A woman accidentally killed her friend as she was backing down a driveway Friday afternoon, police said.  The accident was reported shortly after noon in the 3800 block of High Street Extension in West Mayfield. Police said a 79-year-old woman was backing down her driveway when she ran over and killed her friend, a 69-year-old woman who was visiting . It’s reported the victim was walking down the driveway to get the mail when the accident happened.

Police said the driver did not know she had run over her friend. The Beaver County coroner had not released the victim’s name as of Friday evening pending notification of her family.  Stay tuned to WBVP and WMBA for more updates.

 

HEAVY RAINS FLOODED THE PARKING LOT OF THE HOPEWELL SHOPPING CENTER LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

 

LOOKS AS THOUGH BEAVER COUNTY IS HEADED TO COURT OVER THE LONG-RUNNING BATTLE OF FRIENDSHIP RIDGE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…

YOU MAY HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PARKING METERS ALONG 7TH AVENUE IN BEAVER FALLS ARE HALF MISSING. THAT’S BECAUSE CHIEF DELUCCA MADE THE CALL TO REMOVE THE HEADS OF THE METERS BECAUSE THE PLASTIC BAGS KEPT COMING OFF AND PEOPLE BEGAN FEEDING THE METERS THEIR COINS. THE CITY OF BEAVER FALLS IS IN THE MIDDLE OF AN EXPERIMENT TO SEE HOW THE ELIMINATION OF THE METERS WOULD AFFECT LOCAL BUSINESSES IN THE CITY. CHIEF DELUCCA SAYS THE “FREE PARKING” PHASE WILL CONTINUE UNTIL AT LEAST THE END OF THE SUMMER.

BREAKING NEWS: WE HAVE A ROAD CLOSURE TO TELL YOU ABOUT IN BEAVER FALLS. PAT SEPTAK SPOKE WITH POLICE CHIEF JOHN DELUCCA THIS MORNING AND HE SAYS THAT ROUTE 18 IS CLOSED NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND AT WALLACE RUN ROAD…AFTER A DOWNED TREE TOOK OUT SOME TRAFFIC LIGHTS IN THE AREA. NO WORD ON HOW LONG THE ROAD WILL BE CLOSED.  THIS BREAKING NEWS REPORT IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY….

 

Aliquippa City Council met last night…and the big topics on the agenda were safety and the city’s finances. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report….

 

THE BEAVER COUNTY TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF ELIMINATING SOME BUS STOPS ON SOME OF ITS ROUTES. BCTA GENERAL MANAGER MARY JO MORANDINI TELLS BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK THAT THE REASON FOR THE CHANGES IS TO CUT DOWN ON TRAFFIC CONGESTION ON THE COUNTY’S ROADWAYS. SHE SAYS THEY’RE ALREADY STARTED IN BEAVER FALLS AND NEXT ON THE LIST IS ALONG 3RD AVENUE IN NEW BRIGHTON….

STARTING ON MONDAY, JULY 17TH, BCTA WILL ELIMINATE STOPS ALONG 3RD AVENUE AT  8TH STREET SOUTHBOUND AND 15TH STREET NORTHBOUND AND SOUTHBOUND…STILL LEAVING STOPS AT 6TH, 9TH, 10TH, 12TH AND 16TH STREETS IN PLACE. EVENTUALLY, SHE SAYS CHANGES WILL BE MADE COUNTYWIDE.

All three Beaver County Commissioners appeared on the “Ask The Commissioners” segment during Teleforum with Frank Sparks this morning. Tony Amadio and Dan Camp were here along with board chairwoman Sandie Egley. The big topic this morning was yesterday’s announcement that all three commissioners will be going to the nation’s Capital next week. This morning they talked about the conference they’ll be attending and why they have accepted the Trump administration’s invitation to tour the White House…

Frank Sparks asked the commissioners what it is they are looking forward to the most during their trip to D.C….

Next week’s commissioners work session and the weekly commissioner’s meeting have been canceled due to the conference.