Category: News

Homicide Charges Held Against Aliquippa Teen

CHARGES HAVE BEEN HELD FOR COURT AGAINST AN ALIQUIPPA TEEN ACCUSED OF AN APRIL SHOOTING DEATH. 16-YEAR-OLD CORDELL WIMBS IS ACCUSED OF KILLING 30-YEAR-OLD TREYMANE FOSTER ON APRIL FIRST ON WYKES STREET NEAR GRIFFITH STREET IN ALIQUIPPA FOLLOWING AN ARGUMENT. WIMBS IS SCHEDULED TO FACE TRIAL IN SEPTEMBER.

Sheetz Now Hiring In Beaver County

Sheetz has announced a nationwide push to hire more than three-thousand employees. Sheetz has three Beaver County locations: Rochester, Beaver Falls and Baden. Those interviews will start today. Anyone interested in learning more can visit jobs.sheetz.com.

Horsehead Corporation Changes Its Names

HORSEHEAD CORPORATION HAS CHANGED ITS NAME. THE COMPANY – WHICH LEFT BEAVER COUNTY IN 2014 AFTER NEARLY 30 YEARS – IS NOW KNOWN AS AMERICAN ZINC RECYCLING. THE PROPERTY OF THE FORMER HORSEHEAD PLANT IN POTTERY TOWNSHIP HAS SINCE BEEN CLEARED BY NEW OWNER SHELL CHEMICALS.

High Winds Knock Out Power To Thousands In Hopewell and Midland, Crews Working To Restore Service

High winds had a big impact on Beaver County Tuesday afternoon. There were reports of downed trees all over Beaver and Allegheny counties and thousands were left without power. There are 1,803 Duquesne Light customers still without power. Those outage numbers include 214 in Hopewell and 195 in Midland. Duquesne Light expects to have service restored to all customers by this evening. Beaver County, emergency officials say the high winds brought down a number of trees in the county. There were no injuries, but there was property damage.

Beaver County D.A. Thanks Emergency Responders For Their Help In Standoff Situation in Pulaski Township

THE BEAVER COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS SENDING OUT “THANK YOUS” THIS MORNING TO THE MANY EMERGENCY RESPONDERS WHO TURNED OUT TO HELP WITH THE STANDOFF SITUATION IN PULASKI TOWNSHIP LAST NIGHT. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. CLICK ON ‘PLAY’ TO HEAR SANDY’S REPORT…

 

Strong Storms Sweep Through Beaver County

Utility companies are working to restore power to hundreds of people still without electricity a day after severe storms swept through Beaver County, downing trees, power lines and possibly spawning several small tornadoes in nearby counties. The National Weather Service in Pittsburgh says investigators will be heading to Butler, Clarion and Forest counties to determine whether tornadoes touched down Monday afternoon.

UPDATE on BREAKING NEWS!!! Reported shots Fired in Pulaski Twp. Beaver County

Reports say a man was shooting his gun on the porch of his home in Pulaski Twp, Beaver County and is currently barricaded in his home. Details are sketchy at this point as the standoff is still active as of 5:25 pm today. Tune  into AM Beaver County tomorrow morning for complete details. Currently Beaver County S.W.A.T. is on the scene and negotiations are under way right now. We’ll try to keep you updated as the situation unfolds.

UPDATE 5:39 PM

The incident is in the area of 43 rd street and Sunflower Road . Police are asking to please stay clear of the area as this is an on going situation.

 

UPDATE 7:06 PM

Still an active situation. Police are awaiting a warrant to enter the premises. It’s being reported a domestic dispute is what started the incident and it escalated into the current situation. Police attempted a noise type of tactic to flush out the suspect shortly after 7 pm without success. Stay tune through out the evening as we continue to update the situation.

UPDATE 8 PM

Police continue to attempt to bring a peaceful end to the situation. Reports from neighbors report the suspect has a 38 caliber hand gun. It’s reported that a warrant has been signed giving ok for SWAT team to attempt to enter the premises. Various reports from eyewitnesses on the scene say that a robot has been deployed with a camera to try and survey the situation.

Witnesses on the scene have said that a sharp shooter has been escorted to the scene by PA State Police.

9:30 pm nothing new to report still following closely. Many people have identified the suspect both on the scene and via Facebook but authorities have not released his name.

10:30 pm

Man in Custody as the Stand off comes to a peaceful end.  The Suspect has been identified as Benjamin Cook .  Tune into WBVP and WMBA tomorrow morning for a full report and any updated information from News Director Pat Septak.