An inmate at Beaver County Jail is accused of smearing his own feces on his cell wall in an attempt to get it on corrections officers. Brion Harrison is facing felony harassment by a prisoner charges for the incident April 9th. Investigators say he smeared it on the food clot in the cell door. A preliminary hearing is set for June 3rd.
A New Brighton man faces charges following an incident at Beaver Heritage Valley Hospital. 61 year old William Rose is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault, harassment and criminal mischief. Rose allegedly assaulted a nursing supervisor and had to be subdued by a stun guy by police. Rose has a preliminary hearing scheduled for May 13.
Beaver County residents will have the chance today to learn more about long-range plans for major roadways like Route 65 at an open house at the county courthouse. Today’s open house is designed to solicit input on long-term transportation projects in Beaver County. County Commissioner Tony Amadio explains how this whole thing came about…
County Commissioner Tony Amadio was asked by Frank Sparks during last week’s ‘Ask The Commissioners’ segment on Teleforum where he sees transportation going 25 years from now…
County Commissioner’s chairman Dan Camp was asked by Frank Sparks during last week’s ‘Ask The Commissioners’ segment on Teleforum where he sees transportation going 25 years from now…
County Commissioner Tony Amadio says he believes light rail is the future of transportation in Beaver County…
County Commissioner’s chairman Dan Camp says he believes the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission is going to bring transportation into the future in Beaver County…
County Commissioner Tony Amadio says hills are the biggest obstacle when it comes to transportation in this area…
Today’s meeting will be held at the Beaver County Courthouse, inside the commissioner’s meeting room. The meeting will run from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m…but it will be structured in a format where residents can show up and participate at any time between those hours. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano will be there and will a complete report for us tomorrow morning on AM Beaver County.
BREAKING NEWS: Beaver County Radio News has confirmed there is a SWAT situation underway in White Township this afternoon. No details released at this time, other than a house is surrounded by a SWAT team, along with local police departments and the county’s mobile command unit. Beaver County Emergency Services tells us that Steffin Hill is shut down in both directions until further notice. Motorists are urged to please stay away from the area until further notice. Keep your radio tuned to Beaver County Radio 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA for the latest developments….
PennDOT District 11 is announcing roadway improvement work on Route 18 (7th Avenue, 7th Street) in the City of Beaver Falls and New Brighton Borough will begin Monday, May 6 weather permitting. Beginning at approximately 7 a.m. on Monday, long-term lane restrictions through late fall will be implemented on Route 18 in both directions between 5th Street (Route 65) in New Brighton and 20th Street in Beaver Falls as crews begin concrete patching, drainage upgrades, and ADA curb cut ramp and sidewalk improvements. Parking will be maintained through the corridor, except in the location where physical work is occurring. The $6.05 million project will also include patching milling and resurfacing the existing bituminous pavement, guide rail improvements, and signal updates. Additional traffic safety improvements include a “road diet” (from the existing four lanes down to three lanes), curb extensions, bicycle lanes, and revised street parking between 3rd Street and 20th Street in the City of Beaver Falls.
A. Liberoni, Inc. is the prime contractor. The overall project is anticipated to conclude in the spring of 2020.
Please use caution if traveling in this area.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, MAY 6TH, 2019
TODAY – WATCH OUT FOR FOG THIS MORNING. OTHERWISE,
A GOOD DEAL OF SUNSHINE AND A HIGH OF 75.
TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS THIS EVENING WILL GIVE WAY
TO MAINLY CLEAR SKIES OVERNIGHT. LOW – 56.
TUESDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A
RAIN SHOWER. HIGH – 71.
“An Evening Of Pathological Conversation” with Dr. Cyril Wecht will be coming up on Saturday May 11 at the Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center. Dr. Wecht will talk with Pittsburgh media personality John McIntire about some of the more famous cases he’s worked on, including the deaths of JFK, JonBenet Ramsey, and Kurt Cobain.
Before the May 11 show, Dr. Wecht called in to the May 6 edition of A.M. Beaver County to promote “An Evening Of Pathological Conversation”. He talked with Matt Drzik about his thoughts on the deaths of John Kennedy and Michael Jackson, the part of his analyses that don’t reach the common-knowledge sector, and his “movie career” based on his pathological work.
