Another round of 2017 Beaver County budget hearings gets underway today at the county courthouse. This afternoon, the commissioners will meet with the controller at 2:00, the elections bureau at 2:30, the recorder of deeds at 3 and the jury commission at 3:30. All meetings are open to the public and will take place in the commissioners conference room of the courthouse.
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Shell Cracker Plant Continues To Take Shape In Potter Township
The Shell Cracker plant continues to take shape in Potter Township. Loading up a bus with invited journalists, Shell Chemicals officials led a tour of the 340 acre site now being prepared for the construction of a petrochemical cracker plant. When completed in 2020, the new cracker plant will employ 600 people, but it will take 6,000 people — many local — to build this huge complex beginning in late 2017. Gov. Tom Wolf said that’s just a start — like the first steel mill built in Pittsburgh…and says the project promises jobs for years to come.
State Revokes Glade Run Residential Care Facility’s Operations License in Zelienople
State investigators say lax oversight at a Zelienople residential treatment facility for children with autism and other developmental disabilities continues to jeopardize the safety of those who live there. On Monday, the state Department of Human Services once again revoked Glade Run Lutheran Services license to operate. Glade Run, in Zelienople, was already on notice, operating on a provisional license after the state found that lax supervision allowed sexual abuse among residents. A lawsuit filed on behalf of a 13-year-old boy alleges he was repeatedly raped there by residents in their later teens while the overnight staff slept or watched television. But Glade Run was given a second chance under a plan for correction from the State Department of Human Services, requiring the hiring of additional staff and the retraining of the existing one. However, the state has now moved to close the facility, citing two more cases where the supervision had not improved. In one, a staff member failed to check on a suicidal resident who was eventually discovered hanging from his or her bathroom door by a bedsheet. The other incident involved a heroin overdose. Glade will have 10 days to file an appeal.
Beaver County Business Leader C.J. Betters Donates $100,000 to CCBC Foundation For P.T. Program
Beaver County business leader C.J. Betters has donated $100,000 to the Community College of Beaver County’s Foundation for its Process Technology program. The money will go towards the college’s efforts to train the workforce for current and emerging jobs in our region. CCBC officials say the gift from Betters will help purchase state-of-the-art training equipment that will be vital to employing Beaver Countians in jobs that are expected to be created during the next five years and beyond.
Hearings Resume Today At Beaver County Courthouse On County Budget
The Beaver County Commissioners today continue work on the 2017 Beaver County budget. Budget hearings resume this afternoon in the commissioners’ conference room of the county courthouse. Here is the schedule for today: at 2pm…The commissioners will meet with the folks from district court…at 2:30, the assessment office…at 3:00, they’ll meet with the treasurer’s department and at 3:30, the register of wills. All budget hearings are open to the public.
Wrong-Way Crash On PA Turnpike Kills Two People And Injures 1 In Cranberry Township
Authorities say a wrong-way crash on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Cranberry Township claimed the lives of two people and injured a third. State police say the two-vehicle crash occurred shortly before 2 p.m. Saturday in the westbound section of the turnpike that runs through Cranberry. Police said 85-year-old Robert Humble of Cranberry was driving the wrong way when he crashed into a vehicle driven by 56-year-old Helen O’Halloran of Ridgeville, Ohio. Both drivers were pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in O’Halloran’s vehicle was flown to UPMC Presbyterian, where he was reported in stable condition. The westbound lanes of the turnpike were closed for more than four hours. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.
Hundreds Turn Out For Beaver County Veterans Day Parade In Downtown Beaver
The Beaver County community honored its veterans with its annual Veterans Day in downtown Beaver this morning. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports that an estimate three-hundred people turned out for the parade, which was hosted by the Baden American Legion. The parade featured veterans organizations and high schools bands.
Teen Headed To Trial For Two Other Teens’ Killings In Aliquippa
It’s Veterans Day
Today is Veterans Day. All city, county, state and federal offices in Beaver County are closed today. There is also no mail delivery today.
Aliquippa Basketball Coach Charged With Possession Of Child Pornography
The Aliquippa head basketball coach has been charged with possession of child pornography. Nick Lackovich, the head coach of Aliquippa’s boys basketball team and a Beaver County probation officer, was arrested today after police said they found child porn on his computer. Police said the images were found while they were investigating Lackovich’s alleged role in hosting a dogfighting operation. He’s charged with two counts of sexual abuse of children by knowingly possession child porn. Lackovich turned himself in to a magistrate this morning. According to a press release from the Beaver County District Attorney’s office, his lawyer said he plans to retire from Beaver County and resign as the Aliquippa basketball coach.