(Photo # 1 – Bill Vinovich – Chris Shovlin Midland Sports HOF 07-05-19, courtesy of Chris Shovlin)

Bill Vinovich III, formerly of Midland, will be the lead referee in Super Bowl XLV on Sunday. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

(Photo # 2 – Bill Vinovich III -AGE 2 – Bill Vinovich, Jr, courtesy of Chris Shovlin)

(Photo # 3 – Bill Vinovich Sr – Bill Vinovich III – Bill Vinovich IV – Bill Vinovich Jr – circa 1989, courtesy of Chris Shovlin)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The mother of a man convicted in the shooting death of a Pennsylvania police officer has been convicted of helping him elude police in the days after the 2017 shooting. Sherry Holt was found guilty Thursday of hindering apprehension following a nonjury trial. The 49-year-old Pittsburgh resident faces up to seven years in prison when she’s sentenced April 23. Her son, Rahmael Sal Holt, was sentenced to death last year after he was convicted of first-degree murder in the slaying of New Kensington officer Brian Shaw. He was fatally shot after an attempted traffic stop on Nov. 17, 2017.

A new poll suggests Pennsylvania is ready for a new commander in chief. The Franklin and Marshall College poll shows 57-percent of registered voters in the state want President Trump out of office. The findings are based on a survey of 292 Democrats, 251 Republicans and 85 independents. Former Vice President Joe Biden still leads among Democrats for the nomination, though he is down by at least ten-percent from the last poll in October. The poll also notes Trump’s favorability rating in the state is similar to former President Barack Obama’s before his successful re-election campaign.

Pennsylvania anglers don’t have to wear their fishing license on them while fishing anymore. The state Fish and Boat Commission announced their board has approved the removal of the long-standing regulation. The change says anglers must still carry the license with them to present to law enforcement upon request. State officials say they hope the amendment means less worry over losing a license and the cost to replace it.

GLENSHAW, Pa. (AP) — Authorities have rescued an 11-year-old girl and her dog after they went over a hillside and became stuck in Glenshaw. Veronica Lavsa ran after her Golden Retriever named Penny after the dog got loose from the house and fell approximately 200 feet over a hill on Thursday night. Lavsa tells KDKA-TV she jumped from tree to tree until she reached the dog, but the two could not make it up the hill. Her brother called police. Shaler Township police posted on Facebook that fire and EMS units assisted Lavsa up first and then Penny. Police say neither appeared injured.

An Ambridge man faces a hearing in connection with a shooting in Aliquippa earlier this month. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has the story. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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The search for a missing New Castle woman has a tragic ending. Police say a volunteer search party found the body of 39-year-old Sabrina Salamon yesterday around 4pm, in a yard near Arlington and Long avenues. Salamon was reported missing on December 20th. Autopsy results are pending.

A Hopewell Township man is going to prison for sexually assaulting a child. Trent Talbert was sentenced yesterday to up to five years behind bars after he pleaded guilty to aggravated indecent assault and child endangering. The former Washington County Sheriff’s Deputy has admitted to assaulting the victim at his Hopewell Township home between 2016 and 2018.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 31ST, 2020

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS DEVELOPING FOR
THE AFTERNOON. SNOW ACCUMULATION LESS
THAN ONE INCH. HIGH – 38.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS
AROUND THIS EVENING. SNOW ACCUMULATION
LESS THAN ONE INCH. LOW – 28.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MORNING. A FEW SNOW
SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATER IN THE DAY.
HIGH NEAR 40.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 47.