HERITAGE VALLEY HAS ANNOUNCED ITS CONVENIENT CARE RELOCATION. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Beaver County authorities are looking for the man who stole a charity donation jar. Rochester police say the man swiped the jar Monday while in the checkout line at the Sheetz station. The money was being collected to help children served by the Salvation Army.

BEAVER FALLS POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY THAT OCCURED AT THE WENDY’S RESTAURANT ON 7TH AVENUE IN THE CITY YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

 

THE PASSENGER WHO WAS CRITICALLY INJURED IN THE BRIGHTON TOWNSHIP FATAL CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND…HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THE CLUBHOUSE MANAGER OF THE SEVEN OAKS COUNTRY CLUB IN BEAVER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9TH, 2019

 

TODAY – SNOW SHOWERS. ABOUT ONE INCH OF SNOW
EXPECTED. WINDS COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST
OVER 40 MPH. HIGH – 33.

TONIGHT – LINGERING SNOW SHOWERS THROUGHOUT THE
NIGHT. ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH.
AGAIN…WINDS COULD OCCASIONALLY GUST
OVER 40 MPH. LOW – 23.

THURSDAY – CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW SHOWERS
POSSIBLE. HIGH – 25.

It’s been a year since Gov. Tom Wolf declared a disaster emergency regarding the opioid crisis. PA Health Secretary Dr. Rachel Levine says it has enabled her department and 15 other state agencies to coordinate their response. Levine says the Governor would like to go further and declare a public health emergency, adding the Governor’s office is working with state lawmakers, since such a declaration would need legislative approval.

According to this week’s Triple-A gas price report prices in Western Pennsylvania are almost two cents cheaper this week at $2.44 per gallon. The national gas price average is $2.24 and has declined for 12 weeks in a row.  The national average is three-cents cheaper on the week, 20-cents cheaper than last month and 25-cents cheaper year-over-year.

Police are investigating a burglary at a motorcycle shop in Moon Township. The incident happened around 1 a.m. Tuesday at All Pro Motorsports on University Boulevard. Moon Township police say the suspects broke out the front windows of the business and stole the motorcycles. No arrests have been made. Anyone with information is asked to call their local police.

Gov. Tom Wolf is stepping up the fight against climate change and setting targets to slash Pennsylvania’s greenhouse gas emissions over the coming decades. Wolf, a Democrat, is planning to sign an executive order Tuesday committing his administration to meeting the goals. The Center for Climate and Energy Solutions says 20 states already set such targets, but Pennsylvania is among the nation’s biggest polluters. Making major progress would likely require agreements with lawmakers.