Category: News

VIDEO: Rocco Cozza Is The Founder Of Cozza Law Group & Co-Host Of “The Entrepreneur Life” On Beaver County Radio

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

“When I look back at how we do the show on Saturdays, and we kind of bounce all over the place…that is truly the mind of an entrepreneur.”

That “show” is called The Entrepreneur Life, which airs 10:30 to 12:30 Saturdays on Beaver County Radio. Rocco Cozza co-hosts the show along with Eric McKenna, and Cozza dropped by the BCR Studios to preview Saturday’s show with Matt Drzik on the October 29 edition of A.M. Beaver County.

Rocco is the founder of Cozza Law Group, which focuses on business law and entertainment law in the Pittsburgh area. He officially launched it in July 2019, and received a boost in growing his business because of the fallout of the pandemic. “I was a small law firm at the time. These larger law firms were starting to play defense,” Cozza said. “They were basically getting rid of their associates. They were hoarding all the work at the partner level…so I just saw an opportunity and went and attacked the marketplace, and through the pandemic we grew exponentially. I just played offense.”

Cozza has lent his entrepreneurship experience and business law knowledge to Beaver County Radio starting this past April, when The Entrepreneur Life premiered on Saturdays. Rocco talks for two hours about the situations and mental states that separates successful entrepreneurs from struggling DIYers and self-made bosses who may still be stuck with an employee mentality.

“The biggest piece of advice I can give people,” Rocco stated, “is if you really feel a passion for what you’re doing in your heart and in your mind, just keep going. You’re going to have bumps in the road. If you just keep pushing forward and make adjustments, you’ll eventually reach success…but you gotta weather the storm.”

To watch the full interview with Rocco and Matt, click on the Facebook feed below!

The Commands Of Holiness Explored With Pastor Dave Grove On Saturday’s “Wake Up Beaver Valley”

Pastor Dave goes into the Old Testament book of Leviticus to discuss what God commands for his people to live with holiness in this Saturday’s edition of “Wake Up Beaver Valley”.

“Wake Up Beaver Valley” airs every Saturday morning from 9 AM to 10 AM on Beaver County Radio and is presented by the Church of The Redeemed of Beaver Valley. Archived editions of “Wake Up Beaver Valley” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

Route 65 Lane Restrictions Today, Monday in Baden

(File Photo) 

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on Route 65 in Baden Borough, Beaver County will continue Friday, October 28 and Monday, October 31 weather permitting.

Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions on Route 65 between Johnson Avenue and State Street from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.  Crews from AECOM will conduct inspection work on the Pinney Street Bridge.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional Twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties at www.penndot.gov/District11.

Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/.

The Final Week Of The Regular Season Features Two Undefeated Teams Battling For The Parkway Title

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

After weeks of speculation, anticipation, and the games won in order for this to happen…the matchup spoken about all year long has finally become a reality.

The Aliquippa Quips (8-0) will host the Central Valley Warriors (9-0) at Bulldog Stadium in Week 9 action, with the winner remaining undefeated, winning the Parkway Conference title in Class 4A, and likely receiving the top seed in the upcoming WPIAL playoffs. Both teams are defending WPIAL and PIAA champions from last season (with the Warriors playing in Class 3A for 2021), and both enter the game on long winning streaks. Aliquippa has won 20 in a row, with their last loss coming in September 2021. The team that defeated them 21-12 in that game was Central Valley, who have won 36 games in a row since losing the 2019 PIAA Championship.

Mike Azadian and John Perrotto will have the call from Bulldog Stadium in Freedom, with coverage on 95.7 FM, 1460 WMBA and the Trib Live High School Sports Network beginning with pregame at 6:30 PM, and kickoff set for 7:00 PM.

On 99.3 FM, 1230 WBVP, Facebook Live and Trib Live HSSN, two of the top teams in the Midwestern Athletic Conference gear up for their playoff runs as Beaver Falls (8-1) hosts Western Beaver (7-2) for their regular season finale. The Golden Beavers are 4-2 in the MAC and looking to rebound following a 22-8 loss to Mohawk in Week 8, while the Tigers are 6-0 in the conference and are coming off of a 28-8 win over Freedom. This is the third consecutive year that these two teams will play each other, with the prior two taking place in the postseason–Beaver Falls has defeated Western Beaver in the first round of each of the prior two WPIAL playoffs.

Bruce Frey and Eddy Crow will have the call from Reeves Field on College Hill in Beaver Falls, with coverage on 99.3 FM, 1230 WBVP, Facebook Live and Trib Live  beginning with pregame at 6:30 PM, and kickoff set for 7:00 PM.

Here’s a full list of tonight’s Week 9 matchups featuring local teams:

7:00 PM
Western Beaver at Beaver Falls (99.3 FM/WBVP)
Central Valley at Aliquippa (95.7/WMBA)*
South Side Beaver at Rochester
Riverside at Ellwood City
New Castle at Blackhawk
Freedom at New Brighton
Chartiers Valley at Ambridge
Quaker Valley at Avonworth
Cornell at OLSH
Montour at West Allegheny
Moon at Baldwin

7:30 PM
Hopewell at Beaver

*-game played at Freedom High School

After all the games are over, make sure to tune in to the Falconi’s Moon Township Ford Wrap-Up Show up until 11:00 PM, followed by the Trib Live HSSN Scoreboard show from 11 until Midnight.

