Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published February 26, 2024 10:24 A.M.
(Aliquippa, Pa) Eli Kosanovich, a 2019 Aliquippa High School graduate was hired as a football coach and graduate assistant at Boston College in Massachussetts. He is the son of Nick, Jr. and Carla Kosanovich of Aliquippa, PA.
East Palestine Train Derailment (Curtis Walsh)
(East Palestine, Oh) As clean up efforts continue in East Palestine, an update on progress reveals that Norfolk Southern has completed backfilling new stone and gravel at former Car Scrapping Area 4 north of Taggart Street near CeramFab. Residents should notice reduced truck traffic and traffic controls on East Taggart St. The speed limit will remain at 15 mph to ensure both community and worker safety while site restoration and other work continues.
Confirmatory sampling and investigation, known as Appendix E work, is ongoing. EPA and Ohio EPA are reviewing Norfolk Southern’s proposed approach to conduct additional stream cleanup based upon the most recent stream survey and assessments. An interactive map detailing the sheen survey has been added to their website.
It is said that initial work in the underground culverts in East Palestine is complete. Drones and robots were used to assist workers as they accessed, surveyed, and monitored the culverts.
Plans for work at the site this week include the continuation of site-wide confirmation sampling, which is 48% complete, continuation of the treatment and shipping of wastewater, and another round of vapor intrusion sampling will start at businesses along the site.
Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published February 23, 2024 9:58 A.M.
(Center Township, Pa) The Center Township Police Department assisted by Beaver County ESU executed a search warrant of a residence at 3220 B Main Street, Aliquippa, PA 15001 in Center Township around 6am on Thursday.
They report a total of $2,238 in U.S. currency, 276.9 grams of marijuana, 52.5 grams of heroin, 130.3 grams of cocaine, multiple cell phones and drug paraphernalia including packaging and manufacturing equipment were seized during the operation.
Two subjects were located inside the residence and were taken into custody and placed in the Beaver County Jail on a $50,000 bond.
Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published February 23, 2024 10:02 A.M.
(Center Township, Pa) A paraprofessional, 2 custodians, 9 grounds personnel were hired and spring coaches were approved at the Central Valley School Board meeting. A custodian retired . Corey Heilman was hired as the new psychologist, and no starting date has been determined because the district is waiting for his clearances. Clearances were approved for the participants working with the high school spring musical.
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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff, 10:02 AM
(Beaver Falls, Pa) Tazjia C. Smith of New Brighton was charged by authorities after a shooting incident at occurred a a City of Beaver Falls bar around 1:05 AM on Saturday morning.
Police say via release that they were received a report of a shooting incident at Lil Joes Bar, 2018 7th Avenue, Beaver Falls.
The release stated that “Upon arrival on scene, responding Officers did locate a single victim with a gunshot wound to the abdomen. The victim was later flown to an area hospital for treatment of wounds received because of the shooting and is listed in stable condition. “
“An investigation was initiated by the City of Beaver Falls Police Department and Beaver County Detective’s Bureau. As a result of the investigation, it was determined that the shooting occurred as a result of an altercation that the offender engaged in with a security staff member of the bar. The offender was identified as Smith fled the scene after shooting the victim and was later located at her residence in New Brighton.”
Smith is being charged with Criminal Attempt to Commit Homicide, Aggravated Assault A1 and A4 , and Recklessly Endangering Another Person
The press release from Beaver Falls Police Chief David Johnson and Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible stated that this is an active investigation, and no further information is available for release currently.
FILE – David Freeman, left, and Bryan Freeman, right, sit with Nelson Birdwell III, not pictured, as they appear in a Midland, Mich., courtroom, March 2, 1995. On Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, the two eastern Pennsylvania brothers sentenced to life in the slayings of their parents and younger brother almost three decades ago were resentenced to terms that may offer them a chance at parole. (AP Photo/Dale Atkins, File)
EASTON, Pa. (AP) — Two Pennsylvania brothers sentenced to life in the slayings of their parents and younger brother almost three decades ago have been resentenced to terms that may offer them a chance at parole. A Lehigh County judge on Wednesday sentenced 46-year-old Bryan Freeman and 45-year-old David Freeman to terms of 60 years to life. The (Allentown) Morning Call reports that Bryan Freeman wept as he expressed remorse and took responsibility for what he called “a terrible crime.” Authorities said the brothers were affiliated with a white supremacist skinhead movement at the time of the February 1995 killings of Dennis and Brenda Freeman and 11-year-old Erik Freeman. Each was convicted of murder.
FILE – Emissions rise from the smokestacks at the Jeffrey Energy Center coal power plant as the suns sets, near Emmett, Kan., Sept. 18, 2021. The Supreme Court’s conservative majority seemed skeptical Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, as a government lawyer argued that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution “good neighbor” rule. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appears skeptical of the federal government’s argument that the Environmental Protection Agency should be allowed to continue enforcing its anti-air-pollution rule in 11 states. The government made its arguments Wednesday before the court. The “good neighbor” rule is intended to restrict smokestack emissions from power plants and other industrial sources that burden downwind areas with smog-causing pollution. Three energy-producing states — Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia — challenged the rule, along with the steel industry and other groups. They called it costly and ineffective. The rule is on hold in a dozen states because of separate legal challenges. Supporters said the rule protects downwind states from receiving unwanted pollution.
FILE – A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)
A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector. AT&T had more than 73,000 outages this morning, in locations including Houston, Atlanta and Chicago. Cricket Wireless had more than 13,000, the outage tracking website said Thursday. Verizon had more than 4,000 outages and T-Mobile had more than 1,800 outages. Boost Mobile had about 700 outages.
Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan, left, stands behind his bench during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the New York Islanders in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — The struggling Pittsburgh Penguins may be sellers at the trade deadline for the first time in decades. Pittsburgh currently sits near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings with two weeks to go before the March 8 deadline. General manager/director of hockey operations Kyle Dubas says he wants to give the team plenty of opportunities to show it can contend. Still, time is running out if the Penguins want to avoid missing the playoffs for a second straight season following a streak of 16 consecutive postseason berths
FILE – Election workers at the Allegheny County Election Division warehouse in Pittsburgh process ballots from the 2022 Pennsylvania primary, June 1, 2022. Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2024, that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for election records they issued in 2021 in a quest inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s highest court is ruling that Republican state lawmakers can no longer try to enforce a subpoena for election records that they issued in 2021. Their quest had been inspired by former President Donald Trump’s baseless claims of fraud in the 2020 presidential election, but the court said Wednesday that the subpoena became “unenforceable” when the state Legislature’s two-year session ended in 2022. It dismissed three appeals and vacated a lower court order that said the Senate could enforce its subpoena. The ruling is effectively a victory for the state attorney general’s office, Senate Democrats and several voter groups, who had gone to court to try to block the subpoena.