WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 17TH, 2019
TODAY – THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. HEAVY RAINFALL
POSSIBLE. HIGH NEAR 80.
TONIGHT – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING
WITH SOME FOG POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT.
LOW – 68.
THURSDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY AND WARMER. A STRAY
SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 87.
WILKINSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Two people have been sentenced to decades in prison after pleading guilty in the slaying of a young mother near Pittsburgh that authorities said was part of a scheme to rob her of her tax refund. Dane Taylor was sentenced to 30 to 60 years and Laya Whitley to 20 to 50 years after both pleaded guilty Tuesday to third-degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy. Authorities said 27-year-old Keiauna Davis was carrying $3,000 cash when she was killed in February 2018 in Wilkinsburg.
State Police in Lawrence County are investigating a double shooting early this morning that left one person dead in Shenango Township. According to police the shooting took place on Bryson Mill Road. There’s no word on the severity of the second person’s injuries or what led to the shooting.
A Beaver Falls woman is dead after a fire last Friday. Maria Amygdalos died in the blaze at her Sixth Avenue home in the College Hill neighborhood. The fire is believed to have started due to careless smoking catching a couch on fire.
Nonunion employees for Beaver County are getting a raise. The salary board approved a three percent raise for the second straight year after going without raises in 2016 and 2017. The raise will cost the county just shy of 400-grand, but some matching funds from the state reduces the impact down to a quarter million dollars. Elected officials’ salaries are not impacted by the raises.
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
Several county citizens have had their thoughts on the Beaver County EMS’ response (or some say lack thereof) to the chlorine gas fires that took place in Rochester over the course of Friday night and Saturday morning. But according to Commissioner Chairman Dan Camp; the County was only set up to do so much, and rather it was up to each municipality to alert its citizens:
County Commissioner Sandie Egley, who had recently appeared on Teleforum to address the recent complaints regarding the alerts, said on Wednesday that the Board of Commissioners had met with Beaver County Emergency Services to discuss improving the current system so that more citizens can be informed in case of an emergency.
New Brighton Doctor, Jay Funkhouser, passed away yesterday, at Heritage Valley Hospital. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has details…
Ambridge and Old Economy officials are preparing for a year long celebration of the upcoming bicentennial. The celebration is expected to begin in June of 2024, and last a whole year. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has details…
A former Aliquippa woman, Leigh Mercandante, is facing 81 charges, after police found 15 dead cats in her former residence. Aliquippa police went to the house after neighbors had called, complaining of a horrible smell, and uncut grass. The police arrived at the house and immediately called the Beaver County Humane Society who sent employee Celena Kelly as well as shelter manager, Shannon O’Neill, out to investigate. Along with the estimated 15 dead cats, ten adult cats, and two kittens, were taken to the shelter alive, and later euthanized, due to severe medical issues. Mercandante is facing 27 counts each of aggravated cruelty to animals, cruelty to animals, and neglect of animals. As of today, no court date has been announced.
A North Sewickley man, Chad Fryer, is facing a slew of charges after terrorizing his ex-girlfriend’s current boyfriend, and daughter. He appeared at his ex’s house, where the daughter was home alone, and proceeded to shout and pound on the door. He then tried to break into the house through the back door. The child called her mother, who told her to call her current boyfriend for help. When he arrived on the scene, he confronted Fryer, and got the child out of the house. Fryer then got in his car and chased them through the woods. Police later picked Fryer up at an unknown location, and is awaiting an August 2nd court date.