Beaver Falls News

A Beaver Falls man was sentenced to state prison yesterday, after he admitted to having sexually explicit conversations with nearly a dozen girls on Facebook, ranging in age from 11 to 16 years old.

AMBRIDGE - A police chief wants answers after the brutal rape of a 71-year-old woman at a local assisted living facility.

A former top aide to ex-state Rep. Mike Veon was sentenced this afternoon to 9 months of house arrest followed by 39 months of probation for conspiring with her former boss to misuse state funds.

All buildings were evacuated and searched with negative results. An investigation is pending.

The Beaver Falls woman, who will turn 100 on Monday, can still tell you in detail how to paint, build kitchen cabinets, pour concrete and do minor plumbing and electrical work.

Former University of Pittsburgh basketball star Carl Krauser has waived his right to a preliminary hearing and now faces trial for drunken driving, drug and weapons charges stemming from a drunken-driving checkpoint in western Pennsylvania earlier this month.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh sued the federal government today arguing that new health care rules relating to contraception and morning-after drugs go against the church's constitutionally protected rights to religious freedom.

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Pennsylvania prosecutors Friday urged a judge to sentence former state House Democratic whip Mike Veon to additional prison time for his second corruption conviction.

Four Seneca Valley students recently were recognized as top performers in U.S. Rep.

Beaver Falls police said it happened while officers were checking his license Friday night on Seventh Avenue, and he was seen moments later in the Save A Lot parking lot on Ninth Avenue.

A Beaver County Jury found a man not guilty of felony gun charges today, after two and a half hours of deliberations.

UNIVERSITY PARK — Patrick Chambers added another post player to his first Penn State basketball recruiting class Thursday when Berks Catholic all-state forward Donovon Jack signed a letter-of-intent. announced he will be attending Vanderbilt.

James A. "Gabby" Martin, 76, of Front Street, died at 6:20 a.m. Thursday at the Beaver Valley Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Beaver Falls, Pa., following a lengthy illness.

BEAVER FALLS - A Beaver County woman says she has nowhere to turn after her house flooded twice in one day.

Xavier Rathan Mayes, a talented 6-foot-3, 180-pound shooting guard from Huntington Prep in Scarborough, Ont., recently picked up a scholarship offer from Penn State coach Pat Chambers and his staff.

The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge in Pittsburgh to dismiss a Christian college's lawsuit challenging proposed regulations requiring employers to offer birth control coverage that includes so-called morning after drugs that abort fertilized embryos, saying that's "directly at odds" with its religious values.

Dora Mae Javens, 60, of Continental Drive, passed away at 1:40 p.m. Saturday at Essex III, where she had resided for the past several years.

Gerald L. Feezle, 44, Bowman Road, Homeworth, was eastbound on Carey Road in Butler Township at 3 p.m. Tuesday and Mary L. Lease, 73, Carey Road, Salem, was westbound on Carey Road and turned left striking Feezle, who then went off the right side of the road striking a cable box and a large rock.

When police arrived the 12-year-old who cut his brother fled but was located near Reilly School and taken to the Tobin Center.