A PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING A PROPOSED MINI-CASINO TO BE BUILT IN BEAVER COUNTY WILL BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON. MOUNT AIRY CASINO – BASED IN MONROE COUNTY – PLANS TO OPEN A MINI-CASINO AT THE INTERSECTION OF FAIRLANE BOULEVARD AND SHENANGO ROAD IN BIG BEAVER AS SOON AS LATE 2019. MOUNT AIRY OFFICIALS WILL PRESENT THEIR PLANS AT THE BIG BEAVER FIRE STATION ALONG FRIENDSHIP ROAD AT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THE PUBLIC IS ENCOURAGED TO SIGN UP TO SPEAK, BUT MUST DO SO IN ADVANCE THROUGH THE GAMING CONTROL BOARD’S WEBSITE. AMONG THE INDIVIDUAL’S SIGNED UP TO SPEAK – COUNTY COMMISSIONER DAN CAMP, WHO SAYS HE WILL BE SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE CASINO, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO BRING AS MANY AS 800 PERMANENT FULL-TIME JOBS AND AT LEAST 300 CONSTRUCITON JOBS. FOLLOWING TODAY’S PUBLIC HEARING AND THE COMPLETION OF THE BOARD’S INVESTIGATION, A FINAL PUBLIC MEETING WILL BE HELD IN HARRISBURG FOR THE BOARD TO MAKE A FINAL DECISION. THAT MEETING WILL OCCUR SOMETIME IN 2019. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S MATT DRZIK WILL BE THERE THIS AFTERNOON AND WILL HAVE A COMPLETE REPORT FOR US ON AM BEAVER COUNTY TOMORROW MORNING BEGINNING AT 6:30 AM.

THE AMBRIDGE FIRE DEPARTMENT HAS KICKED OFF A NEW HOLIDAY SAFETY INITIATIVE CALLED “KEEP THE WREATH RED”. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO EXPLAINS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Firefighters are being credited with saving a dog from a house fire in Beaver Falls over the weekend. It happened in the one-thousand block of Tenth Avenue Sunday afternoon. When firefighters arrived, they found the one-year-old pit bull in a cage with the homeowners away. The dog was uninjured but the home isn’t inhabitable.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4TH, 2018

 

TODAY – PARTLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES ARE POSSIBLE.
TEMPS NEARLY STEADY IN THE LOW TO MID-30‘S.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. LOW – 26.

WEDNESDAY – A FEW SNOW SHOWERS SCATTERED ABOUT
THE AREA IN THE MORNING. OTHERWISE, A
GOOD DEAL OF CLOUDS. HIGH – 32.

Police say two police cruisers were hit by a suspect during a chase through a busy Beaver County community today. Investigators say officers were searching for a stolen truck around 10 a.m. in Center Township. When police spotted the truck, the driver and two juveniles inside took off. Police say the 5-minute chase reached speeds of up to 60 mph.

HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP HOSTED ITS FIRST ANNUAL LIGHT-UP NIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

PennDOT District 11 is announcing traffic stoppages on the Koppel Bridge (Route 351) in Koppel Borough and North Sewickley Township will begin today, December 3 weather permitting. Traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Koppel Bridge through Tuesday, January 15. Crews from will conduct steel erection for the new bridge from the existing structure. Motorists should expect delays.

A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, 25, a native of Beaver County, will be held on Thursday afternoon. Elchin is one of three service members killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last Tuesday. Elchin was a 2012 graduate of Hopewell High School. According to the William Murray Funeral Home, friends are invited to visit with Elchin’s family Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Impact Christian Chapel (The Landing), 330 Hookstown Grade Road, Moon Township. A memorial service will be held there at 4 p.m. the same day. Elchin will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

A LANDMARK BUILDING IN ROCHESTER – CONSTRUCTED BACK IN 1920 – IS BEING AUCTIONED OFF THIS WEEK. THE ONLINE AUCTION OF THE BEAVER VALLEY BOWL BUILDING – WHICH STANDS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ROCHESTER – STARTS TODAY AND WILL END WEDNESDAY. THE SEVEN-STORY HISTORICAL BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 25 NEW YORK AVENUE. SEVERAL MOVIES LIKE “KINGPIN” AND “WONDER BOYS” HAVE BEEN FILMED THERE. “KINGPIN” STARS WOODY HARRELSON AND BILL MURRAY REPORTEDLY HAVE SIGNED THEIR NAMES ON A PILLAR INSIDE THE BOWLING ALLEY. THE BIDDING WILL START AT 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS…AND ANYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE AUCTION MUST PAY A FIVE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR PARTICIPATION DEPOSIT.

AN INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP MAN WILL FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES AT A HEARING LATER THIS MONTH…ON POSSESSING A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE STORY. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…