Governor Tom Wolf will be in Moon Township today to talk about new funding to fight opioid abuse. As we’ve been reporting all week, Beaver County officials are warning people about a bad batch of heroin circulating in the area. The drugs are being blamed for 26 overdoses over the last week. One person in Beaver Falls and one in New Sewickley Township did not survive. A third death in Monaca is also under investigation, but hasn’t yet been linked to the drugs. Meantime, lawmakers are traveling the state to learn more about the epidemic. Both Republican and Democratic members of the State House are traveling the state holding hearings to learn more. The policy committee’s hearings will continue through September.

Aliquippa Mayor Dwan Walker met with Governor Tom Wolf last Saturday and asked him to help the Aliquippa School District. The district is one of 10 in the state that is distressed. At last night’s Aliquippa Council meeting, the mayor reported on his trip to the Democratic National Convention. He was the only delegate from Beaver County. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, who was at the meeting last night, Mayor Walker said that local, county, state and federal officials need to help the city. He says they have 72.7 unoccupied acres, and they need to curb the flooding that continues when it rains. He said they can’t afford tax abatements of 5 or 10 years, and they shouldn’t be standing alone. He urged everyone to let their voices be heard to help the city.

Another drug overdose death is being investigated for a connection to a bad batch of heroin. As we first reported yesterday on Beaver County Radio News, a total of 26 overdoses were reported in the county by Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier in the past week, including two fatalities, one in Beaver Falls and one in New Sewickley Township. This latest death would be the third. It occurred yesterday in Monaca.

THE HEROIN EPIDEMIC CONTINUES TO ESCALATE IN BEAVER COUNTY. AUTHORITIES SAY THERE IS CURRENTLY A BAD BATCH HEROIN THAT IS CIRCULATING IN THE AREA. IN THE MEANTIME, HEROIN OVERDOSES IN THE COUNTY ARE ON THE INCREASE. BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVID LOZIER TOLD MIKE ROMIGH ON TELEFORUM THIS MORNING…THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN DRUG OVERDOSES COUNTYWIDE JUST IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS…AND A COUPLE OF THEM HAVE BEEN FATAL. ABOUT HALF OF THOSE OVERDOSES – INCLUDING ONE FATALITY – OCCURRED IN BEAVER FALLS, ACCORDING TO POLICE CHIEF JOHN DELUCCA. THE BEAVER FALLS POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE BEAVER COUNTY DRUG TASK FORCE AND THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE DRUG TASK FORCE ARE INVESTIGATING TO FIND THE SOURCE OF THIS LATEST BATCH OF HEROIN.

DiMantae Bronaugh sat out last football season due to acute lymphoblastic leukemia, now it is out of remission, according to a report received last night by Aliquippa Mayor Dwan Walker. This update comes from Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. The Quip running back began practicing with the team last week after the WPIAL  granted him a extra year of eligibility. Bronaugh is currently a patient  at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital.  According to a report  Aliquippa city officials received last night, the man needs a bone marrow transplant.

A Center Township resident wrote the township a letter asking to not have his trash or recycling picked up from his home, according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. According to the township’s garbage ordinance, all trash and recyclables are to be picked up by the township and residents must pay for collection!! This ordinance pertains to all single family dwellings.