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Freedom beats Avonworth 40-22!

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Freedom Lady Bulldogs defeated Avonworth Lady Antelopes 40-22,  to advance in the WPIAL Playoffs. The game started out real slow as both teams could not score going over 4 minutes with making a field goal. The Bulldogs did enough to take an early lead going into the half, as they were leading 18-11. But, in the second the Lady Bulldogs heated up and started making shot. Stretching their lead to 22 at the end of the third quarter. The Lady Bulldogs kept up the pressure all the way until the final buzzer. The Bulldogs outscore the the Antelopes 31-12 the last 2 quarters.

Greg Brown Talks About Spring Training Innings & Pirates’ Depth

Despite their first loss of the season, the Pirates had many fans, mostly starters…and a little rest after all.

The Bucs lost to the Tigers after only 5 innings, and Pirates broadcaster Greg Brown joined Matt Drzik to talk about it on A.M. Beaver County from Bradenton. Brown also talked about how the Pirates have several battles within the field of play, and that the team will be playing longer games heading into the meat of March.

To listen to the Spring Training Report, click on the player below!

Pennsylvania teachers, school staff to get 1-dose vaccine

Pennsylvania teachers, school staff to get 1-dose vaccine
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With growing emphasis on getting students back in schools, teachers and school staff will receive the first doses delivered to Pennsylvania of the newly approved one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine. That’s according to Gov. Tom Wolf’s plan being released Wednesday. State officials expect 94,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine to arrive this week. Wolf’s office says giving the vaccine to teachers and other school staff will “help protect school communities and get more students back into classrooms.” The state is still in Phase 1A of its vaccine plan. That’s health care workers, people age 65 and over and younger people with high-risk medical conditions.

Drilling on I-79 Southbound in Robinson Wednesday Night.

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing a lane restriction on southbound Interstate 79 in Robinson Township, Allegheny County will occur tonight, Wednesday night, March 3 weather permitting.

A lane restriction on southbound I-79 will occur from 11 p.m. Wednesday night through 5 a.m. Thursday morning between the Neville Island Bridge and the Moon Run (Exit 60B) interchange.  Crews from Armstrong Drilling will conduct the drilling operations.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

A Very Busy Thursday Teleforum

Thursday’s Teleforum starts with Ask The Commissioners at 9:10, followed by Beaver county sheriff Tony Guy-at 11 it’s the Best of Beaver County with host Mike Romigh, the a visit from Beaver County Times Entertainment editor Scott Tady checks in the the latest local entertainment news. Teleforum starts at 9am every Monday through Friday on Beaver County Radio.

Commissioners Considering Forming Committee To Create New Juvenile Facility In Beaver County

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

The County Commissioners have opened up discussion on bringing back a juvenile detention center to Beaver County.

Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp spoke about sending an e-mail to the prison board in order to form a committee to try and get Beaver County its first operating juvenile detention center in over a decade.

“We spend over half a million dollars a year sending our Beaver County kids outside of the county,” Camp said. “We have space for a jail down here.”

The other two commissioners agreed very much with the idea, agreeing that the benefits would be more than monetary.

“We need to keep our kids in the county,” Commissioner Tony Amadio replied. “It was a big problem back in the day when we looking at doing this…I’m glad we’re doing this now.”

Beaver County’s last juvenile center, Allencrest, had closed in 2009 with the property rights sold in 2019.

Ellwood City Man Injured in One Vehicle Accident on Pa Turnpike Wednesday Morning

(Cranberry, Twp., Pa.) An Ellwood City man was injured in an early morning accident on the Pa. Turnpike in Cranberry around 6:00 AM this morning. According to Pa State Police in Gibsonia 49-year-old Theodore Scott of Ellwood City was traveling along the turnpike in his 2014 Dodge Caravan when he became lightheaded. Scott attempted to pull onto the south shoulder but according to the report did not for an unknown reason. Scott’s vehicle traveled off the road, struck a fence and overturned. He was transported to Allegheny General Hospital for unknown injuries by Cranberry Medical Services.

10th Street By-Pass in Downtown Pittsburgh Re-opens After Flooding

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT is announcing that 10th Street Bypass between Ft. Duquesne Boulevard and the Fort Duquesne Bridge/I-279 in the City of Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, has reopened.  The roadway was previously closed due to flooding.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

SPC Brodhead Corridor Study Holds First Virtual Public Meeting

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Center Twp., Pa.) Last night the Southwestern PA Commission  held a public meeting via ZOOM to discuss  the future development of a corridor plan for Brodhead Road. The study begins at the Allegheny County Line and ends  at Route 18 in Monaca. There’s 11 miles of roadway to consider, there are more residences in the southern end of  the county, and mixed residential areas to the Allegheny County line.   The study will take a look at  transit on Brodhead Road

 

Josh Spano, transportation planner for  SWPC  said the group is gathering information  and data and they want feedback .  The study  should make recommendations to  improve safety and accessibility and improve the quality of life, in Beaver County  and enhance land use  in the  corridor.
Planning consultant Jenni Easton was on hand  for the meeting. Ned Mitrovich, engineer for Center Township and Jamie Yurcina Hopewell Township manager  discussed the safety  issues involving Brodhead  Road from  Hopewell to Center Township where there are shopping centers. Yurcina said the entrances and exits  are where the issues create safety concerns. ON Brodhead Road in the area of Mt. Olivet Cemetery there have been many accidents over the years., one occurred recently, knocking out part of a fence. Five Points in  Hopewell Township is a major concern, Yurcina said. Mitrovich told the group Chapel Road  is dangerous in Center Township due to drivers’ excessive speeds., and Brodhead Road in the area of East Shaffer Road, and the area of Baker Road where you can enter the  schools in Center.
A second public meeting for recommendations will be held sometime in  May., a final plan  could be drafted in  July.