(Photo of Viking Pride Marching Band drum majors Kelly Kypta and Andrea Majors, taken by Sandy Giordano)

The Hopewell School Board held its work session last night…and the big topic of the night was the proposal transitioning 4th graders to the junior high.
Beaver County Radio News correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

President Donald Trump is drawing criticism for circulating a fake photo of two Democratic leaders wearing traditional Muslim attire in front of the Iranian flag. Muslim American advocates say the amplification of that imagery amounts to promoting Islamophobic tropes. Trump retweeted the manipulated photo after Democrats criticized the administration’s rationale for orchestrating the killing of a top Iranian general. White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham tells Fox News the tweet was intended to show Democrats “almost taking the side of terrorists and those who were out to kill the Americans.” No Democrats have praised the slain Iranian general.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote Wednesday to send the articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump to the Senate. Speaker Nancy Pelosi met privately Tuesday at the Capitol with her Democratic caucus to discuss the timetable. Meanwhile, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell opened the Senate on Tuesday scoffing at the House’s “bizarro” impeachment strategy. He meets later with Republican senators on terms of the trial. Trump is charged with abuse of power for pushing Ukraine to investigate Democratic rival Joe Biden as he withheld aid to Ukraine. Trump is also charged with obstructing Congress’ probe. He has denied wrongdoing.

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A Wisconsin appeals court has put on hold an order to immediately remove up to 209,000 names from the state’s voter registration rolls, handing Democrats who had fought the move a victory in the battleground state. The case is being closely watched, as Wisconsin is among a group of swing states being targeted by both Democrats and President Donald Trump this year. Trump narrowly won Wisconsin in 2016 by fewer than 23,000 votes, putting even more of a focus on every voter in the state. The state appeals court sided with the elections commission Tuesday in putting the purge on hold.

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — American Airlines says it’s taking the Boeing 737 Max out of its schedule for two more months, until early June. That means American will cancel nearly 20,000 flights in the first five-plus months of 2020. American’s decision is an acknowledgment of the uncertainty about just when the grounded Max will fly again. It has been grounded since two crashes killed 346 people. Boeing is working on changes to the plane. Federal safety regulators say they have no timetable for letting it fly again.

LONDON (AP) — As Prince Harry and wife Meghan step back as senior royals, a debate is raging about what role racism played in fueling the couple’s discontent. When Harry began dating the biracial “Suits” actress, sections of the U.K. media hailed it as a sign that Britain had entered a “post-racial” era in which skin color and background no longer mattered, even to the royal family. But soon criticism grew, some of it with racial overtones, and so did Meghan and Harry’s unhappiness. U.K. Labour Party lawmaker Clive Lewis says the royal rift is evidence that Britain still has a problem with “structural racism.”

WASHINGTON (AP) — Presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren says she’d order her secretary of education to cancel up to $50,000 in college debt for about 95% of student borrowers on her first day in office. That would effectively erase outstanding loans for about 42 million Americans. The Democratic senator from Massachusetts vowed in a proposal released Tuesday to act immediately and not wait for Congress because the secretary of education already has broad authority to compromise on and modify student loans. Warren’s proposal came just hours before a presidential debate in Iowa, which holds its lead-off caucuses on Feb. 3.

A vacant Aliquippa home was damaged by fire last night. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

(Photos of school officials talking to parents, taken by Sandy Giordano)

The Hopewell School Board hosted a meeting last night about a proposal to move fourth graders to the junior high school beginning next school year. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…