DAMAGE CLEAN-UP CONTINUES AT WALTER PANEK PARK IN AMBRIDGE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE…

State Senators say Pennsylvania’s 34-billion-dollar 2019-20 budget funds a number of good programs. But there are some who say it missed addressing at least one vital issue. Don Rooney has more….

Cleanup efforts are underway in Beaver County after strong storms this past weekend. The National Weather Service says a microburst hit Ambridge and neighboring communities on Saturday night, leaving a mess for residents to clean up yesterday. Several trees were uprooted, but no injuries were reported. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports on how the weekend storms affected Route 168 in Midland…

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania Auditor General Eugene DePasquale is confirming that he’ll run for Congress and seek next year’s Democratic nomination for the Harrisburg-area 10th District held by Republican Rep. Scott Perry. DePasquale made the announcement Sunday. The Associated Press reported last week DePasquale had told Democratic Party figures that he planned to run. Perry owns the most conservative voting record among Pennsylvania’s U.S. House delegation, according to American Conservative Union ratings.

There is concern that 387-thousand-dollars in tax penalties levied against Beaver County by the I-R-S could essentially be passed along to local taxpayers. During a county commissioners meeting last week, the county’s solicitor confirmed a tax lien has been lifted against the county, but the penalties are still in place for issues with payroll taxes in 2016 and 2018. The county’s former payroll supervisor, Barbara Rossi, was fired two days after issues with payroll surfaced. Beaver County could hear back by mid-July if the fines are repealed.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have restored calm in Philadelphia after a roving crowd of teens and young adults damaged six patrol cars in the city. Police tell WPVI-TV an estimated crowd of 800 to 1,000 people swarmed through a section of the city just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Chief Inspector Joel Dales says police had no warning and don’t know why the crowd had gathered. People were jumping on cars. Dales says windshields were broken and side mirrors were damaged. No injuries were reported.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — State police are seeking the person who fired a gun during a fireworks show at a mall in western Pennsylvania. Police were called to the Uniontown Mall just before 10 p.m. Sunday, but the person who fired the shot was gone. In video obtained by WPXI-TV, someone can be heard screaming “Get your kids in the car. He’s shooting.” No one was injured.

Two men are facing charges in New Castle after a high speed chase led to a drug bust. Ladonte Scott and Antonio Gardner were arrested Saturday. Police say the pair fled from officers before crashing their SUV on Junior High Street. Officers found heroin, crack cocaine, cash and Ecstasy tablets in the vehicle. Gardner was taken to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh for injuries he suffered in the crash. Scott was arraigned on a number of charges and place in the Lawrence County Jail.

AMBRIDGE BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS WERE HIT BY HEAVY DAMAGE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT’S STORM. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A woman is hospitalized this morning after a hit and run accident in Lawrence County. Police say the woman was getting out of a car parked along Center Avenue in Taylor Township when she was struck by a commercial vehicle. The victim was flown to a hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. No word on her condition. Butler State Police and New Castle police are investigating.