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(Photo taken by Mark Peterson, Beaver County Radio)

(Beaver County Pa.) Two accidents Monday morning have led to restrictions on the Pennsylvania Turnpike in Beaver County this morning.

The first incident, a tractor-trailer accident, happened at mile-marker 18 a little before 5 AM. Beaver County Radio’s Mark Peterson reported at 8:45 AM that traffic was again moving in both directions but was restricted to one lane with the left lane still being closed to repair the jersey barrier. Peterson reported that a semi-truck had struck the center jersey barrier going east bound at the 19 mile marker and pushed the barrier into the west bound lanes.

The second accident occurred  just a few miles away at mile market 14 and was reported around 5:30 a.m. The Pa Turnpike Commission via Twitter reported that all lanes were reopened after that accident shortly after 9 AM.

There is no word on what caused either accident of if there were any injuries. Stay tuned to Beaver County Radio as this is a developing story.

Update 10 AM: According to Pa Turnpike tweet: 

UPDATE: CRASH – #PaTurnpike at mile 18.5 on I-76 East & West. The left lane remains closed westbound. All eastbound lanes are open. Heavy delays remain eastbound. Use Caution. pic.twitter.com/rWMTcLvUwb

— PA Turnpike Alerts (@PATurnpikeAlert) July 25, 2022

(Photo of  Home at 1400 6th Ave in Beaver Falls. The beaver Falls Police Department along with assistance from several other agencies conducted a Drug raid early Monday Morning on an apartment in the rear of the the building. A Beaver Falls Police Officer can be seen talking with citizens at the rear of the building where the raid occurred. Photo taken by Beaver County Radio Staff) 

Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) A drug raid was conducted at 6:02 a.m. this morning at 1400 Sixth Avenue in Beaver Falls, according to Beaver County District Attorney David J. Lozier. Lozier reported that the Beaver County ESU went into the building with a search warrant, secured the building and handcuffed the suspects. Beaver Falls Police are handling the investigation. Lozier said there is no report yet. Stay with Beaver County Radio as we will continue to update you as information is released.

Keystone State News Connection

July 22, 2022

Danielle Smith

Pennsylvania spends an average of almost $20,000 per student per year on education statewide, but one candidate for governor has said he thinks that’s too much.

In his bid for governor, state Sen. Doug Mastriano, R-Franklin, has said he’d like to reduce public-school funding by $10,000 per child and give the rest to families for their choice of public, private or home schooling.

That would be devastating for the 1.7 million public-school students, said Pennsylvania State Education Association President Rich Askey.

“When you reduce the funding for schools by that much,” he said, “the first thing that’s going to happen is that teachers are going to be laid off, programs are going to be lost and class sizes are going to go through the roof.”

Askey said the teachers’ union has asked Mastriano for more details about his proposal, but hasn’t yet received a response. Askey noted that the increase in education funding in the past few years has been a bipartisan effort, led by Gov. Tom Wolf after severe budget cuts in previous years.

Askey said he sees the additional funding as an acknowledgement that supporting education is one of the most important functions of state government.

“When you’re funding public schools in Pennsylvania – or in any state at all – what you’re doing is, you’re supporting the next generation,” he said, “and you’re making our state stronger in the future and moving on, so that we can have the workforce, think tanks – we can have good, strong citizens.”

This month, Wolf solidified his legacy with a historic $3.7 billion education budget, which includes a $1.8 billion budget hike for the coming school year.

(Stowe Twp., Allegheny County, Pa.) Police in Stowe Twp. were called to the 1100 block of Race Street in the township around 9:26 PM last night for reports of a shooting .
Upon arriving on the scene they found a woman inside of a vehicle with a gunshot wound to the head.
She was taken to the hospital in critical condition. There was also a second woman in the car that was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries she sustained from broken glass.
There is no word on either woman’s condition as authorities investigate the incident.

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(Homewood Beaver County, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they were called to the scene of a report of a burglary on Robert’s Street in Homewood Boro, Beaver county.
Troopers said upon arriving they were made aware that someone stole $3000.00 Cash, a Sony Play Station 5 with motocross stickers on it valued at $800, and a headset valued at $100 sometime between July 22 at 6PM and July 23 at 10:00 AM from 22 -year-old Daevon Williams of Beaver Falls and 20-year-old Brooke Jeffries of New Castle
No other information about the theft was provided by Police.

(File Photo of Rocco Cozza and Eric McKenna taken by Matt Drzik) 

(Beaver Falls, Pa.) Tune into Beaver County Radio every Saturday morning from 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM for “The Entrepreneur Life” with local attorney Rocco Cozza and realtor Eric Mc Kenna.

The show discusses different topics that they have both dealt with during their journey as Entrepreneur’s. On this week’s show the guys will be discussing limiting the beliefs’ that new entrepreneur’s can have.

The phone lines will be open at 724-843-1888 and 724-774-1888 throughout the show.

The show is presented on all platforms of Beaver County Radio, on-air at 95.7 and 99.3 FM along with 1230 WBVP and1460 WMBA and on-line at beavercountyradio.com. You can also see previous shows archived on the Beaver County Radio Facebook Page or you can listen to previous shows on our podcast section of  beavercountyradio.com

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Host Jim Roddey sits down on this week’s edition of “Heroes” with Donamarie Wilfong, the Vice President of Simulation Education at Allegheny Health Network, as well as Ethan Nicholas of the Pittsburgh Social Exchange.

“Heroes” is presented by Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the Allegheny Health Network, airing Saturdays at 10:00 AM and Sundays at 12:30 PM on Beaver County Radio.