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Tricia Irene “Momma Trish” McGinness (1970-2025)

Tricia Irene “Momma Trish” McGinness, 55, passed away on December 20th, 2025, surrounded by her loving family, after a long and courageous battle with cancer.

She was born in New Brighton on May 5th, 1970, a daughter of Janet Halleman and the late John Halleman. In addition to her father, Tricia was preceded in death by her aunt, Mary Halleman. In addition to her mother, she is survived by her beloved husband of 20 years, Brian, her daughters, Alyson (Justin) Cole and Marissa McGinness, her son, Maverick McGinness, her sisters, Lori (Tony) Marchione and Suzanne (Tom) McIlroy, her grandson, Mason Boyce, her faithful four-legged companion, River, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.

Tricia will be remembered for her never dying love for her Pittsburgh sports teams, and Nascar. “For everything there is a season and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born and a time to die” …. “a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance…” Ecclesiastes 3:1, 4. These are perfect words as those who knew Tricia mourn the loss of an amazing woman, loyal wife, dedicated mother, loving sister, aunt, daughter and friend. She did it all with a smile, and an attitude of a warrior determined to live her life in the service of everyone around her. There was not one person in her circle who did not know they were loved and appreciated by her.

Friends will be received on Tuesday, December 23rd, from 3-7 p.m., in the Noll Funeral Home Inc., 333 Third Street, Beaver, who was in charge of her arrangements. Online condolence may be shared at www.nollfuneral.com.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Tricia Irene “Momma Trish” McGinness, please visit the flower store of the Noll Funeral Home, Inc. by clicking here.

Laraine Nawrocki-Fardo (1941-2025)

Laraine Nawrocki-Fardo, 84, of Economy Borough, passed away peacefully on December 19th, 2025, surrounded by her loving family. She was born on May 21st, 1941, the daughter of the late Harry Sr. and Eleanor Nawrocki. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, John B. Fardo. She is survived by her children, John Fardo and Amy (Brian) Padgett, her brothers, Harry Jr. and Russell Nawrocki, her grandchildren, Madison Patsey-Padgett, Elise Fardo and Baylee Padgett, as well as numerous nieces, nephews, in-laws, cousins, and friends.

Laraine was a proud graduate of Ambridge Area High School and went on to attend Slippery Rock University and the University of Pittsburgh. She dedicated her life to education, beginning a long and fulfilling teaching career with the Ambridge Area School District, from which she later retired. She cherished family trips to Florida and spending time with her grandchildren. She enjoyed playing the slot machines at the casino and was known as an excellent cook. Above all, she was deeply involved in and devoted to her family and all of their activities.

A visitation will be held on Monday, December 22nd, from 2–4 p.m. and 5–7 p.m. at Alvarez-Hahn Funeral Services and Cremation, LLC, 547 8th Street, Ambridge, who was in charge of her arrangements. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, December 23rd, at 10:30 a.m. at Saint Luke the Evangelist Church/Good Samaritan, 725 Glenwood Avenue, Ambridge. Burial will follow at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2186 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa.

Gregory William Androlia (1962-2025)

Gregory William Androlia, 63, of Big Beaver Borough, passed away on December 19th, 2025, at Family Hospice Inpatient Unit Canterbury Place in Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania. He was born in Beaver Falls on July 16th, 1962, a son of the late Willis M. and Patricia J. (Arthur) Androlia. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his mother and father-in-law, Barb and Bob Kaleta, as well as his brother-in-law, Dr. Alex Pizarro. He is survived by his wife of 36 years, Kim (Kaleta) Androlia, his daughter, Kayla Androlia, his brothers, Dale (Linda) Androlia of Emporium, Pennsylvania and Jeff (Rhonda) Androlia of Big Beaver, his sister, Linda (Androlia) Pizarro of Port Charlotte, Florida, his sister-in-law, Mary Owens of Navarre, Ohio, his brother-in-law, Bob (Christina) Kaleta of Portersville, Pennsylvania and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

Gregory was a 1980 graduate of Beaver Falls who was a member of  their marching band and the Silver Sabres Junior Drum and Bugle Corp. He was devoted to his craft and began his meat cutting career at Comet Food Warehouse in Beaver Falls, followed by several years at the Chippewa Shop and Save. Most recently, he spent many years cutting meat at the Giant Eagle in Franklin Township. He enjoyed hunting and fishing for leisure, but his greatest joy was dedicating his life to saving the lives of others as a firefighter with the Big Beaver Boro Volunteer Fire Company. He proudly served for 49 years and rose to the rank of Lieutenant and Vice President of the department. There will be a visitation on Monday, December 22nd from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. at Corless-Kunselman Funeral Services, LLC, 3801 4th Avenue, Beaver Falls, who was in charge of his arrangements, and where a firefighter prayer service will begin at 7 p.m. that evening, and where a funeral service will occur on Tuesday, December 23rd at 10 a.m. with a procession to follow after 11 a.m. to Concord Cemetery in North Sewickley Township. The family gives their heartfelt thanks and appreciation to all of the staff at Magee Women’s Hospital and UPMC Canterbury Place for the care they provided to Greg and our family during this difficult time. Should friends desire, donations may be made in Greg’s name to the Big Beaver Boro Volunteer Fire Company, 621 Friendship Road, Darlington, PA 16115.

