(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.

(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.

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.

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

(Photos Courtesy of  Carla Kosanovich)

Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano

(Center Twp., Pa.) Dr. Nick Perry, superintendent  in the Central Valley School District and Principal Carla Kosanovich  virtually read  the book ‘GREEN EGGS AND HAM” to students yesterday. The students, according to Mrs. Kosanovich were   served green eggs and ham in the cafeteria for breakfast. Other activities  were planned  yesterday to celebrate READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY, Mrs. Kosanovich said.   A spirit week is planned  for all students  featuring Dr. Seuss themed dress. Her final comment was, “Fun  was had by all.”

Pennsylvania Republicans stop just short of censuring Toomey
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s Republican Party has expressed its disapproval of U.S. Sen. Pat Toomey over his vote to convict Donald Trump during the former president’s second impeachment trial. But the state party stopped short of issuing a more serious, albeit still symbolic, censure. Vote-counting wrapped up late Monday night, 128-124, with 13 abstaining, to approve a statement expressing disappointment with Toomey. Toomey’s vote and his earlier assessment that Trump had committed “impeachable offenses” in connection with the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol set off a wave of pro-Trump county party condemnations of Toomey. Toomey announced in October that he won’t run again for office.

Bankruptcy judge approves sale of century-old amusement park
CONNEAUT LAKE, Pa. (AP) — A federal bankruptcy court judge has approved the sale of a century-old amusement park in northwestern Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh-based U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge Jeffrey Deller on Tuesday morning approved the sale of Conneaut Lake Park to Keldon Holdings LLC for a cash price of $1.2 million. Conneaut Lake Park, which didn’t open for the 2020 season, opened in 1892 as Exposition Park. The sale includes the amusement park and its rides, including the historic Blue Streak roller coaster, as well as the water park, the beach area, Hotel Conneaut, a campground and active leases on assets.

(Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Curtis Walsh)

The Big Beaver Borough Council held their monthly meeting tonight and they discussed multiple topics and issues from within the borough. The first topic of discussion was a from a man that owns a popular dirt bike and ATV trail park in New Beaver.  He wants to expand his business, starting with trails, into the Big Beaver area.  Council members are supportive of his ideas, but they want to be sure that his business is going to be able to help support the borough financially in some way.  He stated that as his business expands, they will offer camping services which should be taxable by the borough.  Another issue discussed was the protocol of agreements when approving construction permits for houses.  A member of council stated there have been issues with people who are granted permission to build houses, begin the project, and then leave them incomplete for years to come.  They are looking to revise the process in which these permits are given.  And also on the agenda was the agreement to accommodate Big Beaver police officers with a locked room at the municipal building to be able to do paperwork, fingerprinting and other duties without having to run back and forth to Beaver Falls.  Audio from the meeting can be heard below:

Trail Expansion:

Home Building Agreements:

Police Room: