Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Hopewell Twp., Pa) Hopewell School Board held  its work session in person and via ZOOM Tuesday night accepting the swim coach Alaina Marsha’s and assistant coach Mark Elder’s resignations effective September 1, 2021.

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa  Police  were dispatched by 9-1-1 at 4:33 a.m. last Friday, September 10, 2021,  for a burglar alarm  at  the Dollar General Store at 601  Franklin Avenue . . When enroot they were advised by dispatch that  the defendant, caught on the security camera  a female , often mistaken as a male had  knocked in a glass  panel on the right front entry door.. The security company advised that the female, Taniya Nytese Pugh, 25 , had  a donation box containing   funds for literacy.

(Wayne Twp., Lawrence County, Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they were dispatched to an assault with a deadly weapon that occurred on Lawrence Ave in Wayne Twp. Lawrence County at 6:34 PM Monday evening, September 13, 2021.
27-year-old Evan Gibbons told troopers that 26-year-old Katelyn Weller and and 25-year-old Lindsey Weller, both of Ellwood City, entered his garage and hit him over the head with a rock. the pair then continued to assault Gibbons and cause property damage within the garage.
Troopers then went to the two females residence to conduct interviews and they were uncooperative with Troopers. they were both arrested for Aggravated assault with a deadly weapon as well as assault on a police officer. Charges are currently pending through the local District Magistrates Office.

(East Rochester, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting via release that they conducted a traffic stop at the intersection of Spruce St. and Lacock Ave. in East Rochester on September 3, 2021 around midnight on a 2006 Toyota that was being driven by 51-year-old Eric Nichols of Monaca.
During the stop for a traffic violation Nichols admitted to drinking alcohol and was found to be impaired. he was arrested for suspicion of DUI and charges are pending.

Keystone State News Connection

Emily Scott

HARRISBURG, Pa. – Many Pennsylvania county jails don’t have clear policies to support voting access for people in jails, according to a new report that says this inconsistency leaves some eligible voters in the dark.

The groups All Voting Is Local, Common Cause Pennsylvania and Committee of Seventy filed right-to-know requests with 61 county jails, asking for their voting procedures for people incarcerated. They learned there’s no universal plan for providing information on voter registration or getting ballots to the 25,000 people in county jails.

Aerion Abney, special-projects director for All Voting is Local, said that without any processes in place, it leaves those prospective voters disenfranchised.

“You’re basically telling the person in jail, ‘It’s your own responsibility, it’s up to you to know who to call to even ask for a voter-registration form.’ When you don’t do that,” he said, “you have a whole segment of the voting bloc that may not even know that they have the right to cast a ballot.”

Of the 46 county jails that responded, 57% had no written policy on jail voting. The report also found in the entire state jail population, only 52 people requested mail-in ballots in the 2020 general election at 18 of the county jails.

The report suggested maintaining relationships with county election officials and providing voter-registration opportunities are pathways forward for county jails. Abney said helping people in jail determine their voting eligibility can have a major impact, even after they’re released.

“We really see this as an opportunity to create positive voting experiences for people who are in jail, and there are longterm benefits to that happening,” he said. “When they have positive experiences with voting, they tend to vote again in the future.”

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) City of Beaver Falls Police Chief David Johnson issued a press release involving the shooting that occurred in the city on Friday night , September 10, 2021.

The release stated that at approximately 8:11 PM on Friday City of Beaver Falls Police were dispatched to a shooting incident in the 300 block of 12th Street in the city.

Upon arrival, it was discovered that two victims were shot. Both were treated on the scene with one being flown to a Pittsburgh Area Hospital and the second victim was transported to a local hospital by ambulance for treatment of injuries.

Chief Johnson said in the release that it is an active investigation and no further information is available for release.

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The City of Beaver Falls Police Department is reporting via press release that on Monday, September 13, 2021 at approximately 1:55 PM City Officers were notified of an incident involving an attempted child luring in the city involving a firearm.

Upon further investigation officers identified the suspect vehicle to be a rental out of Michigan. Two suspects, identified as Marvin Marquis Hollis of Detroit, Michigan and Devin Deandre Wesley of Westland, Michigan, were later apprehended by police.

Both Hollis and Wesley were found to be in possession of crack cocaine, fentanyl, and heroin.

Both were incarcerated in the Beaver County Jail. Hollis is charged with luring a child into a motor vehicle, possession with intent to deliver, aggravated assault, and possession of a controlled substance, Wesley is charged with luring a child into a motor vehicle, possession with intent to deliver, and possession of a controlled substance.

No further information is available for release currently according to Police Chief David Johnson.