Sharon police say Snapchat helped them find a murder suspect. Alexis Holmes was arrested yesterday in Ohio on criminal homicide and other charges. Detectives say Holmes disappeared after she planned the robbery that ended with Khalil Hopson’s death last month. She emerged on Snapchat days later while on vacation.
A Shenango Township man accused of stabbing his mother more than 300 times has pleaded guilty to first-degree murder with mental illness. 29 year old Dean Craven pleaded guilty before Lawrence County Common Pleas Court Judge J.Craig Cox. According to police, Craven stabbed Lauri Craven to death back in January of 2017. Sentencing has been set for July 10th. Lawrence County District Attorney Joshua Lamancusa is prosecuting the case for the county.
Police in Franklin Township say a 90-year-old man is accused of exposing himself while urinating near his car in April. John Sidor reportedly exposed himself near the entrance to a Giant Eagle parking lot and urinated near the driver’s side of the vehicle April 17th. Sidor then entered the store and relieved himself again when he exited, this time on the passenger side. Sidor is set for trial in October but is eligible for an intervention program.
POLICE IN MIDLAND SAY A MAN OFFERED YOUNG GIRLS MONEY TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM ON FRIDAY…AND THEN PUNCHED AN OFFICER WHO WAS QUESTIONING HIM ABOUT THE INCIDENT. A WOMAN TOLD POLICE THAT 61-YEAR-OLD ROBERT WILLHELM OFFERED HER GRANDDAUGHTER 25 DOLLARS TO HAVE SEX WITH HIM AND HAD PROPOSITIONED OTHER CHILDREN EARLIER IN THE DAY. A MOTHER GAVE POLICE A FIVE-DOLLAR BILL THAT WILLHELM HAS USED TO TRY TO ENTICE HER DAUGHTER. WHEN POLICE TRIED TO ARREST HIM, WILLHELM ALLEGEDLY PUNCHED THE OFFICER IN THE JAW. HE’S BEING HELD IN THE BEAVER COUNTY JAIL ON 100-THOUSAND DOLLARS BOND. HE FACES A PRELIMINARY HEARING ON MONDAY ON A MULTITUDE OF CHARGES.
Two people are facing charges after an ax fight in New Brighton a month ago. Maggie Hopple is accused of swinging the ax at Donald Strickland outside her home on Plum Alley on May 4th. Police say Strickland was caught on video striking the woman and knocking her to the ground as well. The two will have their preliminary hearings July 5th.
Investigators are looking into the cause of a early morning fire Wednesday in New Castle. Crews were called just before 1:30 a.m. to a business police identified as East Coast Paving on West State Street. A sign at the business said Whiting Construction. The fire caused some damage to the inside of the business, and crews worked to vent the building of all the smoke. No one was inside at the time.
A new report from the Center for Research on Education Outcomes shows “overwhelmingly negative” results for students in cyber charter schools and mixed results for students in brick-and-mortar charter schools. Andrea Sears reports…
THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ARE AMONG MANY BEAVER COUNTIANS MARKING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF D-DAY…THE DAY WHEN ALLIED FORCES LANDED IN AN INVASION THAT HELPED FREE EUROPE FROM NAZI OCCUPATION, BACK ON JUNE 6, 1944. HERE’S WHAT COMMISSIONER SANDIE EGLEY HAD TO SAY ABOUT OUR VETERANS DURING THE ASK THE COMMISSIONERS SEGMENT DURING ‘TELEFORUM’ ON BEAVER COUNTY RADIO THIS MORNING…
THIS SATURDAY’S BEAVER FALLS CAR CRUISE WILL BEGIN WITH A VETERANS PARADE HONORING ALL VETERANS… A COUPLE OF WORLD WAR TWO VETERANS WILL BE JOINING US ON THAT DAY…AND SPEAKING OF THE CAR CRUISE, THE COMMISSIONERS AND BEAVER COUNTY TOURISM ARE AMONG THE SPONSORS OF THIS YEAR’S CAR CRUISE. EGLEY TALKED ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF TOURISM TO THE COUNTY…
…AND WHEN ASKED TO COMMENT ON THE STATE SUPREME COURT DENYING HEARING BEAVER COUNTY’S REASSESSMENT APPEAL, EGLEY HAD THIS TO SAY…
WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2019
TODAY – GENERALLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 77.
TONIGHT – CLOUDY SKIES. LOW NEAR 60.
FRIDAY – CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. HIGH NEAR 80.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY. HIGH – 81.
SUNDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. SLIGHT CHANCE OF A RAIN
SHOWER. HIGH – 77.
BREAKING NEWS: A final bid to avoid reassessment of 96,000 Beaver County properties was denied by the state Supreme Court on Wednesday. Beaver County Commissioner Sandie Egley confirmed the ruling to Beaver County Radio News earlier this afternoon. But when asked for a verbal statement, Egley referred us to the statement issued by the solicitor’s office. According to the Beaver County Times, Chief Solicitor Garen Fedeles said in a statement representing the board of commissioners, that since the county has exhausted all legal options through the court system, the county now has no choice but to move forward with the reassessment process. According to the newspaper, Fedeles says the process will take years to complete and the county will work hard to keep the property owners of Beaver County informed throughout the process…and that there is no timetable for the reassessment.