Category: News

Martha Earnhardt, Matriarch of Earnhardt Racing Family, Dies at 91

(Photo of Martha Earnhardt taken by Frank Sparks in May of 2012 at Mike Curb Records Museum)
Monday, December 27, 2021 at 7:38 AM
KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (AP) — Martha Earnhardt, the matriarch of one of NASCAR’s best-known families, has died. She was 91. Grandchildren Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Kelley Earnhardt Miller said in a statement that she died Saturday night. Martha Earnhardt was married to Ralph Earnhardt from 1947 until the NASCAR driver’s death. Her son, the late Dale Earnhardt Sr., was a seven-time NASCAR champion and father of of Dale Jr. and Kelley. Martha and Ralph Earnhardt raised five children — daughters Kaye and Cathy and the three sons — in a modest home with an auto shop in the back at the corner of V-8 and Sedan Avenue in Kannapolis’ “Car Hill” community. Danny died two weeks ago at age 66.

State Police Looking For Runaway Summit Academy Student

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December 27, 2021 at 7:19 AM
Summit Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting that they were called to Summit Academy Sunday, December 26, 2021 around 4 PM for reports of a runaway juvenile.
Troopers have identified the juvenile as Jandell Nunez. Nunez left the academy Sunday afternoon around 2:40 PM wearing a gray Summit Academy T-shirt, Blue Summit Academy sweatpants and possibly a blue Summit Academy sweatshirt. Anybody with information in regard to Nunez or his location are asked to contact Pa State Polce in Butler at 724-284-8100.

At Least Two People Injured in Early Morning Crash on I-279

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Monday, December 27, 2021 at 6:55 AM
(Bellevue, Pa.) Pa State Police are investigating this morning after two people were taken to the hospital after an overnight crash that occurred just after 2:00 AM Northbound along I-279 just after the Bellevue-Westview exit..

At least one person was extracted by first responders from the wreckage of a vehicle. One other person was taken to the hospital as well.

The condition of those injured in the crash is unknown at this time.

Ambridge School Board Member Rescinds Resignation

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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
Monday December 27, 2021 at 6:53 AM
(Ambridge, Pa.) Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano is reporting that Ambridge School Board was going to hold a special meeting last Friday morning December 24, 2021 to replace current board member Cathy Fischer who had submitted her resignation. According to the districts website that meeting was cancelled after Fischer rescinded her resignation the night before the meeting.

Beaver County Radio had previously reported in error that the meeting was still held and that there was another position still open on the board.
The release on the district website can be seen below:
In light of our receipt late last night of Mrs. Fischer rescinding her verbal resignation, there is no longer a voting agenda item for today’s board meeting.  Therefore, the Board of School Directors of the Ambridge Area School District has canceled its Special Board Meeting scheduled on Friday, December 24, 2021, at 10:00 a.m.  We wish you all a happy holiday season and new year.

 

By Order of the Board,

June Mueller Board Secretary

Shoplifting suspect in Pittsburgh wanted for Texas homicide

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police say a man suspected of shoplifting at a store where he worked in Pittsburgh is wanted for homicide in Texas. Officers were called to the Family Dollar store on Wednesday night to assist with the termination of 22-year-old Joseph Tedder of Hutchinson, Kansas. But Tedder fled the scene. Police say they soon learned Tedder was wanted in connection with a homicide in early November in Austin, Texas, that stemmed from a drug deal. Authorities tracked Tedder to a Pittsburgh home and he was taken into custody. He’s awaiting arraignment and an extradition hearing.

Russ Rose retires as Penn State women’s volleyball coach

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Russ Rose retired Thursday as Penn State’s women’s volleyball coach, ending a 43-year run that featured seven NCAA titles, 109 straight wins from 2007-10 and the Division I career victory record. The 68-year-old Rose will remain in an advisory role within the athletic department. Katie Schumacher-Cawley will serve as interim head coach. Rose finished with a 1,330-229 record, the most victories in Division I history. He led Penn State to national titles in 1999, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013 and 2014 and 25 conference championships — 17 in the Big Ten and eight in the Atlantic 10. As a player, Rose helped George Williams College win the 1974 NAIA title.

5 teenagers charged in armed carjacking of US Rep. Scanlon

Five teenagers face charges in Delaware after they were found in a vehicle that was stolen at gunpoint in Philadelphia from U.S. Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon. State police say Scanlon’s blue Acura MDX was located Wednesday night in Newark, Delaware. That’s about 45 miles from Philadelphia. The FBI charged a 19-year-old man with carjacking, a weapons charge, and aiding and abetting. A 14-year-old girl and three boys, ages 13, 15 and 16, are charged with receiving stolen property. The 15-year-old also is charged with resisting arrest and criminal mischief. Scanlon was unharmed.

US to lift omicron-linked travel ban on southern Africa

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. will lift travel restrictions on eight southern African countries that it imposed to try to blunt the spread of the COVID omicron variant. The White House says the temporary travel bans bought scientists necessary time to study the new virus variant first discovered in South Africa. The World Health Organization and leaders in southern Africa criticized the travel ban as ineffective. The ban had barred entry to all non-U.S. citizens who had been in South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Namibia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. It will be lifted on New Year’s Eve.

VIDEO: Preparing For 2022 With Eric Brewer Of Beaver County EMS

(Published by Matt Drzik)

Beaver County is looking to enter 2022 the same way that it’s closing 2021…safely prepared in case of a nuclear disaster.

Though it’s not a situation that is hoped for or expected, the Beaver County Power Station, in conjunction with Beaver County Emergency Management Services, have released their annual pamphlet to Beaver County citizens in regards to what to do, who to contact, and where to go in case of an emergency situation in order to withdraw from the 10-mile radial area surrounding the nuclear plant in Shippingport.

Eric Brewer, the director for Beaver County EMS, joined Matt Drzik to talk about the 2022 strategy planning pamphlet which was also created in conjunction with neighboring Columbiana County in Ohio and Hancock County in West Virginia. Brewer spoke about the safety of nuclear power, and takes pride in the idea that the Power Station hasn’t had any major accidents since the beginning of the yearly updating; the updating was in response to the Three Mile Island incident that occurred in Pennsylvania back in 1979.

Brewer also went into great detail about the other services that the Beaver County EMS provides, including a similar preparation strategy for chemical facilities, as well as the department for 911 calls and alerts, including the Swift 911 alert system that sends messages to citizens about possible incidents and missing persons within the county, just to name a couple examples.

To see the full interview with Matt and Eric, click on the Facebook feed below.

14-Year-old Seneca Valley Student Arrested After TikTok Post

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Thursday, December 23, 2021 at 6:43 AM
(Jackson Twp., Butler County, Pa.) A 14-year-old 8th Grade Seneca Valley student has been arrested and charged with terroristic threats and disorderly conduct after a threat to the school on a TikTok post forced the district to learn remotely last Friday.
Jackson Township police and TikTok’s safety team worked together to identify the student.
The district also said the student is facing discipline, though it did not say what actions would be taken against the unnamed student.
The threat was deemed not credible.