Lynell Scaff of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Beaver County joined Matt Drzik on AM Beaver County to discuss the upcoming events that BBBSBC will be hosting this fall, most notably the Annual Autumn Auction on November 4th. An abridged version of the interview can be heard here:
Last week Ambridge School Board met and accepted the resignation of 2 paraprofessionals , Timothy Fields and Heather Busse. They worked at the high school. The board accepted confidential and recording secretary Renee Gist’s resignation. Heather Wittmann, a food service cook at the junior high school, resigned effective this Friday. Junior high boys head soccer coach, Brian Romasco, also resigned. Board members voted to eliminate the position of secretary to the assistant to the superintendent / business manager be eliminated. Two positions – secretary to the director of district operations, and secretary to the director of curriculum – were created. Both positions will be part of the Ambridge Area Education Support Personnel Association.
A school bus carrying 14 students from the Riverside Beaver County school district was involved in a crash this morning. A car ran into the back of the bus on Route 288 at Brentwood Avenue in North Sewickley Township at around 8:30 this morning. Riverside Superintendent of Schools Doctor David Anney tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that two female students were taken to Ellwood City hospital to be checked out after complaining of neck pain. The driver of the car was taken to Heritage Valley Beaver.
An elderly West Virginia couple are dead following a two-vehicle collision in Raccoon Township over the weekend. The fatal collision occurred on Route 18 Saturday evening. According to the Beaver County coroner’s office, 85-year-old Lloyd Mewha and 82-year-old Alice Mewha of Wellsburg died from blunt force trauma as a result of the accident. Raccoon Township police say they will release more information following the results of the investigation.
A New Castle man is facing charges in the death of a 2-month-old baby. 22-year-old Christopher Holmes is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter, who he claims to have fathered. Police were called to an apartment on Pin Oak Drive Thursday for a report of a baby not breathing. The child was pronounced dead at UPMC Jameson Hospital. An autopsy showed the child died of blunt force trauma from the head. Police say Holmes was baby-sitting the child at the time of the injuries.
Matt Drzik takes a look at all of the latest sports news and scores, including the passing of two great athletes, a Joe Block recap on the Pirates, and all the NFL scores from yesterday. As heard on Noonday, 9/26.
The Beaver County Humane Society sponsored the 22nd annual Tails On The Trails Pet Walk on Sunday September 25, 2016. Beaver County Radio was there with Matt Drzik and Ed Hermick broadcasting live and manning the Beaver County Radio Personality Prize Wheel. If you were there, you know that the 22nd event was another strong success. If not…then here’s what you missed!
(Beaver Falls, PA) The talk was all about baseball on Saturday Morning as Beaver Falls Native and former pro baseball player Jack Damaska joined Frank Sparks and Greg Benedetti. Listeners were treated to stories about Jack’s career with the St. Louis Cardinals, Beaver Falls Legion and high school baseball, along with memories and stories about College hill and West Mayfield youth teams.
Damaska was signed by the Cardinals in 1957 and had over 1800 hits in his minor league career and briefly made an appearance in the major leagues with St. louis in 1963. More information about Jack can be viewed here.
Also Joining Jack, Greg and Frank in the studio was Eric Mckenna.