Pennsylvania’s Secretary of Health is pushing back against vaccination detractors. Wednesday, Doctor Rachael Levine says there continues to be misinformation regarding the safety of vaccines. A study released Monday confirmed no link between autism and vaccinations. Doctor Levine says childhood and adult vaccinations, like the measles vaccine, are safe and effective.
A Beaver Falls Sheetz convenience store is next to sell beer. The location on the 36-hundred block of Fourth Avenue got its approval to open its so called beer cave in the store in the future. The chain did not give a timeline on when it will open.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 7TH, 2019
TODAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 31.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY. LOW – 17.
FRIDAY – OVERCAST. HIGH – 38.
SATURDAY – INCREASING CLOUDS WITH PERIODS OF
SHOWERS LATER IN THE DAY. HIGH NEAR 50.
SUNDAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY AFTERNOON
SUNSHINE. HIGH – 56.
Jeopardy!’ host Alex Trebek says he has pancreatic cancer
LOS ANGELES (AP) — “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek says he has been diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer.
In a video posted online Wednesday, the 78-year-old said he was announcing his illness directly to “Jeopardy!” fans in keeping with his long-time policy of being “open and transparent.”
Trebek said he recognizes the prognosis for advanced pancreatic cancer is not encouraging. But he said he intended to fight it and keep working.
He said he hopes to beat the disease’s low survival rate with the love and support of family and friends and with prayers of viewers.
Trebek lightened the message with humor: He said he must beat the odds because his “Jeopardy!” contract requires he host the quiz show for three more years.
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 am for “the Best of Beaver County”, a new show 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 your neighborhood, and the people that are making it happen. This Thursday, enjoy conversation and insight with Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens and Commissioner Chairman Daniel C. Camp III.
You can also watch a live video stream of the show on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon on Beaver County Radio.
Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former personal lawyer, has turned over documents to the House Intelligence Committee that are related to a Trump real estate project in Moscow. That’s according to a person familiar with the matter who isn’t authorized to publicly discuss Cohen’s closed-door appearance before the committee and is speaking on condition of anonymity.
As climate change becomes a hotter topic in American classrooms, politicians are pushing back against the scientific consensus that global warming is real and man-made. Bills proposed in statehouses around the country would strike climate change from science standards or call for teachers to present strengths and weaknesses of theories like global warming. Climate scientists have blasted such proposals for sowing confusion and doubt on a topic of global urgency.
A lawyer for a Georgia couple who say their daughter is being held against her will by R. Kelly lashed out after a television interview aired Wednesday with the R&B singer. Timothy and Jonjelyn Savage say it’s been two years since they heard from their 23-year-old daughter and say Kelly won’t let her contact them. Kelly denies the claim. The 52-year-old Kelly was charged last month in Chicago with sexually abusing four females dating back to 1998, including three underage girls
ONE PERSON WAS INJURED IN A ONE-VEHICLE ACCIDENT ON THE VANPORT BRIDGE THIS MORNING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to
hear Sandy’s report…
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
There was no shortage of conversation and subjects that were discussed at the March 6 Commissioners’ Work Session.
First of note: a planned update in the construction of a road in the Brady’s Run area, presented by solicitor Garen Fedeles:
Next: Parks & Recreation director Tim Ishman explaining the updates he wants to propose for the County’s tourism website, using the 3D image creator Paralax. This move warranted cautious responses from the Commissioners (three audio cuts below):
Then, Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp spoke briefly about the new Board of Elections in Beaver County:
Finally, Commissioner Egley responded to the recent news regarding the grants from the Roethlisberger Foundation for new K-9 unit elements. Egley was adamant that such information was never brought up among the Commissioners:
The next work session will be at 10 AM on March 13.