Author: Beaver County Radio

2019 Beaver Falls Spring Festival was a major home coming!!

 

(Beaver Falls Pa.) 

Beaver Falls held their second annual Spring Festival on May 4, 2019.  It was located at the Municipal parking lot and there was a lot to do on  a cloudy day in Beaver Falls. The rain didn’t stop people fro coming as there was plenty to do Zach Ulrich and Ed Hermick broadcast-ed live from the festival, had the Beaver County radio prize wheel going and brought you a live concert as well.

Vanessa Campagna performing at the Beaver Falls Spring Festival.

There were many activities to take part in during the event. Over 25 venders took part, along with multiple food truck and there were ice cream and shaved ice trucks as well. The Festival brought in many people in the community in only the second year. The Beaver Falls Police and Fire department took part as well and had displays in place for the people too.  This year they topped last years already great festival ad this year added a live concert by  Beaver Falls’ own Venessa Campagna, who brought a great show to the fans.

Easy to say that the second Spring Festival in Beaver Falls was a success.

 

 

 

 

A’s rip Pirates 14-1!!

Phegley drives in 8, A’s rip Pirates 14-1 to end 6-game skid
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Oakland Athletics have been playing baseball for nearly 120 years. No catcher in team history has ever put together a game quite like the one Josh Phegley did in a 14-1 romp over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday.
Five at-bats. Four hits. Two doubles. A single. All capped off by a long solo shot to left field in the ninth that served as the finishing touch on an eight-RBI performance as the A’s emphatically snapped a six-game losing streak.
Phegley’s eight RBIs set a single-game record for an Oakland catcher and marked the first time any A’s player reached eight in a game Eric Chavez did it on Aug. 30, 2001, against Baltimore.
“Really fun baseball,” Phegley said after his season RBI total jumped from 13 to 21. “I feel like you can’t do something like that if the guys in front of you aren’t getting on base. I’ve had games where I’ve had three, four hits but never with that many guys on. The timing was good. We needed a win and everyone pretty much exploded offensively.”
Oakland set season highs in both runs and hits (16) to win for just the fifth time in 18 games away from O.Co Coliseum and nearly match its entire 15-run total during a skid the dropped the A’s to last in the American League West. Even pitcher Brett Anderson (4-2) got in on the act. He singled twice in addition to allowing just one run in six innings to pick up his first victory since April 9.
“Running bases is still terrifying,” Anderson said. “Especially the first one when I had to go to second. I blacked out basically. But I’ll take the two hits.”
The A’s certainly needed them. Oakland came in hitting just .205 over their last 14 games to extend their wildly uneven start before jumping on Pittsburgh’s Joe Musgrove (1-3) early and then continuing to add on against four relievers.
“I feel like everyone was firing and that’s kind of what we’re used to and what we expect out of ourselves,” Phegley said.
Pittsburgh rookie left fielder Bryan Reynolds singled to extend his hitting streak to 10 games, the second-longest by a Pirate to start his career since 1901, trailing only an 11-game streak by Gregory Polanco in 2014. It wasn’t nearly enough on a night the A’s used a rare visit to Pittsburgh to end a seven-game road losing streak.
MUSGROVE MISFIRES
Musgrove hadn’t allowed more than three runs in any of his first five starts — all of which lasted at least six innings — but didn’t make it out of the third. Some sloppy defense behind him didn’t help. Pirates third baseman Jung Ho Kang had a pair of errors during a four-run outburst in the second highlighted by Phegley’s three-run double. Oakland tacked on two more in the third, with Musgrove exiting after walking in a run that pushed Oakland’s advantage to 7-2.
“We did not play good defense,” Pirates manager Clint Hurdle said. “That’s all I got. At the end of the day, we didn’t handle the ball really well.”
Musgrove was charged with five earned runs on six hits over 2 2/3 innings as his ERA jumped from 1.54 to 2.63. Reliever Nick Kingham fared no better, allowing four runs in 2 1/3, three of the runs coming home on a rope to the left-field wall by Phegley in the fourth that pushed his RBI total to seven.
Phegley wasn’t done. He sent Richard Rodriguez’s pitch to the deserted bleachers in left field in the ninth for his fourth home run to become the first Pittsburgh opponent to knock in eight runs against the Pirates since Ken Reitz did it for the St. Louis Cardinals on June 28, 1977.
Asked what could be done to neutralize Phegley, Musgrove shrugged.
“Not much,” Musgrove said. “He hit good pitches. He had a good night tonight. He saw everyone pretty well, swung the bat well. I don’t think there’s anything we need to do different or need to panic.”
SKYE’S ZONE
Oakland outfield prospect Skye Bolt made his major league debut in the seventh when he popped out to first as a pinch hitter. He remained in the game in center field and later struck out in the ninth. The fourth-round pick in the 2015 draft — named by his father Mike because the elder Bolt wanted to give his son a name that “popped” — joined the A’s after hitting .325 with six home runs for Triple-A Las Vegas.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: C Jose Osuna (neck) was recalled from his rehabilitation assignment, reinstated from the 10-day injured list and assigned to Triple-A Indianapolis. …
UP NEXT
A’s: Chris Bassitt (1-0, 0.75 ERA) has allowed one run over 12 innings in his first two starts.
Pirates: Trevor Williams (1-1, 3.38) takes the mound Saturday looking to rebound after giving up five in six innings in a no decision against the Dodgers last weekend.
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Plane crashes into Florida river, but no deaths

