Robert Griffin III is back to being a starting quarterback in the NFL. The Cleveland Browns made the announcement Monday morning.
Griffin had been battling Josh McCown for the starting job. Griffin was rookie of the year and made the Pro Bowl in his rookie season after being selected second in the 2012 draft by the Washington Redskins.
Tune into the Saturday Sports Slam this Saturday from 8-10 AM. Frank and Greg will discuss what this means for the Browns and what will happen with Josh McCowen.
Bryan Clauson, a sprint-car specialist who made 26 career starts in the NASCARXFINITY Series, died Sunday. He was 27 years old.
Clauson crashed Saturday night during a U.S. Auto Club (USAC) midget car race at the Belleville High Banks, a half-mile dirt track in Belleville, Kansas. Amateur video showed his open-wheel sprint car flipping in Turn 4, where it was struck by another vehicle.
Clauson was airlifted to a hospital in Lincoln, Nebraska, where he was pronounced dead late Sunday.
(Beaver County, PA) A very successful “Run For McGuire, A Special Ride for Special People” was held on Sunday August 7, 2016. 175 Bikers and passengers rode the sixty mile motorcycle trek to be a part of Beaver County Radio’s biggest annual charity fundraising effort . Early estimates have the net fund raising total at around $4,200. That’s more than double the amount generated from the best previous ride. Afterwards, everyone was treated to a picnic at Brady’s Run Park featuring food from Texas Road House in Monaca. In addition to great fellowship and food there was also a silent auction featuring great items from local businesses.
The Run For McGuire received support from many of the local police departments and municipalities along with a police escort from Beaver Falls motorcycle patrolman Jim Siget.
Prior to the ride, each participant received a “Goodie bag”, filled with great items and information.
Here are some pictures from “The Run For McGuire, A Special Ride For Special People”:
Here is a video of the entrance into Brady’s Run Park:
This year’s Run For McGuire Was sponsored by: Beaver County Radio – WBVP and WMBA, Pro-Action Suspension, Auto Body Works, American Legion Post 474, A.V.V.A. Chapter 862, Beaver Falls Police Association, Burg Bar and Grill, Cycle Motion, Darlington Cycle, Double J’s Saloon, Fischer’s New Brighton Foodland, Hyatt-Fennell, LLC, Marbull’s Restaurant and Tavern, Mazzant Painting
McMahon’s Cycle Sales, R.A.K. Enterprises, Rebecca Miller Farmers Insurance, Richner’s Auto Coach, Rochester Paving, Rochester Turners, Rochester-Beaver Lions Club, The Sabatini Family, Sam Spanos of Raymond James Financial, Six Packs Bar and Grill, Skerlec Contracting, State Representative Jim Marshall, and Texas Roadhouse in Monaca.
To volunteer or receive information about next year’s ride, e mail runformcguire@gmail.com.
(Beaver Falls, PA) A “Goodie Bag” Stuffing party was held at WBVP-WMBA Friday night. Volunteers, Run For McGuire committee members and radio station staffers all pitched in to help prepare a little over 200 bags to be given to participants in Sunday’s “Run For McGuire – A Special Ride For Special People.” Pizza, wings and rolls from Vocelli Pizza in Rochester were enjoyed by the group as they made quick work of filling the bags with lots of great items that included Beaver Falls McDonald’s breakfast sandwich coupons, Fun Fore All $5 Gift cards, McGuire Memorial Hats, travel mugs, clips, magnets, visors, notepads, and pins, Rebecca Miller Farmers Insurance squeezable stress relieving motorcycle toys, pens from Huntington Bank and Cycle Motion in East Palestine, complimentary pretzel cards from Philly Pretzel Factory in the Chippewa Wal Mart, along with route directions and other informational flyers. Select Bags also featured Blackies Automotive tee shirts and McGuire Memorial tote bags.
After the bags will filled, Don and Judie Minteer hosted, and then modeled for everyone, the big 2016 Run For McGuire tee shirt reveal. The color schemes and design for this year’s tee shirts were met with great excitement. Participant shirts are tan with a black and orange logo. Volunteer shirts are Green with the same black and orange logo. Tee shirts will be available, while they last, for $15 each, or 2 for $25.
For more information, including a link to download, print and fill out a registration/waiver form, visit the Run For McGuire web page. Potential participants can also get updates by following The Run For McGuire on Facebook. Send e mail to: runformcguire@gmail.com.
This year’s Run For McGuire committee included Chuck Quinn, Rebecca Miller, Rita Swesey, John Harvey, Brad Bailey, John DeLuca, George Quay, Don and Judie Minteer, Larry Googins, and Mark Peterson.
Registered nurses at Heritage Valley Beaver voted today to reject management’s latest contract proposal and prepare for a three-day unfair labor practice strike, starting on Tuesday, August 23rd. The vote followed additional bargaining sessions after a one-day strike on July 19th. Molly Romigh – President of the local chapter of the SEIU nurses union – tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that in addition to them not yet reaching a contract, the upcoming strike is also in response to unfair labor practices from hospital management, documented in charges filed by the union on July 22nd. She says the health system is proposing major increases in costs to nurses’ own healthcare despite making a profit of more than $12 million in 2015, and are trying to increase the number of patients that nurses care for in certain units.
We’ve been hearing a lot about the high number of drug overdoses in Beaver Falls. Now we’re getting similar reports out of Aliquippa. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Fire Chief Dave Foringer says there are betweeen 7 and 9 overdoses in the city a week that police and firefighters respond to.
The Aliquippa Police Department is cracking down on drug dealers. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Police Chief Don Couch says that five guns were confiscated from a drug dealer on Grove Street in Plan 11 last week…and another was identified selling drugs on Plan 11 and arrested. Chief Couch says that a lot of the dealers aren’t even city residents.
Governor Tom Wolf is calling attention to the opioid crisis in Pennsylvania. The governor was in Moon Township yesterday, talking about the crisis. At the Gateway Rehab Center in Moon, Governor Wolf said he and legislative leaders have agreed to a special session to address the growing problem of Pennsylvanians addicted to prescription drugs and illegal opioids. Wolf said the growing number of deaths – that cut across race and economics – demands action. No date has been set for this special legislative sesion, but Wolf expects it this fall.
Beaver County Financial Administrator Ricardo Luckow says the county is still on track to overspend its budget, unless more cuts are made. This morning on Ask the Commissioners with Mike Romigh on WBVP and WMBA, county commissioner Tony Amadio says he still can’t understand why there is still a budget shortfall. Amadio says they key to resolving the budget issue is they’ve got to be willing to compromise. Asked if he will vote to raise taxes next year, Amadio, who’s been a commissioner for eight years, says he would do so only if it is absolutely necessary. Republican commissioner Dan Camp agreed, saying he will do everything possible to avoid a tax increase. Commissioners chairwoman Sandie Egley did not show up for the monthly program.
Police have released the identity of a woman who died after apparently shooting herself Tuesday on a sidewalk on Main Street in Zelienople. Police say 35-year-old Elizabeth Adams of Portersville was shot in the head around noon Tuesday in front of Mathew Jewelers. Authorities are calling it a suicide. No other injuries were reported. Police continue to investigate.