The Beaver County Commissioners are approving the purchase of new Tasers for its county deputies. On Wednesday, the commissioners gave the green light to the purchase of 41 new Tasers for 68-thousand-dollars. Currently, the deputies have six working tasers that were purchased in either 2007 or 2014.
Authorites have charged a North Sewickley Township man of assaulting a woman while driving on the Pennsylvania Turnpike. Christopher Cordavino was charged Sunday after the attack. The 22-year-old and the victim had been at Rivers Casino before Cordavino drove them home. The victim suffered a broken nose and other bruising. Cordavino is free after posting 100-thousand-dollars bond.
Police have arrested a New Sewickley Township man for allegedly selling liquid marijuana to teenagers. Township police arrested John Abmayer the Third this week for possession and distribution. Abmayer is accused of peddling liquids with high concentrations of THC to kids who would use them for vaping.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019
TODAY – A MIX OF CLOUDS AND SUN AND A HIGH OF 43.
TONIGHT – OVERCAST. LOW – 27.
FRIDAY – CLOUDY. HIGH – 42.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY. HIGH – 48.
SUNDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING AND WINDY IN THE
AFTERNOON. A MORNING HIGH OF 53 WITH
TEMPS FALLING TO NEAR 40.
Pennsylvania’s top elections officials is warning that failing to replace voting machines by 2020 could put the state in the position of being the only one without a voter-verifiable paper trail. Kathy Boockvar, Pennsylvania’s acting state secretary, also told senators Wednesday during an Appropriations Committee hearing that election-security experts agree that moving to voting machines that allow voters to double-check how their vote was recorded needs to happen by next year.
AN ALIQUIPPA WOMAN IS CHARGED IN A NEW BRIGHTON STABBING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
CONGRESSMAN CONOR LAMB HELD A TOWN HALL MEETING IN BADEN LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A mother was forced to hide in her upstairs bathroom with her 8-month-old when someone broke into her Midland home. The woman, who is not being identified for safety reasons, told police that her home had been ransacked. Police say the burglary that happened Tuesday is not the only thing that’s been on their radar in the Midland area. They say at night, people have been going into unlocked cars and stealing items.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, FEB. 20TH, 2019
*** WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON EST TODAY… MIXED PRECIPITATION EXPECTED. ADDITIONAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 4 INCHES AND ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF A LIGHT GLAZE. * PLAN ON SLIPPERY ROAD CONDITIONS. THE HAZARDOUS CONDITIONS COULD IMPACT THE MORNING COMMUTE. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY MEANS THAT PERIODS OF SNOW, SLEET OR FREEZING RAIN WILL CAUSE TRAVEL DIFFICULTIES. ***
TODAY – SNOW THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO RAIN
THIS AFTERNOON. SOME MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATING
3 TO 5 INCHES. HIGH NEAR 40.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN. LOW – 35.
THURSDAY – MORNING CLOUDS FOLLOWED BY SOME
AFTERNOON SUNSHINE. HIGH – 43.
The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio! Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 am for “the Best of Beaver County”, a new show on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in your neighborhood, and the people that are making it happen. This Thursday, enjoy conversation and insight with the previous owners of the Tusca Drive-In and Katie Schneider, Administrator of Beaver Meadows.
If you can’t tune in tomorrow, the radio broadcast will be replayed from 11:30 am to Noon on Sunday on Beaver County Radio!