THE BEAVER COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONEERS IS CONSIDERING REPAIRS TO THE MAIN ROAD OF BRUSH CREEK PARK, WHICH HAS HAD SEVERAL POTHOLES FOR A WHILE. AN UNIDENTIFIED COMPANY HAD INQUIRED ABOUT SPONSORING A DOG PARK, BUT COMMISSIONERS THINK THE ROAD WOULD NEED TO BE REPAIRED FOR EASIER ACCESS. SINCE THE COUNTY’S ROAD BUDGET IS ALMOST DRAINED, SEVERAL OPTIONS HAVE BEEN PROPOSED, AND ONE WILL BE CHOSEN AFTER SOLICITOR, GAREN FEDELES DETERMINES HOW MUCH MONEY IS AVAILABLE.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says a recent launch of ballistic missiles was meant to send a warning to the Washington and Seoul over their ongoing joint military exercises. North Korea has conducted four rounds of weapons tests in two weeks, with state media saying the most recent Tuesday were supervised by leader Kim Jong Un. The launches come amid a stalemate in nuclear negotiations with the U.S. Though the tests are prohibited by the U.N., U.S. President Donald Trump has dismissed their significance.

UNDATED (AP) — The weekend shooting massacre that killed 22 people in El Paso, Texas, happened in a city that’s sometimes called the “Ellis Island” of the border. Many Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado and beyond can trace their families’ roots to El Paso. The white gunman is believed to have written an anti-Hispanic rant before opening fire with an AK-47 on Walmart shoppers. Many of the victims were Latino.

DAYTON, Ohio (AP) — Dayton, Ohio Mayor Nan Whaley is questioning whether President Donald Trump’s visit to her city on Wednesday will help following the weekend mass shooting that left nine people dead. Whaley says, “I can only hope that as president of the United States that he’s coming here because he wants to add value to our community and he recognizes that that’s what our community needs.” Trump will also visit El Paso, Texas, where a weekend shooting killed 22 people.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The sites of the recent mass shootings in Ohio and Texas are preparing for a presidential visit. White House officials say President Donald Trump will bring a message of national unity and healing to Dayton and El Paso on Wednesday as the communities grieve for 31 killed and dozens wounded in weekend shootings. Some El Paso residents are not welcoming the president, casting him as a flawed messenger given his own divisive language and anti-immigrant rhetoric.

A new marijuana dispensary is set to open in Aliquippa in 2020. Here is Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano with more details…

Today- CLOUDY EARLY WITH SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 80.

TONIGHT- A FEW CLOUDS. A STRAY SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW 64

TOMORROW- SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING, THEN CLOUDY DURING THE AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HIGH 81

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s top prosecutor says investigations remain underway after 1,862 calls were made to his office’s clergy abuse hotline in the past 12 months. The hotline was set up as his office released a landmark grand jury report exposing decades of child abuse within the state’s Roman Catholic dioceses. Attorney General Josh Shapiro said Tuesday about 90 percent of those calls concerned allegations of abuse or cover-ups within the Catholic church.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Bullying, self-harm and suicide are the most common concerns fielded during the first half-year of operation for a new threat reporting system that covers Pennsylvania schools. The state attorney general’s office says the Safe 2 Say Something program generated more than 23,000 tips between mid-January and the end of June. The report says about 1,300 tips were determined to be pranks.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities rescued three people after a barge struck a boat on the Ohio River in Pittsburgh. The crash happened around 12:15 a.m. Tuesday near the city’s West End Bridge. There are reports of several injuries, but the extent is not known.