A Superior Court panel is rejecting the appeal of a boy who was 11 when he was charged with killing his father’s pregnant fiancee in Lawrence County. The three-member panel ruled Thursday that it had found no error in how a county judge handled the case of Jordan Brown, now 18. A judge last year denied Brown’s request to dismiss the charges or grant a new juvenile court trial. Defense lawyers had challenged the sufficiency of the evidence and how the judge had considered it. Brown was charged as a juvenile and adjudicated delinquent in the 2009 shotgun slaying of 26-year-old Kenzie Houk, who was eight months pregnant. In June, the judge put Brown on probation in the custody of an uncle who lives in Ohio, just across the border from Lawrence County.

Aliquippa City council approved plans  last night for the construction  of  the city’s newest fast food restaurant, Burger King.  Mayor Dwan Walker tells Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano that they plan to start the project in March 2017, and open in August. The site is currently a vacant lot at 2624 Brodhead Road. In other business…Alicia (Hunt) Williams was appointed chairman  of the Vacant Property Blight  Committee. She said in a recent interview she wants to get rid of the blight in her home town. Zoning and code enforcement officer Mike Demcak  said he wants a training session for the persons to be chosen for the blight committee’s 8 zones so they know what we are looking for.  He said the training will include how to document blight in each of the zones.  City Administrator Sam Gill praised Demcak and Police Captain Ryan Pudik  for all their work on the Blight and Vacant property Review Committee ordinance. , and also the The International Property Maintenance Code Ordinance. Council meets in regular session on Wednesday, September 7 at 7 p.m.

The final quarter of the budget year begins today and Beaver County has a projected deficit of 2 point nine million dollars.  According to Beaver County Radio’s Greg Benedetti, that figure was disclosed yesterday by budget director Ricardo Luckow during the commissioner’s regular weekly work session.  Luckow said the year began with a 15.3-million-dollar deficit, not the 17-million originally reported. Budget cuts totaling 3 point nine million and the refinancing of some county bonds substantially reduced the deficit.

Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano reports the following news out of Aliquippa:

ALIQUIPPA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IS HOSTING MEET THE TEACHER NIGHT FROM 5:30-7:15 p.m. tonight.  Elementary principal A’Fraca T. Shepard invites all parents to attend the event.

The monthly free breakfast for veterand hosted by Aliquippa Diversity Council and the Uncommon Grounds Cafe scheduled for Saturday has been cancelled.