AN ALIQUIPPA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE EXPLAINED HIS YOUTH EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM TO THE ALIQUIPPA SCHOOL BOARD LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
PennDOT District 11 is announcing daylight closures of Route 4033 (Wildwood Road) in Brighton Township, Beaver County will begin Thursday, August 22 weather permitting. Wildwood Road will close to through traffic between Constitution Boulevard (Route 51) and Dutch Ridge Road (Route 4018) from 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. daily through Sunday, August 25. Traffic will be detoured via Dutch Ridge Road, Bradys Run Road (Route 4012) and Route 51. Improvement work includes milling and paving, base repairs, drainage improvements, guide rail upgrades, pavement marking installation, shoulder repairs, widening and other miscellaneous construction activities.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 22ND, 2019
TODAY – SHOWERS AND SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS.
STORMS MAY CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
HIGH NEAR 80.
TONIGHT – A SHOWER OR TWO POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
WITH PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES OVERNIGHT.
LOW – 56.
FRIDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 75.
SATURDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 76.
SUNDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 80.
(Beaver County, PA) The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio! Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 A.M. for “The Best of Beaver County”, an innovative radio program on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in local neighborhoods, and the people that are making it happen. Find out what all the buzz is about by joining “The Best Of Beaver County”. Local Historian, and columnist in the Beaver County Times, Jeff Snedden, will be the featured guest later on today when the show commences at 11 A.M.
A live video stream of this week’s edition of “The Best Of Beaver County” can be viewed on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon from the St. Barnabas Studio on Beaver County Radio.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Journalists are defending a small Oregon newspaper after a county attorney asked the sheriff to investigate whether a reporter broke the law by trying to get comments from a government official on a weekend. Staffers at the Malheur Enterprise, a weekly newspaper in the remote town of Vale, said they were just doing their job. Malheur County Sheriff Brian Wolfe said Wednesday an inquiry determined no laws had been broken.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Can a governor be forced to live in the state capital? Just where West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice sleeps is being explored in a courtroom. The billionaire gets criticized by Republicans and Democrats alike for being absent from the statehouse as his family manages more than 100 private business interests. The state constitution says the governor “shall reside at the seat of government.” Justice’s lawyers are challenging the definition of the word “reside.”
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — President Donald Trump does not appreciate Denmark’s rejection of his idea to buy Greenland. The American leader told reporters that “all they had to say was, ‘No, we’d rather not do that.'” Instead, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen called the idea “an absurd discussion” and said she was “disappointed and surprised” that Trump canceled his Sept. 2-3 visit to Denmark in a tweet. Trump said her comments were “nasty,” adding “You don’t talk to the United States like that.”
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to end a long-standing federal court agreement that limits how long immigrant children can be kept in detention. The move is almost certain to spark a new court fight over the government’s ability to hold families until their cases are decided. Because of those restrictions, parents and children caught trying to come into the country have been released into the U.S. while their asylum requests wind their way through the courts.
ATLANTA (AP) — Police say four college students were wounded when a gunman opened fire into a crowd of 200 people outside a library near Clark Atlanta University. None of the injuries from the Tuesday night shooting were life-threatening. The block party was celebrating the end of orientation for new students. Investigators believe the victims were caught in the crossfire after an argument broke out. There was a heavy security presence on campus Wednesday morning, the first day of classes.
FALLSINGTON, Pa. (AP) — Officials at a Pennsylvania school district say a single-digit tax rate typo created a nearly $900,000 deficit. A school board resolution from the Pennsbury School District in Falls Township near Levittown incorrectly set the millage rate for the upcoming school year. The district’s chief financial officer says the error wasn’t caught before tax bills were sent out. Higher than assessed property values and a higher-than-normal tax collection rate in the district has made up most of the deficit.