HARRISBURG, PA:  The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming, along with fantasy contests, during February 2024 was $499,093,210, an increase of 9.25% compared to revenue generated in February 2023.

 

Sources of gaming revenue regulated by the PGCB include slot machines, table games, internet gaming, sports wagering, fantasy contests and video gaming terminals (VGTs). The PGCB has posted separate reports for these types of gaming on its website, https://gamingcontrolboard.pa.gov/.

 

Total tax revenue generated collectively through all forms of gaming and fantasy contests was $204,961,221* during February 2024.

(New Brighton, Pa) Artist William Kofmehl will judge the 47th ANNUAL ART EXHIBIT for the Beaver Valley Artists. The show will be at the Merrick Art Gallery, 1100 5th Avenue New Brighton, April 16 – May 9. Hours are Tues., Wed., Thurs. 10 – 2, Sunday 1 – 4. 

William Earl Kofmehl, III, is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on sculpture. A native of Pittsburgh, Kofmehl studied fine arts and civil engineering at Carnegie Mellon University before earning his MFA from Yale University. Kofmehl has exhibited work around the United States and internationally and has taught at Carnegie Mellon University, the Pont-Aven School of Contemporary Art (France), University of Pittsburgh, Geneva College, and Robert Morris University. Kofmehl’s recent sculpture is composed of reclaimed cast bronze and aluminum alloys harvested from Pittsburgh’s industrial history.

Artists in BVA meet once a month to learn Art techniques, to practice drawing, and to critique one another’s work.

Each year a juror selects awards at the annual member’s show .

The show opening celebration is on April 28, 2024 from 1 – 4.  It will be on display at the Merrick till May 9 at 7:00 pm. when William Kofmehl will critique art work in the show. The public is invited to the opening and the critique.  Refreshments will be served.

Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published March 20, 2024 10:47 A.M.

(Crescent Township, Pa) The Department of Environmental protection says they’re investigation is ongoing in regards to the house that exploded in Crescent Township earlier this month claiming the lives of a couple inside the home. DEP inspectors have established a soil gas monitoring network around the property and are conducting an extensive search for all potential gas sources, whether they are documented or not. DEP also screened the nearest residence as a precaution. DEP will continue to have a regular presence on site and assist the Allegheny County Fire Marshall’s Office.

FILE – Dot Skoko, owner of Dot’s Dollar More or Less shop in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., hands a customer a Mega Millions lottery ticket, Thursday, Jan. 5, 2022. The Mega Millions jackpot has reached an astounding $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

The Mega Millions jackpot has reached $977 million for Friday night’s drawing after no tickets matched all six numbers drawn on Tuesday night. The winning numbers drawn on Tuesday were 24, 46, 49, 62, 66 and the gold Mega Ball was 7. The estimated jackpot was $893 million with a cash prize of $421.4 million. The cash prize for Friday’s drawing is $461 million. Four people won $1 million each in California, Texas, Virginia and Florida.

This selection of undated still frames from security video camera footage provided by Michael Grant shows a variety of oversized box trucks crashing through the historic Miller’s Run covered bridge in Lyndon, Vt. Over the years, truck drivers have failed to notice the height warning signs leading to the bridge. (Michael Grant via AP)

LYNDON, Vt. (AP) — One of Vermont’s historic covered bridges is under threat from modern technology. Box truck drivers relying on GPS designed for cars continually crash through Lyndon’s 140-year-old Miller’s Run bridge. That’s despite signs, including a flashing one, to deter vehicles that are too tall or too heavy from crossing. Drivers can face fines of $5,000 from the town, plus state penalties. But the bridge keeps getting whacked. Lyndon is far from alone. According to head of the National Society for the Preservation of Covered Bridges, last November, a tractor trailer truck seriously damaged a covered bridge in Princeton, Illinois, and a bridge in Ohio was damaged in a similar way a year earlier.

FILE – This Oct. 17, 2023 file photo shows the Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint after five inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility treats those with mental illness unfairly, under proposed settlement filed Tuesday, March 19, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

The Allegheny County jail could significantly increase its mental health staffing and provide more training about use of force and restraint. This after inmates alleged that the Pennsylvania facility unfairly treats those with mental illness. A court order filed Tuesday awaits a judge’s approval. It responds to a class action filed in 2020 in federal court in the Western District of Pennsylvania by five people incarcerated at the county jail. Lawyers say mental health care in the jail was “non-existent or wholly deficient” when the lawsuit was filed, impacting intake, medication, counseling and suicide prevention.

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 19, 2024 1:13 P.M.
Photos by Keith Walsh – Beaver County Radio

(Beaver Falls, Pa) The Rabid Raccoon 100 took place over the weekend at Brady’s Run Park. Runners from all over traveled to Beaver County to participate in the main event, the 100 mile race, which consisted of 8 loops of the course.

The event was organized by Visit Beaver County and managed by Wolf Creek. Visit Beaver County stated the reason Brady’s Run Park was chosen for this years race was improved trail maintenance, an upgraded course with no road crossing, greater parking capacity, and close proximity to hotels, among other things.

The 1st place male and female winners of the 100 mile race received a large championship style belt, and all 100 mile finishers received a custom belt buckle.

Photos from the event:

Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published March 19, 2024 11:18 P.M.

(Beaver County, Pa) St. Barnabas has been nominated in 9 categories for 2024 Best of the Valley Awards in Beaver County!

The following categories and St. Barnabas owned business will be up for vote:  

• Grocery Store – Shop N Save
• Hospital/Medical Center – St. Barnabas – Medical Center
• Assisted/Senior Living – St. Barnabas Beaver Meadows
• Retirement/55+ Community – St. Barnabas Beaver Meadows
• Dental Clinic – St. Barnabas Dental
• Employer – 101-500 Employees – St. Barnabas Health System
• Employer – 500+ Employees – St. Barnabas Health System
• Home Health Care Services – St. Barnabas Health System Inc.
• Hospice – St. Barnabas Hospice

The voting process will take place from April 15th through the 29th and the winners will be revealed at an awards event in the summer.

The Best of the Valley is organized by USA Today and the Beaver County Times.

Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published March 19, 2024 8:26 A.M.

(Aliquippa, Pa) An Aliquippa man’s preliminary hearing has been rescheduled.
David Askew faces a preliminary hearing in Beaver County Court on Thursday, April 18, 2024. He was charged and arraigned on animal cruelty charges last month after he struck Juan Hall’s pitbull Maize with a hatchet. Hall and his dog were at the corner of Main  Street and Maratta Road when the incident occurred.
Askew was released from jail after $100,000 bond was posted, according to court records.