Five people are recovering from a BB gun shooting while attending a wedding in Butler. Police arrested a juvenile accused of firing the shots Friday as the crowd was gathered for the wedding ceremony. The young suspect was taking into custody and charges are pending. The five victims suffered minor injuries.
A man from Rochester is accused of fighting with his neighbor over a dog. Terry Foster is facing assault charges following the altercation with Tricina Hill. The man reportedly grabbed the woman by the neck as she acted like she was going to kick his dog that got into her yard. Then, the 62-year-old Foster reportedly threw her to the ground and kicked her in the face. Hill reportedly bit Foster in self-defense. Foster’s preliminary hearing is set for June 27th.
National Cleanup efforts resume today where tornadoes touched down in western Pennsylvania. Weather Service officials confirmed yesterday that an EF-1 twister with 105-mile-per-hour winds roared through parts of Butler and Armstrong counties. The hardest-hit area was in Parker, where the storm damaged houses and uprooted trees, but no injuries were reported.
AN ALIQUIPPA MAN HAS BEEN ARRAIGNED ON CHARGES THAT HE ASSAULTED A FEMALE MAIL CARRIER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 18TH, 2019
*** FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR BEAVER COUNTY UNTIL 2AM WEDNESDAY ***
TODAY – RAIN SHOWERS WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS ARRIVING FOR THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 77.
TONIGHT – VARIABLE CLOUDS WITH SHOWERS AND
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS MORE
NUMEROUS THIS EVENING. LOW – 64.
WEDNESDAY – MIXED CLOUDS AND SUN WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH – 81.
NEW YORK (AP) — Heiress, designer and romantic Gloria Vanderbilt has died at 95. A young Vanderbilt was the center of a sensational custody dispute during the Great Depression. She later reigned during the 1970s and ’80s as a designer jeans queen and was the mother of CNN anchor Anderson Cooper.
The Pennsylvania House has adopted State Representative Rob Matzie’s Pollinator Week resolution. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
PennDOT District 11 is announcing restrictions on the bridge that carries Route 588 over the Beaver River in Eastvale Borough and the City of Beaver Falls will occur today through Wednesday, June 19 weather permitting. Single-lane closures will occur as needed in each direction on the bridge from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day. Crews from TranSystems will conduct routine inspection activities. Motorists are advised to use caution, slow down, and be prepared for changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area. Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility. Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 950 traffic cameras.
State House Speaker Mike Turzai (R-Allegheny) was joined by a group of lawmakers in Susquehanna County on Friday to promote House Bill 1103, designed to make natural gas equally available to manufacturers throughout the Commonwealth. The bill is part of the Energize PA package of legislation, crafted to boost the impact of natural gas being extracted from wells in Pennsylvania in both the energy production and manufacturing sectors…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Authorities in Philadelphia say a man has been killed and five other people were wounded in a shooting at a graduation party. It’s not yet known what sparked the shooting, which occurred around 10 p.m. Sunday. Authorities say a 24-year-old man who was shot in the back died at a hospital. Four teenagers were shot in the legs or ankles and were in stable condition. A 21-year-old man was shot in his elbow and was also stable.