ALSO TAKING PLACE AT THE BEAVER COUNTY COURTHOUSE…THE AMBRIDGE STREETSCAPE BIDS HAVE BEEN OPENED. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

ALLEGENY HEALTH NETWORK HAS ANNOUNCED PLANS TO BUILD AN ONCOLOGY CENTER RIGHT BEHIND THE BEAVER VALLEY MALL. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A Rochester man will serve at least 25 years in prison after he was convicted of repeatedly raping a child over a decade beginning in the late 1990s.
47 year old Richard Fehir Jr., was convicted back in January, of 16 felony charges, including rape, rape of a child, aggravated indecent assault and indecent assault. Beaver County Judge Dale Fouse sentenced Fehir to between 25 1/2 and 51 years in prison. The victim was five years old when the sexual assaults began.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25TH, 2018

 

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. HIGH – 56.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 37.

THURSDAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH NEAR 60.

Police are investigating a car crash today in Ellwood City. Investigators said the crash happened just before 1 p.m. at Country Club Drive and Mercer Road. Emergency dispatchers say at least one person is trapped and a medical helicopter is headed to the scene. We’ll have more details tomorrow morning on AM Beaver County beginning at 6:30 a.m. on 1230 WBVP and 1460 WMBA.

THE CCBC FOUNDATION RECENTLY HONORED STUDENTS’ ARTWORK AT THEIR ANNUAL “EVENING OF THE ARTS”. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

SHOULD SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS BE ALLOWED TO MAKE ARRESTS WITHOUT WARRANTS? STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM MARSHALL THINKS SO…AND THAT’S WHY HE’S PROPOSING LEGISLATION THAT WOULD DO JUST THAT. THE HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE LAST WEEK VOTED TO ADVANCE MARSHALL’S BILL WHICH WOULD GIVE SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS LIMITED LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS, ALLOWING THEM TO AID IN COMMUNITY PROTECTION. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWSMAN PAT SEPTAK, MARSHALL SAYS HIS AIM IS NOT TO REPLACE- BUT RATHER ENHANCE- ANY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALREADY IN PLACE…

MARSHALL’S BILL ENSURES THAT SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS CAN ONLY MAKE SUCH ARRESTS WHILE ACTING WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THEIR COUNTY COURT-RELATED DUTIES….

MARSHALL SAYS HE BELIEVES THAT COUNTY SHERIFFS AND DEPUTY SHERIFFS ARE CURRENTLY UNDER-UTILIZED…

MARSHALL WAS ASKED…WHY NOW?

MARSHALL BELIEVES THEY HAVE BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT ON THIS BILL…

MARSHALL BELIEVES HIS BILL WILL GO THE FULL HOUSE FOR CONSIDERATION…POSSIBLY AS SOON AS NEXT WEEK:

HOUSE BILL 466 NOW AWAITS CONSIDERATION BY THE FULL HOUSE OF REPESENTATIVES.

Police say an inmate is facing additional charges after planning to attack a common pleas judge and other Beaver County court officials. Investigators say Timothy Butler was planning an attack from his jail cell for more than two months. Officials say Butler admitted to everything but contends he was never going to follow through on the plan.

A new report is raising environmental concerns over a plan to retire four nuclear power plants in Pennsylvania and Ohio. The organization “Nuclear Matters” says the closure of the Beaver Valley Power Station in Shippingport would set back regional attempts to cut back on emissions that cause global warming. In all, those plants produced 39-million megawatt-hours of energy last year alone. All four of the plants will close within the next four years.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, APRIL 24TH, 2018

TODAY – PERIODS OF RAIN. HIGH – 54.

TONIGHT – A STEADY RAIN THIS EVENING. SHOWERS
CONTINUING OVERNIGHT. LOW NEAR 40.

WEDNESDAY – RAIN SHOWERS IN THE MORNING WITH
OVERCAST SKIES LATER IN THE DAY.
HIGH – 56.