Joseph “Joe” Anthony Lopez, Jr. (1949-2025)

Joseph “Joe” Anthony Lopez, Jr., 76, of Beaver Falls, passed away on December 19th, 2025 in his residence.

He was born in Pittsburgh on October 26th, 1949, the son of the late Joseph Sr. and Josephine (Reda) Lopez. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his daughter-in-law, Rebecca Lopez. He is survived by his children, Anthony Shawn Lopez and Tanya Marie Lopez and their mother, Deborah (Lopez) Hummel, two grandchildren, Kristofer Maloney and Adam Lopez, his brother, Michael Anthony (Lindarae) Lopez, his two nephews, Michael Anthony Lopez, Jr. and Marc Aaron (Kayla) Lopez and their children, Roman and Reginald.

Joseph grew up playing pool at the Blue Room in Beaver Falls. He went onto win many championships in local leagues and was entered into a pool tournament in Las Vegas. He loved his family and would do anything for them. He always put family in front of his own needs!

Friends will be received on Monday, December 22nd from 2-4 p.m. and 6-8 p.m. in the GABAUER-LUTTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SVCS., INC- 117 Blackhawk Road, Beaver Falls, who was in charge of his arrangements and where prayers will be held on Tuesday, December 23rd at 9:40 a.m. followed by a mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. at St. Monica Catholic Church, 116 Thorndale Drive, Beaver Falls.

Interment will follow in St. Mary’s Cemetery, 2927 Clayton Road, Beaver Falls.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made in Joseph’s name to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital- 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105- a cause he cared deeply about.

McKees Rocks man charged for causing two-vehicle crash in Allegheny County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release today that twenty-four-year-old Calen Suto of McKees Rocks was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Allegheny County on Friday afternoon. At approximately 3:15 p.m., Suto was driving on I-79 South near Exit 68 in Sewickley Hills Borough in the left lane and passed the vehicle of forty-seven-year-old Jason Miller of Moon Township. When Suto tried to merge into the left lane, he hit the vehicle of Miller on the passenger side. There were no reported injuries. Suto did not stop and exchange information and the vehicles of Suto and Miller sustained damage that was disabling.

Suspect harasses Pittsburgh man in Moon Township

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Saturday that an unidentified forty-seven-year-old man from Pittsburgh was harassed by an unidentified suspect on Thursday afternoon in Moon Township. At 1:30 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police investigated this incident that happened along 449 McCormick Road. No charges were filed by police.

Pittsburgh-area veteran could face up to 24-year prison sentence for raping thirteen-year-old girl

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Thirty-six-year-old Brandon Rumbuagh of Pleasant Hills could have a prison sentence of up to 24 years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a thirteen-year-old girl multiple times earlier this year. Rumbaugh also allegedly told the victim to “keep this a secret” until she turned eighteen. The Pittsburgh-area veteran and motivational speakerwill also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

CCBC Announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for Fall 2025 Semester

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) The Community College of Beaver County recently released 359 names of their full-time and part-time students who achieved either the President’s List or Dean’s List honors for its fall 2025 semester in Monaca. Students must have completed at least 12 hours of credit-bearingcourses and have received a 3.75 grade-point average or above for the semester to be named to the President’s List. Students must have completed at least 12 hours of credit-bearing courses and have received a 3.25 to 3.74 grade-point average for the semester to be named to the Dean’s List.

According to a recent release in Monaca from CCBC, the following full-time students were named to the President’s List:

Sophia Adams
Jaelynn Anderson
Sydney Anderson
Shreya B K
Teagan Baker
Nathan Baskar
Joseph Beaver
Mohammed Beqqi
Chase Blackburn
Mia Blakeslee
Johnathan Brady
Chandler Brendel
Empress Cain
Maria Callaghan
Isabella Campbell
Matthew Caratelli
Lillian Carreon
Anthony Carter
Carmyn Catley
Matthew Chirico
Troy Clark

Ella Clerici
Kaiden Cribbs
Cammie Crouse
Laina Cusato
Jessica Davis
Nikkia Dawson
Amanda DeDominicis
Danielle Densmore
Gianni Dietz
Luke Dimerling
Hannah DoVidio
Carter Dyke
Declan Eaton
Nevaeh Faytak
Katelyn Ferguson
Armando Ferri
Evangeline Fogle
DeLana Fox
Olivia Galusha
Faith Ganoe
Rialy George

Alivea Gimbus
Leah Godwin
Noah Goetz
Thaddeus Gonzalez
Aleena Gray
Franklin Grayson
Julia Grove
Catessa Guadagnoli
Dennis Habrle
Lilly Hartley
Stone Hartline
Olivia Henderson
Tyler Hepler
Jocelyn Herda
Moises Hernandez
Ruben Hernandez
Segarra
Noah Hilliker
Zoe Hilton
Brianna Huntington
Alexa Hupp