Democratic Candidate For US Congress, 17th District, Chris Deluzio on Teleforum 10 AM Today

(Photo provided by candidate’s campaign)

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Tune into 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 95.7 FM, 99.3 FM, and beavercountyradio.com Today October 28, 2022 at 10:10 a.m. for the third in a series of interviews highlighting the candidates running for office in the November 8, 2022 General Election.

The third interview in the series is with Chris Deluzio who is a Democratic Candidate for United States Congress in the 17th District. Chris is trying to defeat Jeremy Shaffer who is a Republican. The winner will replace current Rep. Conor Lamb who did not seek re-election and instead ran for US Senate and lost in the primary to John Fetterman.  Chris will be interviewed during Teleforum with Eddy Crow at 10:10 a.m.. The interview will be broadcast on all audio platforms of Beaver County Radio:

If you can’t tune into the game you can click the link below to listen on-line via beavercountyradio.com:

You can also down load our free apps:

Sewickley Woman Sentenced to 12 Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Drugs to Prisons

(File Photo)

Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 48-year-old Michel Cercone of Sewickley was sentenced to 151 months in prison and four years supervised release following her prison sentence for conspiring to distribute Schedule I and II controlled substances, and to launder drug trafficking proceeds, between 2017 and 2019.
Cercone was convicted at the conclusion of a jury trial in December 2021. She was responsible for the distribution of at least five kilograms of cocaine, 1,000 oxycodone pills, and synthetic cannabinoid controlled substances saturated into paper which was sent into prisons in 2017
and 2018.

Ambridge Man Indicted by Federal Grand Jury on Narcotics and Firearms Charges

(File Photo)

Story by Beaver County Radio Staff
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 41-year-old Maurice Mosely Jr of Ambridge has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws.
The four-count Indictment was returned on Oct. 25, 2022. According to Indictment, on or about July 21, 2021 and Sept. 10, 2021, Mosely, Jr., possessed a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon. On or about the same dates Mosely possessed with intent to distribute 28 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base; 5 grams or more of methamphetamine; and a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine. On or about Aug. 13, 2021, Mosley, Jr. possessed with intent to distribute a quantity of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine base.
The law provides for a maximum total sentence of 20 years in prison, a fine of $5,000,000 or both.

Two Arrest Made in Ambridge Armed Robbery Two More Suspects Being Sought

(File Photo)

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver, Pa.) Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier held a press conference at the Beaver County Courthouse Thursday afternoon in conjunction with an armed robbery that took place Tuesday morning , October 25, 2022 in Ambridge.  Lozier said during the press conference that three armed subjects robbed a man loading money into the ATM machine at the Firehouse Lounge in Ambridge. According to the Lozier the subjects came in two cars, abandoning one, and leaving the scene  in the other car headed toward Pittsburgh.  Cameras were used to find the car in Wilkinsburg. In the process of investigating  several suspects were arrested in the Wilkinsburg and Churchill area on firearms charges.  Authorities filed armed robbery charges against Kortez Williams.

Lozier said that on Wednesday night at 9:30 PM a search warrant was executed at the apartment of  Solden Moreland, Jr. in Linmar Terrace. Investigating officers found thirteen guns, seven were plastic ghost guns. They also found over 1,800 stamp bags of fentanyl, plus cocaine, plus marijuana, according to Lozier.
Solden Moreland, Jr. the apartment’s occupant was arrested on possession of drug charges. DA  Lozier said.””
Crime Solvers is offering an award  for information on the 2 suspects. If you have any information call Ambridge Police 724-266-5858.

Friday’s AMBC: Rocco Cozza, Esq.

Rocco Cozza, Founder of the Cozza Law Group and co-host of “The Entrepreneur Life” on Saturdays, joins Matt Drzik for a discussion about his practice as an entertainment lawyer and journey as an entrepreneur. The conversation will take place following the 8:30 news on A.M. Beaver County.

Plus, high school football is in its final week of the regular season, and Matt will let you know who plays where in sports.

Frank Sparks starts the weekend with local news at 6:30 on Beaver County Radio.

Lawmakers Send Wolf Large Package of Energy Tax Credits

(File Photo)
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — State lawmakers are giving their approval for an array of tax credits that include a massive incentive designed to help Pennsylvania land one of the hydrogen energy hubs being funded with federal subsidies. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s spokeswoman said Thursday that he was reviewing the legislation. It passed shortly before the General Assembly adjourned late Wednesday until after the Nov. 8 election. The package of tax credits would provide money for an entity that gets approved for a regional hydrogen hub, to help produce fertilizer and petrochemicals using natural gas, for biomedical and semiconductor production and for milk processing.