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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced on Wednesday that a man from McKeesport was given an eighteen-year prison sentence for disobeying laws involving federal narcotics. Olshan stated that fifty-five-year-old Frank McClellan was accused of giving out cocaine, a cocaine base, and a Schedule II controlled substance between March and September of 2021. McClellan will also have a supervised release of five years following his time in jail. 

 

(File Photo: Source for photo: President Joe Biden speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) With just a few days before President Joe Biden leaves office, more than 140 nonprofits are urging him to act on the Equal Rights Amendment. Passed by Congress in 1972 and ratified by 38 states by 2020, the ERA ensures constitutional gender equality. Amy Widestrom of the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania says it prohibits discrimination based on sex, empowers Congress to enforce it, and takes effect two years after ratification. Widestrom points out some argue the ERA missed its congressional deadline, but legal scholars say the Constitution doesn’t allow or require such deadlines for amendments. They point to the 27th Amendment, introduced with the Bill of Rights and ratified centuries later, as proof deadlines are not binding.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Senator Elder Vogel Jr’s office, Vogel has been reappointed to five Senate committees. Vogel is now the Agriculture and Rural Affairs chair and is on the Appropriations Committee as its vice chair. Vogel will look over issues in communities that are rural in Pennsylvania and make progress for the state budget. Vogel will also be a member of the Transportation, Environmental Resources and Energy, and Banking and Insurance committees. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The WPIAL announced their Hall of Fame class of 2025 this week. The list includes a former Beaver County athlete and a coach. Those two are Ty Law, a Pro Football Hall of Famer who played for Aliquippa and Dori Oldaker, who coached for Blackhawk in basketball. According to the WPIAL, here is the full list of the fifteen members of their 2025 Hall of Fame Class.

Athletes:

• Charel Allen
  Monessen basketball
• Russ Grimm
  Southmoreland football, basketball, track
• Ty Law
  Aliquippa football
• Spencer Lee
  Franklin Regional wrestling
• Ron Semkiw
  Baldwin track
• Brooke Stewart
  East Allegheny basketball
• Rodney Wilson
  West Greene football, track, wrestling

Coaches

• Dori Oldaker
  Blackhawk and Mt. Lebanon basketball
• Rich Saccani
  Upper St. Clair tennis

Courage

• Aiden Hanna
  Hampton baseball and golf

Contributor

• Terry Kushner

Official

• Rick Locaitis
  football, basketball, baseball, soccer, softball, volleyball

Heritage

• Trilby Busch
  Munhall rifle

Teams

• 1984 Seton LaSalle girls’ basketball
• 2012 North Allegheny football

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) AAA is reminding Pennsylvanians to get your home ready for the cold temperatures coming up in Western Pennsylvania. According to a release from AAA, meeting with an insurance agent to review policies is crucial for liability purposes, even though most damages during winter are covered by insurance for homes.

According to AAA, here are some tips to protect and prepare your house from cold weather:

• Remove hoses from exterior faucets.
• Repair or replace weather stripping around windows and doors, vents and fans, plumbing, air conditioners and electrical and gas lines.
• Use caulk or insulation to seal all cracks, holes and other openings on exterior walls.
• Let faucets drip a little bit to prevent freezing pipes.
• Well-insulated basements and crawl spaces will help protect pipes. Close foundation vents and windows to basements. Wrap vulnerable pipes with pipe insulation.
• Know where water shutoff valves are located so water can be turned off in case of an emergency.
• Air inside the walls, where pipes are, can be much colder than air in the room, so set the thermostat at a reasonable temperature, even if no one is home.
• Keep bathroom and kitchen cabinet doors open to let warm air circulate around the pipes.
• Close wood burning fireplace flue dampers when not in use. Follow all manufacturer instructions for gas fireplaces including those with pilot lights, which may require the flue to be always partially open.
• Trim threatening trees.
• Shut off water and drain pipes.
• Clean gutters.

The following school districts and businesses have either delayed or canceled for today: 01/16/25 (We will continue to update the list throughout the morning)

Ellwood City Area School District: Closed Thursday with a Flexible Instruction Day

Head Start Riverside: Closed Thursday

Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School: Closed Thursday with a Flexible Instruction Day

North Catholic High School: Closed Thursday with a Flexible Instruction Day

Riverside Beaver School District in Ellwood City: Closed Thursday with a Flexible Instruction Day

Seneca Valley School District: 2 hour delay Thursday morning with a Modified Kindergarten

St. Killian Parish School in Cranberry: 2 hour delay Thursday morning

St. Stephen’s Lutheran Academy in Zelienople: 2 hour delay Thursday morning

Sto-Rox School District: 2 hour delay Thursday morning

Snow watch is sponsored by Munroe Auto Body, the Lisa Lathom Team at EXP Realty, the Cornerstone of Beaver County, and Beaver County Radio. 

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(Beaver Falls Pa.) The City of Beaver Falls Police Department and Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible announced the charging and apprehension of multiple suspects who aided Homicide suspect Eric Krassman Jr, after he reportedly shot and killed sixteen-year-old Darrell Love, Jr. in Beaver Falls on December 18, 2024

The City of Beaver Falls Police Department said via release that at 8:30 AM Wednesday morning  Detectives with the City of Beaver Falls Police Department and Beaver County Detective Bureau did arrest seven people for their role in hindering or obstructing law enforcement from the apprehension of homicide suspect Eric Anthony Krassman, Jr..

The following people have been arraigned and are now incarcerated in the Beaver County Jail:
Stevie Jo Canakes (18) Hindering Apprehension – F3 1
Obstruction of Law – M2 2
Kevin Goode, Jr. (32) Hindering Apprehension – F3 3
Obstruction of Law – M2 1
Paige Goode( 28) Hindering Apprehension – F3 1
Eric Krassman, Sr. (38) Hindering Apprehension – F3 2
Sandra Mccullough (42) Hindering Apprehension – F3 1
Payge Murphy (32 )Hindering Apprehension – F3 1
Eric Walker (55) Hindering Apprehension – F3 1

The City of Beaver Falls Police Department stated that they extend their appreciation to the New Brighton Borough Police, Ellwood City Borough
Police and other agencies that assisted this operation.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) U.S. Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced Tuesday that a man from Youngstown, Ohio was sentenced to forty-five months in jail and three years of supervised release for distributing four drugs. Twenty-one-year-old William McCree was accused of trafficking cocaine, methamphetamine, fentanyl and fluorofentanyl between May 2021 and October 2022. McCree had a drug trafficking charge from Mercer County that was pending and was on bond at that time.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Representative Josh Kail (R-Beaver) joined three other Pennsylvania State leaders, Pennsylvania State Sens. Kristin Phillips-Hill (R-York) and Lisa Boscola (D-Northampton), along with Reps. Paul Friel (D-Chester) and Lisa Boscola, and Rep. Paul Friel to announce the formation of the Pennsylvania Competitiveness Caucus on Tuesday. This group hopes to unite efforts throughout party lines and the Capitol to improve the competitiveness of economy in Pennsylvania and in the future. A press conference will be occurring at 8:30 a.m. on Jaunary 28th inside the Main Capitol Rotunda by the caucus to talk about goals during the legislative session.

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a single-vehicle crash occurred in South Heights Borough on Tuesday. At 4:27 p.m., twenty-year-old Dana Farrell of McKees Rocks drove with two passengers, twenty-year-old Malichi Simmons of Pittsburgh and an unidentified two-year-old male from McKees Rocks. Farrell hit a ditch after she did not stop her 2019 Nissan Altima on the bottom of a snowy and icy dead end hill of Overlook Avenue. There were no injuries after the crash.