(Ambridge, PA) Pittsburgh Region Clean Cities is hosting a virtual workshop on July 19th that is focused on the future of electric vehicles in the Borough of Ambridge and is inviting local businesses in the borough and its surrounding communities to participate. It’s all part of a nationwide project presented by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA). The “Ready for EVs” workshop hopes to bring together various members of the community using a virtual format to offer information about electric vehicles, charging infrastructure, and how the future of EVs could look in your community. Learn more and register at ReadyforEVs.com.

Get ready for “Beaver Takes Broadway!” the spectacular Summer Sing! of 2023, The Beaver Valley  Choral Society brings back this musical extravaganza Monday through Wednesday, July 31 through  August 2, 7pm to 9pm at New Brighton Methodist Church, 1033 Sixth Avenue, New Brighton PA  15066. Miah Sirianni, BVCS Choral Conducting Scholar, is directing the three-day musical affair.  

BVCS members and non-members alike, are coming together to sight read music near the end of  summer. Medley selections to rehearse include “Phantom of the Opera,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” and “The Sound of Music.” “Why We Tell the Story,” from the musical, “Once on This Island,” is also  among the selections. Plus there’s a new piece, yet untitled, written by Miah Sirianni and Geoff  McKain, written for the Beaver Valley Choral Society. 

“Beaver Takes Broadway,” an informal one-hour concert, concludes the Summer Sing! 2023 at New  Brighton Methodist Church on Wednesday, August 2 at 8pm. There is no admission charge, but  donations are accepted. 

Membership in the Beaver Valley Choral Society is not a requirement to participate. It is open to  the general public, men and women, ages 18 and older. If you find yourself whistling while you  work or bursting in song around the house, put your talent to good use at the BVCS “Summer Sing!”  It’s educational, it’s entertaining and a whole lot of fun. 

The registration fee for BVCS members of $15.00, and $20.00 for non-members, covers the cost of  sheet music and other expenses. To register online simply email bvcssummersing@gmail.com. You may also register when you attend the rehearsal on Monday, July 31. Fee payment by cash or  check will be collected at that time. 

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published July 14, 2023 10:16 A.M.

(Aliquippa, PA) Residents and family members will come together tomorrow at Uncommon Grounds on Franklin Avenue at noon and they will proceed to Main and Knoll Streets where 15 year-old Dahvea Sparrow was shot and killed execution style. Lamar Seymour, 17, with addresses in Aliquippa and Ambridge is charged with Sparrow’s murder. Charges are criminal homicide and possessing a weapon by a minor.

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published July 14, 2023 8:50 A.M.

(Beaver County, PA) Discussions of a new juvenile detention center have begun between District Attorney David Lozier and the Beaver County Commissioners. Lozier told Beaver County Radio that meetings are currently being held to discuss funding for the possible new facility. He also said plans for the facility include using it for potential regional use.
Beaver County has been without a juvenile detention center since the former Allencrest closed in July of 2009. The last juvenile detention center in Allegheny County, Suman, closed in 2021 after its license was revoked. Beaver County Commissioners previously had discussions of a new juvenile facility in 2021 as well.

(Photos and Story by Frank Sparks)

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Beaver County Radio and Jus1more Sports Bar and Grille in Beaver Falls teamed up to present the 2023 Coaches Corner Reunion Show on Wednesday Night.

The organizers of the event were Ed and Amanda Yerage. The lineup of guests that they arranged set the backdrop for a truly special evening. So special in fact that Beaver County Sports Hall of Fame Broadcaster Tom Hays came out retirement to host the show with his long time fellow broadcasters and current Beaver County Radio Sports Analyst Bruce Frey.

In all over 83 guests were scheduled to be interviewed. The proceeds from the show went to the Bob Barrickman Scholarship Foundation.

