THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS MET IN REGULAR WORK SESSION TODAY…AND HEARD NEWS ABOUT UNION NEGOTIATIONS, PENDING RETIREMENT OF DEPARTMENT DIRECTORS, THE 2018 BUDGET…AND THE SEARCH FOR A CHIEF CLERK ADMINISTRATOR. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI WAS THERE…
A PUBLIC HEARING WILL BE HELD TONIGHT…ON A PROPOSED DEMOLITION IN ALIQUIPPA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS A PREVIEW. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A Koppel man is charged after a woman says she was handcuffed and sexually assaulted multiple times. Gabriel Lance was charged Friday after the alleged assault on September 14th at Lance’s home. The woman had reportedly gone to the house to pick up some items she left there.
Police say a Raccoon Township man is facing charges after allegedly shooting another man in the stomach during a drug deal gone wrong last week. It happened Friday night in the 200 block of School Road in Independence Township. Noah Brinkley was arrested Saturday for the shooting that reportedly started over a potential cocaine sale. The 21-year-old is in the Beaver County jail in lieu of 250-thousand-dollars bail.
BIG DRUG BUST THIS MORNING IN BEAVER FALLS. CHIEF JOHN DELUCA SAYS AN ARREST WAS MADE EARLY THIS MORNING….AFTER THE CITY OF BEAVER FALLS POLICE AND THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE EXECUTED A SEARCH WARRANT ON A RESIDENCE IN THE TWO-THOUSAND BLOCK OF 8TH AVENUE. AS A RESULT OF THE SEARCH, LAW ENFORCEMENT LOCATED AND SEIZED SEVERAL ITEMS AND CONTRABAND, INCLUDING….APPROXIMATELY 25-HUNDRED DOLLARS IN U-S CURRENCY, APPROXIMATELY 11-HUNDRED STAMP BAGS OF HEROIN, TWO SHOTGUNS, TWO HANDGUNS, DIGITAL SCALES AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF MARIJUANA. CHIEF DELUCA IDENTIFIED THE MAN ARRESTED AS ELIEZER RODRIGUEZ.
FOR THE FIRST TIME…BADEN POLICE WILL PARTICIPATE IN THIS MORNING’S NATIONAL “COFFEE WITH A COP” DAY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S KAISHA JANTSCH EXPLAINS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Kaisha’s report…
Beaver County officials have released a 2nd drawing of what the Monaca Gateway Project will look like once completed (see previous story with 1st drawing and Pat Septak’s interview with Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio).
NEW DETAILS ARE EMERGING ABOUT THE MONACA GATEWAY PROJECT…FROM 4TH TO 17TH STREETS ALONG PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE. THE BOROUGH OF MONACA IS COLLABORATING WITH A NUMBER OF LOCAL, REGIONAL, STATE, FEDERAL AND PRIVATE PARTNERS TO FUND WHAT IS ULTIMATELY A 26-MILLION-DOLLAR CORRIDOR REVITALIZATION PROJECT. THE PROJECT INCLUDES THE RECONSTRUCTION OF PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, THROUGH MONACA’S DOWNTOWN WITH INTERSECTION AND SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENTS, CROSSWALK ENHANCEMENTS AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT ELEMENTS TO IMPROVE PEDESTRIAN AND ROADWAY INFRASTRUCTURE. COMMISSIONER TONY AMADIO TELLS BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK THAT THE PROJECT IS EXPECTED TO ENABLE NEW MANUFACTURING AND ECONOMIC GROWTH…
AMADIO SAYS IT’S STILL TOO EARLY TO GIVE A TIMETABLE FOR WHEN THE PROJECT WILL BE COMPLETED…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, OCT. 3RD, 2018
TODAY – GENERALLY CLOUDY. A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 75.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW – 68.
THURSDAY – THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH – 75.
The Penn State Master Gardeners Don Buffington and Adele Whipple made their monthly appearance on Teleforum with Frank Sparks on Tuesday October 2, 2018 at 9:10 am.
On the docket this month was winter prep as we are only a couple of weeks from the falls first frost. The master gardeners talked about cleaning out your garden and general yard and plant prep for the cold months ahead. Don and Adele also answered questions from the listeners via telephone calls.
Don and Adele will be back again next month on November 6, 2018 at 9:10 a.m.