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Story By Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published April 4, 2022 8:05 P.M.

(Beaver Falls, PA) The Beaver Falls City Council Meeting met Tuesday night for an agenda meeting. Donald Inman of the Society Sons of the American Revolution got things started by awarding valor to 4 Beaver Falls Police Officers for their work and appreciation to the city.  Council approved for the Safety Committee to install a stop sign at 11st Street and 1st Avenue.  Residents have voiced concerns about the intersection, noting that there was a stop sign there in the past.  Solicitor Shannon Steele announced that she received a letter from an attorney representing Tiger Land Inc..  The letter is requesting a meeting with council in regards to the Wave Pool project. Mayor Kenya Johns and Council agreed to hold the meeting as soon as both parties are available. Also on the agenda was the appointment of Seth Whitted to fill a vacancy on the Zoning Hearing Board.  Mayor Johns added that other positions are also available for those who are members of the city.

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Story by Frank Sparks, Program/News Director

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) It’s the beginning of gardening season as Spring has finally Sprung in Beaver County. Do You have questions about your garden? Are you looking for tips to make your plants more fruitful? Do you have tips about methods that have worked for you in your garden? Well then you need to tune in to Beaver County Radio, 95.7 FM, 99.3 FM, 1230 AM WBVP, 1460 AM WMBA, and beavercountyradio.com Wednesday morning, April 13, 2022, for Beaver County Radio’s premiere of “Garden Jargon” with local gardener, “Charlie Dirt”.

“Garden Jargon” is being brought to you by Diamond Milling ,with locations in New Brighton and Ellwood City, and Beaver County Radio, 95.7 FM, 99.3 FM, 1230 AM WBVP, 1460 AM WMBA, and beavercountyradio.com.

It’s time to plan your garden and start seeding some plants indoors so it’s the perfect time to have the conversation about preparing your garden and plants for a successful bounty this year.

Charlie is a local novice gardener that has had success growing many types of plants and made many mistakes that he can help you not to make. Plus he wants to hear what works for you in your garden.

The phone lines will be open the whole show for conversation at 724-843-1888 and 724-843-1888.  The show will also be streamed live on-line at beavercountyradio.com and on-line on our Facebook Page at wbvp-wmba  and our you tube page. You can also click on the Facebook logo below at showtime.

You can check out Diamond Milling on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/diamondmillingco or on their website by clicking the bag of feed below:

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Whether it’s in a bottle or in a glass, your next drink may have its ties to Beaver County.

The Stoelzle Glass Plant, located in Monaca at the former Anchor Hocking site, celebrated one year of operations in Beaver County on Tuesday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The European glass manufacturer specializes in creating glass bottles for major liquor and spirit manufacturers (Crown Royal and Jack Daniels among them) along with common glassware like wine glasses.

The event was hosted by Georg Feith, the CEO of Stoelzle, along with Nathan Smith–who was announced by Feith to be the next President of Stoelzle’s USA operations, taking the position over from August Grupp in 2023. Also in attendance were outgoing Beaver County Chamber of Commerce president Helen Kissick, Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning, Pennsylvania FDI Director David Briel, and members of the Pittsburgh Regional Alliance. Kissick and Feith were the honorees to cut the ribbon to officially “open” the Monaca plant.

“We came here to service and we came here to stay,” said CEO Feith at the ceremony.  The Stoelzle plant in Monaca is the first production plant in the United States and seventh in the world, following plants in Poland (2), England, Austria, France, and the Czech Republic. But Feith sees this as only the beginning: “We are trying to build an empire for the next generations to come.”

The photo gallery below includes pictures from the ceremony, as well as a look inside the Stoelzle plant through photos taken by Beaver County Radio’s Matt Drzik:

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By KAREN MATTHEWS and MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement sources say five people were shot at a subway station in Brooklyn, New York. Fire personnel responding to reports of smoke Tuesday morning at the 36th Street station in Sunset Park found multiple people shot and unexploded devices. The fire department said 13 people were injured, but no details were provided. A photo from the scene showed people tending to bloodied passengers lying on the floor of the station. According to multiple law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation, preliminary information indicated a suspect was wearing a construction vest and a gas mask. Further details were not immediately available. Trains were delayed.

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Aliquippa, Pa.) PA State Police in Beaver  have identified the second  person shot  early Sunday morning  at the intersection of  Main and Meadow Streets in Aliquippa. Tyquan Cornell Johnson  was found in the 1200 block of Franklin Avenue with multiple gunshot wounds . He told  police he was shot at the same  location where the homicide occurred. Isaiah Alston 22, died of multiple gunshot wounds and his death was ruled a homicide, according to Coroner David J. Gabauer.

