CLINTONVILLE, Pa. (AP) — State police say a logging truck struck a horse-drawn Amish buggy in northwestern Pennsylvania over the weekend, killing two people and sending three others to hospitals. Police in Venango County who were called to the scene just after 3 p.m. Sunday said the eastbound truck struck the buggy in Irwin Township. Police say a family of five was riding in the buggy, and a woman and a juvenile male were dead at the scene. A man was flown to St. Elizabeth Hospital in Youngstown, Ohio and a juvenile female to Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh. Another juvenile male was treated and released.

A child and driver were injured in an accident on Route 51 late last night. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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Heavily redacted documents from a cyber-charter school show huge expenditures for lobbying and advertising, but Pennsylvania’s charter schools law lets charters hide details of how those schools are spending taxpayer money. Andrea Sears reports…

How does the public feel about the idea of self-driving cars? A new Triple-A survey finds that only 12 percent of drivers would feel safe riding in a car that drives itself. Beaver County Radio’s Diane Brosius has more…

Police are investigating a robbery in Ambridge last night. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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Beaver County Radio News continues its series on the candidates running for office in the state legislature and senate races. This morning we speak with Monaca Democrat Stephen Krizan, who is running to challenge Republican state Senator Elder Vogel Junior in the 47th Senatorial district. Krizan tells Beaver County Radio News that the reason he’s running is to help extend state funding to those constituents that need it the most…

While Krizan applauds Senator Vogel’s efforts to help the farmers in our area, there are other residents throughout the district that he says could use extra funding from the state…

Krizan says he has a lot of experience in dealing with unions, transportation and education…

Krizan says he has several goals he’d like to accomplish in the 47th district…

 

A Harmony Township man has a hearing tomorrow morning in Beaver County Central Court…after being arrested for drug offenses. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, MARCH 9TH, 2020

 

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY THEN INCREASING CLOUDINESS
THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH – 65.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN OVERNIGHT.
LOW – 52.

TUESDAY – CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN. HIGH – 57.

2 more test positive for new coronavirus in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG. Pa. (AP) — Health officials in Pennsylvania have announced two more presumptive cases of the new coronavirus, making a total of six in the commonwealth so far. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said the two new cases announced Sunday are in adults in Montgomery County, in addition to two other Montgomery County cases announced Saturday. All four are described as having mild symptoms and are in isolation at home. On Friday, officials confirmed the first two cases, one adult in Delaware County and one in northeastern Pennsylvania’s Wayne County, both also described as mild cases of people in isolation in their homes.

Oil plunges 20% as another virus-fueled trading week begins
NEW YORK (AP) — Oil prices are plunging as a dispute among producers could lead a global economy weakened by COVID-19 to be awash in an oversupply of crude. Brent crude, the international standard, lost $9.50, or 20.1%, to $35.77 per barrel, as of 7:58 p.m. Eastern time on Sunday after earlier touching its lowest price since 2016. The dramatic losses follow a 10.1% drop for U.S. oil on Friday, which was its biggest loss in more than five years. Prices are falling amid worries that producers won’t cut supplies enough to match falling demand. COVID-19 has hit travel and threatens to slow economies around the world.