BREAKING NEWS: THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS’ SEARCH FOR A FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATOR HAS HIT A NEW TWIST. WITH DETAILS, HERE’S BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…
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A Chippewa Township police officer has resigned after harassment charges were filed against him. 40-year-old Johnathan Lutton is accused of harassing a female co-worker at the police department from June of last year through March of this year. According to court documents, Lutton allegedly touched the victim inappropriately on multiple occasions and made a number of inappropriate comments about the victim’s tattoos. Lutton is also accused of sending a number of vulgar and lewd text messages to the victim. The Chippewa Township Police Chief says Lutton has been on administrative leave since April, once those allegations were brought forward. Beaver County detectives investigated the claims, ultimately charging Lutton with one count of harassment.
A Freedom man is facing charges after allegedly raping and taking nude photos of an unconscious woman in his home. According to police, the incident happened in a home in the 600 block of Ninth Street in Freedom on June 1st. The victim told police she met the suspect at the Stonewall Golf Course. The two used to work together and reconnected at a golf tournament there last week. The suspect was later identified as 24-year-old Zachary Dinell. The victim told police she did not consent to having intercourse or being photographed. Dinell also admitted to the victim that he had sent the explicit pictures to his ex-girlfriend. Dinell is facing a list of charges including rape, sexual assault, unlawful dissemination of intimate image, and invasion of privacy. He is being held in jail on $50,000 cash bond.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6TH, 2018
TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 68.
TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. LOW NEAR 50.
THURSDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH NEAR 80.
Steve Peterson, Tom Gargaro, and Sam Florida, members of the Beaver Falls Car Cruise Committee were guests on Teleforum with Frank Sparks Tuesday June 05, 2018 at 10:00 a.m.. The guys discussed all of the work that goes into the cruise each and every year to make it bigger and better. Steve Peterson told the listeners all of the great sponsors that help make the car cruise successful. Tom Discussed one of the most important things, Food. Tom told the listeners of the variety of great food and that there is something for everyone. Sam talked about the ever popular passport program returning again this year. The guys also went over the do’s and dont’s of the cruise. Opening ceremonies of the cruise will start at 12 noon in front of the WBVP/WMBA studios and it will also be streamed live on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page.
Check out the Facebook Live Video of Today’s interview with the Committee below……
If you need anymore information about Saturday’s cruise that will run from 12 noon to 8 pm you can go to the Car Cruise Facebook page click on the picture below to be directed to their page…
HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS WAS ON THE HOPEWELL SCHOOL BOARD’S COLLECTIVE MINDS LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
Hopewell grad Tony Dorsett comes home, as a special ribbon-cutting ceremony is held at Margaret Ross Elementary School. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…
A Beaver Falls man has been charged in connection with a stabbing incident from Friday night. According to Beaver Falls police, 51 year old Richard Heard got into a fight with another man, then pulled out a knife and stabbed him in the arm, causing a “large laceration.” Heard was charged by police with aggravated and simple assault. He was taken to the Beaver County Jail after failing to post a $20,000 bond. The alleged incident took place at the College Hills Apartments on Fourth Avenue in Beaver Falls.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, JUNE 5TH, 2018
TODAY – SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. HIGH – 68.
TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 47.
WEDNESDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 67.
Bill Clinton bristles at questions on Lewinsky, #MeToo
By ANNE FLAHERTY, Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton says the #MeToo movement is overdue. Just don’t ask him about Monica Lewinsky.
In an interview with NBC’s “Today Show” released Monday, Clinton bristled at questions over whether he should have resigned 20 years ago over his sexual relationship with the White House intern and whether the #MeToo movement has changed his perspective.
At the same time, the former Democratic president claimed credit for empowering women in his orbit and disputed that he might owe Lewinsky a private apology, insisting his public televised apology was adequate.
Lewinsky wrote in March that their relationship “was not sexual assault” but “constituted a gross abuse of power.”
“I dealt with it 20 years ago, plus,” said Clinton. “And the American people, two-thirds of them stayed with me. And I’ve tried to do a good job since then, and with my life and with my work. That’s all I have to say.”
Clinton is promoting his new fictional thriller, “The President Is Missing,” with best-selling author James Patterson.
In clips released from the interview, Clinton was at times both vague and combative in his answers, repeatedly blaming his critics and even the NBC interviewer for “omitting facts” by trying to lump him in with other men who have abused their positions of power to leverage sexual relationships.
Clinton said he was right not to resign. And while he said he supports the #MeToo movement, “I still have questions about some of the decisions which have been made.”
Clinton said he doesn’t think President Donald Trump has gotten a free pass, but that Trump’s alleged exploits haven’t “gotten anything like the coverage you would expect.” Trump has been accused by more than a dozen women of sexual misconduct and was caught on tape bragging about grabbing women’s crotches.
On any parallels between the two presidents, Clinton said: “A lot of the facts have been conveniently omitted to make the story work, I think partly because (Trump’s supporters) are frustrated that they got all these serious allegations against the current occupant in the Oval Office. And his donors don’t seem to care.”
On not resigning, Clinton said: “I think I did the right thing. I defended the Constitution.”
Patterson joined Clinton for the NBC interview, and seemed equally surprised that Clinton would be asked about the Lewinsky scandal on his book tour. At one point, Patterson noted that other presidents, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, also were suspected of having extramarital affairs and that it was in the past.
“It’s 20 years ago. Come on. Let’s talk about JFK. Let’s talk about, you know, LBJ. Stop it already,” Patterson said.
In March, Lewinsky wrote in “Vanity Fair” of Clinton:
“He was my boss. He was the most powerful man on the planet. He was 27 years my senior, with enough life experience to know better. He was, at the time, at the pinnacle of his career, while I was in my first job out of college. (Note to the trolls, both Democratic and Republican: none of the above excuses me for my responsibility for what happened. I meet Regret every day.)”