Authorities are identifying the body of a 38-year-old Ambridge man discovered last month in the Ohio River. The body of Gerald Payne was found near the Montgomery Locks and Dam in Industry Tuesday morning by tug boat operators from Industry Terminal and Salvage. There’s no word yet on the cause of death.
Investigators are charging two Beaver County women with welfare fraud. Aundria Shriver of Beaver Falls is accused of lying about the number of children living with her to increase her benefits. Cherelle Burks of Rochester allegedly didn’t report she had a job to her caseworker during a six month span from late 2017 to April of this year.
A Beaver County child is the latest to be hospitalized with a rare, polio-like illness in Western Pennsylvania. Allegheny County health officials say the child is being treated at UPMC Children’s Hospital for a suspected case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The Beaver County case is not linked to a similar case in Washington County, nor five others in the region.
The Beaver County Humane Society is trying to find as many shelter cats as it can a new home. The organization is offering all approved adopters a cat at half the normal adoption rate now through November 8th at their Brodhead Road shelter. Anyone who adopts a cat six-months-old or older while wearing their I Voted sticker tomorrow will not be charged the adoption fee.
Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today said he will monitor Tuesday’s election as part of his efforts to protect the security and integrity of Pennsylvania’s voting system, both now and heading into the 2020 election cycle….
PennDOT officials are warning drivers to be on the lookout for deer crossing area roads. The month of November is peak mating and hunting time, which can keep deer on the move. The peak times for deer to be active are at dawn and dusk.
The Hopewell football coach has resigned…as we hear in this report from Beaver County Radio news correspondent Sandy Giordano. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
BREAKING NEWS: Firefighters are still on the scene of a house fire at 370 Penn Ave. in Midland. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano spoke with Midland police chief Keith McCarthy, who says the call came in just before 5 a.m. He says Midland is being assisted by Ohioville, Shippingport and Industry fire departments. Earlier reports said everyone got of the house safely and there were no injuries.
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BREAKING NEWS: As many as 8 to 10 vehicles are involved in an accident that occurred this morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike Westbound between Cranberry Township and the Beaver Valley interchange. No word yet on injuries. Details to follow…
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WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6TH, 2018
TODAY – BECOMING PARTLY CLOUDY AFTER SOME
MORNING RAIN. HIGH NEAR 60.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 39.
WEDNESDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 51.