(File Photo of Center Township Police Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) Center Township is looking for more police officers that can work part-time, and today is the final day for those to get their application. If you are at least nineteen years old and have finished Act 120 training with a validated license for a motor vehicle in Pennsylvania, you can be eligible. Applications are at the Center Township Municipal Building from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. today and must be completed and returned by 4 p.m. on April 3rd, 2025.

(File Photo of Conway Fire Department and Truck)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The fire chief of Conway is no longer in his position. Daniel Bryne was removed after an overwhelming vote was taken by members of the department. According to sources, Bryne still came to events held by his department even though he had been suspended. Bryne took his resignation at first and then returned. Bryne then accepted his suspension and did not take it seriously. The Conway Fire Department now has a new chief and assistant chief after this move was taken.

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published December 12, 2024 1:11 P.M.

(Beaver, Pa) The Beaver County Commissioners held their public meeting Thursday morning at the County Courthouse. A proclamation was given to congratulate Rose Sutter for 45 years of service in Beaver County through the Beaver County Transit Authority.

A second proclamation was approved as well declaring December 21st, 2024 as Local Homeless Persons Memorial Day in Beaver County. Members of the Beaver County Continuum of Care and others were present to thank the Commissioners for the proclamation and they noted that 2 local people died while homeless in the past year.

Sheriff Tony Guy made an announcement that the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office was reviewed by the State Accreditation Program. Jim Adams, PA Chief of Police Accreditation Program Coordinator, went on to say that the Sheriff’s Office went through a two year program to be reviewed on 370 best practices. The State awarded accreditation to the Sheriff’s Office for a status of three years.

Also announced were the Courthouse Holiday closures, which will be December 25th, 26th, and January 1st.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from the United States Marshal Service in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the announcement was made by U.S. Marshal Stephen Eberle that Theodore Jaymes, a fugitive, was arrested that same day with assistance from the U.S. Marshals Western Pennsylvania Fugitive Task Force, the Allegheny County Police Department, the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, the Pennsylvania Attorney Generals Office, the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, the Pennsylvania State Police, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. The release states that Jaymes has been charged with second degree attempted murder after being connected to an incident in which a female was shot in the leg multiple times on the Light Rail train in Saint Paul, Minnesota close to both Western and University Avenues. The release also notes that Jaymes was arrested without an incident by members of the U.S. Marshal Service in Pittsburgh at the 5400 block of Baywood Street.

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(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) Nationwide, Black women face a maternal mortality rate three times higher than that of white women. To address this, Maternity Care Coalition is providing doulas to women in underserved rural areas in Pennsylvania. Jamiylah Miller says the Maternity Care Coalition’s Doula and Lactation program supports families from pregnancy to three months postpartum, helping during labor and delivery, pain management and adjusting to a newborn. However, some families who are not connected with a doula through community organizations like Maternity Care Coalition struggle with the cost of doula services. Miller says recent legislation now extends Medicaid coverage to help offset cost. Miller notes that their doula services are free to expecting families in the community. She advocates for more organizations to provide doula services to families facing financial barriers.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Brady Butler, the Associate Vice President of Marketing and Media Relations for LaRoche University in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, LaRoche University is offering students that transfer from CCBC to LaRoche an option to earn their bachelor’s degree. Butler states that those who have graduated from CCBC will only spend $500 each credit from a tuition discount of 40%. Butler also notes that there will be a quicker academic process for students with them being exempt from any education courses that are general, as well as students achieving more than 60 credits getting direct admission to the undergraduate programs offered by LaRoche, and both of these options will be given if students possess an associate degree from CCBC.

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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on December 12th, 2024 at 7:52 A.M.)

(Ambridge, PA) The Ambridge Council announced the promotion of two police officers as well as providing the updates on a painting project. The promotion of Isaac Jones went from part time to full time, starting on January 5th, 2025, to replace Nathan Swierkosz. Michael Longo also got promoted to start his position on January 14th, 2025. According to Borough Manager Mario Leone, Jamie Jo Orth’s Ambridge High School art students have begun painting the windows at the borough building and will finish the project next week.

(File Photo of the Cornerstone of Beaver County logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) According to a release from the Cornerstone of Beaver County on Tuesday, the nonprofit organization will team up with the Beaver County Continuum of Care to host the Homeless Persons Memorial Day Ceremony, which will take place at Rochester Park across from the Beaver County Transit Authority Building at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 19th. This event is to give thanks to the homeless of the community and to honor those from that group who passed away. The release states that one homeless person from Beaver County passed away this year from a report and that the ceremony will help those present to help them next year, as well as providing both refreshments and information for resources during the event.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The Beaver County Transit Authority announced at a meeting on December 3rd that changes are eminent in which the first quarter of this year brought more people to travel on their buses. Each route will reduce from an hour and five minutes to simply an hour, while Route 3 will include a finish to the route at the homeless shelter of the Cornerstone of Beaver County. On January 6th of next year, options to go from one location to another will be offered in Midland thanks to the BCTA Connect service to go to Calcutta, Ohio two days earlier than desired or four hours before the traveler is picked up. Seniors and those with low-income will also be able to go to banks, offices for medical services, and grocery stores as well in the two vans that can carry seven passengers. The fare will also increase by one dollar more, from $2 to $3. People can also go from the regional park in Ambridge to the USA Pan Company in Crescent Township. Next summer, finalizeddetails can be expected, with transportation services for medical reasons happening near the start of 2026. Beaver Falls, Aliquippa, Rochester and Ambridge will be the sites that the BCTA are “piloting” during this initiative.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Sewickley Township, PA) The Beaver County Humane Society in Aliquippa needs your help after nine stray pit bulls were found in New Sewickley Township. These young dogs, according to officials, were discovered as very thin with no collars within one of the regions covering two miles of the township. The dogs are all in stable condition, however, the conditions were not good as they desperately need food, while various injuries and sickness are still being treated by the medical team of the Beaver County Humane Society. If you would like to adopt any of these dogs, you must have experience with both caring for and handling dogs, because they are all suspicious of humans.  If you know anyone that abandoned or injured these nine pit bulls, call the Beaver County Humane Investigations department at 724-775-5801, extension 143. Anyone wanting to foster one or more dogs should contact Beaver County Humane Society’s Foster Coordinator at 724-775-5801, extension 117. You can also go to their website to donate for pets in need at beavercountyhumanesociety.org or you can buy new dog food in bags or cans that are not open to give pets the food that they need.