WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MAY 2ND, 2019
TODAY – CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
HIGH – 78.
TONIGHT – SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF A THUNDERSTORM.
LOW – 63.
FRIDAY – THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH NEAR 70.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 66.
SUNDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH – 67.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction, less than a day before he was due to turn himself in to begin serving a jail sentence. The decision Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton, Pennsylvania, gave state prosecutors three months to retry Spanier under the state’s 1995 child endangerment law, the version in place in 2001.
Ocean City, NJ (AP) – Two water-filled test dummies fell off the GaleForce roller coaster at Playland’s Castaway Cove and crashed into a hotel roof, causing damage to the roof. The theme park’s vice president insists the problem was with the test dummies and not the roller coaster which remains in operation. No one was hurt during the incident.
ELDERBERRY COURT IN AMBRIDGE HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A Beaver County road rage suspect is facing a host of charges after leading police on a high-speed chase. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has the latest details in this updated report. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A Beaver County state lawmaker was among the legislators who have unveiled “Energize PA,” which is being called a pro-growth, pro-jobs legislative package that will create jobs and redevelop infrastructure with no new fees or taxes. Several House Republican bill sponsors spoke at a Capitol press conference this week in Harrisburg about the package that is designed to create jobs, re-use abandoned manufacturing sites, and streamline permitting processes for brownfields and other sites. State Rep. Josh Kail is the prime sponsor of a bill in this package…
EAST ROCHESTER MAYOR BOB KNOX IS URGING ALL BOROUGH RESIDENTS WHOSE PROPERTY WAS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED FROM THE VIOLENT STORMS THAT WREAKED HAVOC ON THE BORO TWO WEEKENDS AGO…TO COME TO TONIGHT’S COUNCIL MEETING:
AS FAR AS WHERE AND WHEN THE COUNCIL MEETING WILL BE HELD, HERE’S EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW…
AGAIN…THAT’S TONIGHT AT 7PM…AT THE LACOCK DWELLING COMMUNITY BUILDING IN EAST ROCHESTER.
An Independence Township man is accused of assaulting his wife and two E-M-T’s in March. Brian Brown is facing drunken driving, terroristic threats, and other charges for the March 27th incidents that ended in the 400-block of Independence Road. Brown is accused of being combative with first responders following a crash, then police found his wife had suffered minor injuries during a domestic dispute back at his apartment on Village Road. Brown’s preliminary hearing is set for May 20th.
Two people are behind bars and thousands of dollars in drugs are off the street after a raid in Ambridge. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has new details in this updated report…
Roughly a week after learning that the county owes nearly $400,000 to the IRS, an update on the situation was given by County Solicitor Garen Fedeles during the Commissioners’ weekly work session. Matt Drzik was there and has this report: