Author: Beaver County Radio

Shake-Up Among Personnel In Ambridge Area School District

Last week Ambridge School Board met and accepted  the resignation of 2 paraprofessionals , Timothy Fields and Heather Busse. They worked at the high school. The board accepted confidential and recording  secretary Renee Gist’s resignation. Heather Wittmann, a food service cook at the junior high school, resigned effective this Friday. Junior high boys head  soccer coach, Brian Romasco,  also resigned. Board members voted to eliminate the position of secretary to the assistant to the superintendent / business manager be eliminated.  Two positions –  secretary to the director of district operations, and secretary to the director of curriculum – were created.  Both positions will be part of the Ambridge Area Education Support Personnel Association.

Car Hits School Bus With Riverside Beaver County Students

A school bus carrying 14 students from the Riverside Beaver County school district was involved in a crash this morning. A car ran into the back of the bus on Route 288 at Brentwood Avenue in North Sewickley Township at around 8:30 this morning. Riverside Superintendent of Schools Doctor David Anney tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that two female students were taken to Ellwood City hospital to be checked out after complaining of neck pain. The driver of the car was taken to Heritage Valley Beaver.

Elderly Couple Die In Raccoon Township Accident

An elderly West Virginia couple are dead following a two-vehicle collision in Raccoon Township over the weekend. The fatal collision occurred on Route 18 Saturday evening. According to the Beaver County coroner’s office, 85-year-old Lloyd Mewha and 82-year-old Alice Mewha of Wellsburg died from blunt force trauma as a result of the accident. Raccoon Township police say they will release more information following the results of the investigation.

New Castle Man Charged In Death Of Two-Month-Old Baby

A New Castle man is facing charges in the death of a 2-month-old baby. 22-year-old Christopher Holmes is charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault, simple assault and recklessly endangering another person in the death of his girlfriend’s daughter, who he claims to have fathered.  Police were called to an apartment on Pin Oak Drive Thursday for a report of a baby not breathing. The child was pronounced dead at UPMC Jameson Hospital. An autopsy showed the child died of blunt force trauma from the head. Police say Holmes was baby-sitting the child at the time of the injuries.

2016 Tails On The Trails Pet Walk

The Beaver County Humane Society sponsored the 22nd annual Tails On The Trails Pet Walk on Sunday September 25, 2016. Beaver County Radio was there with Matt Drzik and Ed Hermick broadcasting live and manning the Beaver County Radio Personality Prize Wheel. If you were there, you know that the 22nd event was another strong success. If not…then here’s what you missed!