AAA: Gas Prices Lower in PA; Oil Prices Still Declining
Gas prices are four cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.249 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average                $4.249
Average price during the week of April 4, 2022                                       $4.283
Average price during the week of April 12, 2021                                     $3.000

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

$4.178      Altoona
$4.315      Beaver
$4.268      Bradford
$4.269      Brookville
$4.247      Butler
$4.242      Clarion
$4.276      DuBois
$4.246      Erie
$4.241      Greensburg
$4.244      Indiana
$4.205      Jeannette
$4.227      Kittanning
$4.238      Latrobe
$4.260      Meadville
$4.298      Mercer
$4.236      New Castle
$4.239      New Kensington
$4.262      Oil City
$4.240      Pittsburgh
$4.268      Sharon
$4.261      Uniontown
$4.262      Warren
$4.204      Washington

Trend Analysis:

The cost of gasoline has continued to slide due to falling oil prices. The global oil market has seen lower prices since the U.S. and its allies agreed to significant releases of oil reserves. Also weighing down oil prices is the fear of resurgent COVID-19 infections in China and its potential for an economic slowdown in one of the world’s largest oil-consuming nations. Domestically, the national average for a gallon of gas has fallen to $4.11. This is seven cents less than a week ago, 22 cents less than a month ago, and $1.25 more than a year ago.

According to new data from the Energy Information Administration (EIA), total domestic gasoline stocks decreased by 2 million barrels to 236.8 million barrels last week. Gasoline demand increased slightly from 8.5 million barrels per day to 8.56 million barrels per day. Although less supply and more demand would typically support higher prices, the fluctuating oil price continues to be the main factor influencing pump prices. Pump prices will likely face downward pressure if oil prices remain below $100 per barrel.

At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate increased by $2.23 to settle at $98.26. Overall, crude prices declined last week following EIA’s weekly report, which showed U.S. crude oil inventories rose by 2.4 million barrels to reach 412.4 million barrels.

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

AAA East Central is a not-for-profit association with 72 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.

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(GROVE CITY, Pa.) Allegheny Health Network’s (AHN) Grove City Hospital is now offering training in the Stop the Bleed® program to area organizations through its Level IV Trauma Center. Stop the Bleed® was developed by the American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT) to raise awareness and educate the public on the importance of controlling bleeding in someone who has sustained a life-threatening injury.

The number one cause of preventable death after a critical injury is blood loss, which can be minimized by taking three quick actions. To date, over 1.5 million people worldwide have learned how to perform these actions to stop the bleeding in a severely injured person. “As a trauma center, one of our main priorities is to prevent trauma in the first place, but also to prevent loss of life when trauma does occur,” said Heather Erickson, trauma coordinator for AHN Grove City. “Instructing everyone we possibly can on how to perform Stop the Bleed® is one of the most effective ways to do that.”

Stop the Bleed® emphasizes that anyone can find themselves that person who is closest to a bleeding victim due to an accident or disaster, and the one who’s most likely to save him or her from bleeding to death. By teaching people how to address an actively bleeding wound through proper placement of a makeshift tourniquet, application of direct pressure or packing, bystanders become empowered first responders.

For interested organizations, AHN Grove City will provide a Stop the Bleed® training course as well as a Public Access Bleeding Control Kit of life-saving bleeding control equipment, such as tourniquets, pressure dressings and gauze bandages. There is no charge for the kit or the training course, which will be conducted by a certified Stop the Bleed® instructor, and may be scheduled by contacting Heather Erickson at heather.erickson@ahn.org.

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(Harrisburg, Pa.) Pa Attorney General Josh Shapiro released a statement about President Jo Biden’ s announcement of closing the ghost gun loop hole
Shapiro said via release that “For years now, violent, convicted felons have been able to go to a gun show, buy an 80% receiver, and have it fully assembled and on the street in under an hour — all without a background check. I have long sounded the alarm that ghost guns are quickly becoming the weapon of choice for criminals and tried to shut the ghost gun loophole in Pennsylvania – only to be tied up in litigation for years by the gun lobby and ghost gun manufacturers. I have called on the Biden Administration to take action and today, those calls were answered. While I know this is only one part of the solution, having these kits and parts regulated will make it illegal for them to be sold to criminals and will assist law enforcement in investigations into crimes committed with these guns.”

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(Beaver County, Pa.) The deadline to file your taxes is under one week away and if you haven’t started working on yours, you’re not alone!
A new report from IPX 1031 shows nearly a third of Americans wait until the last minute to file their taxes and more than half of Americans (56%) don’t know the deadline falls on a different day this year.
32% procrastinate because they don’t think they will get a refund and 25% say the process is too complicated/stressful
Nearly a quarter will receive a smaller refund this year compared to 2021
The report also shows Millennials are the most likely to procrastinate filing their taxes compared to other generations, despite having the largest expected refund this year.
States with the most tax procrastinators: Nevada, Hawaii, Georgia.
Pennsylvania ranks 39th on the list.

You can see the full report by going to:

https://www.ipx1031.com/americas-biggest-tax-procrastinators-2022/