Benedetti.

Randy Cosgrove was a graduate of Plum High School and Ashland University.  In addition to the previously mentioned positions, he also worked at Robert Morris University and The Pennsylvania Special Olympics.  Most recently he resided in Coraopolis, PA where he was active as a church trustee and in youth sports programs. Cosgrove also served for a period of time as an

Randy Cosgrove and Bob Pompeani at Miller and Sons Chevrolet in Aliquippa in 1998. Courtesy of Rosanne Robinson.

Advisory Board Member for Beaver County Children and Youth Services.

Randy will be sadly missed by all that knew him. Our condolences go out to the entire Cosgrove family.

 

 

 

 

Former Pittsburgh Resident Going To Prison For Baden Bank Robbery

A FORMER PITTSBURGH RESIDENT IS GOING TO PRISON IN CONNECTION WITH BANK ROBBERY IN BADEN. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE STORY. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Commissioners Divided Over Initial 2019 Budget Proposal

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Several months after the firing of Ricardo Luckow and the introduction of the name “Susquehanna” to the conversation about Beaver County, the consulting firm hired to manage the county’s finances presented the first proposal for the 2019 Budget at the December 5 Commissioners’ Work Session. Corey Troutman, leader behind the Susquehanna representation in Beaver County, shared the initial numbers:

 

The numbers, however staggering, were not an issue for Commissioner’s Chairman Dan Camp, who believed that the budget presented by Susquehanna will be in good shape:

 

However, Commissioner Sandie Egley (whose removal as chairwoman was in conjunction with Susquehanna’s arrival) did not feel that the budget would be in favor of the county, citing several key areas of potential revenue that she felt weren’t being considered.

 

Commissioner Tony Amadio sided with Camp in approving the opening numbers for the 2019 budget as well as feeling that Beaver County was in good financial shape, and attempted to assure that message to Commissioner Egley:

 

The budget can be changed at any of the remaining public work sessions up until the final budget is decided on at the Public Commissioner’s Meeting on December 27.

Aliquippa Assistant Police Chief Headed To Trial

ALIQUIPPA’S ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF IS HEADED TO TRIAL. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Cloudy With Snow Showers Today And Tomorrow

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, DEC. 5TH, 2018

 

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS MAINLY DURING
THE MORNING. HIGH – 32.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY. LOW – 25.

THURSDAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING
DURING THE AFTERNOON. ABOUT ONE INCH
OF SNOW EXPECTED. HIGH – 34.

Hornqvist’s natural hat trick leads Penguins by Colorado 6-3

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Patric Hornqvist’s natural hat trick in the third period powered the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Colorado Avalanche 6-3 on Tuesday night.

The Avalanche had erased a three-goal deficit to tie the game going into the third when Hornqvist went to work.

His power-play goal 6:11 into the final period gave the Penguins the lead. Hornqvist beat Semyon Varlamov again just 1:21 later to push Pittsburgh’s advantage to two, and the veteran from Sweden completed the hat trick on his next shift when he fired a wrist shot by Varlamov less than 90 seconds later.

Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin and Derick Brassard also scored for the Penguins, who halted Colorado’s 11-game point streak. Kris Letang added two assists for Pittsburgh. Casey DeSmith finished with 42 saves.

Tyson Barrie, Carl Soderberg and Matt Nieto scored for the Avalanche, who saw their six-game road win streak snapped. Varlamov made 26 stops, but struggled early and late.

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Colorado star Nathan MacKinnon, good friends and frequent training partners in the offseason, put together a thrilling duel in Colorado last week, with MacKinnon’s four points able to help the Avalanche overcome a natural hat trick by Crosby in a 6-3 Avalanche victory.

The two stars went scoreless in the rematch, taking a backseat to Hornqvist.

The Penguins needed just 7:27 to build a three-goal lead. Guentzel redirected a feed from Letang with his left skate just 2:46 in. Malkin followed just over four minutes later when he jammed home a shot from the point by Tanner Pearson for his first five-on-five goal since Oct. 30. Brassard beat Varlamov 35 seconds later and Colorado’s hot streak appeared to be in serious jeopardy.

Pittsburgh then caught a break when a goal by Colorado’s J.T. Compher was overturned on a coach’s challenge when officials ruled Soderberg interfered with DeSmith.

Still, the Avalanche managed to fire 18 shots at DeSmith in the opening 20 minutes, a hint at the flurry to come as Pittsburgh’s seemingly comfortable advantage vanished in a span of 5:01.

Barrie’s power-play shot from the point 8:16 into the second gave the Avalanche momentum. Ian Cole, playing in Pittsburgh for the first time since helping the Penguins win consecutive Stanley Cups in 2016 and 2017, fired a knuckler toward the net that Soderberg managed to get a stick on and deflect past DeSmith.

Nieto found a gap with the Penguins on the power play to slip the puck by DeSmith to tie the game, the seventh short-handed goal allowed by Pittsburgh this season.

Hornqvist, one of the best net-front players in the league, collected a Letang rebound, spun around and whipped a shot by Varlamov 6:11 into the third to start a burst that ended with hats raining down from the sell-out crowd, and Colorado’s attempt to match the franchise record for consecutive road wins set during the 1998-99 season was over.

NOTES: Pittsburgh D Marcus Pettersson, acquired in a trade with Anaheim on Monday, played 13:00. … The Penguins sat defenseman Chad Ruhwedel and Juuso Riikola and forward Garrett Wilson. … Colorado scratched defenseman Mark Alt and forward Sven Andrighetto. …

UP NEXT

Colorado: Begins a two-game swing through Florida on Friday when they play the Panthers.

Pittsburgh: Welcome the New York Islanders on Thursday. The Islanders won the first meeting between the two teams this season in a 3-2 shootout on Nov. 1.

 

Details About Big Beaver Mini-Casino Revealed At Public Hearing

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

There was little open space at the Big Beaver Fire Department Hall on Tuesday afternoon.

In front of a packed house at the Big Beaver Fire Department, Mount Airy Casino laid out their plans and specifics for a multi-acre, multi-million dollar mini-casino to be built in Big Beaver, located in the block that carries Shenango Road and Fairlane Boulevard.

Mount Airy, whose primary casino operations are in the Poconos, won the bid to build a mini-casino for Beaver County earlier in 2018, and plans to have building for the casino itself beginning as early as next year. According to Robert Carino of the Friedmutter Group, the casino will feature hundreds of slot machines and an elaborate design:

 

One of the major positives reiterated during discussion of the mini-casino is the potential for new jobs and a more flowing economy. Patrick Burke, the Vice President of Finance at Mount Airy Casino, said that hundreds of new job openings will exist once building is complete:

 

Several past and present Beaver County officials were in attendance for the meeting, including all three current Commissioners. Of those in attendance, the majority of them were overwhelmingly approving of the new casino coming to town.

Senator Elder Vogel Jr.

State Rep. Jim Marshall

Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp

However, some did have their reservations and concerns about the casino plans, particularly Big Beaver Councilman Jason Landsbach, who openly compared the promise of this mini-casino to a failed racino proposal from several years prior, and Beaver Falls Superintendent Donna Nugent, who shed her positive attitude towards the project with a timbre of concern:

Dr. Donna Nugent

The location of the mini-casino is located near one of the two points where Interstate 376 interchanges with the Pennsylvania Turnpike (Interstate 76); the other point is located in Monroeville.