Republican Candidate For US Congress, 17th District, Jeremy Shaffer on Teleforum 11 AM Wednesday Oct. 26, 2022

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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Tune into 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 95.7 FM, 99.3 FM, and beavercountyradio.com Wednesday October 26, 2022 at 11:10 a.m. for the second in a series of interviews highlighting the candidates running for office in the November 8, 2022 General Election.

The second interview in the series is with Jeremy Shaffer who is a Republican Candidate for United States Congress in the 17th District. Jeremy is trying to defeat Chris Deluzio who is a Democrat. 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.  Jeremy will be interviewed during Teleforum with Eddy Crow at 11:10 a.m.. The interview will be broadcast on all platforms of Beaver County Radio as well as being streamed Live on our Facebook Page:

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Republican Candidate for Pa State Rep. 16th District Rico Elmore on Teleforum 10 AM Wednesday Oct. 26, 2022

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(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Tune into 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA, 95.7 FM, 99.3 FM, and beavercountyradio.com Wednesday October 26, 2022 at 10:10 a.m. for the first in a series of interviews highlighting the candidates running for office in the November 8, 2022 General Election.

The first interview in the series is with Rico Elmore who is a Republican Candidate for Pa. State Representative in the 16th District. Rico is trying to defeat incumbent Rob Matzie who is a Democrat. Rico will be interviewed during Teleforum with Eddy Crow at 10:10 a.m.. The interview will be broadcast on all platforms of Beaver County Radio as well as being streamed Live on our Facebook Page:

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

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Hopewell Commissioners Approve Zoning Change

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.)  Hopewell Township Commissioners approved a zoning change on Valleyview Avenue from R-1 agricultural district to r-2 low density residential. The change was advertised in the Beaver County Times  approved  by the zoning hearing board   Solicitor Mike Jones told the commissioners  the map will be changed on the back of the zoning  ordinance.

Road department supervisor Dave Kriger reported that only patching was done where needed this year  on local roads. He explained that the high cost of asphalt  was the reason the road program  wasn’t done this year.

‘COFFEE WITH A COP” on Wednesday in Hopewell

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Hopewell Township Police announced on Monday that they are hosting ‘COFFEE WITH A COP ON Wednesday, October 26, 2022 from 9-10:30 a.m. at George’s Restaurant. Any resident interested in attending is welcome to do so, according to  Sgt. Jill Banovski.

Medical Issue Causes Accident in Center Township

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(Center Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) An unidentified female driver was not  injured in a one vehicle accident that occurred in the 3300 block of Brodhead Road in Center Township Monday afternoon. at 4:06 PM

Center Township Police Captain John Hall said Tuesday morning a female driver suffered a medical issue , and her vehicle struck a  Duquesne Light pole.
Captain  Hall said, “We encourage  all drivers to be cautious when driving on the roadways, especially in that area.”

 Little Sewickley Creek Road Paving Tuesday, Wednesday in Allegheny County

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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing milling and paving work on Little Sewickley Creek Road (Route 4032) in Bell Acres Borough and Leet Township, Allegheny County, will occur Tuesday and Wednesday, October 25-26 weather permitting.

Milling and paving operations will occur on Little Sewickley Creek Road at the intersection with Sevin Road from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. each day. Single-lane alternating traffic controlled by flaggers will occur.

Michael Facchiano Construction will conduct the work.  Please use caution if traveling in the area.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles 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.

New Galilee Man Violates PFA and Receives Additional Charges

(New Beaver, Lawrence County, Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they were called to the Green Meadow Trailer Court on Glenkirk Road in New Beaver Borough Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 5:49 PM.
Troopers said via release that Upon arriving on the scene and investigating it was learned that 32-year-old Christopher Novakovich of New Galilee has an active PFA against him by a 29-yer-old female victim and he violated the PFA. According to Troopers at 5:40 PM Novakovich walked up the road and made a handgun shape with his hand and pointed it at a 32-year-old female and a 32-year-old male both from Girard, Ohio. After Novakovich made the gun like motion he then made a hand motion like he was cutting his own neck. All three victims told the Troopers that they thought he was going to kill them.
Novakovich now faces multiple charges including Indirect Criminal Contempt charges that were filed for the first victim at the Lawrence County Court House and two citations for harassment for the other two victims were filed at the local magistrate’s office.

