Hopewell School Board Approves Bids for Renovation Of High School Auditorium

The Hopewell School Board has approved bids for the renovation of the high school auditorium.  According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, C.W. Smith of Beaver Falls was awarded the construction bid of $430,300. The electrical construction bid went to R.E. Yates of New Castle for $80,544. The next meeting will be June 14 at 7 p.m., and the 2016-2017 school district budget will be adopted at the June 21 meeting at 7 p.m.

Police Charge 25-year-old In Road-Rage Incident That Locked Down Moon Area Schools

Police have tracked down a former Beaver County resident in connection with a road-rage incident Monday afternoon that prompted the lockdown of the Moon Area middle and high school campus. 25-year-old Evan Christy faces multiple charges after, police said, he followed a woman into the high school parking lot and pointed a handgun at her when she stopped to pick up her child at the high school. He then sped away. Authorities say they used police video captured from a Moon intersection to trace the license plate number of Christy’s vehicle. The registration came back to a Beaver County address, but detectives determined Christy no longer lived there and they were then able to further track him to a Moon address on Tuesday. He faces a preliminary hearing scheduled for June 7.

Freedom Area School District Under Boil Water Advisory

The Freedom Area School District is under a boil water advisory due to traces of e-coli found in the New Sewickley Township water supply. DEP regional spokesman John Poister tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that they notified the district of the notice. Students in the district are being asked to wash their hands with anti-bacterial soap and refrain from drinking from the water fountain until the situation is rectified.

Wes Hill Talks To AM Beaver County About False Alarm in Shippingport

PEOPLE LIVING NEAR THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT IN SHIPPINGPORT ARE STILL TALKING ABOUT LAST FRIDAY’S FALSE ALARM, SET OFF BY THE PLANT. IT WAS ONLY A MISTAKE, BUT IT DID CAUSE QUITE A BIT OF PANIC AMONG RESIDENTS IN THE AREA.
WES HILL OF THE BEAVER COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT CENTER APPEARED ON AM BEAVER COUNTY THIS MORNING WITH AL GOEHRING. HILL SAYS THAT EVEN THOUGH THIS WAS A FALSE ALARM, IT’S IMPERATIVE THAT FOLKS PAY ATTENTION TO THE ALARMS. HE SAYS THE SIREN SYSTEMS SHOULD NEVER BE IGNORED…HILL SAYS NOW WOULD BE A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW THE PACKET OF INFORMATION THAT THE COUNTY SENT OUT TO THOSE LIVING WITHIN A 10-MILE RADIUS OF THE PLANT…HILL SAYS THE COUNTY DOES PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO THE ELDERLY AND SPECIAL NEEDS RESIDENTS WHO WOULD NEED HELP IF AN EVACUATION ORDER IS GIVEN…HILL SAYS ONE OF THE BEST WAYS TO PREPARE FOR AN EMERGENCY, IS TO HAVE AN EMERGENCY PACK INSIDE THEIR HOMES…READY TO GO AT ALL TIMES…ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS YOU CAN CONTACT THE COUNTY EMERGTENCY MANAGEMENT CENTER AT (724) 775-1700.

Long-Time Hopewell Township Police Officer Resigns

News out of Hopewell Township this morning. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano is reporting that township police officer Jim Lewis retired from the force recently after serving the township for 36 years.. Chief Brian Uhrmacher made the announcement at last night’s meeting.

Applicants for part time positions on the force are being interviewed.

Township manager Norm Krause, Jr. announced that 2 interns have been hired and are working on the park fest to be held in July. Parks and Recreation director Pam Fiejdasz left the position 2 weeks ago.

…and township road dept. manager Chuck Srafin announced that the summer road program has begun , and patching is being done on several streets.

Driver Sought In Alleged Road-Rage Incident in Moon Township

Authorities in Moon Township are looking for the driver of an SUV involved in an alleged road-rage incident Monday that prompted the Moon Area School District’s middle school and high school to be placed on precautionary lock down. Authorities say a woman was driving down University Boulevard and turned into the parking lot of the schools to pick up her children with a black SUV following close behind her. The woman told police that she got out of her vehicle and asked the SUV’s driver what was going on. Moon Township police say the SUV driver pulled out a gun and pointed it out of his window and in the woman’s face. Police say the SUV took off through the parking lot. Officers are looking for a man in his late teens to early ’20’s. The suspect has a scruffy beard, curly black hair and was wearing a white, short-sleeved shirt. The search for a suspect is ongoing.

Drug Bust in Beaver Falls

There was a drug bust in Beaver Falls over the weekend. The Beaver Falls Police Department, assisted by the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office Anti-Drug Task Force, served a narcotics warrant on 45 Mt. Washington apartments for the distribution of narcotics. Items recovered from the warrant include a substantial amount of suspected crack cocaine and heroin, a couple of handguns (one of which was reported stolen), along with several drug paraphernalia items. Two suspects have been charged. They are 19-year-old Donyell Williams, Jr of Detroit, Michigan and 29-year-old Katherine Rose of Beaver Falls. Both are charged with possession with intent to deliver, criminal conspiracy, possession of drug paraphernalia and receiving stolen property.

Hopewell Township Parks and Rec. Director Resigns

Pam Fiejdasz, Hopewell Township Parks and Recreation Director, has resigned, according to township manager Norm Krause, Jr. Beaver County Radio News correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that Fiejdasz has taken a job in another field. The supervisors next meeting is tonight at 7 p-m.

Three People Treated For Smoke Inhalation After Rochester Fire

Three people were treated for smoke inhalation after fire broke out in a home in Rochester early this morning. The fire broke out shortly after 5 a.m. at the house on Henon Avenue. The three people treated for smoke inhalation were all members of the same family. Three pets were killed in the fire. The cause of the fire is unknown.

Crews Fight Suspicious Fire in Lawrence County

Emergency crews battled what officials say was a suspicious fire at a home in Lawrence County early Sunday morning. The fire broke out at round 5:30 a.m. at a vacant home in the 16-hundred block of West Lawrence Avenue near Ellwood City. Wayne Township fire officials say the fire began on the side porch of the home, and the fire chief considers it to be suspicious. No one was reported to be injured.