WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20TH, 2019

 

*** WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY… MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT GLAZE. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. ***

TODAY – SNOW THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATING
3 TO 5 INCHES. HIGH NEAR 40.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. LOW – 35.

THURSDAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY SOME
AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGH – 43.

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 the previous owners of the Tusca Drive-In and Katie Schneider, Administrator of Beaver Meadows. 

If you can’t tune in tomorrow, the radio broadcast will be replayed from 11:30 am to Noon on Sunday on Beaver County Radio!

Brown meets with Rooney, saying ‘it is time to move on’
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Antonio Brown has ended his lengthy standoff with the team by meeting with president Art Rooney II, though any shot at reconciliation between the two sides appears to be out of the question.
Brown, who has asked to be traded, posted a picture on various social media accounts on Tuesday that showed him arm in arm with Rooney at the Palm Beach International Airport.
“We discussed a lot of things and we cleared the air on several issues!” Brown wrote. “We both agreed that it is time to move on but I’ll always have appreciation and gratitude towards the Rooney family and @steelers organization!”
Brown still has three years remaining on the $72 million contract he signed in the spring of 2017, and remains one of the most dynamic performers in the league. He is the only player in NFL history with six consecutive 100-catch seasons and he hauled in 104 receptions for 1,297 yards and a franchise-record 15 touchdowns in 2018.
Yet his relationship with the team has deteriorated over the past several months.
The low point came before Pittsburgh’s game against Cincinnati in Week 17. The team sent him home with an apparent leg injury on the Friday before the game and he failed to provide coach Mike Tomlin with an update until Sunday morning, when his agent, Drew Rosenhaus, let Tomlin know that Brown was available to play.
Tomlin opted to make Brown inactive and Brown did not show up to clean out his locker or conduct an exit interview with the coaching staff. He pulled out of the Pro Bowl with an injury, and Rooney indicated the team had been unable to make contact with Brown in the weeks after Pittsburgh finished 9-6-1 and failed to reach the playoffs.
Brown has continued to be a vocal critic of the Steelers during his estrangement from the team. Over the weekend, he took aim at Tomlin and Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger for their role in the deteriorating relationship between Brown and the club.
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(Beaver Falls Pa.) Beaver County Commissioner Sandie Egley sent Beaver County Radio a press release today, February 19, 2019 that announced her candidacy for Beaver County Treasurer. The following is a copy of the press release….

Beaver, PA. ‐‐‐ After careful consideration, Sandie Egley is announcing her candidacy for Beaver County
Treasurer. Sandie has identified the Treasurer’s office as being in dire need of modernization. The
current Treasurer has been in office for more than 25 years and Sandie believes there are new
management techniques that can be applied to increase efficiency for a lower cost to the tax payers.
This will include a simple, efficient, small government office that offers excellent customer service to the citizens of Beaver County.
“As Beaver County Commissioner, I have had the unique opportunity to manage the county budget of
more than $220 million, and gain perspective on the inner working of all offices in county government.
Through that experience I have found that county government operates the same way for years because
that’s the way it’s always been done,” said Sandie Egley.
The Treasurer’s office is the financial arm of the county government. Sandie’s mission is to shine a light
on the county’s finances. The Beaver County Treasurer’s office has a range of duties that are unique in
the Commonwealth. Collecting county real estate taxes is the primary responsibility of the County
Treasurer; but another function is to serve on the County Employees’ Retirement Board to ensure
member contributions are invested in a fiscally prudent manner for future retirements. Sandie has
served on the county’s Employee Retirement Board for 3 years and is proud to say that it’s 100%
funded.
“Beaver County is my home,” said Egley. “I am running for Treasurer to serve the citizens of Beaver
County and to increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the Treasurer’s office by using new
technology and delivering excellent customer service.”
Sandie and her husband Bill have been married for 16 years, have three children, and reside in Beaver.

Egley a republican will be seeking the seat that current Beaver County Treasurer Connie Javens holds. Javen’s previously announced she will not be seeking another term.

Stay to to Beaver County Radio for more updates as this situation continues to develop.

The Supreme Court says Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is making her public return to the bench, eight weeks after surgery for lung cancer. The 85-year-old justice is expected to join her eight colleagues on Tuesday as the court meets for a public session. Ginsburg returned to the Washington building on Friday for the first time since her surgery in December, but that was for the justices’ private conference.

A Pittsburgh Public School student is caught bringing a gun to school. The student is a kindergarten student at Pittsburgh Faison K-5. The firearm was removed from the child without injuries at the school in the city’s Homewood South section. Pittsburgh Public Schools released a statement saying, “Due to the quick actions of a student and school bus driver, a firearm was secured from a Pittsburgh kindergarten student this afternoon. Parents were notified of the incident via the district’s phone system and alerted that beginning tomorrow all students will now to through metal detectors.”

THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS RACE IS STARTING TO TAKE SHAPE. CENTER TOWNSHIP RESIDENT JULIAN TAYLOR RECENTLY ANNOUNCED HIS CANDIDACY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Police say more than a dozen people trapped on a ride at SeaWorld in San Diego have been rescued. San Diego police tell FOX5 News that around six gondolas stopped functioning Monday night after a big gust of wind tripped a circuit breaker on “Bayside Skyride.” Authorities had estimated that between 15 and 30 people were trapped, some of them in gondolas suspended above water. Sixteen were actually rescued.
The riders were lowered by harnesses and rescued by lifeguard boats. They were then evaluated by medical crews. SeaWorld said in a statement that it will conduct a thorough inspection of the ride prior to reopening. The National Weather Service says it was about 49 degrees in San Diego at the time. SeaWorld said the gondolas had blankets on board.

Sixteen states have filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration’s emergency declaration to fund a wall at the U.S.-Mexico border. California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says President Donald Trump is violating the Constitution, and Becerra says in a statement that Trump “knows his emergency declaration is unwarranted, and he admits that he will likely lose this case in court.”

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., is planning to unveil a universal childcare plan this week as she continues her run for the presidency. According to the Boston Globe, Warren will advocate for free childcare and early-learning – which would be paid for by taxing the wealthiest Americans. Details are forthcoming.