A group of cyclists for gun control reform is planning to make a pit stop at Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life. The group rides 400 miles each year from Newtown, Connecticut, where the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting took place, to the nation’s capital. This year they plan on stopping at the Tree of Life Synagogue to show support for the victim’s of last year’s mass shooting. Team 26 expects to make it to Pittsburgh today, despite bad weather in the forecast.

A bill providing free college tuition for the spouses and children of Pennsylvania National Guard members is making its way through the state Senate. Emily Walker has more…

THERE’S A NEW CODE ENFORCEMENT OFFICER IN PLACE IN ALIQUIPPA…AND HE’S WASTING NO TIME ON TRYING TO GET RID OF BLIGHT IN THE CITY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS AT LAST NIGHT’S ALIQUIPPA CITY COUNCIL MEETING. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Each year, government officials host a Civic Commemoration of the Holocaust at the state Capitol in Harrisburg. This year’s ceremony remembered the Holocaust of World War Two alongside more recent incidents. Don Rooney has more…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MAY 2ND, 2019

 

TODAY – CLOUDY. PERIODS OF RAIN THIS MORNING.
HIGH – 78.

TONIGHT – SHOWERS DEVELOPING LATE TONIGHT WITH
THE POSSIBILITY OF A THUNDERSTORM.
LOW – 63.

FRIDAY – THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH NEAR 70.

SATURDAY – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN IN THE
AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 66.

SUNDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING…THEN PARTLY
CLOUDY IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH – 67.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A federal judge has thrown out former Penn State President Graham Spanier’s misdemeanor child-endangerment conviction, less than a day before he was due to turn himself in to begin serving a jail sentence. The decision Tuesday by U.S. Magistrate Judge Karoline Mehalchick in Scranton, Pennsylvania, gave state prosecutors three months to retry Spanier under the state’s 1995 child endangerment law, the version in place in 2001.

Ocean City, NJ (AP) – Two water-filled test dummies fell off the GaleForce roller coaster at Playland’s Castaway Cove and crashed into a hotel roof, causing damage to the roof. The theme park’s vice president insists the problem was with the test dummies and not the roller coaster which remains in operation. No one was hurt during the incident.

ELDERBERRY COURT IN AMBRIDGE HAS CLOSED ITS DOORS FOR GOOD. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A Beaver County road rage suspect is facing a host of charges after leading police on a high-speed chase. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has the latest details in this updated report. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A Beaver County state lawmaker was among the legislators who have unveiled “Energize PA,” which is being called a pro-growth, pro-jobs legislative package that will create jobs and redevelop infrastructure with no new fees or taxes. Several House Republican bill sponsors spoke at a Capitol press conference this week in Harrisburg about the package that is designed to create jobs, re-use abandoned manufacturing sites, and streamline permitting processes for brownfields and other sites. State Rep. Josh Kail is the prime sponsor of a bill in this package…