BEAVER COUNTY OFFICIALS ARE PLANNING ON USING ACT 13 MONEY IN ORDER TO HELP A TERMINALLY ILL FARMER PRESERVE HIS FARM. THIS LAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM WILL ALLOW QUALIFIED LANDOWNERS TO SUBMIT AN APPLICATION TO PROTECT THEIR LAND FROM LATER DEVELOPMENT. THIS FARMER HAS BEEN ON THE WAITING LIST FOR 16 YEARS, AND AFTER HEARING ABOUT HIS ILLNESS, COUNTY OFFICIALS DECIDED TO AWARD HIM THE LAND PROTECTION.

A BEAVER COUNTY JAIL INMATE IS FACING CHARGES OF AGGRAVATED HARASSMENT AND SIMPLE ASSAULT. SHARON BENYO,44, WAS TAKEN TO THE JAIL BY ROCHESTER POLICE ON MAY 5TH, WHEN SHE REFUSED TO FOLLOW ORDERS, AND HAD TO BE RESTRAINED ON THE GROUND. DURING THIS INCIDENT, POLICE SAY BENYO BIT AN OFFICER, AND CAUSED SEVERE BRUISING AND SWELLING. NO COURT DATE HAS BEEN SET AT THIS TIME.

BREAKING NEWS: A LANDSLIDE IN GREEN TOWNSHIP HAS TAKEN DOWN THREE POLES IN THE AREA…RESULTING IN A ROAD CLOSURE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Mountain Ministries will be hosting its weekly worship service in Darlington tonight, featuring the sounds of a local bluegrass gospel group. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has a preview…

BREAKING NEWS: ROUTE 168 MIDLAND HEIGHTS HILL IS CLOSED DUE TO A LANDSLIDE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 19TH, 2019

 

*** FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 8PM THURSDAY ***

TODAY – SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS MORNING.
THEN REMAINING CLOUDY DURING THE
AFTERNOON WITH THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH
NEAR 80.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY OVERNIGHT WITH MORE
THUNDERSTORMS LIKELY. LOW – 67.

THURSDAY – AGAIN MORE THUNDERSTORMS. STORMS MAY
CONTAIN STRONG GUSTY WINDS. HIGH – 73.

The Latest: 2 charged in huge cocaine bust at Philly port
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The Latest on a large seizure of cocaine from a container ship in Philadelphia (all times local):
6:35 p.m.
Two members of a container ship’s crew face federal drug charges after agents raided their vessel at a Philadelphia port and seized about 33,000 pounds (15,000 kilograms) of cocaine.
Court documents filed Tuesday charge Ivan Durasevic and Fonofaavae Tiasage with conspiracy to possess cocaine aboard a ship subject to U.S. jurisdiction.
An affidavit says the two crew members admitted they helped load cocaine onto the MSC Gayane while it was at sea. Agents say a total of 14 boats approached the vessel on two separate occasions. Crew members allegedly helped transfer bales of cocaine from the boats to the container ship.
An online court docket does not list defense attorneys for the defendants.
Federal prosecutors call it one of the largest cocaine seizures in U.S. history.
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5:55 p.m.
The owner of a container ship where U.S. law enforcement officials say they found about 33,000 pounds (15,000 kilograms) worth of cocaine says it “takes this matter very seriously.”
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Co. said Tuesday in a statement that it has a “longstanding history of cooperating” with law enforcement agencies to target drug traffickers.
Federal agents raided the MSC Gayane on Tuesday and seized the cocaine from the Swiss-owned company’s ship.
The U.S. attorney’s office says it’s one of the largest drug busts in American history.
Members of the crew were arrested and face federal charges.
The company says it’s grateful to authorities for “identifying any suspected abuse of its services.”
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4:10 p.m.
U.S. authorities have seized more than $1 billion worth of cocaine from a ship at a Philadelphia port, calling it one of the largest drug busts in American history.
The U.S. attorney’s office in Philadelphia announced the massive bust on Twitter on Tuesday afternoon. Officials said agents seized about 16.5 tons (15 metric tons) of cocaine from a large ship at the Packer Marine Terminal.
U.S. Attorney William McSwain said in a tweet that so much cocaine “could kill millions — MILLIONS — of people.”
The drug seizure is the latest in a series of large cocaine busts along the East Coast.
Authorities say members of the ship’s crew have been arrested and charged.

NEW YORK (AP) — Comic Jon Stewart used buddy Stephen Colbert’s late-night show to keep pressure on Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell over the fund to aid September 11th first responders. Stewart accused McConnell of dithering on the bill. The senator had said earlier Monday that it will get done.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House is stepping up its outreach to Congress as tensions escalate in the Middle East. Lawmakers will receive a series of classified and unclassified briefings on Iran from Trump administration officials. That’s according to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell says the risk of a conflict with Iran is real, and he says the administration should work with U.S. allies “to encourage Iran’s leaders to cease their aggression.”

UNDATED (AP) — Medication withheld, cries for help ignored, routine checks neglected: With suicides a problem in many jails across the U.S., an AP/Capital News Service examination raises troubling questions about whether deaths could have been avoided with more training, better technology and fewer broken rules. What are authorities doing to stop these tragedies? Some are adding staff and changing policies, but one expert says jails are unfairly being asked to become mental health and drug treatment centers.