From Staff Reports
Several local students were recipients of the annual Fort McIntosh Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizen award.
Good Citizen awards are open to all high school seniors based on the student’s dependability, service, leadership and patriotism. They are selected by their faculty and peers.
Award winners
Alaina Cline, Blackhawk School District
Isabella DiPietrantonio, Beaver Area School District
Jeremiah Giordani, Ambridge Area School District
Hannah Grymes, Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Bailey Roberts, Freedom Area School District
Nailah Simmons, New Brighton Area School District
Danika Sudar, Central Valley School District
Jaelyn Swogger, South Side Area School District
NEW SEWICKLEY TWP. Three candidates are running for two six-year terms as supervisors for the township in the May 18 primary.
Incumbent Fritz Retsch will battle interim Supervisor Charles Mike Phipps and newcomer Jenny Dambach Fessler for the Republican nominations, while Democrats have no candidate on the ballot in the race.
Retsch, 81, has lived in New Sewickley Township for 12 years. A retired school teacher, he taught at the Ambridge Area School District for 40 years and is now an active member of the community, sitting on several area boards for the Community College of Beaver County, the CCBC Foundation, Old Economy Village, Big Knob Grange and California University of Pennsylvania. A husband and pet owner, Retsch has served nearly six years as a supervisor and contributed to the acquisition of $9.1 million in grants, building the amphitheater in Green Valley Park and technical upgrades to the township offices and police department.
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Jasmine Cannady (Couresy: PRISM of Beaver County, Inc.)
In the series of brutal revelations, Bright said that she shot Jasmine before turning the gun on Jeffrey, who begged, Please don t shoot, I m gonna call the police, according to the complaint. When the gun didn t fire, Bright told police that she fixed the trigger before shooting the teenager in the face, the complaint said. And after shooting Jeffrey once, he still survived the shot, according to the complaint, so Bright told police that she fired the gun again because she didn t want [him] to suffer, The Tribune-Review reported. Bright also admitted that she shot her daughter while she was lying in bed in an upstairs bedroom.