THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE THE LAST YEAR FOR THE ECONOMY BOROUGH FIRE DEPARTMENT’S LENTEN FISH FRIES…BUT ACCORDING TO BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO, THEY’RE NOT PULLING THE PLUG JUST YET:
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 29TH, 2019
TODAY – A STEADY RAIN THIS MORNING. SHOWERS
CONTINUING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 60.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS
OVERNIGHT. LOW – 53.
SATURDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING, BECOMING A
STEADY RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. HIGH – 64.
SUNDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. MUCH COOLER. TEMPS NEARLY
STEADY IN THE MID-30‘S.
Michelle Obama’s smash book, “Becoming” might be the most successful memoir in history, reports The Wall Street Journal. The former first lady’s book has sold nearly 10 million copies around the world since its November release, publisher Penguin Random House said Tuesday. The book was an immediate success, climbing to No. 1 in the United States, Germany, Greece and the United Kingdom in its first 15 days. It sold two million copies in that time span to become the bestselling book of 2018. Michelle Obama’s book explores her childhood, her work, motherhood and her time in the White House. She reveals difficulties in her marriage with Barack Obama and how the couple suffered a miscarriage. She is in the middle of the second leg of her popular book tour.
Sunoco is cutting ties with a Pennsylvania gas station owner after his billboard flashed a racial slur and praised the acquittal of a white police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teen. Officer Michael Rosfeld was acquitted of a homicide charge last week. After the jury’s verdict, a billboard in Worthington displayed photos of Rosfeld and 17-year-old Antwon Rose II. The message branded Rose a “criminal” and said, “Justice Served.” A separate message used a racial slur.
A jury outside Philadelphia has sentenced a man to die for raping, strangling and dismembering his girlfriend’s 14-year-old daughter. Forty-six-year-old Jacob Sullivan pleaded guilty to first-degree murder for killing Grace Packer as part of a rape-murder fantasy he shared with the teen’s mother. Pennsylvania has a moratorium on the death penalty, but juries can still impose the sentence.
Ambridge borough has become a Tree City USA community. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano explains. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
ALIQUIPPA CITY COUNCIL DISCUSSED ROADS AND TWO LANDSLIDES AT ITS MEETING LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
(Photo taken by Pat Septak)
A group of lawmakers has put together a package of bills designed to protect Pennsylvania workers from workplace harassment. Don Rooney has more….
Legislation that would ease restrictions on the use of motorized scooters in the Commonwealth has been introduced in Harrisburg. Rep. Greg Rothman (R-Cumberland) and Rep. Stephen Kinsey (D-Philadelphia) introduced House Bill 631 to address the proliferation of motor scooters among young adults in Pennsylvania. Rothman said his bill would provide a more environmentally friendly travel option…
A New Brighton woman says her son who has autism was left alone on a school bus for hours. Teresa Salvatore tells WTAE-TV that her son, 16-year-old Payton, was put on the bus Friday morning but the boy didn’t make it to New Horizon School, where he attends as a special-needs student. Salvatore told the news station that Payton was stuck on the bus in a garage all day because he was unable to alert the driver that he was still on it. A statement from the New Brighton Area School District says it is working with its bus contractor and the school to figure out what happened.