Cleaning up the streets of Ambridge…and getting ready for the closure of the Sewickley Bridge. Just two of the items of business for Ambridge Council this week. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Aliquippa Mayor Dwan Walker is endorsing Joe Biden in the Democratic presidential primary… after his first choice, Mike Bloomberg, dropped out earlier this month. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Several local universities have canceled face-to-face classes due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Geneva College- Spring break will be extended Wednesday, March 18. On Thursday, March 19, most classes will resume via online delivery formats until at least Monday, March 30. Click here for more information.

Penn State Beaver will move to online instruction starting March 16. This will last until Friday, April 3, and they plan to resume in-person classes Monday, April 6, at the earliest. Click here for more information.

Robert Morris University- Starting March 16, RMU will conduct all classes online or through alternative instructional methods through April 27. In order to allow faculty members time to prepare, all classes are canceled Thursday and Friday.

Slippery Rock University- University officials have extended spring break by two weeks — until March 29. This pertains to on-campus students only. All online students will resume classes as scheduled March 16.

FAWN, Pa. (AP) — A high school student who struck and seriously injured a younger teen with a crowbar after the other boy struck him with it first must stand trial on attempted homicide and aggravated assault charges. A judge made the decision Wednesday after prosecutors argued that the 17-year-old student crossed a line between self-defense and attempted homicide when he didn’t stop the March 3 street brawl in Fawn after disarming the 14-year-old. His public defender had argued his client’s actions did not rise to that level where those charges were warranted. Authorities have not said what the two boys were arguing about.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Cases of the new coronavirus crept into a new county in Pennsylvania as Penn State and at least a dozen other schools moved classes online while St. Patrick’s Day parades in Philadelphia, Scranton and Pittsburgh were canceled. Bucks County confirmed its first two cases of COVID-19. That helped boost the statewide total to at least 16 confirmed cases. Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration is telling state workers to avoid out-of-state business travel and large gatherings. Philadelphia officials are urging people not to attend events of more than 5,000 attendees, and Penn State encouraged its 76,000 students to stay home the next three weeks.

(Photos of EMS Director Eric Brewer, The Beaver County Commissioners and Planning Director Joe West, taken by Sandy Giordano)

The Beaver County Emergency Services Direcctor was recognized by PEMA at this morning’s Beaver County Commissioners meeting at the courthouse.
Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 12TH, 2020

 

TODAY – GENERALLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 63.

TONIGHT – RAIN SHOWERS IN THE EVENING WILL EVOLVE
INTO A MORE STEADY RAIN OVERNIGHT.
LOW – 53.

FRIDAY – SOME CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE WAY
TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES IN THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 57.

SATURDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 45.

SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 50.