(File Photo of Rep. Rob Matzie)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) According to a release in Ambridge on Tuesday, Representative Rob Matzie announced that grants worth over $702,000 will increase protection for survivors of crime as well as for at-risk youth in Beaver County. Matzie also noted that parole services and probation in the county will also be advanced, with the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency providing the grants. 

According to Matize, the funding includes:  

• $266,977 to Beaver County Commissioners to strengthen adult probation and parole services. 

• $250,000 to The Prevention Network to support ongoing delivery of intervention, prevention, education and treatment services for at-risk youth. 

• $138,240 to Beaver County Commissioners to support programs aimed at protecting crime victims’ rights. 

• $47,000 to A Child’s Place to support services involving identification, prevention and prosecution of child abuse.  

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Santa Claus waves during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, Nov. 28, 2019, in New York. Macy’s said Santa Claus won’t be greeting kids at its flagship New York store this year due to the coronavirus, interrupting a holiday tradition started nearly 160 years ago. However, Macy’s said the jolly old man will still appear at the end of the televised Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez, File)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on December 18th, 2024 at 7:01 A.M.)

(Aliquippa, PA) Santa Claus will make an appearance in Aliquippa, less than a week before Christmas. According to Fire Chief Tim Firich, Santa will stop by Plan 6 on Thursday, December 19th at around 5:15 p.m. Firich also states Santa will then go to Plan 11 at around 7 p.m. and end his journey at the fire station.

 The full route for Santa in Aliquippa, beginning to end:

• Plan 6 (Hall and King Streets) 
• West Aliquippa (Main Avenue and Third Street) 
• Logstown (Baker and Phillips Streets) 
• McDonald Heights (Jarvis and Albert Streets) 
• Aliquippa (Valley Terrace C Building, Franklin Avenue, and Spring Street) 
• Plan 11 (Fifth Avenue and Adams Street) 
• Plan 11 Extension (Wykes and Davis Streets) 
• The Linmar Terrace Community Center on Monaca Road 
• Aliquippa (Sheffield Terrace on Jackson Street and Penn Avenue) 
• Aliquippa (Grand Avenue and Grant Street) 
• Aliquippa (21st Street, Hemlock Drive) 
• Aliquippa (Main Street, Franklin Avenue) 
• Aliquippa Fire Station 

 

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) According to recent data from Realtor.com, the price for a median home in Beaver County was $198,900 this year during the month of November. The data also notes this price is $200 lower than the price for a Beaver County median home in October of 2024. Finally, the data confirms that $205,000 was the amount of money that one could purchase for a median home in Beaver County in November of last year. 

(File Photo of Lancaster County Farm in Pennsylvania)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) A new study says getting “back to nature” in farming could help ward off the biggest impacts of climate change. As Pennsylvania faces increasingly extreme weather and biodiversity loss because of climate change, farmers and scientists are adopting resilient practices inspired by nature. Liz Carlisle is co-author of a new study in the science journal Frontiers, and says what is known as “agroecological” farming can create tightly connected cycles of energy, water and nutrients, if farmers can get the resources they need. She says most farms today still rely on fossil fuel-based inputs such as chemical fertilizers and pesticides. This new approach prioritizes a living, healthy soil and aims to replace non-renewable chemicals with practices that tap into natural ecosystems.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin speaks in front of University of Cincinnati Medical Center staff during the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 57 football game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. Damar Hamlin will put the $9.1 million given to a GoFundMe campaign by well-wishers after his on-field collapse into his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation.
The decision, first shared with The Associated Press Monday, May 8, 2023, is a first step in the 25-year-old’s plan for the unprecedented outpouring of support that he received after his heart stopped following a tackle during a Monday night football game in January. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) This week, President Joe Biden will be getting ready to sign a bill to give more schools automated external defibrillators. These devices help to bring back a person’s heartbeat when a medical emergency occurs. One of those who needed an AED to save his life was McKees Rocks native Damar Hamlin. Hamlin is one of those who wants this bill to be passed after suffering cardiac arrest during an NFL football game two years ago. Training to provide CPR will also be more available as a result of this bill.

(File Photo of Hopewell Township Police logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hopewell Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver are reporting that a crash occurred in Hopewell Township at 8:50 a.m. on November 29th, 2024 on I-376 East.  25-year-old Mackenna Flitton was driving in the left lane when she lost control of her 2004 Toyota 4-runner  and hit a guide rail causing  her car spin around before striking the cable guide rail and coming to a final stop in the grass. Flitton was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital with unknown injuries. She was charged by Troopers with not Driving a Vehicle at a safe speed. 

(File Photo of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Badge)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hookstown, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were called to the scene of a single vehicle accident on Hanover Kendall Road in Hookstown  at 1:45 A.M. on Thursday, December 12, 2024. 58 year-old Rex Freer lost control of his vehicle upon exiting a curve and hit a tree. Freer was transported to the Beaver Medical Center with suspected minor injuries. He was charged by State Police with not “Driving a Vehicle at a Safe Speed”

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) According to a recent police report from the Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver, a crash occurred near the Aliquippa exit on I-376 on Monday. The report states that eighteen-year-old Rhiley McCormick lost control on roads that were wet at 2:41 p.m. The report also notes that after hitting a guide rail, McCormick was given a written warning for causing the accident.

 

(File Photo of Aliquippa Police Car)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on December 17th, 2024 at 7:45 A.M.)

(Aliquippa, PA) There was an accident with an entrapment in Aliquippa. Aliquippa Fire Chief Tim Firich (Forich) reported to Giordano that those involved in the accident were going to Center Township on Monday evening. Firich reported that the patient was treated for injuries, and it took about fifteen minutes to rescue the patient from the driver when they were trapped. Police did not report the condition of the patient.

(File Photo of Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Baden, PA) A gas leak occurred in Baden on Monday, which caused an evacuation to happen. One of the residents of McKee Avenue noticed a bad smell, and then people in all six homes on the avenue were led by local firefighters and police away from the scene. Officials from Columbia Gas were able to find a pipe that was broken from a leak that did not cause hazards. The officials previously conducted line repairs in Baden on Friday. The gas did not enter any homes, and the situation has since been resolved.