The Beaver Falls Business District Authority will be holding its second annual Chili Cook-Off on Saturday, February 12, and board member Denise Donnelly will join Matt Drzik to preview it on Monday’s edition of A.M. Beaver County following the 8:30 news.
Frank Sparks starts off your work week with news at 6:30.
(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio, photo by Mark Peterson)
Beaver Falls has had a long tradition of success on the high school hardwood, winning four state championships in boys’ basketball (1970, 1994, 2005, 2013) and a fifth in girls’ basketball (1985). But the tradition can be traced back to the late 1970s, where a pair of men who will be honored this weekend made Tiger Basketball a formidable program.
Those two men were Alvin Gibson from the Class of 1977, and Dwight Collins from the Class of 1979; both of whom will be inducted into the Pittsburgh Basketball Club in 2022. Steve Higgins from the Larry Bruno Foundation joined Matt Drzik to talk about the induction of Gibson and Collins on the February 4 edition of A.M. Beaver County, citing these men as anchors for solidifying the Beaver Falls name in the WPIAL.
Higgins pinpointed a game in the 1977 season where Gibson scored 33 points against Brashear, and the Tigers would continue on to a 26-3 season and a silver medal in the WPIAL (losing the championship to Fox Chapel). Collins, in his senior year of 1979, would lead the Tigers to the Class AAA basketball title. Beaver Falls would be champions again in 1980; their third under legendary coach Frank Chan, whom Gibson and Collins will join in the PBC.
To hear the full interview with Steve Higgins, click on the player below!
(Photo by Frank Sparks on 7th Ave in Beaver Falls)
Story Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Beaver County, Pa.) Hopewell Township Fire Department reported a short time ago there are widespread outages throughout the township. Neighboring Independence Township has 40 homes without power, and Ridge Road was blocked by 2 trees that fell ,a resident reported to Beaver County Radio. He used his own equipment to remove the trees from the road so access was available.
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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Center Twp., Pa.) Center Township Supervisor’s chairman Bill Dicioccio, Jr. reported earlier this week that the proposed construction of a municipal complex is on hold due to the prohibitive costs involved when the bids arrived. The township visited the possibility of a new facility for residents and visitors new in 2019.
US employers shrug off omicron, add 467,000 jobs in January
By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers stepped up hiring in January, adding 467,000 jobs despite a wave of omicron inflections that sickened millions of workers, kept many consumers at home and left businesses from restaurants to manufacturers short-staffed. The Labor Department’s Friday report also showed the unemployment rate ticked up to 4% from 3.9%. Job gains in December were also revised much higher.
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Beaver County Radio, 95.7 and 99.3 FM along with 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA and beavercountyradio.com will be celebrating Black History month throughout the month of February. Every Friday, during the “Noonday Report” with Frank Sparks, Valerie McElvy the host of “Spotlight on Seniors” every Sunday on Beaver County Radio will do a special report in the first person of a person who was influential in African American history. Today, February 4, 2022, will be Harriet Tubman. Friday, February 11, 2022, we will celebrate Shirley Chisholm, Friday , February 18, 2022, will be Coretta Scott-King, and finally Friday, February 25, 2022 will be Rosa Parks.
(Published by Matt Drzik)
“I’ve always been a numbers person.”
Maria Longo, the Controller for Beaver County, made that remark to Matt Drzik on the February 3 edition of A.M. Beaver County. The discussion at hand did indeed revolve around numbers–certain numbers, in fact, that were discovered regarding the money being spent on the county’s stop loss insurance plan and brought to the Commissioners’ attention at the January 27 work session.
According to Longo, this is not the first time that she had brought this to the Commissioners for consideration: “The reason I keep giving the Commissioners a yearly report is because I feel like this is somewhere where the county needs to save money, so that down the road we’re not raising taxes for our taxpayers and residents.”
The good news, for now at least, is that Longo doesn’t see the stop loss insurance situation adversely affecting the citizens of Beaver County. In fact, Longo sees the school taxes being implemented by local schools as an area of larger concern for county citizens down the road.
To watch the full interview with Matt and Maria, click on the Facebook feed below!
Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT has lifted the Tier 4 restrictions on certain vehicles from traveling on roadways in Allegheny, Beaver, and Lawrence counties.
The following roadways have been lifted from the Tier 4 of the commonwealth’s weather event vehicle restriction plan:
Allegheny County
Beaver County
Lawrence County
Tier 1 of the commonwealth’s weather event vehicle restriction plan, remains in place on these roadways. Speed limits remain restricted to 45 mph on these roadways, in addition to Route 28 in Allegheny County, for all vehicles. Commercial vehicles not affected by other roadway restrictions must move to the right lane.
Due to the winter storm impacting the region, PennDOT temporarily restricted certain vehicles from using the interstates earlier today to help ensure that the interstates remained open during the most challenging conditions of the winter storm.
While PennDOT recommends not traveling during winter storms, motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 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
Panel nears final vote on Pennsylvania legislative districts
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Democratic leader of the Pennsylvania Senate says minor changes have been made to the preliminary redistricting maps that were approved by the Legislative Reapportionment Commission in December. Senate Minority Leader Jay Costa said on Friday, hours ahead of a final vote, that the alterations amount to modest tweaks. The details of those change have not been made public. House Republican Leader Kerry Benninghoff plans to offer an amendment, then the five-person commission will consider the full plan with the House and Senate maps together. The decision about new congressional maps for Pennsylvania is a separate process that’s now in the hands of the state Supreme Court.
Wolf vetoes bill to prevent municipal firearms restrictions
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s governor is vetoing a bill to help gun owners and gun-rights groups seek civil damages from governmental bodies that pass firearms restrictions. Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf on Thursday rejected legislation that would have given a pathway to the courts for people adversely impacted by ordinances, rules or other actions that violate limits in state law. The aggrieved parties would have been able to collect damages and to seek a court injunction. Wolf’s veto message calls the legislation an attack on local governments seeking to address gun violence and says it displays indifference to the safety of state residents. The bill had passed both chambers with largely Republican support.