THE PASSENGER WHO WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN THE BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP FATAL CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND…HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE CLUBHOUSE MANAGER OF THE SEVEN OAKS COUNTRY CLUB IN BEAVER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9TH, 2019

TODAY – SNOW SHOWERS. ABOUT ONE INCH OF SNOW
EXPECTED. WINDS COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST
OVER 40 MPH. HIGH – 33.

TONIGHT – LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH.
AGAIN…WINDS COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST
OVER 40 MPH. LOW – 23.

THURSDAY – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 25.

It’s been a year since Gov. Tom Wolf declared a disaster emergency regarding the opioid crisis. PA Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says it has enabled her department and 15 other state agencies to coordinate their response. Levine says the Governor would like to go further and declare a public health emergency, adding the Governor’s office is working with state lawmakers, since such a declaration would need legislative approval.

According to this week’s Triple-A gas price report prices in Western Pennsylvania are almost two cents cheaper this week at $2.44 per gallon. The national gas price average is $2.24 and has declined for 12 weeks in a row.  The national average is three-cents cheaper on the week, 20-cents cheaper than last month and 25-cents cheaper year-over-year.

Police are investigating a burglary at a motorcycle shop in Moon Township. The incident happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday at All Pro Motorsports on University Boulevard. Moon Township police say the suspects broke out the front windows of the business and stole the motorcycles. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call their local police.

Gov. Tom Wolf is stepping up the fight against climate change and setting targets to slash Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. Wolf, a Democrat, is planning to sign an executive order Tuesday committing his administration to meeting the goals. The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions says 20 states already set such targets, but Pennsylvania is among the nation’s biggest polluters. Making major progress would likely require agreements with lawmakers.

It’s unlikely the historic Fallston Bridge in Beaver county will reopen to vehicle traffic. Representatives with the Historic Fallston Bridge Commission say it would cost the county more than two million dollars to bring the span back up to code for vehicles. The cost to make it safe for pedestrian use is under 500-grand, according to the Beaver County Times. The commission is working on fundraising now to pay for the needed renovation work.

The name of the person killed in that fatal Beaver County crash that occurred over the weekend has just been released. I just got off the phone with Chief Deputy Coroner Bill Pasquale. He tells me that 33-year-old Kyle Counce of Brighton Township was killed in that crash, which happened on Pine Grove Road in Brighton Township Saturday morning. It’s believed that Counce – who was driving at the time – was traveling at a high rate of speed when the vehicle went out of control and struck a tree. Still no word from the Brighton Township police department as to the identity of the passenger who was severely injured in the accident.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 8TH, 2019

TODAY – CLOUDY SKIES WITH PERIODS OF RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON. A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE.
HIGH – 52.

TONIGHT – SHOWERS THIS EVENING. THEN REMAINING
CLOUDY OVERNIGHT. WINDS COULD
OCCASIONALLY GUST OVER 40 MILES PER
HOUR. LOW NEAR 30.

WEDNESDAY – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 31.