National Cleanup efforts resume today where tornadoes touched down in western Pennsylvania. Weather Service officials confirmed yesterday that an EF-1 twister with 105-mile-per-hour winds roared through parts of Butler and Armstrong counties. The hardest-hit area was in Parker, where the storm damaged houses and uprooted trees, but no injuries were reported.
AN ALIQUIPPA MAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES THAT HE ASSAULTED A FEMALE MAIL CARRIER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2019
*** FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 2AM WEDNESDAY ***
TODAY – RAIN SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVING FOR THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 77.
TONIGHT – VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS MORE
NUMEROUS THIS EVENING. LOW – 64.
WEDNESDAY – MIXED CLOUDS AND SUN WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH – 81.
You know an event has a long and strong tradition when it has its own Hall Of Fame. Such is the case with the Ellwood City Arts Festival.
Now in its 39th year, the annual Festival brings the best arts, crafts, food, and entertainment to Ewing Park for three days to celebrate the city and country (since it’s near the 4th of July weekend). Festival Chairperson Raylene Boots joined Matt Drzik on A.M. Beaver County to discuss the festival running from June 28 to June 30. Boots talked about the 2nd Edition to the Hall of Fame and its inductees, the return of the Little Miss Firecracker pageant, the headlining bands, the Juried Art Show, and the food…just to scratch the surface.
You can find out more about the 39th Ellwood City Arts Festival by visiting their website or their Facebook page.
To listen back to the interview, click on the player below.
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Local resident Ron Bogolea joined Frank Sparks on Teleforum Monday, June 17, 2019. Ron is the Grandfather of Dylan Elchin a Hopewell High School graduate who was a special tactics combat controller assigned to the 26th STS. Dylan had deployed to Afghanistan in August of 2018 and was killed November 27, 2018 alongside two Green Berets when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in central Ghazni province, while en route to battle the Taliban. Ron has made it his mission to raise money for the “Footsteps of the Fallen Fight for Freedom” Memorial. Ron told the listeners about Dylan and his life and what he meant to him. Bogolea is very passionate about his grandson and other soldiers from Beaver County who have given the ultimate sacrifice of their life for our country. He is selling t-shirts to help raise money for the memorial, all of the proceeds from the shirt go directly to the fund. If you would like more information on how you can donate go to beaverwarmemorial.org . The t-shirt, which Ron was wearing during the interview , will be available for purchase throughout the summer for just $20.00.
If you would like to see Ron’s interview as it streamed Live on Facebook press the play button below. ….
NEW YORK (AP) — Heiress, designer and romantic Gloria Vanderbilt has died at 95. A young Vanderbilt was the center of a sensational custody dispute during the Great Depression. She later reigned during the 1970s and ’80s as a designer jeans queen and was the mother of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
The Pennsylvania House has adopted State Representative Rob Matzie’s Pollinator Week resolution. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
PennDOT District 11 is announcing restrictions on the bridge that carries Route 588 over the Beaver River in Eastvale Borough and the City of Beaver Falls will occur today through Wednesday, June 19 weather permitting. Single-lane closures will occur as needed in each direction on the bridge from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Crews from TranSystems will conduct routine inspection activities. Motorists are advised to use caution, slow down, and be prepared for changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area. Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility. Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 950 traffic cameras.
State House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) was joined by a group of lawmakers in Susquehanna County on Friday to promote House Bill 1103, designed to make natural gas equally available to manufacturers throughout the Commonwealth. The bill is part of the Energize PA package of legislation, crafted to boost the impact of natural gas being extracted from wells in Pennsylvania in both the energy production and manufacturing sectors…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities in Philadelphia say a man has been killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting at a graduation party. It’s not yet known what sparked the shooting, which occurred around 10 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say a 24-year-old man who was shot in the back died at a hospital. Four teenagers were shot in the legs or ankles and were in stable condition. A 21-year-old man was shot in his elbow and was also stable.