Most of Pennsylvania is under a winter storm watch or a winter storm warning ahead of a weekend storm that could pack a wallop of snow, followed by bitter cold and high winds, making travel hazardous. From Pittsburgh to the Poconos, communities are being warned about possibly heavy mixed precipitation, with snow totals ranging from a dusting to 15 inches. The storm should sweep into western Pennsylvania on Saturday morning, tracking its way across the state by afternoon.

CONGRESSMAN CONOR LAMB HAS ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS CO-SPONSORING A BILL TO RAISE THE MINIMUM WAGE. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

REPRESENTATIVE JAN SCHAKOWSKY HAS BEEN NAMED THE NEW LEAD SPONSOR OF THE LYMPHEDEMA TREATMENT ACT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A FORMER REPUBLICAN COUNTY COMMISSIONER IS NOW SEEKING THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR COMMISSIONER. DENNIS NICHOLS CHANGED POLITICAL PARTIES AFTER LOSING IN THE 2015 REPUBLICAN PRIMARY ELECTION TO CURRENT BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS DAN CAMP AND SANDIE EGLEY. THEN-STATE REPRESENTATIVE JIM CHRISTIANA CAMPAIGNED FOR CAMP AND EGLEY, LEADING NICHOLS TO SEEK THE DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR STATE REP. IN 2016 TO TAKE ON CHRISTIANA. HOWEVER, NICHOLS WAS DEFEATED IN THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY BY MICHAEL ROSSI.

ELLWOOD CITY MEDICAL CENTER WORKERS RECEIVED THEIR JANUARY 4TH PAYCHECKS ON WEDNESDAY, NEARLY TWO WEEKS LATE. EMPLOYEES NOW AWAIT WHETHER THIS FRIDAY’S PAYROLL WILL BE ON TIME. THIS MOST RECENT DELAY WAS AT LEAST THE NINTH TIME SINCE AUGUST THAT PAYROLL PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN REPORTED AT THE MEDICAL CENTER.

A NEW BRIGHTON MAN IS FACING CHARGES AFTER HE WALKED INTO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY WITH A BEER IN HIS HAND AND A GUN IN HIS POCKET. POLICE SAY 53-YEAR-OLD EUGENE WRIGHT WAS EXTREMELY INTOXICATED WHEN HE ENTERED THE FACILITY ON JANUARY 10TH. POLICE SAY THE GUN WAS FULLY LOADED WHEN THE SUSPECT TOOK THE WEAPON OUT OF HIS POCKET AND PLACED IT ON A COUCH. WRIGHT IS CHARGED WITH RISKING A CATASTROPHE, RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND PUBLIC DRUNKENESS.

THE AMBRIDGE AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT HAS HIRED A NEW FOOTBALL COACH. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

BEAVER COUNTY VOTERS WILL CONTINUE TO CAST THEIR BALLOTS DIGITALLY NEXT YEAR. EARLIER THIS WEEK, THE LAWRENCE COUNTY COMMISSIONERS AGREED TO A NEARLY 700-THOUSAND DOLLAR CONTRACT WITH PRECINCT SCAN, WHICH WILL REQUIRE VOTERS TO FILL OUT A PAPER BALLOT AT THE POLLS. OFFICIALS HERE IN BEAVER COUNTY SAY THEY DO NOT INTEND TO REVERT TO PAPER BALLOTS WHEN NEW VOTING MACHINES ARE PURCHASED.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, JANUARY 18TH, 2019

 

**** WINTER STORM WATCH FOR BEAVER COUNTY…IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING THROUGH SUNDAY AFTERNOON… A WINTRY MIX OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. TOTAL SNOW ACCUMULATIONS OF 2 TO 8 INCHES, ICE ACCUMULATIONS OF UP TO ONE TENTH OF AN INCH POSSIBLE. TRAVEL COULD BE VERY DIFFICULT TO IMPOSSIBLE. A WINTER STORM WATCH MEANS THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT SNOW, SLEET OR ICE ACCUMULATIONS THAT MAY IMPACT TRAVEL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE LATEST FORECASTS. **********

TODAY – AREAS OF PATCHY FOG THIS MORNING. CLOUDY
SKIES. TEMPS NEARLY STEADY IN THE MID-30‘S.

TONIGHT – CLOUDY. LOW – 26.

SATURDAY – SNOW LIKELY. SOME MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. 5 TO 8 INCHES OF
SNOW EXPECTED.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 21.

THIS WEEKEND’S BEAVER COUNTY SNOW SHOVEL RIDING CHAMPIONSHIP HAS BEEN MOVED TO NEXT SATURDAY – JANUARY 26TH, WEATHER PERMITTING. THE EVENT WILL BE HELD AT OLD ECONOMY PARK, JUST OFF ROUTE 989 IN ECONOMY BOROUGH. ANYONE CAN CENTER AND THERE IS NO REGISTRATION FEE. REGISTRATION FOR THE EVENT IS HELD ON THE SATURDAY OF THE EVENT AT 11 AMD TO 12 NOON IN THE MAINTENANCE BUILDING AT THE PARK ACROSS FROM THE BARN. BEAVER COUNTY RECREATION & TOURISM DIRECTOR TIM ISHMAN SAYS A DECISION EACH WEEK IS MADE BEFORE 12 NOON EACH THURSDAY.