PITTSBURGH (AP) — Artwork valued in the thousands of dollars was stolen from several artists at Pittsburgh’s Three Rivers Arts Festival. The thefts occurred between Saturday night and Sunday morning. The artists arrived to find their works gone. The festival has 24-hour security and it’s not clear how some of the larger pieces were stolen without anyone noticing.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — With strong tax collections oiling the gears, Gov. Tom Wolf and top lawmakers are working under the hood of a new spending plan as they head into the final weeks before lawmakers break for summer. Front and center is an approximately $34 billion budget package that’s expected to pass before July 1. Meanwhile, the Democratic governor is pressing Republicans to take up at least a couple of his top agenda items before they leave the Capitol until September.
A third alligator has been found in a Pittsburgh neighborhood in less than a month. According to police, this one was found on a porch of a home in the 300 block of East Agnew Street in Carrick around 6:15 p.m. Police said they got the alligator into a box and took it to the Zone 3 Police Station, where they called animal control officers. Animal control then took the alligator to the Humane Animal Rescue in the East End. Police are investigating but say it appears to be unrelated to the previous two alligator incidents. The alligator was around 2 1/2 feet long. On Thursday, a five-foot long alligator was captured in Beechview. Back in May, a family who was fishing along the Monongahela River spotted an alligator.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The looming end of a business relationship between Pittsburgh-based health care giants hangs in the balance during a hearing before a state judge. Commonwealth Court Judge Robert Simpson plans to issue a decision this week about whether a consent decree involving Highmark Health and UPMC can be extended past its June 30 termination date. Its expiration will trigger higher costs for Highmark insurance customers who use UPMC’s network of providers.
THE ALIQUIPPA HIGH SCHOOL PRINCIPAL HAS ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)
NEW BEAVER, Pa. (AP) — State police say one person was killed when a train and a vehicle collided on the tracks in Lawrence County. The accident occurred early today in New Beaver. The vehicle was crossing the tracks when it collided with a Norfolk Southern train. The driver apparently was alone in the vehicle. The name of the person killed was not disclosed. It wasn’t known how many people were on the train, but no further injuries were reported.
TRAFFIC ALERT: PennDOT District 11 is announcing replacement work on the Chapel Drive (Route 1005) culvert over a branch of the Connoquenessing Creek in North Sewickley Township, will begin today, weather permitting. Beginning at approximately 7 a.m., a portion of Chapel Drive between Mercer Road (Route 65) and Harpers Ferry Road (Route 1012) will close to traffic around-the-clock through late August. PennDOT crews will conduct culvert replacement work. All traffic will be detoured.
Posted Detour
West of the Culvert
East of the Culvert
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, JUNE 10TH, 2019
TODAY – RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING WITH NUMEROUS
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 77.
TONIGHT – SLIGHT CHANCE OF A SHOWER THROUGHOUT
THE EVENING. BECOMING MOSTLY CLEAR
AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW – 51.
TUESDAY – SUNSHINE. HIGH – 74.
Today marks the start of road construction on 7th Avenue in Beaver Falls. Pennsylvania Department of Transportation will be turning the four lane street into just two lanes over the upcoming months. Beaver County Radio News intern, Christina Sainovich has more…
Story by Beaver County Radio Staff. Photos by Frank Sparks and Mark Peterson.
(Beaver Falls, PA) An estimated 3,000 cars roared through Beaver Falls on a beautiful June Saturday afternoon as near perfect conditions led to one of the biggest turn outs for the annual Beaver Falls Car Cruise ever. Beaver County Radio did a live broadcast from 12 noon to 7 P.M. and the personality prize wheel was in full swing as many tried but only a select few won an awesome prize. WBVP-WMBA show hosts and announcers including Frank Sparks, Matt Drzik, Bob Barrickman and Pat Septak, along with other radio station staffers, participated in the live broadcast from 7th Avenue in Beaver Falls.
The cruise featured over 30 food vendors and many more booths providing information about many local Beaver County nonprofit organizations.
The highlight of the day was a special veterans parade that happened in the opening ceremonies. Service men and women from World War II, Vietnam, Korea, Desert Storm and Afghanistan were honored during the special ceremony that kicked off the festivities at noon on Saturday.
The Beaver Falls Car Cruise was organized by the Beaver Falls Car Cruise Committee with Steve Peterson, Tom Gargaro and Sam Florida serving as Co-Chairmen. Prior to the cruise, the three men along with Brian McNeely and Bob Pusateri posed for a picture last week with their cars at one of the event main sponsors, Ron Lewis Ford Kia in Beaver Falls.
Pictures from the Beaver Falls Car Cruise:
