Beaver County officials say 26 people have died this year due to drug overdoses in the county. That’s four more than at this time last year. Officials say they began to see an uptick in calls starting in March of this year. It’s still down significantly from the peak of the epidemic in 2016 and 2017.
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Authorities say a Pennsylvania father died while rescuing his son who was struggling in rip currents while swimming in the ocean off Atlantic City. Emergency responders went to the beach Monday for a report of a child drowning. Before they arrived, the 59-year-old Reading man had entered the water to help his 11-year-old son, who eventually made it to shore. But the father began struggling himself. He was soon brought to shore but later died at a hospital.
Democratic sheriff candidate, Wayne Kess, was named on a list of property owners on the Tax Claim Bureau’s recent upset sale list. He claims he knows nothing about the properties, or the list. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has more…
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf is warning that food stamp benefits for about 200,000 people are jeopardized by a Trump administration move to stop allowing states to exceed federal income eligibility thresholds. Wolf said Monday that such a change would primarily affect the elderly, the disabled and lower-income families. He also says it’ll result in fewer school lunches. In Pennsylvania, more than 1.7 million people are in the food stamp program.
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — Police are seeking a woman who they say urinated on potatoes at a Walmart in Allegheny County. West Mifflin police posted surveillance photos on their Twitter account. A Walmart representative told WPXI-TV an employee saw what the woman was doing. In a statement, Walmart told the station it “immediately disposed of the affected products and sanitized the area.”
KOOTENAI, Idaho (AP) – Idaho restaurants say they have been scammed out of hundreds of dollars by someone ordering dozens of pizza over the phone but failing to pick them up.
Pizza shop owner Connie Young says a man placed a $375 to-go order at the Hayden pizzeria last Saturday.
She says she contacted the man after he didn’t show up, and he responded, “You’ve been dunked.”
Radicci Italian Bistro owner Daniel Morey says his Hayden restaurant was scammed out of $443 from a 25-pizza order last Saturday.
The pizza shops ended up having to sell the pizzas at a discounted price of $5.00 a pie.
(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)
THE VIETNAM VETERANS CHAPTER 862 HAVE RENAMED AN ALIQUIPPA STREET IN HONOR OF THE MIA’S THAT NEVER RETURNED HOME. SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE FOR THE CEREMONY…
(Photos of Stacey Alexander and Dr. Peter M. Carbone were taken by Sandy Giordano)
THE ALIQUIPPA SCHOOL BOARD HAS NAMED ITS NEW HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AND ASSISTANT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS AT LAST NIGHT’S BOARD MEETING…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, JULY 30TH, 2019
TODAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY BOTH
MORNING AND AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 80.
TONIGHT – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. LOW – 66.
WEDNESDAY – SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH AROUND 80.
6-year-old drowns in pool at home on North Carolina coast
NAGS HEAD, N.C. (AP) — Police say a 6-year-old boy from Pennsylvania has drowned in a swimming pool at a home on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.
According to Nags Head police, emergency responders went to a home on South Virginia Dare Trail at around 5:25 p.m. on Sunday. A statement from police says family members performed CPR on the boy after he was found unresponsive in the pool, but he was pronounced dead at Outer Banks Hospital.
A news release says the incident is under investigation. Police have not released any identities.