There is concern that 387-thousand-dollars in tax penalties levied against Beaver County by the I-R-S could essentially be passed along to local taxpayers. During a county commissioners meeting last week, the county’s solicitor confirmed a tax lien has been lifted against the county, but the penalties are still in place for issues with payroll taxes in 2016 and 2018. The county’s former payroll supervisor, Barbara Rossi, was fired two days after issues with payroll surfaced. Beaver County could hear back by mid-July if the fines are repealed.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have restored calm in Philadelphia after a roving crowd of teens and young adults damaged six patrol cars in the city. Police tell WPVI-TV an estimated crowd of 800 to 1,000 people swarmed through a section of the city just before 11:30 p.m. Sunday. Chief Inspector Joel Dales says police had no warning and don’t know why the crowd had gathered. People were jumping on cars. Dales says windshields were broken and side mirrors were damaged. No injuries were reported.

UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — State police are seeking the person who fired a gun during a fireworks show at a mall in western Pennsylvania. Police were called to the Uniontown Mall just before 10 p.m. Sunday, but the person who fired the shot was gone. In video obtained by WPXI-TV, someone can be heard screaming “Get your kids in the car. He’s shooting.” No one was injured.

Two men are facing charges in New Castle after a high speed chase led to a drug bust. Ladonte Scott and Antonio Gardner were arrested Saturday. Police say the pair fled from officers before crashing their SUV on Junior High Street. Officers found heroin, crack cocaine, cash and Ecstasy tablets in the vehicle. Gardner was taken to Mercy Hospital in Pittsburgh for injuries he suffered in the crash. Scott was arraigned on a number of charges and place in the Lawrence County Jail.

AMBRIDGE BOROUGH AND SURROUNDING AREAS WERE HIT BY HEAVY DAMAGE FROM SATURDAY NIGHT’S STORM. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A woman is hospitalized this morning after a hit and run accident in Lawrence County. Police say the woman was getting out of a car parked along Center Avenue in Taylor Township when she was struck by a commercial vehicle. The victim was flown to a hospital in Youngstown, Ohio. No word on her condition. Butler State Police and New Castle police are investigating.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, JULY 1ST, 2019

 

TODAY – SOME CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO
GENERALLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 84.

TONIGHT – SOME CLOUDS. A STRAY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW – 67.

TUESDAY – SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS,
ESPECIALLY EARLY IN THE DAY. HIGH NEAR 90.

Thousands of jobs in the clean energy industry are coming to Pennsylvania. These jobs will not only improve PA’s environment, but the economy as well.

Beaver Country Radio News Intern Kristian Biega has more on the story.

Pennsylvania State Police have announced that they will be enforcing a DUI checkpoint beginning today, and ending on July 8th. Beaver County Radio News Intern, Christina Sainovich, has details…

Pennsylvania blocks plastic bag bans for at least a year

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf has signed legislation barring Pennsylvania’s municipalities from taxing or banning the sale or distribution of plastic bags and other containers, wrappings and bags.

The measure Wolf signed Friday is a 69-page budget-related bill that lawmakers unveiled two days ago.

A three-paragraph provision prohibits municipal bans or taxes on plastic bags or packaging for one year while legislative agencies study the economic and environmental impact.

Senate Republican Leader Jake Corman of Centre County says he wanted the provision because his district includes a plastics manufacturer and a township considering a fee on plastic bags.

Philadelphia city officials are also considering a ban on plastic bags and a fee on reusable bags that many stores provide.

Wolf in 2017 vetoed legislation preventing counties and municipalities from taxing or banning plastic bags.