O.J. Simpson took to Twitter Thursday afternoon in a two-minute video to express his feelings about his fantasy football team, and spent a good part of that video talking about former Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown. In his tweet, Simpson said,  “I drafted you Antonio because I admire your game. I’m sure there’s hundreds of thousands of Americans who play fantasy [football] who drafted you. We were all counting on you. Enough buddy! The only people you’re making happy right now are the Pittsburgh Steelers,” Simpson said, referring to Brown. And at the end of his rant about Brown, he said “Move on man, stop with all of this drama” .

The Second Annual Western Pennsylvania Gold Star Game is approaching, only this year, there will be two games! The first will be one week from today, on September 13th, and the second in two weeks, on the 20th. Beaver County Radio News Intern Christina Sainovich has more….

A HEARING WAS HELD BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN ROCHESTER ON WEDNESDAY…TO ADDRESS ISSUES SURROUNDIN A RECENT BUILDING COLLAPSE AND FIRE IN THE AREA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report….

One local school district is fighting climate change from the classroom. A brand new initiative is taking place in the halls of the Woodland Hills School District, and it is led by students. Woodland Hills is the first school district in the state to pass a climate change resolution, and students hope the changes can have a positive impact on the environment.

State police investigated after a student allegedly made a threat at East Pike Elementary School in Indiana County on Thursday. Troopers said that a 7-year-old boy made a threat near the end of the school day while in a classroom and was overheard by a classmate. The classmate went home and told their parent(s), who then notified both the Indiana Area School District and the Pennsylvania State Police. Troopers said they found and interviewed the student who made the threat. After further investigation and interviewing his parents, they determined the student doesn’t have access to weapons. The Indiana County District Attorney’s Office and Armstrong-Indiana Crisis Center also assisted with the investigation.

(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)

THE AMBRIDGE HISTORIC DISTRICT HELD AN INTERPRETIVE MARKER DEDICATION AT OLD ECONOMY LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Five retailers have announced this week that they will start asking customers not to openly carry guns into their stores in states where open carry is legal.
Walgreens, CVS and Wegmans announced the new policy Thursday afternoon, following announcements from Walmart and Kroger on Wednesday. All of the retailers will still allow law enforcement officers to openly carry firearms.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 6TH, 2019

 

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 78.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 55.

SATURDAY – SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS MIXED. SLIGHT
CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER. HIGH – 75.

SUNDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 73.