‘Miracle’: Plane crashes into Florida river, but no deaths
By DAVID FISCHER Associated Press
A charter plane carrying 143 people and traveling from Cuba to north Florida ended up in a river at the end of a runway Friday night, though no critical injuries or deaths were reported, officials said.
A Boeing 737 arriving at Naval Air Station Jacksonville from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, with 136 passengers and seven aircrew slid off the runway into the St. Johns River, a NAS Jacksonville news release said.
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office posted on Twitter that a marine unit responded to assist. The plane was in shallow water and not submerged. Everyone on the plane was alive and accounted for, the agency posted, with 21 adults transported to local hospitals in good condition.
A photo posted by deputies shows a Miami Air International logo on the plane. The company didn’t immediately respond to messages from The Associated Press.
Capt. Michael Connor, the commanding officer of NAS Jacksonville, said during a news conference that passengers were a mix of civilian and military personnel. Some were staying in the area, while others were set to fly on to other parts of the country.
While the crash certainly wasn’t ideal, Connor acknowledged that it could have been much worse.
“I think it is a miracle,” Connor said. “We could be talking about a different story this evening.”
It wasn’t known how long it would take to remove the plane from the river, but Connor said the landing gear appeared to be resting on the river bed, making it unlikely for the aircraft to float away. He said crews began working to contain any jet fuel leaks almost immediately after securing the passengers’ safety.
Liz Torres told the Florida Times-Union that she heard what sounded like a gunshot Friday night from her home in Orange Park, about 5 miles (8 kilometers) south of NAS Jacksonville. She then drove down to a Target parking lot where police and firefighters were staging to find out more.
“I’ve never seen anything like this,” she said.
The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department posted on Twitter that approximately 90 personnel responded to the scene, adding that the department’s special operations team had trained with marine units for a similar incident earlier Friday.
Navy security and emergency response personnel were on the scene and monitoring the situation, the Navy release said. Family members who were expecting the arrival of passengers were instructed to stand by.
Officials did not immediately say what caused the plane to leave the runway. Boeing said in a tweet Friday night that it was investigating: “We are aware of an incident in Jacksonville, Fla., and are gathering information.”
The Federal Aviation Administration was referring media inquiries to NAS Jacksonville.
Connor said National Transportation Safety Board investigators were already on their way.

SENATOR COSTA ANNOUNCES $150,000 IN LOCAL SENIOR CENTER GRANTS

SENATOR COSTA ANNOUNCES $150,000 IN LOCAL SENIOR CENTER GRANTS

(Pittsburgh, Pa.) — Today, Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, Jr. announced grant awards to three senior centers in the 43rd Senatorial District.

“Pennsylvania has an aging population, and it’s important that we invest in our seniors,” said Senator Costa. “These folks have invested in our communities for their entire lives and now it’s our responsibility to make sure that they’re able to grow old in centers that offer top notch care and programming.”

