(Photo used with permission of Ambridge borough council)
A FORMER MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYER HAS BEEN HIRED AS AN AMBRIDGE POLICE OFFICER. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Join Beaver County Radio today at Senior Day at the Beaver Valley Mall from 10:00 a.m. to Noon. Frank Sparks host of Teleforum and Diane Brosius host of Yankee Trader will be there broadcasting live during Teleforum. Stop by and join in on all the fun and spin the Beaver County Radio b prize wheel. Hope to see you there!!!!
(Photo used with David Lozier’s permission)
WE HAVE AN UPDATE ON THAT OVERNIGHT DOUBLE SHOOTING IN MIDLAND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO SPOKE WITH THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY THIS MORNING FOR THE LATEST. Click ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
BREAKING NEWS: Two people were shot early this morning in Midland. An emergency official says police were called to the 400 block of Virginia Avenue around 2:30 a.m. The victims were taken by ambulance to a nearby hospital. Their names and conditions have not been released at this time. Stay With Beaver County Radio News For more details. This breaking news report is brought to you by…
Farmers Markets to end in the next few weeks, as we hear in this report from Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Jimmy Beaumont – the long-time lead singer of the Skyliners – died Saturday in his sleep at his home in McKeeesport, after a career that lasted nearly 60 years. Jimmy was best known for the 1959 hit, “Since I Don’t Have You”, which he co-wrote at the age of 18. Scott Tady of the Beaver County Times gave Frank Sparks some history of the singer and the band during today’s edition of Teleforum…
Tady says Beaumont was still singing as recently as Sept. 17th when the Skyliners performed a concert in New York…
Frank asked Tady about the cause of death for Beaumont….
Tady called the Skyliners an iconic band…
Jimmy Beamont was 76.
OCTOBER IS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARNESS MONTH HERE IN BEAVER COUNTY. WE SPOKE WITH ANN COLELLA-MURRAY, THE EDUCATION TRAINING COORDINATOR OF THE WOMEN’S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY. SHE SAYS DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM NOT JUST IN THE COUNTY BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY….
SHE TALKED TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE SERVICES THAT THEY PROVIDE…
SHE TALKED TO US ABOUT SOME OF THE COUNSELING SERVICES THEY PROVIDE…
SHE SAYS VICTIMS OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CROSS ALL AGE BRACKETS…
SHE SAYS EVEN THOUGH IT’S CALLED THE WOMEN’S CENTER OF BEAVER COUNTY…THE CENTER PROVIDES SERVICES FOR BOTH MEN AND WOMEN…
THE WOMEN’S CENTER’S 24-HOUR HOTLINE NUMBER IS (724) 775- 0131.
ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ATTENDED A FIREARMS SEMINAR AT FAIRVIEW GRANGE IN INDUSTRY ON SATURDAY….HOSTED BY BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY DAVID LOZIER AND SHERIFF TONY GUY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…
TOMORROW’S FREE VETERANS BREAKFAST IN ALIQUIPPA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
(Photo used with permission of Wendy Snyder)
A Beaver Area nurse has joined hurricane relief efforts in Puerto Rico. Wendy Snyder – an orthopedic nurse at Heritage Beaver Valley Hospital – has joined 200 skilled union members in a two-week relief trip to the island in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Kathy Stoddard is a nurse at Allegheny General Hospital and a member of SEIU Healthcare Pennsylvania…and she says Snyder is one of the hundreds of volunteers from over 17 states to help in the relief effort:
The volunteers will return to Newark on October 18th.