WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, JANUARY 14TH, 2019

 

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 33.

TONIGHT – A FEW CLOUDS. LOW – 16.

TUESDAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY AFTERNOON
SUNSHINE. HIGH NEAR 30.

TWO PEOPLE WERE WERE INJURED IN A THREE-VEHICLE CRASH THAT OCCURED IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

THE FATE OF A BEAVER FALLS FATHER ON TRIAL FOR ALLEGEDLY BEATING HIS 4-MONTH-OLD BABY…IS NOW IN THE HANDS OF A JURY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

THREE ALIQUIPPA GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PLAYERS HAVE BEEN HONORED…AS WE HEAR IN THIS REPORT FROM BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

As a gesture of appreciation to more than 200 federal employees working at Pittsburgh International Airport and Allegheny County Airport without pay due to the ongoing government shutdown, the Allegheny County Airport Authority will distribute free lunches to them throughout Friday. The Airport Authority has joined with Bruegger’s Bagels to provide bagged lunches that include a sandwich, chips, cookie and drink on all shifts for workers including TSA agents and FAA air traffic controllers who are essential to airport safety and security and to keeping operations running smoothly 24/7 at Pittsburgh International and Allegheny County Airport in West Mifflin. A table will be set up on the landside ticketing level at 10 a.m. where airport staff will distribute some of the lunches. Lunches will also be delivered to air traffic controllers and other tower workers at AGC. The Airport Authority plans to continue providing the lunches on Fridays to federal workers until the government is reopen.

A 55-year-old man is accused of sexually assaulting two girls less than 16-years-old at a Beaver Falls home. Kenneth Stewart is accused of assaulting one of the girls last fall and the other on her 13th birthday. Stewart is a registered sex offender in West Virginia.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 11TH, 2019

 

TODAY – A FEW FLURRIES POSSIBLE WITH SOME CLOUDS
THIS MORNING. SOME SUNSHINE THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 30.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 21.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING
DURING THE AFTERNOON. SNOW
ACCUMULATION LESS THAN ONE INCH.
HIGH – 31.

SUNDAY – OVERCAST. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 35.

 

 

 

 

 

The first public Commissioners’ meeting was held on Thursday morning at the County Courthouse, and as expected, one commissioner stood their ground against several resolutions once again. Matt Drzik was at the meeting and has this report:

THIS WEEKEND’S BEAVER COUNTY SNOW SHOVEL RIDING CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN MOVED TO NEXT SATURDAY – JANUARY 19TH, WEATHER PERMITTING. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT OLD ECONOMY PARK, JUST OFF ROUTE 989 IN ECONOMY BOROUGH. ANYONE CAN CENTER AND THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE. REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT IS HELD ON THE SATURDAY OF THE EVENT AT 11 AM TO 12 NOON IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT THE PARK ACROSS FROM THE BARN. BEAVER COUNTY RECREATION & TOURISM DIRECTOR TIM ISHMAN SAYS A DECISION EACH WEEK IS MADE BEFORE 12 NOON EACH THURSDAY.