A Beaver Falls mother is accused of hitting her 9-year-old daughter with a two-by-four. Charmeairria Stanford is being charged with assault and child endangerment. According to the criminal complaint, police say Stanford used a two-by-four on her 9-year-old’s bottom, “hitting the victim with the board every time the child got her spelling words wrong.” According to police paperwork, Stanford admitted to authorities that she had disciplined the child using the board, but she didn’t believe she injured her daughter. Police say the hits with the board were always over improper homework. Police got involved when the child’s father brought her to the hospital for unusual bruising on her hands and bottom. They said social services is now involved.

THE HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP POLICE DEPARTMENT IS ONE THE LOCAL POLICE DEPARTMENTS PARTICIPATING IN THIS YEAR’S “PRESENTS FROM POLICE” PROGRAM. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A Rochester man is facing charges for allegedly leaving two teens alone so he could go to North Carolina. Darryl Barbour is accused of leaving the 15-and 13-year-olds earlier this month. One of the teens called police to report Barbour missing and he was found two days later in West Virginia. He allegedly told police he was leaving the kids and driving south. The teens were removed from the home and Barbour was charged with endangering the welfare of children.

A Rochester woman is being charged in connection to the death of her three-year-old daughter. Sherri Tellez was charged last week, almost two years after the child died. An autopsy showed the little girl had lethal doses of opioids, sedatives and sleep aids in her system. Tellez later admitted to giving the girl several prescription medications before she passed away.

Police are continuing to investigate a hit-and-run accident in New Sewickley Township. A man was hit by a car Saturday afternoon on Freedom-Crider Road and suffered an injury to the arm. The driver did not stop but the vehicle was described as a maroon “square shaped” sport-utility vehicle. Anyone with information is asked to come forward and call the New Sewickley police department at (724) 774-2473.

A CENTER TOWNSHIP NATIVE WILL PERFORM WITH THE CENTRAL CITY OPERA NEXT SUMMER IN COLORADO. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A CHIPPEWA TOWNSHIP MAN DIED IN A SINGLE-CAR CRASH IN BIG BEAVER BORO YESTERDAY. THE CRASH OCCURRED ON WALLACE RUN ROAD NEAR SHENANGO ROAD JUST AFTER  4:30 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. THE CORONER’S OFFICE HAS IDENTIFIED THE VICTIM AS 61-YEAR-OLD GLENN GODWIN. AUTHORITIES SAY THE MAN DIED AFTER CRASHING HIS CAR INTO A TREE. NO WORD ON CAUSED THE ACCIDENT.

Governor Tom Wolf wants a Democratic state senator to resign over published allegations of inappropriate conduct toward women. The Philadelphia Inquirer is quoting anonymous former campaign and legislative staffers and advisers who accuse 56 year old Daylin Leach of behavior ranging from highly sexualized jokes and comments to touching they considered inappropriate. Leach blames the accusations on an unnamed political opponent and denies he’s ever inappropriately touched women.

Frustrated by shortcomings it has identified in elder abuse investigations, Pennsylvania is trying to take a harder line with county agencies that field thousands of complain ts a year. The department of aging is starting to grade counties on a more aggressive compliance schedule after telling some they had failed to meet regulations and expectations. A county now could have as little as four months to improve before it loses the responsibility.