No Winner in Monday’s Powerball Drawing, Wednesday’s Jackpot $680 Million

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(Harrisburg, Pa.) The Powerball Jackpot has now grown $680 million after no one matched all six numbers in Monday night’s drawing. If someone wins Wednesday’s drawing it will be the seventh-largest prize in Powerball history. The cash option on Wednesday night’s drawing is $326.1 million.
One ticket sold in Texas matched five numbers to win $1 million, officials said.
Nobody has won the Powerball jackpot since Aug. 3, when one ticket sold here Pennsylvania won the $206.9 million grand prize.

AAA: Gas Prices Drop in PA

AAA: Gas Prices Drop in PA
Gas prices are three cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.963 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average                $3.963
Average price during the week of October 17, 2022                                $3.990
Average price during the week of October 25, 2021                                $3.581

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:      

$3.954      Altoona
$4.008      Beaver
$3.999      Bradford
$3.666      Brookville
$3.986      Butler
$3.990      Clarion
$3.865      DuBois
$3.946      Erie
$3.959      Greensburg
$3.965      Indiana
$3.982      Jeannette
$3.986      Kittanning
$3.956      Latrobe
$3.996      Meadville
$4.079      Mercer
$3.930      New Castle
$3.968      New Kensington
$3.999      Oil City
$3.988      Pittsburgh

$3.972      Sharon
$3.990      Uniontown
$3.999      Warren
$3.967      Washington

Trend Analysis:

The national average pump price fell nine cents over the past week to hit $3.79. It has dropped daily since October 11, primarily due to lower oil prices and fewer drivers than usual fueling up. Today’s national average is nine cents higher than a month ago and 41 cents more than a year ago.

Global recession fears and the government’s plan to continue tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve into December have helped temper oil prices. While this announcement will help take some of the pressure off pump prices, the exact pricing impact remains uncertain.

According to recent data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), gas demand increased slightly from 8.28 million barrels per day to 8.68 million barrels per day last week. Total domestic gasoline stocks decreased marginally from 209.5 million barrels to 209.4 million barrels. Although gasoline demand is up slightly, it remains nearly 1 million barrels lower than this date last year.

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate increased by 54 cents to settle at $85.05. Although crude prices increased after the EIA reported that total domestic commercial crude inventories dropped by 1.7 million barrels to 437.4 million barrels last week, the price of oil had declined earlier in the week due to ongoing market concerns about crude demand as recession fears increased.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 71 local offices in Kentucky, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia serving 2.7 million members.  News releases are available at news.eastcentral.aaa.com.  Follow us on Twitter and Facebook.

New Brighton School Board Approves Barlamas & Planitzer As New Varsity Basketball Head Coaches

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

The Lions’ Den will have new leaders for the upcoming 2022-23 WPIAL Basketball Season.

New Brighton’s School Board held their voting meeting in conjunction with their planning meeting back on October 10, and all of the items that were announced at that meeting were approved at the October 24 meeting. This included the unanimous ratification of Franzee Barlamas as Boys’ Varsity Basketball Coach and Jerrod Planitzer as Girls’ Varsity Basketball Coach for their upcoming seasons. The other seven coaches–three varsity boys’ assistants, two varsity girls’ assistants, and boys’ coaches in 7th and 8th grade–were also unanimously approved by the New Brighton School Board.

The board also unanimously approved the ski trips for students Grades 7-12 for the school year (costs will be covered by the students), as well as a trip for qualifying students (in grades 5-12) for the AGLOA National Academic Games tournament in Orlando. An agreement with the Joint Purchasing Program from the Allegheny Intermediate Unit for gasoline and diesel fuel was also approved by the board, along with a $67,713.07 invoice to the Beaver Valley Intermediate Unit for Special Education Programs and a $128,933.79 invoice to the Beaver County Career & Technology Center.

Several board members were absent from the October 24 meeting, including Jay Funkhouser, John Ludwig. and Amy Fazio. The newly hired basketball coaches were also not in attendance.