WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15TH, 2019
TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 68.
TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES THIS EVENING…
FOLLOWED BY THUNDERSTORMS LATE NIGHT.
LOW – 54.
WEDNESDAY – MORNING RAIN. REMAINING CLOUDY WITH
RAIN ENDING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH – 58.
Gas prices are down 2 cents in Beaver County. Beaver County radio news intern Alex D’Itri has the report…
(All photos taken by Sandy Giordano)
HUNDREDS CAME OUT TO WATCH ALIQUIPPA’S ANNUAL HOMECOMING PARADE FRIDAY NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
(All photos taken by Sandy Giordano)
MIDLAND’S ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL CODING CLASSES HAVE BEGUN. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
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An elderly woman has died in a house fire that occurred Sunday afternoon in New Castle. Officials say a 92-year-old woman who lived by herself was found dead in the kitchen of the home at 1709 Gretchen Avenue. The victim’s identity has not been released. The home is a total loss. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
MCKEESPORT, Pa. (AP) — More than 16,000 customers in four western Pennsylvania communities are waiting to learn if a boil water advisory has been lifted. The Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County told residents in McKeesport, Port Vue, Versailles and White Oak to boil their water after a pump failed on Saturday. The agency says the McKeesport Water Treatment Plant is operating and purging air from its system. Two successful tests are needed before the boil water advisory will be lifted.
PennDOT District 11 is announcing roadway improvements on Route 68 (Midland Beaver Road) in Industry Borough and Vanport Township, Beaver County, will occur Monday through Friday, October 14-18 weather permitting. Center and edge line paving will occur on Route 68 between the Shippingport Bridge in Industry Borough and Sebring Road in Vanport Township from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. Single-lane alternating traffic will occur. Crews from PennDOT’s Beaver County Maintenance will conduct the work. Please use caution and allow extra time when traveling through the area. Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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 950 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.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2019
TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 61.
TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 37.
TUESDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 67.
David Freese, former World Series MVP, retires at 36
By BETH HARRIS AP Sports Writer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — David Freese is retiring after a 10-year career that included a World Series title with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2011 when he was MVP.
The 36-year-old infielder made the announcement Saturday on Twitter.
He made his final appearance Wednesday in a deciding Game 5 of an NL Division Series, striking out as a pinch-hitter for the Los Angeles Dodgers. They lost 7-3 to the Washington Nationals. Freese had started Game 1 at first base.
Freese batted .315 in 79 games for the Dodgers this season, with 11 home runs and 29 RBIs. He played his final two years with the Dodgers after stints with the Los Angeles Angels and Pittsburgh.
He made his major league debut with the Cardinals in 2009 and became a postseason star two years later. Freese batted .545 with 12 hits in the NL Championship Series in 2011. He also set a MLB postseason record with 21 RBIs and earned MVP honors in the NLCS and World Series.
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4 dead in shooting at illegal gambling site in Brooklyn
NEW YORK (AP) — Four people were killed and three others were wounded in an early Saturday shooting at an illegal gambling club in New York City, police said.
The six men and one woman were shot just before 7 a.m. inside a building in the Crown Heights neighborhood of Brooklyn.
Chief of Detectives Dermot Shea said four men were dead at the scene and the others were taken to hospitals with injuries that were not life-threatening.
The victims, who have not been identified, ranged in age from 32 to 49, Shea said at a briefing near the shooting. Two may have lived out of state and the rest were from neighborhoods throughout Brooklyn, Shea added.
One additional person was injured fleeing.
No arrests have been made, and police do not know the motive for the shootings, Shea said. He said two guns were found at the scene and more could potentially be found.
Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Twitter that the city “awoke to senseless gun violence.”
The Democrat added, “I’ve said it before and I’ll say it until I can’t anymore: we have an epidemic of gun violence that spares no community — and it won’t stop until we get guns off our streets once and for all.”
The shooting was the second mass killing in New York in a week in a city that has seen a marked drop in homicides in recent years. Four homeless men were beaten to death by another homeless man Oct. 5 in the Chinatown neighborhood. In 2000, there were more than 600 homicides in the city. Last year, there were fewer than 300.
A sign on the building where the bloodshed occurred says Triple A Aces. Shea said there was “evidence of gambling” including cards and dice inside.
The gambling operation was unlicensed but police had not previously received any complaints about the location, Chief of Patrol Rodney Harrison said.
Crime scene tape surrounded the building Saturday morning and investigators in white jumpsuits could be seen going in and out.
The block where the shots rang out has empty storefronts and boarded-up buildings as well as renovated townhouses.