The big winner in the county’s 2018 budget, according to our own Greg Benedetti, is District Attorney David Lozier, who previously pleaded his case for an additional  full-time assistant while eliminating one part-time position. Lozier got his full-time assistant while cutting the DA’s budget by one-hundred-thousand dollars. The DA’s office spends 2.68 million of the county’s 75.9 million-dollar general fund budget. As for new equipment, such as bullet-proof vests for the drug task force and SWAT team, Lozier got ten-thousand of the 20-thousand he had asked for. The other ten-thousand is going to come from public safety grant monies. Lozier told our own Frank Sparks during Teleforum this morning on Beaver County Radio why he believes the extra funding is needed in his department…

THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS HAVE APPROVED ON FIRST READING THE 2018 BUDGET. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI HAS DETAILS…

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A New Sewickley Township man accused of giving drugs that led to a woman’s September 2016 death made a plea Wednesday and was sentenced to prison. 46 year old Gary Wimberly was sentenced to serve between two and five years in prison after pleading guilty to a count of possession with intent to deliver. Police said it took nearly two hours for Wimberly to seek help after he found his live-in girlfriend, Darcy Konter, overdosed on herion. Officers and medics found Konter deceased inside the home.

THE BEAVER COUNTY COMMISSIONERS TALKED EXLUSIVELY ABOUT THE 2018 BUDGET AT THEIR WORK SESSION TODAY. WITH DETAILS, HERE’S BEAVER COUNTY RADIO’S GREG BENEDETTI. Click on ‘play’ to hear Greg’s report…

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AMBRIDGE BORO’S 2018 BUDGET CALLS FOR NO TAX INCREASE…AS WE HEAR IN THIS REPORT FROM BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP SEMI-FINALIST WAS RECOGNIZED AT LAST NIGHT’S HOPEWELL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A WATER MAIN BREAK HAS LEFT THE MAJORITY OF DOWNTOWN MONACA WITHOUT SERVICE THIS MORNING. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

A woman is recovering at a hospital and she has three firefighters to thank for rescuing her in Conway.  The crew from the Conway Fire Department were on their way to a different fire when they saw a crashed car.  They say flames were shooting up as they worked to pull a woman out.  She was taken to a hospital for treatment.  It’s unclear what caused the crash or if anyone else was involved.