The featured photo above shows the meeting taking place in the Beaver Falls High School Library.

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh, published December 9, 2021 at 6:50 P.M.

(Beaver Falls, PA) The Big Beaver Falls School Board held their reorganization meeting Thursday night.  Cynthia Cook was reelected Board President while Ron Miller was also reelected Vice President.  Jessica Campbell was elected Board Secretary.  The board went on to approve their meeting schedule, which will be the second Thursday of every month at 6 pm.  Also approved was the paying of general fund bills at a cost of $323,753.78.

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US jobless claims at 52-year low amid seasonal volatility
By PAUL WISEMAN AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years, more evidence that the U.S. job market is recovering from last year’s coronavirus recession. Unemployment claims dropped by 43,000 to 184,000 last week, the lowest since September 1968, the Labor Department said Thursday. The four-week moving average, which smooths out week-to-week volatility, fell to below 219,000, lowest since the pandemic hit the United States hard in March 2020. Overall, just under 2 million Americans were collecting traditional unemployment benefits the week that ended Nov. 27.

Police chief faces intimidation count in sex assault case
BETHEL PARK, Pa. (AP) — A police chief in western Pennsylvania has been charged with witness intimidation stemming from the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl. Duquesne Chief Thomas Dunlevy turned himself in Wednesday after Allegheny County police obtained a warrant for his arrest. It wasn’t known Thursday if he has retained an attorney. The suspect in the sex assault case is a 20-year-old man who authorities say is a friend of Dunlevy’s. Authorities say Dunlevy confronted the teen’s father with information that would come out during the trial of the sex assault case and that he said could result in “a negative contact” with the county’s child welfare department.

Penn State hires first woman, person of color to head school
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
The Penn State trustees on Thursday named the University of Louisville’s president Neeli Bendapudi to succeed Eric Barron as the school’s top administrator. That makes her the first woman and first person of color to serve as president of Penn State. The 58-year-old Bendapudi is a marketing professor whose research involves consumer behavior. She became Louisville’s president three years ago. Barron came to head up Penn State from Florida State University in 2014 while fallout from the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal was still a major problem for campus leaders in State College. He is retiring in June.

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Story by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
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(Beaver, Pa.) Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier has announced that his office has reached a plea bargain with Michael Miklaicic, who is accused of killing his father earlier this year.
The district attorney said in a release that Miklaucic will plead guilty to third-degree murder for the strangulation death of his father.

Miklaucic told police he went to his dad’s home in New Sewickley to help him get out of a scam in March. He said his father already lost a substantial about of money.

On Tuesday morning, March  16, 2021, at approximately 8:05 a.m. New Sewickley police received a 911 dispatch call  from Michael miklaucic  reporting that his father was dead, and he  was the one that killed him. When officers arrived at 657 Fezell Road, New Sewickley Township, Miklaucic was found on the front porch and was immediately taken into custody without incident.

At some point, police say Miklaucic strangled his dad. He later told police he did it to protect his dad from the humiliation he might face.

Miklaucic of New Sewickley Township was charged with one count of Criminal Homicide arising from the death of his father that same morning. 

Following discussions between the Commonwealth, representatives of the deceased victim, and the Defendant, an agreement has been reached. 

Michael Miklaucic will enter a plea to one count of Murder in the Third Degree and one count of strangulation tomorrow morning, December 10, 2021,  at 10 AM for an agreed sentence of 20–50 years in state prison.