Hurricane Dorian howling over North Carolina’s Outer Banks
By JEFFREY COLLINS Associated Press
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Dorian howled over North Carolina’s Outer Banks on Friday, lashing the low-lying barrier islands as a weakened Category 1 hurricane.
A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association weather station at Cape Lookout, located inside the western eyewall of Dorian, reported sustained hurricane-force winds of 74 mph (119 kmh), the National Hurricane Center reported early Friday. The agency said large and destructive waves could reach nearly to the ceilings of one-story structures along the narrow strip of land where many year-round residents were determined to ride out the storm.
The hurricane center said at 5 a.m. EDT that Dorian’s center was expected to move near or over North Carolina’s outer coast within the next several hours.
Ann Warner, who owns Howard’s Pub on Ocracoke Island, said she had done all she could to prepare.
“The boats are tied down. Yards are cleaned up. Businesses are closed. People are hunkered down,” Warner said by phone on Thursday.
She lives near the southern end of the 200-mile-long (320-kilometer) string of barrier islands and spits, where about half the 1,000 residents stuck around to face the storm, she said.
The ferries stopped service on Wednesday, she said, so “If you want to change your mind, it’s too late. We’re on our own.”
Further north, Virginia was also in harm’s way, and a round of evacuations was ordered there.
The hurricane hammered the Bahamas with 185 mph (295 kph) winds, killing at least 30 people, but swept past Florida at a relatively safe distance, grazed Georgia, and then hugged the South Carolina-North Carolina coastline. At least four deaths in the Southeast have been blamed on the storm.
Twisters spun off by Dorian peeled away roofs and flipped trailers in South Carolina, and more than 250,000 homes and businesses were left without power. Dorian’s winds weakened after sunset Thursday to 100 mph (161 kph), before falling further early Friday to 90 mph (145 kph), making it a Category 1 storm.
As of early Friday, Dorian was centered about 55 miles (90 kilometers) southwest of Cape Hatteras, and 25 miles (35 kilometers) east of Cape Lookout, North Carolina, in the southern Outer Banks, along which hurricane-force wind gusts were reported. The storm was moving northeast at 14 mph (22 kph). It’s expected to remain a hurricane as it sweeps up the Eastern Seaboard on Saturday, lashing the New England shore with heavy surf.
In coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, heavy rain fell horizontally, trees bent in the wind and traffic lights swayed as the hurricane drew near.
Overnight winds were expected to cause trees and branches to fall on power lines, and debris could block repair crews from accessing damaged lines, said Mike Burnette senior vice president of Electric Cooperatives, a utility provider in North Carolina. Customers should prepare for prolonged power outages, he said.
“We have a long night ahead of us. Everyone needs to stay in a safe place and off the roads until the storm passes,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said.
About 150 evacuees were camped out at Charlotte Motor Speedway in North Carolina, speedway spokesman Scott Cooper said.
Leslie Lanier, 61, was one of those who decided to stay behind on Ocracoke Island. She boarded up her home and bookstore, making sure to move the volumes higher.
“I think we’re in for a great big mess,” said
The National Hurricane Center forecast as much as 15 inches (38 centimeters) of rain for the coastal Carolinas, with flash-flooding likely .
On Thursday, Dorian swamped roads in historic downtown of Charleston, South Carolina, and knocked down some 150 trees and toppled power lines. Gusts had topped 80 mph (129 kph) in some areas. The port city of handsome antebellum homes sits on a peninsula that is prone to flooding even from ordinary storms.
Dorian apparently spawned at least one tornado in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, damaging several homes, and another twister touched down in the beach town of Emerald Isle, North Carolina, mangling and overturning several trailer homes in a jumble of sheet metal. No immediate injuries were reported.
The four deaths attributed to the storm in the mainland U.S. took place in Florida and North Carolina. All of them involved men who died in falls or by electrocution while trimming trees, putting up storm shutters or otherwise getting ready for the hurricane.
Navy ships were ordered to ride out the storm at sea, and military aircraft were moved inland. More than 700 airline flights scheduled for Thursday and Friday were canceled. Hundreds of shelter animals were airlifted from coastal South Carolina to Delaware.
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Associated Press reporters Meg Kinnard in Charleston, South Carolina; Russ Bynum in Tybee Island, Georgia; Skip Foreman in Charlotte, North Carolina; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia; Jeff Martin in Atlanta; Seth Borenstein in Washington; and David Koenig in Dallas contributed to this report.
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For more of AP’s coverage of Hurricane Dorian, go to: https://apnews.com/Hurricanes

