THIS JUST IN: IF YOU WERE LOOKING FORWARD TO PARTICIPATING IN THIS WEEKEND’S BEAVER COUNTY SNOW SHOVEL RIDING CHAMPIONSHIP, FORGET ABOUT IT – UNTIL 2020. THE EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED UNTIL NEXT YEAR. THE ANNOUNCEMENT CAME DOWN JUST AFTER NOON TODAY FROM BEAVER COUNTY DIRECTOR OF RECREATION AND TOURISM, TIM ISHMAN.
A year after the mass shooting in Parkland, Florida,one state Senator is calling for the passage of legislation that will make sure firearms are safely stored in people’s homes. Don Rooney has more….
THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONER’S RACE IS SHAPING UP TO BE ONE OF THE MOST CLOSELY WATCHED RACES IN THE UPCOMING MAY PRIMARY . ANOTHER CANDIDATE WHO RECENTLY THREW HIS HAT IN THE RING IS REPUBLICAN JACK MANNING, PRESIDENT AND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE BEAVER COUNTY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE. MANNING TELLS BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS THAT HE PLANS TO RUN AN INNOVATIVE CAMPAIGN, STARTING WITH A CATCHY CAMPAIGN SLOGAN – “I BACK JACK”…A THROWBACK TO A VERY SUCCESSFUL PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN SLOGAN FROM THE PAST:
MANNING SAYS HE PLANS TO RUN A VERY VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN…
MANNING SAYS HIS # 1 PRIORITY, IF ELECTED, WILL BE TO GROW BEAVER COUNTY’S POPULATION…
MANNING RECENTLY SAID IN AN INTERVIEW THAT HE WILL BRING SOME MUCH-NEEDED COMPETENCY TO THE COURTHOUSE. I ASKED MANNING IF THAT MEANS HE BELIEVES THE CURRENT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS IS INCOMPETENT…
I ASKED MANNING WHAT HE WOULD DO DIFFERENTLY IF ELECTED TO THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS…
I ASKED MANNING WHAT HE WOULD DO AS COMMISSIONER TO EXPAND BEAVER COUNTY’S POPULATION…
MANNING SAYS HIS MAJOR EMPHASIS AS COMMISSIONER WOULD BE HIS COMMITMENT TO FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND ENSURING THAT TAXES REMAIN LOW.
An Ambridge man faces a hearing on arson and other charges. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details…
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Many Pennsylvania workers may not have the skills they need to meet the requirements and challenges of today’s businesses. As Don Rooney reports, state leaders are trying to make sure workers are ready…
Two state senators are proposing a bill that would extend family medical leave rights. Senators Tom Killion and Andy Dinniman say their measure would provide up to six weeks of protected but unpaid leave for someone to care for a terminally ill family member, including a sibling, grandparent, or grandchild. Dinniman says they’re working to make this bill specific and as business friendly as possible.
A state lawmaker is pushing legislation aimed at preventing lawmakers who are convicted of breaking the law from keeping their pension. State Senator John DiSanto says he wants to revive a bill that passed the Senate but stalled in the House last year mandating crime reporting to the State Employees’ Retirement System and the Public School Employees’ Retirement System.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro says his office is still getting complaints about Verizon Communications. Shapiro filed a lawsuit last week saying the company didn’t deliver on promised incentives for some two-year contracts. Since filing the suit and receiving assurances from the company that the problems are behind them, Shapiro says he’s gotten dozens of calls saying that isn’t the case.
A New Brighton man says he’s one step closer to reopening a Beaver Falls wave pool Tyrone Zeigler says he’s raised the 15-grand needed to conduct a feasibility study outlining the work needed to reopen the Tigerland Wave Pool. The Beaver County Times says the study is a requirement for any grant the 40-year-old may apply for to fund the work. The pool closed in 2002 because the needed repairs were said to be too expensive. Zeigler believes it will take at least 500-grand to reopen the pool.
The Beaver County Commissioners are approving the purchase of new Tasers for its county deputies. On Wednesday, the commissioners gave the green light to the purchase of 41 new Tasers for 68-thousand-dollars. Currently, the deputies have six working tasers that were purchased in either 2007 or 2014.