WE’VE LEARNED NEW DETAILS IN THE CASE OF A PITTSBURGH MAN JAILED AFTER HIS ARREST IN ALIQUIPPA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE UPDATE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
HERITAGE VALLEY MEDICAL GROUP CONVENIENT CARE OPENED IN ALIQUIPPA YESTERDAY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
According to this week’s Triple-A gas price report, gas prices in Beaver County and throughout all of Western Pennsylvania are down nine cents, following a six cent a gallon drop last week. The average price is down to 2.71 a gallon. The national average is down to 2.46 a gallon, which represents the cheapest national average since July of 2017.
Beaver County will get $45,000 to help homeless families and pursue homelessness prevention after Gov. Tom Wolf released more than $5 million in funding on Monday. The money will be used for Rapid rehousing to help people flee violence or unlivable situations; homelessness prevention; street outreach connecting people with shelters and services; and emergency shelter operations and renovations.
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…
