(McConnells Mill State Park)
A third accident in the last of weeks has occurred at McConnells Mill State Park. On Monday A woman fell at the Kildoo Falls area and had to be airlifted to a Pittsburgh hospital.
Firefighters, EMS and park rangers worked to get the woman to safety. She had injuries to her leg and head.
Stormy weather puts damper on SpaceX’s 1st astronaut launch
By MARCIA DUNN AP Aerospace Writer
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Stormy weather is threatening to delay SpaceX’s first astronaut launch. A SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off Wednesday from Florida, carrying a Dragon capsule with NASA astronauts Doug Hurley and Bob Behnken to the International Space Station. It will be the first time astronauts launch from the U.S. in nine years and a first for a private company. Forecasters put the odds of acceptable weather at 40%. But that doesn’t include the need for favorable conditions all the way up the U.S. and Canadian coasts and across the sea to Ireland. The Dragon’s emergency escape system can kick in, if necessary, all the way to orbit.
Ex-Pirates infielder Kang banned 1 year by Korean league
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The Korean Baseball Organization has suspended ex-Pittsburgh Pirates infielder Jung Ho Kang for a year and ordered him to perform 300 hours of community service over a series of historical drunk driving cases. South Korea’s Yonhap news agency reports the suspension for Kang will come into effect when he joins a KBO team. He applied to come off the voluntarily retired list last week in a bid to return to the Korean league. Yonhap said the 33-year-old Kang was in the U.S. and didn’t attend Monday’s KBO disciplinary committee hearing. Kang was the first position player to jump directly from the KBO to the majors when he signed with Pittsburgh in 2015.
Trump honors war dead in events colored by pandemic’s threat
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — President Donald Trump honored America’s war dead in back-to-back Memorial Day appearances colored by an epic struggle off the battlefield, against the coronavirus. He’s eager to demonstrate national revival from the pandemic, and so he doubled up on his public schedule Monday. He appeared both at Arlington National Cemetery and at Fort McHenry in Baltimore. Trump also threatened to pull the Republican National Convention out of Charlotte in August unless North Carolina’s Democratic governor gives a quick green light to the party’s plans to assemble en masse. The U.S. death toll from the pandemic is close to 100,000.
(Beaver,Pa.) The Beaver County Commissioners released a Statment on an employee in the Assessment office who tested positive for the COVID-19 and the controversial circumstances surrounding it below is the the press release from the Commissioners.
On May 24th County Officials were informed an employee at the Courthouse has tested positive
for COVID-19. Officials have spent the last two days attempting to confirm the results of the
test and are reviewing video in an attempt to identify anyone this employee has come in close
contact with.
The employee was at work the week of May 11th through May 15th. The employee did not
come into work May 18th, May 19th, or May 20th. On May 21 they came into work, but left
halfway through the day. They did not work on May 22nd. We are being told a test was
administered on May 22nd and the results obtained on May 24th. Prior to May 24t, County
Officials were not aware this individual was being tested or was ill. Over the last 10 days, this
employee has physically been in the Courthouse approximately 4 hours.
Beginning tomorrow, County Officials will be doing temperature checks of employees in that
department where this employee worked. We have been in contact with the Department of
Health and awaiting further instruction from them.
It is disappointing knowing for months we have consistently emphasized to our employees that
if you are sick, stay home. We have allowed liberal use of our time off policies for that very
reason. We want to reinforce to our employees and to the public in general now that the the court house is open, when in doubt, don’t put others at risk, stay home.
Department of Health Provides Update on COVID-19, 473 Positives Bring Statewide Total to 68,186
Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania Department of Health today confirmed as of 12:00 a.m., May 25, that there are 473 additional positive cases of COVID-19, bringing the statewide total to 68,186. All 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19.
There are 5,139 total deaths attributed to COVID-19, an increase of 15 new deaths.
Locally in Beaver County we are at 568 positive cases of COVID-19, up 14 from yesterday. 3,406 people have tested Negative, and the county reports 72 deaths, no increase from yesterday.
There are 334,928 patients who have tested negative to date.
Of the patients who have tested positive to date the age breakdown is as follows:
Most of the patients hospitalized are ages 65 or older, and most of the deaths have occurred in patients 65 or older. More data is available here.
In nursing and personal care homes, there are 14,690 resident cases of COVID-19, and 2,471 cases among employees, for a total of 17,161 at 594 distinct facilities in 44 counties. Out of our total deaths, 3,379 have occurred in residents from nursing or personal care facilities. A county breakdown can be found here.
Approximately 5,140 of our total cases are in health care workers.
For the second time within a week, a body has been recovered from the Ohio River near Ambridge. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details:
Keselowski wins 600 to extend Johnson’s losing streak
By JENNA FRYER AP Auto Racing Writer
CONCORD, N.C. (AP) — Brad Keselowski extended Jimmie Johnson’s losing streak to 102 races by holding off the seven-time NASCAR champion in overtime early Monday in the Coca-Cola 600. Keselowski started in the back of the field, worked his way to the front at Charlotte Motor Speedway and gambled in not pitting when caution stopped Chase Elliott from winning with two laps remaining. Elliott pitted and Keselowski led a train of eight cars that stayed on the track. He lined up in front of Alex Bowman on the inside line with Johnson on the bottom ahead of Keselowski teammate Ryan Blaney. Keselowski got the push to get into clean air and denied Johnson a victory.
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine says wearing masks while in public during the coronavirus pandemic should not be a political issue. DeWine was reacting on NBC’s “Meet the Press” Sunday to North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum’s call for “support and encouragement” for those wearing masks since they may be protecting someone vulnerable to the virus. DeWine called those comments “spot on” and said “This is one time when we truly are all in this together.” DeWine earlier issued an order for people to wear masks while shopping in stores but then reversed himself, calling the order “a bridge too far.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has booked back-to-back Memorial Day appearances amid the coronavirus pandemic. Trump plans to participate in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery on Monday. Afterward, he will head to Baltimore to speak at Fort McHenry national monument. That’s where “The Star-Spangled Banner” was written. But Baltimore’s mayor is unhappy about Trump’s visit, saying it sets a bad example when many residents have been told to limit travel. Mayor Bernard C. “Jack” Young also says the city can’t afford the cost of a presidential visit when city revenue is declining because of the virus outbreak.