A Beaver County charity is planning to give one-thousand bikes to kids in Beaver County. Communicycle, a group that repairs and distributes bicycles to kids in the area, is making that commitment for this summer. So far, volunteers from local churches and businesses have been volunteering time fixing up some old bikes for distribution.
Western Pennsylvanians can get rid of unwanted prescription drugs this weekend. The annual National Drug Take-Back Day is scheduled tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at dozens of police stations and other locations. Organizers say the event will keep opioids and other drugs out of abusers’ hands. You can search for a drop-off site at DEATakeBack.com.
There will be a new chief deputy for the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office starting next month. Retired State Police Lieutenant Paul Radatovich will take over for Chief Deputy Dean Michael in May. Michael is retiring after three years working under Sheriff Tony Guy. Radatovich’s most recent role was as a crime section commander stationed in Washington County.
A student at Riverside High is being charged after displaying a B-B gun while leaving school grounds this week. The student was reported using the state’s Safe To Say website after he was allegedly seen swinging the pistol around as a car full of students left the parking lot. The 16-year-old will face a misdemeanor charge of disorderly conduct and will face discipline from the school.
Beaver County authorities are asking for patience as they continue their investigation into the Rachael DelTondo murder. The county’s district attorney delivered an update on the probe yesterday. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, APRIL 26TH, 2019
TODAY – RAIN. HIGH – 61.
TONIGHT – SHOWERS CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE
EVENING. REMAINING PARTLY CLOUDY
OVERNIGHT. LOW NEAR 40.
SATURDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 58.
SUNDAY – CLOUDY WITH LIGHT RAIN IN THE MORNING.
HIGH – 54.
Boy, 11, killed in crash on Pennsylvania turnpike
MOUNT PLEASANT, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say an 11-year-old boy has been killed in a crash between a pickup truck and tractor-trailer on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports Hayden Ford was killed in a collision Thursday just before 2 p.m. on the turnpike in Mount Pleasant.
Officials say Hayden was riding in the front seat of the pickup when it rear-ended a tractor-trailer. The Connellsville’s native was pronounced dead at the scene.
A person in the tractor-trailer was airlifted to a hospital with unknown injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
The payroll supervisor who withheld notices of fines for delinquent payroll taxes from county officials – was fired this morning. Chief county solicitor Garen Fedeles tells the Beaver County Times that county officials found that Barbara Rossi had received numerous notifications from the IRS of an impending lien but did not notify superiors. The move comes as county officials continue to investigate a $378-thousand-dollar tax lean filed by the IRS against the county. Fedeles and other county officials were scheduled to further discuss the lien with the IRS today.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) Pennsylvania’s Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey is endorsing Joe Biden for president, just minutes after the former vice president entered the 2020 race. In a statement Thursday, Casey touted Biden as a fighter for the middle class who can beat President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania if Biden becomes the Democratic nominee. Casey himself spent two years in the Senate with Biden before the Delaware senator went on to become vice president under President Barack Obama.
WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) Former Vice President Joe Biden is running into immediate headwinds from some progressive Democrats from the party’s left wing as he launches his 2020 presidential bid. A group aligned with New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez called Justice Democrats says Biden is a centrist Democrat who could “divide the party” and could squelch progressive enthusiasm for policies like single-payer health care and a Green New Deal. Biden joined the crowded Democratic presidential contest this morning.