AMBRIDGE BOROUGH IS NOW OFFERING TEXT ALERTS TO RESIDENTS ABOUT ROAD CLOSURES AND BOROUGH EVENTS. BORUGH MANAGER JOE KAUER TELLS BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK THAT AMBRIDGE OFFICIALS RECENTLY WENT LIVE WITH A TEXT MESSAGING SERVICE TO KEEP RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE BOROUGH UP-TO-DATE WITH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES…

HE EXPECTS THOSE WHO SIGN UP TO RECEIVE TWO OR THREE TEXT MESSAGES EACH MONTH…WITH A LIMIT OF FOUR:

I ASKED BOROUGH MANAGER JOE KAUER HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP SO FAR, AND HOW MANY TEXT MESSAGES – IF ANY – HAVE GONE OUT SO FAR…

KAUER SAYS HE IS UNAWARE OF ANY OTHER MUNICIPALITY IN BEAVER COUNTY THAT OFFERS THE SERVICE…

KAUER SAYS A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE SIGNED UP SO FAR…

ALL RESIDENTS NEED TO DO IS SIGN UP IS VISIT THEIR WEBSITE AT AMBRIDGEBORO.ORG.

A 100-year-old pine tree knocked out electricity to an Aliquippa church over the weekend. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

An 80-year-old woman was killed in a car crash in Lawrence County on Sunday afternoon. It happened just before 3 p.m. on I-376 in Neshannock Township.
State police say two vehicles were traveling east on the road when the 16-year-old driver of a car in the left-hand lane lost control and crashed into a car in the right-hand lane. The car that was in the left-hand lane went off the road and stopped in a grassy area. The car that was in the right-hand lane crashed into a guiderail then crashed into a tree. The driver and passenger of that car were transported to UPMC Jameson. The passenger — 80-year-old Donna Nelson, of Wampum, Pa. — was pronounced dead at the hospital. Police say Nelson was not wearing a seat belt at the time of the crash. Both drivers were wearing their seat belts. The investigation is ongoing.