The Ambridge Fire Department has unveiled its new apparatus. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

The victims of last Thursday’s fatal motorcycle crash in Industry have been identified. Elizabeth and Warren Butera, both 53, were killed , according to Beaver County Coroner David Gabauer,
The Brighton Township couple were riding together on a motorcycle headed toward Midland. According to Beaver Police Chief Dan Madgar, an SUV drove into their path while attempting to turn onto Route 68 from Wabash Street.

Both victims died as a result of blunt force trauma, Gabauer said.

No one in the SUV was injured. Police continue to investigate the crash.

Starting in September, dozens of Chinese college students will be on their way to earning a Geneva College bachelors degree at what will be known as Geneva College Shanghai. The Christian college is one of eight international colleges or universities partnering with 2 Chinese teaching companies.
“The value… is exposing our students to other cultures in a global world,” said Melinda Stephens, Geneva’s Chief Academic Officer.

IN THE LAST 18 MONTHS MORE UNMANNED AIRCRAFT HAVE BEEN REGISTERED THAN ALL MANNED AIRCRAFT IN HISTORY. RIGHT NOW THE TECHNOLOGY IS WAY AHEAD OF REGULATION. THE FAA IS WORKING ON WAYS TO KEEP THE SKIES FROM BECOMING THE WILD WILD WEST.

It has been 15 years since a teenagers’ summertime field party ended with the baffling deaths of two high school boys, Shawn Baur and Scott Fosnaught, on a rural road in Butler County.

Since then, vigils have been held; rewards offered; billboards with bigger-than-life photos erected.

All to no avail.

Police speculated at the time that Scott was struck by a large vehicle. Shawn’s death was more baffling. Police had said that, other than a head injury, there were no obvious injuries.
The manner of death — whether an accident or a homicide — has not been determined.

Rewards for information about the deaths total at least $25,000.

Director of “Night of the Living Dead” George Romero has died. This and other horror films he directed turned Zombie movies in social commentaries: metaphors for conformity, racism, mall culture, militarism, class differences and other social ills. Romero was 77

The Pennsylvania Department of State has told the Legislature in a new report that more Pennsylvanians are using online voter registration than paper forms as the number of Republican and unaffiliated or other party voters continue to surge,

Online voter registration “has made registration convenient, accurate and secure,” Gov. Tom Wolf said in a statement on the report. “It just made sense that online registration should be the first step as we began our work to bring about much needed election reforms.”

 

A car flipped over into a house on Mercer Road in North Sewickley Township around 7:30 Sunday morning.

Police say Zacharie Mitchell, 23, of Monaca, was behind the wheel.

“At this time we believe he was under the influence of at least alcohol, possibly other controlled substances and he indicated to us he was coming home from a party,” said Patrolman Royce Deyber of North Sewickley Township Police.

The owner of the home, Susan Baker, said”I heard a big boom and ran to go down the steps,” “But there weren’t any steps there.”

 

The inside of the home was filled with debris once the car was towed away.

Charges against Mitchell are pending.