If you want to listen back to the interview, click on the player below!
(NOTE: Due to some technical difficulties during the interview, the audio presented has been edited for release.)
Beaver Falls, Pa.) by Frank Sparks Beaver County Radio
Tune into 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA Monday, May 6, 2019 during Teleforum with Frank Sparks in the 11 o’clock hour for another interview in the continuing series highlighting the candidates running for office in Beaver County.
Frank’s guest will be Maria Longo who is a Republican candidate for Beaver County Controller. The entire interview will also be streamed live on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/beavercountyradio/.
Maria Longo will also be available to answer your questions by calling 724-774-1888 or 724-843-1888. You can also ask questions on the Facebook Live stream.
Marte hits 3-run homer in 13th, Pirates rally past A’s 5-3
By CHRIS MUELLER Associated Press
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Starling Marte hit a game-ending three-run homer in the 13th inning, rallying the Pittsburgh Pirates past Oakland 5-3 on Sunday after the Athletics scored twice in the top of the inning.
Cole Tucker started Pittsburgh’s comeback with a one-out single off Fernando Rodney (0-2). Jung Ho Kang walked and Adam Frazier drove in Tucker with a single before Marte drilled a ball out to center.
Tyler Lyons (1-0) got the win despite struggling in his Pirates debut. After pitching a 1-2-3 12th, he walked the first two batters in the 13th and allowed an RBI single to Kendrys Morales and a run-scoring double to Stephen Piscotty before getting pitcher Yusmeiro Petit to hit into an inning-ending double play.
A’s slugger Khris Davis, last year’s major league home run leader, left in the second inning with a left hip bruise after crashing into the left field wall chasing a popup.
The Pirates improved to 6-2 in extra-inning games and 6-1 in interleague play. They are above .500 at 16-15 for the first time since April 25.
Pittsburgh starter Jordan Lyles gave up one run and five hits over 6 2/3 innings. Lyles looked more like the pitcher that began the season tossing 11 scoreless innings in his first two home starts and less like the one holding a 6.00 ERA over his previous two outings.
The teams were tied 1-1 going into extras. Pittsburgh got on the board in the second when Josh Bell doubled and scored on Colin Moran’s sacrifice fly. A’s pinch-hitter Robbie Grossman tied it in the seventh with a single.
Lyles faced a jam in the fifth after he walked three consecutive batters with two outs but forced Ramon Laureano to ground into a forceout at second.
The Pirates had a golden opportunity with runners on first and third with zero outs in the sixth but couldn’t capitalize as Gregory Polanco flied out, Bell struck out and Melky Cabrera lined out to end the inning.
Oakland starter Frankie Montas allowed a run and five hits over six innings. He struck out five while lowering his ERA to 2.75.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Pirates: Keone Kela was not available to pitch after exiting Saturday’s game with right shoulder tightness. General manager Neal Huntington said Kela will be evaluated Monday.
UP NEXT
Athletics: The A’s return home for a three-game series against Cincinnati on Tuesday, where Mike Fiers (2-3, 6.81) will take the mound coming off a solid seven-inning outing against Toronto on April 26.
Pirates: Steven Brault will get the start Tuesday against Texas in place of Jameson Taillion, who was ruled out for a month Saturday with an elbow flexor tendon strain. This season, Brault has an 8.31 ERA with 11 strikeouts over 8 2/3 innings of work out of the bullpen.
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Newman’s go-ahead triple rallies Pirates by A’s 6-4
By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Newman expected to be part of a platoon at shortstop with Erik Gonzalez when he made the Pittsburgh Pirates out of spring training. A cut to the middle finger of his right hand a month ago sent Newman to the injured list instead.
Gonzalez soon joined Newman on the injured list with a broken collarbone and the arrival of top prospect Cole Tucker during their absence forced the Pirates to re-evaluate how they wanted to use Newman when he returned.
