TODAY IS THE ONE-YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF THE MURDER OF RACHEL DELTONDO IN ALIQUIPPA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO TAKES A LOOK BACK AT THE STILL-UNSOLVED CRIME. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Pennsylvania’s primary election will decide nominees or officeholders for several high-profile offices, including mayor of the nation’s sixth largest city and a U.S. House seat. The election is May 21. It features primaries for Philadelphia mayor and two statewide appellate court seats. There’s also a special election to fill an open seat in Congress.
Employees at Ellwood City Medical Center are back to receiving their full wages on time. For the second payday in a row, the medical center was able to make full payroll after failing to do so for the seven previous paydays. Ellwood City Medical Center’s C-E-O says they’ve been working to navigate their financial challenges since it’s difficult to run a community hospital in their market.
There will be fireworks in Ellwood City this year. In an effort led by Eric Rayner, the Save The Ellwood City Fireworks 2019 campaign raised ten thousand dollars. Rayner’s goal had been five-grand. Rayner says they’ll take about half of the additional funds raised to put toward a larger display this year and use the other half for next year’s display. The funds were collected over a two-week campaign.
The fate of a Lawrence County youth football league could be decided today. WTAE-TV reports league leaders are considering a proposal to boot two New Castle teams out amid security concerns. A shooting near Taggart Stadium last year forced the teams to play every game on the road and pay for extra security.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A priest with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has been placed on administrative leave while officials investigate claims that he had “inappropriate contact” with adult women. The decision regarding the Rev. James Young was announced in a May 4 letter from Bishop David Zubik that was distributed this past weekend in the church bulletins of Saint Ferdinand in Cranberry, Saint Gregory in Zelienople and Holy Redeemer in Ellwood City. Zubik said Young’s removal isn’t an implication of guilt.
A JUVENILE MALE WAS SHOT IN ALIQUIPPA OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, MAY 13TH, 2019
TODAY – A FEW SHOWERS THIS MORNING WITH OVERCAST
SKIES DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH – 54.
TONIGHT – OVERCAST. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN
SHOWER. LOW – 43.
TUESDAY – CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN SHOWER.
HIGH – 56.
PITTSBURGH (AP) — After being closed for more than three months due to flood damage, a funicular that gives sightseers and commuters a panoramic view of Pittsburgh has reopened. The reopening had a slight hiccup when power went out in the neighborhood just an hour after the Monongahela Incline restarted Friday morning. The incline opened in 1870 and is one of two in the city. It was the first passenger funicular railway built in the United States.
Former FBI Director James Comey said Thursday “it sure looks like” there is enough evidence to prosecute President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice contained in special counsel Robert Mueller’s report. In remarks at at a CNN Town Hall, Comey added “there’s no doubt” Mueller’s findings would have produced obstruction charges if Trump were not president. The Town Hall was held on the 2-year anniversary of Comey’s firing from the FBI by Trump. That move was one of 10 instances laid out in the Mueller report as possible obstruction of justice on the part of Trump.