Many were disappointed that the 4th Annual Ambridge Fireworks were canceled this past Saturday, but the committee is in the process of rescheduling as soon as possible. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Kristian Biega, has more on the story…
HOUSE BILL 796 HAS ADVANCED THROUGH THE HOUSE THIS WEEK. IT HAS A FOCUS ON HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS HAVING THE OPTION TO GAIN REAL WORLD EXPERIENCE BEFORE GRADUATION. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS INTERN, CHRISTINA SAINOVICH TALKED WITH STATE REP. AARON BERNSTINE ABOUT THE LEGISLATION….
(Aliquippa, PA) Beaver County Radio staff reports. Photos By Mark Peterson.
The traffic along route 51 between Aliquippa and the Ambridge Bridge seems to be picking up lately, and with good reason. The Independence Day holiday is upon us, and local residents are stocking up on fireworks at A-Rocket Fireworks. For many years, residents of Pennsylvania had to sneak across state lines, or get special permits to by “real” fireworks, but a little over a year ago, big fireworks that explode in the sky became legal in Pennsylvania and are available at A-Rocket Fireworks.
The brother and sister team of Abby and Michael Unis, along with their father, Albert, operate A-Rocket Fireworks, and the trio claim that business has been brisk since the legal requirements were relaxed. A-Rocket has package assortments in all price ranges and individual selections of specific favorites like mortars, sparklers, firecrackers and many other things in stock as well. There is something for everyone. If it has a fuse, you can find it at A-Rocket Fireworks.
Abbey Unis talks about A-Rocket Fireworks in their radio commercial. Click to listen.
A-Rocket Fireworks is open 10 A.M. to 10 P.M. everyday and has buy one get one pricing on everything in the store. Call 724-375-3333.
A POWERBALL TICKET WORTH $100,000 WAS PURCHASED AT ROCHESTER GIANT EAGLE ON SATURDAY. THE TICKET HAD THE POWER PLAY OPTION WICH ALLOWD IT TO DOUBLE FROM $50,000 TO $100,00. THE GIANT EAGLE ALSO EARNS A $500 BONUS FOR SELLING THIS WINNING TICKET. IN THE DRAWING, MORE THAN 28,000 OTHER PA LOTTERY TICKETS HAD WINNING VALUES OF VARIUS AMOUNTS. THE NEXT DRAWING WILL BE TOMOROW, WITH AN ESTIMATED VALUE OF $150 MILLION.
A ROCHESTER WOMAN WAS FOUND DEAD IN HER HOME LAST EVENING. STATE POLICE SAY THERE IS NOT SUSPECTED FOUL PLAY, AND ARE WAITING FOR MORE INFORMATION . BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS INTERN, CHRISTINA SAINOVICH, HAS THE STORY…
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is receiving mixed reviews for his stewardship of the U.S. economy, even as more Americans feel good about how the economy is doing. That’s according to a new survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. Nearly two-thirds of Americans describe the economy as “good,” though fewer give positive marks to the president himself.
OPAL, Va. (AP) — The Trump administration is moving to ease the federal regulations that dictate how much time truckers are allowed to drive their rigs each day. The rule changes are a priority for the trucking industry, which has forged a strong relationship with President Donald Trump. Industry lobby groups have pushed to make the rules more flexible. But highway safety advocates say the anticipated adjustments will lead to longer work days at a time when they say driver fatigue is a serious problem.
UNDATED (AP) — A 12-year-old girl locked in a border station in Clint, Texas, with her little sister for nearly two weeks tells her attorney that they were treated badly, slept on the floor, didn’t have enough food and weren’t allowed to bathe. Video obtained Sunday by The Associated Press shows the girl talking about how those who cried could be locked away. On Monday, a congressional delegation is heading to Clint to investigate.
Health officials are asking Americans to take precautions over reports that “crypto,” a fecal parasite that can be transmitted via swimming pools, is on the rise. The parasite’s full name is cryptosporidium. It causes cryptosporidiosis, which can leave healthy adults suffering from “profuse, watery diarrhea” for as long as three weeks. The effects can be worse for children, pregnant women and those with compromised immune systems. It only takes one person having diarrhea in the water to contaminate all of the water in a pool. Don’t swim or let your kids swim if sick with diarrhea. Though it’s almost never fatal, one death has been reported since 2009, according to the CDC. Another 287 people were hospitalized between 2009 and 2017, the CDC says.
NEW YORK (AP) — In the latest embarrassment for the New York Mets, the team has publicly apologized to two living members of its 1969 World Series championship team who were included in a video montage of dead players during the 50th anniversary celebration.
With a message that filled up one Citi Field scoreboard about 15 minutes before Sunday night’s game against Atlanta, the Mets expressed deep regret to Jim Gosger and Jesse Hudson for displaying their names and images in error during the “We Remember” segment of Saturday’s ceremony.
The club says it has spoken with both former players to apologize and wants to thank them along with their families and friends for their “gracefulness and understanding.”
The 76-year-old Gosger had 16 plate appearances for the 1969 Mets and returned to the team from 1973-74. Hudson, 70, pitched two innings for the ’69 club in his only major league game.
“Somebody from the Mets called me that night and said, ‘We’re awful sorry about the screw-up,'” Gosger told his hometown newspaper, the Times Herald of Port Huron (Michigan). “I said, ‘What’s done is done.’ But I don’t know, it was a shock, I will say that.”
Equally upsetting as the Mets informing the world that he was dead was not getting an invitation to the ceremony, Gosger said.
“I didn’t get an invite for that either but then they recognize you for being dead, that’s what really hurt,” he said.
Gosger said the Mets could make things up to him by giving him a World Series championship ring from 1969. He got one from 1973 but not 1969.
“I was there in ’69 and I didn’t get the ring, and that’s the thing I wanted more than anything, the ring,” he said.
Perhaps another apology will follow from the Mets, who won Sunday for only the fifth time in 18 games. On the scoreboard, they misspelled Hudson’s first name as “Jessie.”