IT’S OFFICIAL…ALIQUIPPA HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER WILL GIPSON WILL ATTEND PITT IN THE FALL. LETTERS OF INTENT WERE SIGNED YESTERDAY BY GIPSON, ALONG WITH LARRY WALKER AND SOLVAUGN MORELAND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE…

ALIQUIPPA CITY COUNCIL RECEIVED SOME GOOD ECONOMIC NEWS LAST NIGHT…IN THE FORM OF THE LATEST ACT 47 REPORT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

 

ALIQUIPPA COUNCIL HAS APPROVED THE HIRING OF TWO CITY POLICE OFFICERS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Pennsylvania turnpike officials say they expect 6.3 million vehicles to travel the turnpike during the holiday period beginning Thursday until Tuesday, Jan. 1. The turnpike commission says Thursday and Friday of this week are expected to be the most heavily traveled days, with 675,000 vehicles on the roadway each day. The lightest travel days on the turnpike are expected to be Dec. 29 with about 350,000 vehicles and Dec. 25 and Dec. 30 with about 410,000 vehicles each day.

Pennsylvania’s governor says it it’s time for the state to consider whether to legalize marijuana for recreational purposes. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf made the comment Wednesday  while answering questions from the public on Twitter. Wolf says “more and more states are successfully implementing marijuana legalization,” and Pennsylvania should learn from their efforts.

A Brighton Township woman is accused of animal cruelty after her malnourished dog was found running free. Stephanie Brooks is accused of mistreating the Great Dane named Mister Clyde after police were called to a home on Valley Drive where the dog was running loose on December 8th. Officials say the dog looked as if it had been mistreated for some time.

A 37-year-old man is facing charges after a raid of his Beaver Falls home Wednesday. Jonathan Powell was charged after police found cocaine, marijuana, two handguns and a rifle inside his home in the 13-hundred-block of Fourth Avenue. Powell is in the Beaver County Jail in lieu of 150-thousand-dollars bond.

THE CITY OF ALIQUIPPA HAS BEEN APPROVED FOR YEAR TWO OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSISTANT PROGRAM FUNDING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, DEC. 20TH, 2018

 

TODAY – PARTLY CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF RAIN THIS
AFTERNOON. HIGH NEAR 50.

TONIGHT – PERIODS OF RAIN. LOW – 45.

FRIDAY – SHOWERS IN THE MORNING BECOMING A STEADY
RAIN LATER IN THE DAY. HIGH – 48.

SATURDAY – OVERCAST. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. TEMPS NEARLY STEADY
IN THE MID-30‘S.

SUNDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH NEAR 40.