A DUI CHECKPOINT WAS HELD ALONG BIG BEAVER BOULEVARD OVER THE WEEKEND. STATE POLICE TELL US THE CHECKPOINT INCLUDED 7 DUI ARRESTS AND NUMEROUS TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS.

A Freedom man has pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. 25 year old Adam Hosie, pleaded guilty to one count before Senior United States District Judge Joy Flowers Conti. The court said Hosie possessed images and videos in computer graphic files, the production of which involved the use of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct, some of whom had not yet attained 12 years of age. Sentencing is set for January 9 of next year. The law provides for a total sentence of 10 years in prison, a fine of $250,000, or both.

Ambridge police are charging a 45-year-old man with burglary and theft for a cell phone store break in. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, SEPT. 23RD, 2019

 

TODAY – SHOWERS THIS MORNING. THEN SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING DURING THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 73.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 54.

TUESDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 72.

(Center Township, PA)  It  isn’t just business as usual at Abbey Carpet And Floors in Center Township.  For two big days,  Monday, September 23rd and Tuesday September 24th, save up to 25% on your next purchase from Abbey Carpet and Floors, Beaver Valley’s premier flooring and decor retailer. Installation is also Available.

September Sale – 2 big Days!

Abbey Carpet and Floors only has sales of this magnitude twice a year, so don’t miss it!  Sale hours on Monday and Tuesday are 9 to 7 P.M.  Everything from Mediterranean style tile to popular stain master carpet  to Abbey Carpet And Floors’ huge selection of carpet remnants are all sale priced for the two remaining days of the September Sale.

Monday and Tuesday only!

 

9A-7P both days!

Call 724-375-1925.  Showroom location: 105 Pleasant Drive, Aliquippa, PA 15001.

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(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Regardless of race, gender, age, or political party–hundreds of citizens gathered at the Beaver County Courthouse on the morning of September 20 to show their support and passion to keep nuclear energy jobs in Beaver County and across Pennsylvania and America alike.

The rally came on the day of the official shutdown of the Three Mile Island Unit 1 Plant in Dauphin County, which led to the termination of nearly 700 jobs alone. Such job losses could come to Beaver County soon enough as well, as local politicians are struggling to keep the Beaver Valley units in Shippingport remaining in operation.

In that vein, the workers, supporters, and dignitaries that rallied at the Courthouse focused on what the jobs in these plants provide in the community, and how the economy flows through the continued income these workers receive. South Side Beaver superintendent Alan Fritz spoke about how that motivation makes for a “simple” American Dream:

 

Fritz was far from the only one who had these values engrained in their speeches. Beaver Valley plant lead instructor Amy Bowan spoke on behalf of her coworkers at the rally, saying that the money they earn goes back to the local businesses and restaurants:

 

PA Central Labor Council president Darrin Kelly agreed with his fellow speakers, upping the rhetorical ante by calling out Harrisburg and federal politicians for their neglect of nuclear power maintenance:

 

County Commissioner Tony Amadio spoke on behalf of his board (Dan Camp and Sandie Egley flanked him on either side), talking about how much is produced by the Beaver Valley plant:

 

But perhaps no speaker spoke as passionately about the need to keep these jobs as State Representative Rob Matzie, whose nature of explaining the fuel behind employment took almost a fiery reverence:

 

Despite these cries though, it will ultimately be up to politicians in Harrisburg (and Washington) to come up with a solution. Otherwise the Beaver Valley Nuclear Power Station will set to close for good in 2021.

For photos from the rally (including all of the speakers), check out the gallery below!

NEW YORK (AP) — Several thousand protesters _ many of them high school age or younger _ are marching to the Capitol building in Washington. They are carrying signs that read: “There is no Planet B” and “This can’t wait until I finish school.” Many of the young protesters spoke bitterly about the inability of their parents’ generation to seriously confront the growing climate change threat.