Thanks to a grant, Butler City Police officers are using some new technology.
The grant will fund a mobile digital fingerprint identification device and the service needed to operate it.
Patrol division officers are using the new digital fingerprint device that assists in positively identifying persons via their fingerprints.
Late Saturday night, a woman was taken to the hospital after being found shot in the back on East Carson Street in the South Side Flats .
She was reportedly shot by someone inside a vehicle, which then fled the scene, according to Officers who found her on the street at about 11:30 p.m.
No description of the vehicle or the shooter was available. Police ask anyone with information about the shooting to contact them.
UPDATED WEATHER MONDAY, JULY 30, 2018
TODAY:
Mostly cloudy early, then thunderstorms developing this afternoon. High 76F.
TONIGHT:
Scattered thunderstorms early, then cloudy skies after midnight. Low 64F.
TUESDAY:
Variable clouds with scattered thunderstorms. High near 80F.
A Harmony Township woman was accepted into a plea program for first-time offenders after she was accused of leaving drug paraphernalia in the back seat of a car on April 3rd where a 16-month-old child was seated. According to online court records, Ellice J. Platz, 21, entered into the Accelerated Rehabilitation Disposition program. Those who successfully complete the program can petition the court to have their records expunged.
Consider becoming a Penn State Master Gardener if gardening is your passion. Maybe you’d you like to learn more or share your knowledge with others.
A Penn State Master Gardener informational open house will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 23 at the Beaver County Extension office, 1000 Third St., Beaver.
It’s a volunteer/educational program with opportunities to create and maintain demonstration gardens; assist the public with gardening questions; educate youth and adults about plants, insects, and the environment; share knowledge with other gardeners; and learn new techniques.
To register for the Penn State Master Gardener open house or to receive more information and an application, visit the website extension.psu.edu/plants/master-gardener or call the office at 724-774-3003 ext. 3.
Two traffic lights along Merchant Street in Ambridge have been temporarily converted to stop signs for the next two months while officials study the intersections. An analysis indicates that the intersections may not meet the demand for traffic signals, borough Manager Joe Kauer said.
Workers converted the signals to flash on Thursday and then installed stop signs and road markings at the intersections of Third Street and Merchant and Sixth Street and Merchant.
Please be cautious at those intersections as you acclimate to the change.
Rescue efforts got underway immediately when Pittsburgh Police and emergency crews were called around 8:40 P.M. with a report of three males jumping from the Hot Metal Bridge.
River Rescue officers successfully pulled a struggling man onto their boat and began treating him. 25-year-old Austin Chris Bible was transported to the hospital in critical condition where he was later pronounced deceased.
The other two men were safely pulled to the river’s edge and found to be uninjured.
Police have not filed any charges pending the outcome of their investigation, but they determined the men were not trying to take their own lives..
Non-disclosure agreements were signed by officials from 3 of the 4 counties involved in discussions with Mount Airy Casino & Resort about the possibility of a mini-casino being located in the area. Officials from Butler County did not sign because they felt there was nothing to “non-disclose”. Butler, Beaver, Lawrence and Mercer counties are in the 15-mile radius of land being evaluated for the casino site.
Rocky Washington of Chippewa Township was just one of the inductees into the Larry Bruno Hall of Achievement at a reception on Saturday at the Beaver Falls Library. Among others* is the 1961 Beaver Falls High School WPIAL-championship team for which Joe Namath played left field.
*2018 inductees are Jim Ebersberger, Anthony Esoldo, Jean Ann Higgins, Richard Mancini, Eugene Palka Jr., Rocky Washington and the1961 Beaver Falls High School WPIAL-championship team.
Congressman visits New Castle
Congressman Mike Kelly will join New Castle City officials, the City of New Castle Blueprint Communities Team and other community groups for a tour of community development progress in the city. The tour will focus on challenges and opportunities facing community development in the region. Participants will tour new sites on New Castle’s Main St. and Riverwalk.