A correction to a story that Sandy Giordano had yesterday morning: Jessica Webster is the Hopewell Junior High School ASSISTANT principal (not principal, as was reproted)…and she is leaving the district effective June 30. Webster’s resignation was approved by the school board at Monday night’s work session. She is taking a new position at Carlow University.
A man is dead after jumping from the Rochester-Monaca Bridge over the weekend. The man was seen jumping Sunday morning and found shortly afterward. Police aren’t identifying the man but do implore anyone considering suicide to call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for help.
A GEORGETOWN MAN IS CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS EACH OF MAKING TERRORISTIC THREATS AND RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT…AFTER HE ALLEGEDLY PULLED A GUN IN A PARKING DISPUTE. POLICE SAY 28-YEAR-OLD JOHNNY RAY REED JUNIOR POINTED A GUN AT TWO PEOPLE AND THREATENED TO KILL THEM AFTER HE GOT ANGRY WAITING FOR THEM TO PARK.
A ROCHESTER MAN IS ACCUSED OF PULLING A KNIFE ON A WOMAN IN THE GIANT EAGLE PARKING LOT. 50-YEAR-OLD DEAN WEIS FACES ROBBERY AND OTHER CHARGES. POLICE SAY A WOMAN REPORTED THAT WEIS THREATENED HER WITH A KNIFE WHEN HE TRIED TO TAKE HER TRUCK ON MAY 5TH. A PRELIMINARY HEARING IS SCHEDULED FOR WEIS ON THURSDAY.
A Chippewa Township man is facing charges from two separate arrests on the same night earlier this month. Kristian Johnson is accused of drunken driving and spitting on a state trooper in South Beaver Township on May 4th. Just a few hours later, a South Beaver Township police officer was taking the 21-year-old home when Johnson slammed the door of the cruiser on the officer’s chest and right hand. Johnson’s preliminary hearing on the drunken driving charges is set for June 6th. That comes after a hearing Thursday on the assault charges.
AMBRIDGE COUNCIL HAS HIRED A PART-TIME POLICE OFFICER AND TWO PART-TIME FIREFIGHTERS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, MAY 15TH, 2019
TODAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN
SHOWER. HIGH NEAR 70.
TONIGHT – A FEW CLOUDS. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN
SHOWER. LOW – 51.
THURSDAY – INTERVALS OF CLOUDS AND SUNSHINE.
HIGH – 74.
Former President Jimmy Carter fell and broke his hip Monday morning and underwent surgery to repair the fracture. The Carter Center said the 39th U.S. president was going out turkey hunting when he fell at his home. He was hospitalized and had surgery after it was discovered that he broke a hip. Carter, 94, was said to be “recovering comfortably” at the Phoebe Sumter Medical Center in Americus, Georgia. Carter and his wife Rosalynn live in Plains, Georgia, roughly two-and-a-half hours south of Atlanta. The Carter Center said the former president was disappointed to suffer a broken bone just as he was preparing to leave his home for a turkey-hunting trip during the last week of the season.
MOSCOW (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says he has warned the Russian foreign minister against interference in the next American presidential election. Pompeo has said at a news conference after three hours of talks with Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov that “interference in American elections is unacceptable and if the Russians were engaged in that in 2020 it would put our relationship in an even worse place than it has been.” Pompeo also said that the United States wants to avoid war with Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is downplaying the escalating trade dispute between the U.S. and China as nothing more than “a little squabble” between friends. Trump says he thinks things will “turn out extremely well” because, “We’re in a very strong position.” Trade talks between the two countries have broken down, with U.S. officials listing $300 billion more in Chinese goods for possible tariff hikes Tuesday and Beijing vowing to “fight to the finish”