Hurricane Dorian rakes Carolinas as it moves up the coast
By MEG KINNARD Associated Press
CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Hurricane Dorian raked the Carolina coast with howling, window-rattling winds and sideways rain Thursday, spinning off tornadoes and knocking out power to more than 200,000 homes and businesses as it pushed northward toward the dangerously exposed Outer Banks.
Leaving at least 20 people dead in its wake in the Bahamas, Dorian swept past Florida on Wednesday at a relatively safe distance, grazed Georgia overnight, and then began hugging the South Carolina-North Carolina coastline with more serious effects.
As of midday, it was a Category 2, blowing at 110 mph (177 kph) — a far cry from the Category 5 that mauled the Bahamas, but still dangerous. More than 1 million people were warned to leave in the Carolinas, and a round of evacuations was ordered in coast Virginia as the storm drew closer.
“Get to safety and stay there,” North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper said. “This won’t be a brush-by. Whether it comes ashore or not, the eye of the storm will be close enough to cause extensive damage in North Carolina.”
At least four deaths in the Southeast were reported, all involving men in Florida and North Carolina who died in falls or by electrocution while trimming trees, putting up storm shutters or otherwise getting ready for the hurricane.
The National Hurricane Center’s projected track showed Dorian passing near or over North Carolina’s Outer Banks early Friday, lashing the thin line of islands that stick out from the U.S. coast like a boxer’s chin. Dorian was then expected to peel away from the shoreline.
“I think we’re in for a great big mess,” said 61-year-old Leslie Lanier, who decided to stay behind and boarded up her home and bookstore on Ocracoke Island on the Outer Banks, making sure to move the volumes 5 to 6 feet off the ground.
“We are thinking maybe we should have moved the books higher because of storm surge,” Lanier said. “But we’re kind of to the point where we can’t do much more.”
The National Hurricane Center forecast as much as 15 inches of rain for the coastal Carolinas, with flash-flooding likely.
In Charleston, South Carolina, a historic port city of handsome antebellum homes on a peninsula that is prone to flooding even from ordinary storms, Dorian toppled some 150 trees, swamped roads and brought down power lines, officials said, but the flooding and wind weren’t nearly as bad as feared.
Walking along Charleston’s stone battery, college student Zachary Johnson sounded almost disappointed that Dorian hadn’t done more.
“I mean, it’d be terrible if it did, don’t get me wrong. I don’t know — I’m just waiting for something crazy to happen, I guess,” said Johnson, 24.
Dorian apparently spun off at least one tornado in North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, damaging several homes, and another twister touched down in the beach town of Emerald Isle, North Carolina, mangling and overturning several trailer homes in a jumble of sheet metal. No immediate injuries were reported.
In coastal Wilmington, North Carolina, just above the South Carolina line, heavy rain fell horizontally, trees bent in the wind and traffic lights swayed as the hurricane drew near.
At 2 p.m. EDT, Dorian was just offshore Cape Romain, South Carolina, about 60 miles (95 kilometers) south of Myrtle Beach, moving north at 8 mph (13 kph). Hurricane-force winds extended about 60 miles (95 kilometers) from its center.
By midday, coastal residents in Georgia and some South Carolina counties were allowed to return home after the storm had passed, but the threat was worsening to the north in Virginia Beach, Virginia, where officials told beachside residents to leave.
Hundreds of shelter animals from coastal South Carolina arrived in Delaware ahead of the storm. The News Journal of Wilmington, Delaware, said 200 were airlifted from shelters in danger of flooding. About 150 more were expected to arrive via land.
In an assault that began over Labor Day weekend, Dorian pounded the Bahamas with Category 5 winds up to 185 mph (295 kph), obliterating entire neighborhoods and triggering a humanitarian crisis. As it closed in on the Eastern Seaboard, Navy ships were ordered to ride out the storm at sea, and military aircraft were moved inland.
Florida and Georgia, where about 2 million people had been warned to clear out, were mostly spared since Dorian stayed offshore.
Mayor Jason Buelterman of Tybee Island, Georgia, said the beach community of 3,000 people came through it without flooding, and the lone highway linking the island to Savannah on the mainland remained open throughout the night.
“If the worst that comes out of this is people blame others for calling evacuations, then that’s wonderful,” he said.
Tybee Islander Bruce Pevey went outside to take photos of unscathed homes to text to neighbors who evacuated. The storm, he said, turned out to be “a bunch of nothing.”
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Associated Press reporters Russ Bynum in Tybee Island, Georgia; Gary Robertson in Raleigh, North Carolina; Jeffrey Collins in Carolina Beach, North Carolina; Jay Reeves in Birmingham, Alabama; Ben Finley in Norfolk, Virginia; and Seth Borenstein in Washington contributed to this report.