The tourism industry currently brings in nearly 40-billion dollars into Pennsylvania’s economy…and at least 250-million of that comes back to Beaver County. Those numbers are good…but Tim Ishman – Director of the Beaver County Recreation and Tourism Department – says that doesn’t mean they can’t get better. Ishman tells Beaver County Radio’s Pat Septak that his New Year’s resolution is to attract more visitors than ever to Beaver County…and he’s hoping to do that with the help of YouTube. Ishman says he believes that tourism will soon be the #1 industry in Pennsylvania.

With nobody winning the Powerball jackpot Saturday night, the top prize for Wednesday’s drawing is growing to a projected $400 million. That would make it one of the game’s largest-ever prizes. One Pennsylvania player won $2 million in Saturday’s drawing.

Pennsylvania’s budget standoff stretches into its seventh month even after Governor Tom Wolf signed parts of a spending plan last week. House Speaker Mike Turzai says there will be a six-hour call today for House members.

Aliquippa City Council met last night and announced there will be no increase in taxes for 2016. Beaver County radio news correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that millage remains at 27.5 and the total budget is 5.7-million dollars. Retired District Judge James DiBenedetto administered the oath of office to Mayor Dwan Walker, Councilman Don Walker and newly elected city treasurer Lynne Kakiou. Kakiou replaces Dan Britza, who retired after serving as treasurer for six years.

A man accused of assaulting a woman in Aliquippa was stabbed and arrested following a domestic dispute. Just after noon yesterday, police officers were called to the 12-hundred block of Wade Street. Investigators say a woman claimed that she and a man got into a fight inside a home there. It started with some yelling, but escalated when 18-year-old Tyaire Lee allegedly began beating her. Police say the woman stabbed Lee several times. Lee was taken to Heritage Valley Beaver with non life-threatening injuries. Police say Lee will be facing charges of aggravated and simple assault. Police have not said how badly injured the woman was. It does not appear that she is facing any charges.

Police are searching for a Beaver Falls bank robber. The robbery occurred at around 1:30 yesterday, when a man held up the First National Bank in the 17-hundred block of Seventh Avenue. Police say the suspect was wearing an orange hoodie and a mask when he entered the bank. It’s not clear whether the man had a weapon. No word on how much money was taken. There were no injuries reported.

Officials say the extent of damage to a Beaver County dam hit by a tow boat won’t be known until the spring. The boat ran into a gate at the Montgomery Lock and Dam on the Ohio River near Shippingport on Dec. 13, closing the large lock chamber. A secondary lock was closed for repairs, shutting down river traffic. Spokeswoman Carol Davis tells the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers expects to pull the gate from the river in the spring, which will reveal the extent of the damage. Authorities are still investigating what caused the crash.

Water service has been restored to some areas of Plan 11 in the city of Aliquippa but Beaver County radio news correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that it will be some time before service is completely restored. Service was halted at 8:00 last night due to a water line break affecting Plan 11 and the Plan 11 extension.

An Aliquippa man was arrested in connection with the armed robbery of two teens over the weekend. According to police, the incident happened in the 300 block of Woodrow Street in Aliquippa just before midnight on Saturday. Two teens, ages 14 and 17, were approached by 19-year-old Raequan Wannamaker. At that time, Wannamaker allegedly pointed a gun at one of the teens and demanded the hoverboard. Wannamaker took the hoverboard and fled on foot. He was later arrested and was found with a .32-caliber handgun and a small amount of suspected drugs. He is facing a list of charges, including armed robbery and aggravated assault with a weapon along with firearms violations.