An Aliquippa School Board member is being investigated for allegedly threatening to physically harm two seventh-grade students. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, FEB. 20TH, 2020
TODAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY SOME
AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGH – 31.
TONIGHT – CLEAR SKIES. LOW – 17.
FRIDAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 38.
SATURDAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 47.
SUNDAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 52.
Debate night brawl: Bloomberg, Sanders attacked by rivals
By STEVE PEOPLES, ALEXANDRA JAFFE and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press
LAS VEGAS (AP) — From the opening bell, Democrats savaged New York billionaire Mike Bloomberg and raised pointed questions about Bernie Sanders’ take-no-prisoners politics during a contentious debate Wednesday night. The aggressive confrontation in Las Vegas threatened to further scramble the party’s urgent quest to defeat President Donald Trump in November. Bloomberg, the former New York City mayor, was forced to defend his divisive record on race, gender and Wall Street in his debate-stage debut. Sanders, appearing in his ninth debate of the 2020 primary season, tried to beat back pointed questions about his health and his ability to defeat Trump as a self-described “democratic socialist.”
Blackhawk- Tyler Fedisin
Elizabeth Forward-Chase Vaughn
Ambridge- Isaiah Thomas
Ringgold- Demetrius Butler
In a game heard on WBVP and 99.3 FM it was Bob Barrickman and Jason Colangelo, Elizabeth Forward came out hot and used a 12-0 run to take a 15-9 lead after 1. Then it was all Blackhawk from there as they used a 13-0 run in the second and never looked back taking a 34-20 lead into the half. In the second half they stayed hot and never gave up the lead. They went on to win the game by a final of 72-49. They play Uniontown this weekend in the next round of the 4A WPIAL Playoffs.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blackhawk | 9 | 34 | 49 | 72 |
| Elizabeth Forward | 15 | 20 | 34 | 49 |
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Dr. Jane Bovalino, Rochester School District Superintendent was a special guest on Teleforum with Frank Sparks on Wednesday February 19, 2020. The subject of the interview was about a recent article in the paper that talked about what Beaver County school districts pay per student for a student who attends a charter school. Dr. Bovalino was accompanied by Kathy Onuska, Business Manager, Tonya Onuska, Rochester Cyber Academy Coordinator, Michael Damon Rochester Middle School/High School Principal and Amanda Cwynar, Rochester Elementary School Principal.
The group spoke about how they support a part of Gov. Wolf’s budget proposal that will level the playing field for all public schools by each school paying an across the board fee per student that attends a charter school as compared to the current formula that was put into law in 2011. Dr. Bovalino talked about how the current formula is calculated. Tonya Onuska talked about an across the board plan that she has been supporting and Kathy Onuska supported by putting figures to what the school district pays out now compared to what they would save under the new plan if approved.
The group met with Pa Senator Elder Vogel about this and they are scheduled to have an informational meeting with Pa Representatives Josh Kail, Rob Matzie, and Jim Marshall early next week. The group just wants a level playing field for everyone because in the end the burden lies with the taxpayer and how is that right that one school pays more than another for the exact same service.
You can see the interview as it streamed Live on Facebook by pressing the play button below:
Another Catholic diocese seeks bankruptcy after abuse deals
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is seeking bankruptcy protection six months after disclosing it had paid millions of dollars to people sexually abused as children by its clerics. The diocese made the filing Wednesday. It previously announced paying 106 people a total of just over $12 million to compensate for claims of sexual abuse they suffered as children from its clerics, deacons and seminarians. Harrisburg Bishop Ronald Gainer is expected to address the filing at a news conference.
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
Though brief, the Commissioner’s work session on Wednesday did yield a couple of notable nuggets.
First off, Commissioner Jack Manning spoke appreciably about his tour of the county’s recycling center with representatives from Fayette County, and giving praise to Waste Management head Holly Vogt for leading the tour and showcasing the strong model of the recycling center. Vogt was at the work session, thanking Manning for his kind words and pointing out that he wasn’t the only one left impressed:
Vogt was also commended by Commissioner Tony Amadio, who hired her earlier on in his tenure as County Commissioner.
Meanwhile, chairman Dan Camp responded to last weeks suggestion by Treasurer Sandie Egley in regards to having online dog licensing available, and then asking Commissioner Manning a question in regard to the subject:
Manning responded by saying “that is a possibility”, acknowledging that whoever decides to take over the dog licensing (the Treasurer or the Humane Society) determines where the money for the services will go.
(Daytona Beach) NASCAR driver Ryan Newman who was involved in a ghastly crash on the final lap of the Daytona 500 that hospitalized him with non-life threatening injuries has been treated and released just two days later from Halifax Medical Center in Daytona Florida. No other information was released about Newman’s health has been released at this time.