The centers receiving today’s awards are:

  • Homewood Healthy Active Living Center, $38,200
  • Greenfield Healthy Active Living Center, $66,055
  • Jewish Community Center of Greater Pittsburgh, $62,788

Grant funding opportunities are intended for enhancements that increase participation and programming, attract a new generation of older adults, and enable senior community centers to provide a safe and healthy environment for participants.

The Pennsylvania Department of Aging announced $2 million in new grant funding opportunities for Pennsylvania’s Senior Community Centers in 2018-2019.

Animal hospital evacuated over X-ray machine leak

Animal hospital evacuated over X-ray machine leak
VALENCIA, Pa. (AP) — An animal hospital in Pennsylvania has been evacuated over a leaking X-ray machine.
A hazmat team responded to Twinbrook Animal Clinic, about 20 miles (32 kilometers) north of Pittsburgh, on Friday morning.
Crews say the leakage apparently filled a room with fumes and left one worker with a minor burn.
Officials told WPXI-TV that the substance isn’t radioactive.
Hazmat crews are ventilating the building. No information has been released about what the substance might be.
No animals were injured.
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Information from: WPXI-TV, http://www.wpxi.com

Police say 2 stole $21K worth of Victoria’s Secret panties

Police say 2 stole $21K worth of Victoria’s Secret panties
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Police in Pennsylvania have identified two suspects accused of stealing $21,000 worth of Victoria’s Secret underwear last month.
Lower Allen Township police say an 18-year-old woman and a juvenile they aren’t naming entered the store at the Capital City Mall near Harrisburg on April 7. Police say the juvenile acted as a lookout as Aida Melcado took panties from a table and from drawers and stuffed them in a bag.
Police tell WPMT-TV that they took about 2,000 pairs.
Police say the two were identified by officers performing a drug investigation in Fairfax, Virginia, less than two weeks later. Melcado and the juvenile also were in possession of stolen merchandise from a Victoria’s Secret store in Bethesda, Maryland, and both were charged.
An arrest warrant was issued Friday for Melcado involving the Pennsylvania theft. A contact number for her wasn’t listed. It wasn’t clear if she has a lawyer to comment.
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Information from: WPMT-TV, http://www.fox43.com

BREAKING NEWS!!! Suspect detained after lockdowns at 2 colleges

Report: Suspect detained after lockdowns at 2 colleges
GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Officials say a suspect has been taken into custody and detained by police after two North Carolina colleges issued lockdowns in response to a report of a gunman on one of the campuses.
North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro issued an alert Friday saying a man threatened to shoot a female student. A&T announced shortly after 3 p.m. that a suspect had been detained and that its lockdown was lifted.
Nearby Bennett College, a women’s college, initiated its lockdown in response to A&T. It has lifted its lockdown as well.
There were no immediate reports of a shooting or any injuries.
The lockdowns came three days after a gunman opened fire inside a classroom at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, killing two students and wounding four others.

President Trump Says He Discussed the ‘Russian Hoax’ During a ‘Very Productive Talk’ With Vladimir Putin

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says the “Russian Hoax” was one of the topics he discussed with Russian’s Vladimir Putin during a “Very productive talk!” Trump tweeted Friday: “getting along with Russia, China, and everyone is a good thing, not a bad thing.” Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said Trump and Putin “very briefly” discussed special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia report, “in the context of that it’s over and there was no collusion.”

House Judiciary Committee Threatening To Hold Attorney General William Barr In Contempt Of Congress

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House Judiciary Committee is threatening to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress if he does not comply with a new Monday deadline for special counsel Robert Mueller’s full, unredacted report and some underlying materials. The new offer from House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler comes after the Justice Department missed the committee’s earlier deadline for the information. Nadler narrowed his offer in a letter sent to Barr on Friday.

April U.S. Jobs Report From The Labor Department Shows Solid Economic Growth

WASHINGTON (AP) — The April U.S. jobs report from the Labor Department showed that solid economic growth is still encouraging strong hiring nearly a decade into the recovery from the Great Recession. Employers added a robust 263,000 jobs, and the unemployment rate fell to a five-decade low of 3.6%. Many businesses say they’re struggling to find workers, yet each month they seem to add a substantial number.