(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)
THE ALIQUIPPA BLIGHT STRATEGY TASK FORCE HELD ITS FIRST MEETING LAST NIGHT AND THEY WERE WELCOMED BY THE MAYOR. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Unionized building cleaners in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia are negotiating with building contractors for a better contract. Andrea Sears reports…
We have all seen baby diaper changing stations in restrooms. Lawmakers want to extend that convenience to older children and adults with disabilities. Don Rooney has more…
A NORTH SEWICKLEY TOWNSHIP WOMAN IS FACING A CHARGE OF RETAIL THEFT…AFTER SHE ALLEGEDLY STOLE A 20-OUNCE BOTTLE OF MOUNTAIN DEW FROM A LOCAL MINI-MART. ACCORDING TO POLICE, 29-YEAR-OLD MAGGIE WARD PLACED THE BOTTLE OF POP IN HER PURSE WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT AT THE MERCER ROAD CONVENIENCE STORE. THEN…WHEN SHE SAW POLICE STANDING OUTSIDE THE STORE, THE WOMAN REPORTEDLY WALKED TO THE POTATO CHIP RACK AND DISCARDED THE BOTTLE OF MOUNTAIN DEW. BUT THE STORY DOESN’T END THERE. THIS WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND CALL TO NORTH SEWICKLEY POLICE FOR THEFT OF MOUNTAIN DEW ON THE SAME DAY. ACCORDING TO POLICE, A WORKER AT THE MINI-MART CALLED THAT MORNING ABOUT A DIFFERENT WOMAN PLACING A 20-OUNCE BOTTLE IN HER PURSE AND NOT PAYING FOR IT. THAT WOMAN GOT INTO THE SAME VAN THAT WARD ARRIVED IN AT THE STORE THAT AFTERNOON. WARD IS CHARGED WITH RETAIL THEFT AND IS SCHEDULED FOR A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON SEPTEMBER 27TH. BY THE WAY…COST OF THE DRINK… WAS $1.89.
State Senators took time to applaud a national leader in Hospice Care, who is on a bicycle tour across Pennsylvania to raise awareness for end-of-life care. Don Rooney has more…
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Bill Cosby has been hit with a $2.75 million legal bill as he marks the end of his first year in prison. The 82-year-old Cosby had challenged a California arbitration award that upheld nearly $7 million of a $9 million bill submitted by just one firm in the run-up to his first sexual assault trial in 2017. A spokesman says he is holding up well in a suburban Philadelphia prison, mentoring inmates and waiting for a decision on his appeal of his conviction.
The County Commissioners learned of a pair of groups interested in placing their input into Beaver County’s reassessment saga. Matt Drzik has details:
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is asking the state Supreme Court for extraordinary relief in a petition following a series of lawsuits alleging clergy sexual abuse over the past six months. Last week, the diocese listed four lawsuits they claim require relief from the court. In the filing, the diocese said courts will be inundated with uniform cases with millions of dollars spent pursuing and defending claims the Supreme Court could eventually deem invalid.
State residents are once again getting a chance today to pick up free doses of opioid overdose antidote medication. Free naloxone will be available for pick up at dozens of locations statewide while supplies last. Naloxone is used to fight an overdose by blocking the effects of opioids on the brain, and state officials say that more than 25-thousand Pennsylvanians have been revived by the drug since November of 2014. The medication was last offered for free on September 18th, and more than four-thousands kits were distributed.
The House Judiciary Committee met on Tuesday to act on a package of legislation designed to keep guns out of the hands of criminals and those with mental health issues. Rep. Todd Stephens (R-Montgomery), prime sponsor of House Bill 1852, addressed the topic of urban violence, and said that his legislation would help keep criminals off the streets…
The package of bills, now headed to the full house for consideration, is part of a broad effort by House Republicans to address firearm violence in the Commonwealth.