When Pittsburgh welcomed Newman back on Friday, manager Clint Hurdle told him to be ready for whatever. Whatever arrived on Saturday, when Newman ripped the go-ahead triple in the seventh inning to lift the Pirates to a 6-4 victory over the Oakland Athletics.
Newman came on in the sixth as a pinch runner during an aggressive sequence in which Hurdle burned three of his four bench players in an effort to erase a one-run deficit. While the moves didn’t work at first — the Pirates left the bases loaded — it set the stage for Newman to step to the plate in the seventh and give the Pirates a welcome win on the day it lost ace Jameson Taillon for a least a month with a strained right (throwing) elbow.
“Obviously, we’ve had a lot of guys go down with injuries, so it’s going to take everybody and everything we all got to win and we know that,” Newman said.
Newman’s first at-bat since April 8 came with runners on the corners and two outs in the seventh against J.B. Wendelken (0-1). Newman fouled off the first pitch and then sent a laser to the right-field corner that rolled around long enough for Bryan Reynolds to score all the way from first to give Pittsburgh the lead.
“It was just unfortunate he got up under it and pushed it on down the line,” Wendelken said. “Not much I can do about it. It was just a good pitch and a good piece of hitting.”
Francisco Cervelli followed with an RBI single to lift the Pirates to their third win in four games.
“It definitely gives me a lot of confidence,” Newman said. “I like to be the guy that comes up in that situation. I want to come through for my teammates.”
Josh Bell homered twice for Pittsburgh, taking Oakland starter Chris Bassitt deep in both the second and third innings for the first two-home run game of the first baseman’s career. Bell already has eight homers on the season, a number he didn’t reach in 2018 until mid-August. Reynolds finished with two hits to extend his hitting streak to 11 games, tying Polanco for the longest by a Pittsburgh player to start their career since 1901.
Michael Feliz (1-0) picked up the win in relief after coming on in the seventh when Keone Kela exited with discomfort in his right shoulder after giving up a leadoff double to Oakland rookie Skye Bolt. Felipe Vazquez worked around a two-out single by Marcus Semien to collect his ninth save.
“There’s going to be more guys going down throughout the year,” said Pittsburgh starter Trevor Williams, who gave up four runs in six innings. “Hopefully not as many as going on right now, but for guys to step up like JB did tonight and Kevin coming off the DL and having a big hit for us, it’s huge.”
OAKLAND ACHES
Kris Davis, Kendry Morales and Matt Chapman all had two hits apiece for the Athletics, but Oakland fell to 1-7 on its current nine-game road trip when Chris Bassitt and three relievers couldn’t hold an early lead.
The A’s, who had a season-high 14 runs Friday night to end a six-game losing streak, jumped on Williams early. Davis and Stephen Piscotty sandwiched RBI singles around a run-scoring triple by Morales to give Oakland a quick 3-0 advantage in the first.
Bassitt, however, gave up home runs to Bell in both the second and third and needed 97 pitches to get through five innings. Wendelken’s bumpy seventh in which he gave up three runs on four hits boosted his ERA to 5.85.
“He’s going through a rough patch,” Oakland manager Bob Melvin said of Wendelken. “Still, we have a lot of faith in him.”
ROTATION JUMBLE
With Taillon and Chris Archer both on the injured list, the Pirates will turn to relievers Steven Brault and Nick Kingham to start during a brief two-game interleague series with Texas next week.
TRAINER’S ROOM
A’s: OF Nick Martini (right knee sprain) will run the bases Tuesday and will then go out for a rehab assignment barring a setback. … RHP Sean Manaea (left shoulder surgery) will throw a bullpen session Tuesday. … RHP Jharel Cotton (Tommy John surgery) remains in extended spring training and could work three innings in his next appearance.
UP NEXT
A’s: Wrap up a nine-game road trip Sunday when they send Frankie Montas (4-2, 2.97 ERA) to the hill. Montas allowed seven runs in 4 1/3 innings in a loss to Boston last Monday.
Pirates: Jordan Lyles (2-1, 2.42) lasted just four innings in his previous start, when he gave up two runs on three hits with four walks and five strikeouts in a no-decision against Texas.
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