You can view the video of the show below  followed by pictures of the event from Jus1more Sports Bar and Grille:

Dr. Katherine Roxanne Grawe, known to her online followers and patients as “Dr. Roxy,” appears before an Ohio Medical Board hearing, Wednesday, July 12, 2023, in Columbus, Ohio. Grawe, an Ohio plastic surgeon, had her state medical license permanently revoked Wednesday after the medical board determined she harmed patients while livestreaming their surgeries on the social media app TikTok. (Courtney Hergesheimer/The Columbus Dispatch via AP)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio plastic surgeon’s state medical license has been permanently revoked after a medical board determined she harmed patients while livestreaming their surgeries on the social media app TikTok. The Ohio Medical Board on Wednesday voted to ban Katharine Grawe — also known as Dr. Roxy in her plastic surgery practice and to her many TikTok followers — from ever practicing again in the state. It said Grawe, who originally had her license suspended in November, neglected her patients as she livestreamed parts of their procedures, spoke into a camera and answered viewer questions while the surgeries were taking place. The board says one patient whose procedure Grawe partially livestreamed suffered bacterial infections and loss of brain function.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A court’s ruling earlier this year that the way Pennsylvania funds public schools is unconstitutional helped make education spending one of the thorniest issues in state budget negotiations. The state government is approaching a second week without full spending authority. The final OK on a $45 billion spending plan has been stymied over a dispute about creating a $100 million program to allocate state subsidies for students in the lowest performing districts to attend private or religious schools. Complicating matters is the judge’s ruling, which ordered the Legislature and governor to fix the system but with no guidance about how — or how quickly — it should be done.

FILE – This undated Pennsylvania Department of Transportation photo shows Robert Bowers. Federal prosecutors announced in August they would seek the death penalty for Bowers who is charged with killing 11 people inside the tree of Life synagogue. Bowers had offered to plead guilty in exchange for a life sentence. (Pennsylvania Department of Transportation via AP, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A prosecutor has urged jurors to find the gunman behind the deadliest antisemitic attack in U.S. history eligible for the death penalty. Prosecutor Soo Song said Wednesday that Robert Bowers intentionally planned the attack on a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 and preyed on vulnerable victims as they began Sabbath worship. But Bowers’ lawyer argued that he was overtaken by a “delusional belief system.” Bowers was convicted last month in the attack in the Tree of Life synagogue that claimed 11 lives. The jury began deliberating Wednesday and will resume Thursday. If it determines Bowers to be eligible, the jury will next hear evidence before deciding whether to impose the death penalty. If jurors determine he is not eligible, Bowers will receive a life sentence without parole.

This booking photo provided by the Warren, Pa., City Police Department shows Michael Burham. Authorities searching for the inmate described by police as “very dangerous” who used bed sheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail on Thursday, July 6, 2023, say they believe he is still in the area and have found stockpiles or campsites in the woods he may have been using. Burham was a suspect in a homicide investigation and was being held on $1 million bail on kidnapping, burglary and other charges, authorities said. (Warren City Police Department via AP)

WARREN, Pa. (AP) — Authorities are seeking information about a drone that may have been operating near a northwestern Pennsylvania jail before the escape of a homicide suspect last week, and they say they have increasing concerns that the escaped prisoner may be armed. Michael Burham fled the Warren County Prison late Thursday by climbing on exercise equipment, climbing through a window and then down a rope fashioned from jail bedding, authorities said. He remains on the loose. County commissioners are vowing security upgrades and a thorough review of procedures following the escape of a homicide suspect who used bedsheets to escape from a northwestern Pennsylvania jail last week.

(Pittsburgh, PA) A resident of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to one (1) day of imprisonment and three (3) years of supervised release on her conviction of bank fraud and conspiracy, United States Attorney Eric G. Olshan announced today. 

United States District Judge Marilyn J. Horan imposed the sentence on Lee Ann Benninghoff,  age 45, Aliquippa.  

According to information presented to the court, Benninghoff owned and operated Complete  Escrow and Bella Casa Realty. From February 2014 through March 2017, Benninghoff used her  position and connections in real estate financing, and conspired with others in the industry, to submit  fraudulent gift letters in support of mortgage loan applications. The gift letters misrepresented the  source of the funds and their purported purpose. 

Assistant United States Attorney Robert S. Cessar prosecuted this case on behalf of the  government.  

United States Attorney Olshan commended the Federal Housing Finance Agency Office of  Inspector General, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Office of Inspector  General, and the U.S. Secret Service for the investigation leading to the successful prosecution of  Benninghoff.