On the Wednesday edition of the Teleforum Talk Program host Eddy Crow welcomes Dale Reckless of MRS Physical Therapy. LET THE HEALTHY COMMENCE! Teleforum is on the air every weekday from 9 till noon on am1230, am1460, 99.3fm presented by St. Barnabas, and now also on 95.7fm! (also available on the free Beavercountyradio app)
Stampede to file before deadline for Pennsylvania primary
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Candidates are down to the final hours before the deadline to file paperwork to get on Pennsylvania’s primary ballots, as large fields are shaping up for the open governor’s office and U.S. Senate seat. Tuesday’s 5 p.m. filing deadline to make Pennsylvania’s May 17 primary ballot also applies to races for lieutenant governor and Congress. This year’s election is the first time in decades that Pennsylvania has its governor’s office and a U.S. Senate seat on the same ballot with no incumbent running. That has sparked heavy interest in contests that are viewed as wide open. Almost 20 candidates have filed for those two offices alone.
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SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s former top state prosecutor was arrested over the weekend and is expected to be formally charged with driving under the influence. Scranton police said Monday that 55-year-old Kathleen Kane was involved in a two-vehicle crash in the city at about 6:30 p.m. Saturday. Police haven’t released details about the crash. Until charges are filed there’s no paperwork with information about the investigation. Kane, 55, was the first Democrat and remains the only woman to have been elected as the state’s attorney general. While in office, she leaked grand jury documents about a civil rights leader and a jury found she lied to the grand jury investigating the leak. She served more than eight months.
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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Hopewell Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Hopewell Township Police were dispatched to the area of Brodhead Road known as Bucktail Hill Monday night, March 14, 2022, at 8 p.m. for a possible DUI-related accident according to Police Chief Don Sedlacek. No further information was available at this time as police continue to investigate.
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Story by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano
(Monaca, Pa.) Beaver County 9-1-1 reported that they received a call at 7:15 a.m. Tuesday morning, March 15, 2022, for reports of a pedestrian being struck by a vehicle in the area of King’s pool and Spa on Beaver Avenue in Monaca. According to the report the injured party for transported to a hospital for injuries .
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Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) United States Attorney Cindy K. Chung announced on Monday that the federal grand jury in Pittsburgh indicted a former and current Aliquippa resident on charges of violating federal narcotic laws. The two-count indictment was returned on March 8, 2022 and unsealed Monday named Kijana Stephaun Lowe, 24 a former resident, and current resident Tusweet Smith, Jr, 23, along with others from New York and Philadelphia.
According to the indictment around May 2021 until around November 2021 the defendants conspired to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 5 kilos or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of cocaine, and 400 grams or more of a mixture containing a detectable amount of fentanyl.
The men could face imprisonment of a maximum of not less than 10 years to life and a fine of $10,000 or both The investigation was conducted by the PA Attorney General’s office and the DEA leading to the indictment.
(Feature Photo picturing (Left) Frank Sparks, Beaver County Radio Program Director receiving the fourth place trophy from (Right) Jodi Blank from The Beaver Falls Business District Authority) Taken by Beaver County Radio General Manager Mark Peterson
Story by Frank Sparks, News/Program Director, Beaver County Radio
(Beaver Falls, Pa.) The Beaver Falls Business District Authority has announced it’s winners of the 2nd Annual Beaver Falls Pro Bowl Chili Walk-off that was held on Saturday February 12, 2022. We here at Beaver County Radio have our chest pushed out a little in pride today as Mark Peterson’s Famous Chuck’s Chili placed fourth in the competition. Peterson’s chili is named after local legend and radio pioneer Chuck “Waxie” Wilson who spoke the first words on Beaver County Radio back on May 25, 1948. Chuck’s Chili featured Hickory Smoked “Chuck” Roast, Broadcast Bacon, Radio Red Peppers, Transmitter Tomatoes and more.
The only important thing is that we placed fourth but the other winners were, first place was a tie between McMahon’s Harley Davidson and The Beaver Falls Library, second was Wolfe’s Clothing Store, third was the Beaver Falls Fire Department, fourth Beaver County Radio and Fifth Jumet Financial.
Jodi Blank from Helisek Contracting presented Beaver County Radio Station Manager Mark Peterson and Program Director Frank Sparks with their fourth place trophy Monday afternoon.
You can see pictures of all the winners below: (Photos provided by Beaver Falls Business District Authority)
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(Washington D.C.) Dr. Rachel Levine Pennsylvania’s former Health Secretary who is currently the U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health has been named one of USA Today’s ‘Women of the Year
Others who were named to the list include Melinda French Gates, Simone Biles, and Vice President Kamala Harris.
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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Today is D-Day for Pittsburgh Port Authority Employees as the COVID-19 vaccine requirement goes into effect.
The Port Authority says about 500 of their 2,700 employees could face termination.
The employees’ union, ATU Local 85, disputed those numbers, saying around 350 aren’t vaccinated, and around 130 have received one dose of a vaccine.
While the employees’ union wants to collectively bargain with the Port Authority over this mandate, the company says the court has ruled in favor of it, so there’s nothing left to discuss.
Employees who are not vaccinated will be suspended without pay starting tomorrow, until a disciplinary hearing will be held next week.
If they’ve received one dose of a vaccine, they will be offered a chance to get the second dose.
(McKees Rocks, Pa.) 24- year-old Brook Lank was arrested shortly before 8 PM last night by Allegheny County Police in connection with the death of 22-year-old Anthony Loften. Lofton’s body was found around 6:30 a.m. Sunday in Derby Alley in McKees Rocks. He had been shot in the head and was pronounced dead at the scene.
Lank and Loften were dating and got into an argument on the way to make a drug deal in McKeesport. Lank admitted to shooting Loften in the head and then shooting him two more times while he was still breathing and reaching for her.
A third person that Lank picked up said he thought Lofton was sleeping until she asked him to help remove Lofton from the car and place on the street in Derby Alley. Lank is charged with criminal homicide and abuse of a corpse. She was taken to the Allegheny County Jail.