A delegation comprised of Beaver County and municipal officials met with representatives from the Mount Airy Casino Resort in northeastern Pennsylvania on Wednesday about the possibility of bringing a mini-casino to Beaver County. The Beaver County Times is reporting The delegation traveled across the state Wednesday and returned last night. In a statement, officials said, the meeting with Mount Airy’s owners and management was described as “informative.” No timeline was given on when Mount Airy officials might make their decision. Wherever the mini-casino is eventually constructed, it will have to be within a 15-mile radius of New Castle. That’s because when Mount Airy submitted a successful bid for the casino license in February, it was stipulated that it would be built near New Castle.

THE BLACKHAWK AND THE MOON AREA SCHOOL DISTRICTS HAVE PLANNED ORGANIZED WALKOUTS AND PROGRAMS ABOUT SCHOOL SAFETY TODAY.
IT’S ALL PART OF A DAYLONG NATIONAL SCHOOL WALKOUT. AT 10:00 THIS MORNING, STUDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY WILL WALK OUT OF THEIR CLASSROOMS AND OBSERVE 13 SECONDS OF SILENCE. WHY 13? WELL, TODAY MARKS 19 YEARS SINCE 12 TEENAGERS AND ONE TEACHER WERE SHOT AND KILLED BY TWO OF THEIR CLASSMATES AT COLUMBINE HIGH SCHOOL IN LITTLETON, COLORADO. IT WAS THE DEADLIEST HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING UNTIL 17 WERE KILLED FEBRUARY 14TH IN PARKLAND, FLORIDA. A THIRD AREA WALKOUT IS SCHEDULED AT THE BEAVER COUNTY COUNTY COURTHOUSE TODAY, BUT NO AFFILIATION IS LISTED.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 20TH, 2018

TODAY – SUNNY. HIGH – 51.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW NEAR 30.

SATURDAY – SOME SUN IN THE MORNING WITH
INCREASING CLOUDS DURING THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 56.

SUNDAY – INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
HIGH – 61.

A couple made it out safely after a fire consumed their Hanover Township home this morning. Investigators said the fire started at a home in the 200 block of Pleasant Hills Road in  just before 8:30 a.m. When fire crews arrived on the scene, the house was fully engulfed in flames. Heavy smoke was also pouring out of the home. Firefighters say an elderly couple made it out of the house, but the older man suffered minor injuries. The home is a total loss, since the roof caved in. No word on what caused the fire.

ATTENTION ALL RESIDENTS, BUSINESSES AND PROPERTY OWNERS IN HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP…BETTER MAKE SURE YOU HAVE YOUR ADDRESS OR HOUSE NUMBER PROPERLY POSTED. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDNAO EXPLAINS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Closing arguments may begin this morning…with deliberations starting by afternoon…in an Aliquippa double-homicide trial. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has been covering the trial at the county courthouse…

 

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2018

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH SNOW SHOWERS THIS MORNING.
HIGH – 42.

TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. LOW AROUND 30.

FRIDAY – SOME CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE WAY
TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 51.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY. HIGH – 57.

SUNDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 62.

Community College of Beaver County hosted their annual Job and Career Fair on Wednesday April 28th from 10:00 A.M. to 2:00 P.M. With over 100 Companies in attendance, it was a great opportunity for people to bring their resumes and find future employment.

Take a look at some of the pictures from the event below.

The ground around the pedestrian footbridge at Bradys Run Park is collapsing and public works director Dan Colville told Beaver County Commissioners Dan Camp and Sandie Egley that he considers it an emergency repair situation. Camp and Egley agreed to add repairing the ground as part of the new pedestrian bridge project. Commissioner Tony Amadio is away on vacation. A sandstone wall will stabilize the ground and Jet Contractors say the work will cost 60 thousand dollars. A resolution authorizing the contract add on will be presented for final approval at next Thursday’s commissioners meeting.,

BREAKING NEWS: THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS – MINUS THE VACATIONING TONY AMADIO – HEARD SOME DISTURBING NEWS CENTERING AROUND BRADY’S RUN PARK. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…

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