A New Castle teen has been charged for posting nude photos of a woman on social media. New Castle City Police have charged 18 year old Seth Heaney of Croton Avenue with unlawful dissemination of an intimate image. The victim told police that a friend also showed her screen shots of a Snapchat conversation with Heaney asking her to post the pictures on social media for money.
The U.S. Attorney’s office in Pittsburgh reports a New Castle doctor pleaded guilty to prescribing and distributing dangerous drugs, at federal court in Pittsburgh. 66 year old Dr. Thomas Ranieri pleaded guilty to 14 federal counts. Authorities say from January to June 2013, he prescribed and distributed quantities of drugs like oxycodone and fentanyl “outside the usual course of professional practice and without a legitimate medical purpose.” Ranieri will be sentenced in January. He faces up to 20 years in prison, a $1 million fine or both.
A man from Mount Lebanon will be in a Beaver County courtroom Monday after being accused of hitting a coworker with a metal pipe several times. Murat Kapitonov is free on 25-thousand-dollars bail following the alleged attack at Champion Concrete on 12th Street July 23rd. According to Midland police, the 42-year-old reportedly hit Dilyavar Oslamov during an argument over a work truck. Kapitonov told police he only hit Oslamov to defend himself.
AN ALIQUIPPA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE EXPLAINED HIS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM TO THE ALIQUIPPA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
PennDOT District 11 is announcing daylight closures of Route 4033 (Wildwood Road) in Brighton Township, Beaver County will begin Thursday, August 22 weather permitting. Wildwood Road will close to through traffic between Constitution Boulevard (Route 51) and Dutch Ridge Road (Route 4018) from 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. daily through Sunday, August 25. Traffic will be detoured via Dutch Ridge Road, Bradys Run Road (Route 4012) and Route 51. Improvement work includes milling and paving, base repairs, drainage improvements, guide rail upgrades, pavement marking installation, shoulder repairs, widening and other miscellaneous construction activities.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2019
TODAY – SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
HIGH NEAR 80.
TONIGHT – A SHOWER OR TWO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT.
LOW – 56.
FRIDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 75.
SATURDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 76.
SUNDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 80.
(Beaver County, PA) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio! Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M. for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen. Find out what all the buzz is about by joining “The Best Of Beaver County”. Local Historian, and columnist in the Beaver County Times, Jeff Snedden, will be the featured guest later on today when the show commences at 11 A.M.
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SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Journalists are defending a small Oregon newspaper after a county attorney asked the sheriff to investigate whether a reporter broke the law by trying to get comments from a government official on a weekend. Staffers at the Malheur Enterprise, a weekly newspaper in the remote town of Vale, said they were just doing their job. Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe said Wednesday an inquiry determined no laws had been broken.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Can a governor be forced to live in the state capital? Just where West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice sleeps is being explored in a courtroom. The billionaire gets criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike for being absent from the statehouse as his family manages more than 100 private business interests. The state constitution says the governor “shall reside at the seat of government.” Justice’s lawyers are challenging the definition of the word “reside.”
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — President Donald Trump does not appreciate Denmark’s rejection of his idea to buy Greenland. The American leader told reporters that “all they had to say was, ‘No, we’d rather not do that.'” Instead, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the idea “an absurd discussion” and said she was “disappointed and surprised” that Trump canceled his Sept. 2-3 visit to Denmark in a tweet. Trump said her comments were “nasty,” adding “You don’t talk to the United States like that.”