Gov. Tom Wolf’s proposed budget for the coming fiscal year would raise the minimum wage, increase education funding and institute a severance tax on natural gas extraction. Andrea Sears has details in this report from Harrisburg…
THIS JUST IN: LETTERS OF INTENT HAVE BEEN SIGNED BY 3 ALIQUIPPA HIGH SCHOOL STANDOUTS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
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A 15-YEAR-OLD BOY HAS BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION WITH A THREAT MADE AGAINST CENTRAL VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE STORY. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A Cranberry Township EMS worker is being accused of secretly recording women in a restroom. Police say Matt Leonard hid a camera inside the women’s restroom at the EMS headquarters, capturing images of at least four victims. Leonard has been suspended without pay from his job as a medic while he faces a host of charges.
A woman is facing charges after overdosing while caring for her four kids in Beaver Falls. Kelly McDonald was charged last Friday after police found her unconscious at an apartment on the 32-hundred block of Fourth Avenue. Police say they used Narcan to revive the 33-year-old, who then admitted to snorting heroin. All four of the children in the apartment were under the age of 12.
Aliquippa Four-Star Football Recruit Devonshire Announces College Decision
After months of anticipation surrounding MJ Devonshire’s college decision, the four-star Cornerback recruit announced today he will attend the University of Kentucky. After his high school graduation later this year, he will become a Wildcat and take the field wearing Kentucky blue and white! Devonshire (pictured above) has earned national attention for his performances as a multi-sport athlete at Aliquippa High School. He also considered the University of Pittsburgh and West Virginia University.
BOYS BASKETBALL
Tuesday’s Scores
[5A] Moon 60, Thomas Jefferson 34
[5A] West Allegheny 67, Trinity 51
[4A] Quaker Valley 75, Blackhawk 61 (WBVP/WMBA)
[4A] Beaver 59, Hopewell 42
[4A] New Castle 69, Central Valley 50
[3A] Aliquippa 89, New Brighton 58
[3A] Beaver Falls 68, Riverside 39
[3A] Neshannock 66, Ellwood City 43
[3A] Avonworth 62, Freedom 48
[2A] OLSH 78, Mohawk 41
[2A] Sewickley Academy 55, Laurel 39
[1A] Western Beaver 80, Rochester 48
[1A] Cornell 67, Quigley Catholic 28
Tonight’s Games 7:30pm
[1A] Eden Christian at Western Beaver
[NC] New Brighton at Blackhawk
[NC] Freedom at Quigley Catholic
[NC] Vincentian at Lincoln Park
[NC] Riverside at Mohawk
[NC] Avonworth at South Side Beaver
GIRLS BASKETBALL
Tuesday’s Scores
[2A] New Brighton 57, Northgate 53
[2A] OLSH 73, Sto-Rox 16
[NC] Quaker Valley 43, Montour 42
Tonight’s Games
5:30pm
[NC] Freedom at Quigley Catholic
6:00pm
[2A] Shenango at Aliquippa
[NC] Rochester vs. Blackhawk (at Lincoln Park)
7:30pm
[5A] Lincoln Park at Montour
[5A] West Allegheny at Chartiers Valley
[NC] Moon at North Hills
Geneva College Basketball
There’s plenty of Presidents Athletic Conference basketball action in Beaver Falls tonight! The Geneva Golden Tornadoes host the Westminster Titans in a doubleheader basketball game. The women’s team plays at 5:30 pm and the men’s team follows at 7:30 pm in Metheny Field House.
A man is facing charges for providing a deadly dose of drugs to a man he was with in an Ambridge hotel. Zachary Cymbalak was charged Monday after he and the victim were reportedly doing heroin in the hotel January 6th. Police say Cymbalak called 911 while the other man was overdosing and would have avoided charges if he had stayed with the victim, under Pennsylvania’s Good Samaritan Law.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 6TH, 2019
TODAY – AREAS OF PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. PERIODS
OF RAIN. HIGH – 54.
TONIGHT – AREAS OF FOG. LOW – 46.
THURSDAY – SHOWERS EARLY MORNING…BECOMING A
STEADY RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. HIGH – 62.
The County Commissioners, minus Sandie Egley, talked about the funding towards voting machines in Beaver County at a very brief work session. Matt Drzik has details:
The Commissioners also announced that the Public Meeting for February 28 will take place at the Vanport Municipal Building at 6:00pm (instead of 10:00am at the Courthouse).
Quaker Valley 75
Blackhawk 61
Beaver 59
Hopewell 42
New Castle 69
Central Valley 50
Aliquippa 89
New Brighton 58
OLSH 78
Mohawk 41