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2018 Beaver County Senior Olympics at CCBC Dome

The 2018 Beaver County Senior Olympics were held at the CCBC Dome on Wednesday July 25, 2018. Beaver County Radio did a live broadcast from the Olympics during Teleforum with Frank Sparks. Frank and Kaisha Jantsch interviewed many of the health care professionals who were there for the health fair that proceeded the Olympics . Beaver County Radio did a live broadcast of all of the fun from 10 until noon. Check out all of the fun in the photos below.

Photo gallery presented by Al’s Corner and Hutch and Home.

Medical Helicopter Called Following Aliquippa Assault

A medical helicopter was called to a violent altercation on Tuesday on Wade Street in Aliquippa. Emergency officials claim the incident was the result of an assault. Beaver County Radio News is working to confirm further details about the identity of the victim.

Another Rainy Day In Beaver County

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 25TH, 2018

 

TODAY – SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS.
HIGH – 81.

TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. LOW – 62.

TUESDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. HIGH – 86.

Marte, Polanco, Bell HR; Bucs beat Indians for 11th straight win!!!

Marte, Polanco, Bell HR; Bucs beat Indians for 11th straight
By STEVE HERRICK, Associated Press
CLEVELAND (AP) — Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has a simple philosophy when it comes to hot streaks.
“I have a saying that I use all the time,” he said. “I’m not superstitious but just in case, there’s some things I’ll continue to do.”
Whether it’s superstition — or just solid baseball — whatever the Pirates are doing is working.
Starling Marte, Gregory Polanco and Josh Bell each hit a two-run homer, and Pittsburgh beat the Cleveland Indians 9-4 on Tuesday night for their 11th straight win.
Hurdle, in his 16th season as a big league manager, knows how quickly fortunes can change in baseball but realizes his team is doing something special.
“I can understand not making too much of it,” he said. “(But) I’ve been in the game 44 years and I won’t tell you the amount of times I’ve been on a team that has won 11 games in a row. It hasn’t been 44.”
The Pirates beat the Indians for the second straight night. Marte homered in the first inning, drove in three runs and extended his career-high hitting streak to 17 games.
Polanco homered and Corey Dickerson tripled in two runs when Pittsburgh scored five times in the second. Bell hit a home run in the fifth. The Pirates have homered in a season-high nine straight games, hitting 22 home runs in that span.
Pittsburgh has won 11 in a row for the first time since Sept. 12-22, 1996. The Pirates have won 13 of 14 and are 17-8 since June 24. Pittsburgh has outscored its opponents 43-9 in the last five games.
Musgrove (4-4) allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings for his first win since June 29.
“It’s awesome,” he said of the winning streak. “It’s not very often you get to be a part of something like this.”
Shane Bieber (5-2), called up from Triple-A Columbus to make the start, allowed seven runs in 1 2/3 innings.
Designated hitter Edwin Encarnacion returned after missing two games with a bruised right hand and hit a leadoff homer in the fourth. Brandon Guyer added a solo homer in the eighth.
Pittsburgh rolled to a 7-0, rain-shortened win over reigning AL Cy Young Award winner Corey Kluber on Monday and the offense jumped ahead early again.
“Right now, we’re facing a team that if you make a mistake, they capitalize on everything and for two games now, that’s what’s happened,” Indians manager Terry Francona said.
Dickerson doubled to start the game and Marte drove a 2-1 pitch into the left-field bleachers for his 16th homer.
Pittsburgh’s second-inning runs came with two outs. Dickerson’s drive with runners on first and second sent center fielder Tyler Naquin to the wall. Naquin attempted to make a leaping catch, but the ball glanced off the side of his glove and rolled along the track.
Marte followed with an infield hit, and Polanco got his 18th home run to right. Bell hit his sixth homer to right off Neil Ramirez.
The Pirates are 12-2 in interleague play and have won eight in a row against AL teams.
Cleveland snapped a scoreless streak of 15 innings in the first on Jose Ramirez’s RBI groundout.
BIG NUMBERS
Dickerson, Marte and Polanco have fueled the Pirates’ hot streak. The three have combined to hit .382 (26 of 68) with nine homers 24 RBIs over the last five games.
“We’re challenging ourselves,” Dickerson said. “When somebody does something well the other ones are wanting to do something awesome also. We’re kind of holding each other accountable the way we work and those guys are working hard, so it’s paying off.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: Dickerson was removed in the bottom of the fourth with left hamstring discomfort after going 2 for 3. He said after the game that he didn’t think the injury was serious.
Indians: LHP Andrew Miller (right knee inflammation) allowed four runs in one-third of an inning on a rehab assignment for Double-A Akron on Tuesday. He retired one of the five batters he faced and threw 24 pitches.
UP NEXT
James Taillon (7-7, 3.80 ERA) faces Indians All-Star Trevor Bauer (8-6, 2.44) in the series finale Wednesday. Taillon has never faced Cleveland while Bauer beat the Pirates in his only appearance against them in 2015.
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Beaver Falls City Council Approves Liquor License To College Hill Sheetz

By a vote of 4-1 last night, the Beaver Falls City Council approved Resolution 1489, which allows the transfer of a previously owned liquor license to the Sheetz currently located at the corner of 37th Street and Route 18 on College Hill in Beaver Falls.

Attorney Paul Namey

The vote was brought down in the second meeting of the evening; in the first the Resolution was brought forth by Sheetz, represented by Pittsburgh attorney Paul Namey from the Flaherty & O’Hara firm. Namey made a large emphasis on the proper security and clean record of the Sheetz franchise:

 

Despite his argument, several members did attend the meeting to protest the transfer of the license, including Pastor Joseph Sharon from the College Hill Church of The Nazarene. The church is located across Route 18 from the Sheetz location, and Pastor Sharon worried about the effects of alcohol on the surrounding area:

 

After a brief recess, the council came back to go through its regularly scheduled agenda; and before the final vote, Beaver Falls Mayor George Quay made his beliefs on the matter known:

 

However, Quay also decided to give the floor for fellow council members to comment; in particular Code Enforcer Doug Carson, who is also the superintendent at Beaver County Christian School. Its campus is located near the Sheetz on College Hill, and Carson openly admitted he was concerned:

 

The final vote was 4-1, approved by Mayor Quay, Carson, Public Works director Chuckie Kirkland, and Accounting/Finance Director Leonard Chiapetta. The lone dissenting vote came from Parks & Recreation Director Kevin Kunselman.

The timetable for when the College Hill Sheetz will start selling beer and wine is unknown at this time.