Category: News

Winners of River City Brass Concert Tickets Announced!!!!!

Beaver County Radio WBVP and WMBA in Cooperation with Lincoln Park Performing Arts Center gave away two four packs of tickets to the River City Brass Concert being held tomorrow night, July 1, 2017 at 6:00 p.m. on the Main Stage Theater at Lincoln Park. The theme of the performance is an American Salute . Listeners were registered by answering trivia questions on Thursday June 29 and Friday June 30, 2017. The two winners were picked out of a hat and announced on the Entertainment portion of the noonday report with Pat Septak. Congratulations to Ernie De Chillis from Monaca and Tom Greuner from Patterson Twp for being picked as the winners.  Stay tuned to WBVP and WMBA for the next contest and you can be a winner just like Ernie and Tom.

Freedom Grad has book published

Freedom Grad has book published

Freedom High School graduate and author Leea Baltes announced that her new book, “Good Night Wishes”, a children’s book, is published as an e-book on Amazon. It’s available today.

Hardbacks and paperback versions will be available in book stores later today, Baltes said.

Baltes lives in Maryland and the book was illustrated by her 10 year old granddaughter.

Leeah is one of 9 children and a 1991 Freedom High School graduate. Her Mother, Thelma Lewis, lives in East Rochester.

Arrest in Conway Shooting

Arrest Conway shooting

Byron “Memphis” Allen, 26, was arrested June 16 and charged in an April 11 robbery-turned-shooting at a home in Conway.
Allen was charged by Conway police alongside 22-year-old Daiquan D. “Rugged” Reddick with counts including conspiracy to commit homicide, robbery and attempted aggravated assault.
Reddick was arrested shortly after the shooting and waived his right to a preliminary hearing. He is awaiting trial.

Local Broadcaster Dies in Crash

A local sports broadcaster from the New Castle area was killed in a multi vehicle accident on Interstate 76 in North Jackson Ohio yesterday morning. According to police, 53 year old Mark Schaas was killed in a five vehicle pile up on 1-76 around 10:30 yesterday morning. The crash took place in a contstruction zone and involved three semi trucks.  Schaas was killed at the scene. His passenger and another driver were life-flighted and two others taken by medic to St. Elizabeth’s Hospital. Charges have not been filed. The State Highway Patrol is working to determine the speed and how many hours the semi-truck driver at the origin of the accident had been on the road.  Beaver County Radio Sports Broadcaster has more.

Heritage Valley Health System Still Working To Get Computers Back On Line

Protecting the confidentiality of patient information. That’s the goal of Heritage Valley Health System, in the wake of this week’s worldwide cyber-attack. The diagnostic and lab facilities at the six convenient care  locations at Hertiage Valley are closed today for the second straight day. Patients who fall in those categories are suggested to go to Beaver or Sewickley Hospitals. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has an update. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…