Reyad Jaber
Jonathan Janicki
Isaiah Jeter
Brendan Jones
Chelsey Joseph
Ryan Kelly
Baylee Kirkham
Baylor Kirsch
Annabelle Komlos
Preston Korol
Taylor Kosinski
Nikita Kotuba
Cameron Kriberney
Shawn Kristophel
Logan Kryder
Carlie Kuga
Matthew Kwok
Maggie Laemmle
Myckenzie Laneve
Rylee Lavelle
Heather Lawrence

Vincent Lazzaro
Lindsey Lehman
Dominick Lightner
Dallyn Love
Kimberly Malatesta
Elizabeth Martin
Will Martin
Sage Kylie Mateer
Ella McCormack
Brooke Menegon
Jacob Mersing
Mya Mitchell
John Montini
Dylan Myers
Ryan Neils
Nathan Norton
Charles Nourigat
Jacqueline Ohl

Jeffrey Palmer
Julia Patrisian
Branden Plowman
Remington Pond
John Porter
Joseph Pruszenski
Gianna Rankin
Rylee Reynolds
Jah’Nauri Riggins
Sharin Robb
Emil Rodriguez
Sanchez
Curtis Runyan
Josie Russell
John Samosky
Jiovonni Santella
Nolan Saxe
Nathan Scarpone
Lucas Scheidemantle

Jessica Schriner
Nathan Sciaretta
Jacee Serak
Kira Shakespeare
Willie Simmons
Arielle Simonds
Aashna Sinha Roy
Logan Smith
Jacob Snatchko
Jack Stablow
Cliff Stobart
Kodiak Stobart
Abigail Stowe
Helgalie Suh
Annette Thomas
Victoria Tomei
Annamarie Vitale
Nicole Vo

Ryan Vukovcan
Colton Wayne
Liam Welge
Logan Wells
Carl Wendt
Jenna White
Allie Williams
Robert Wilson
Danae Woods
William Wright
Joseph Yarosz
Sean Yates
Rebecca Zemaitis
Laura Zeranick

and the following full-time students were named to the Dean’s List:

Vincent Adams
Batule Altahawi
Riley Balco
Kenneth Beatty
Raelyn Boyer
Zachary Bucka
Logan Butter
Ryan Cain
Lexie Carpenter
Zachary Casto
Domenic Catanzarite
Darcell Cleckley
Ryleigh Clyde
Ethan Colvin
Carly Condes
Landon Connolly
Michael Croswell
Joel Cunniff
Kayden Curcio
Lillyanna Davis
Jacquelynn Demacio
Kora Eaton
Carson Emerick

Alexander Espenship
Aiden Fattore
Camten Fazzino
Sarah Firich
Tianyao Gao
Chloe Garing
Mackenzie Gould
Jordan Grant
Raelynn Harris
Annaray Hatt
Joshua Hatton
Taylor Hazlett
Brady Hess
Maxwell Hill
Ethan Hunt
Heba Iham
Rebecca Jennings
Javon Johnson
Allison Kalcevic
Nataley Keefer
Kole Kerestes
Ava Kernaich
Anna Kosol

Braya Kramer
Kasaya Krause
Validus Lauzon
Evanna Lay
Cornell Lee
Noah Lovett
Zaynah Makowiecki
Joey Malia
Hannah Malingowski
Victoria Mann
Angelina Martin
Samwise Mason
Lainey Mayer
Elizabeth McDonald
Shaelyn McDonald
Jaden McMeekin
Robert McNear
Gianna Merulli
Alexandra Mikolajczak
Amber Miles
Lucas Moore
Alicen Mosura
Cameron Mulica

Maria Mundy
Zachary Neel
Preston Norman
McGinnis O’Shea
Orlando Ortega
Tristan Oudit
Nathan Paliwoda
Allison Parrish
Kilian Perkins
Logan Pettibon
Louis Rabatin
Roman Reichart
Rylee Ringhoff
Sheldon Rini
Omar Rivera
Rachel Sabat
Cristiana Schaefer
Nehemiah Seifert
Ava Sellers
Madison Sherlock
Anastasia Smith
Tysheal Smith
Catherine Spiker

Elizabeth Spilsbury
Louis Suh
Logan Sullivan
Camryn Thomas

Shane Tillia
Anthony Tuschong
Simone van der Ham
Jacob Weiman

Skylar Westerman
James Wetzel
Chloe Wijnen-Riems
Sarah Windsheimer

Abigail Winterhalter

and the following part-time students were named to the President’s List:

Jacob Albanese
Brianna ArnoldBesiso
Caden Beringer
Ashliann Brenner
Hayden Burrell
Joshua Carr
Lily Ceriani
Ethan Clark
Caroline Clow
Hannah Cornelius
Mary Cropps
Brandie DeNelle
Brandon Downs
Daegan Duffy

Elizabeth Elias
Domanic Francis
Gwendolyn Fritz
Marc Galante
Joel Garcia Crego
Shawn Geisinger
Graecyn Gibbons
Marin Glomb
Stacey Goff
Aubrey Grater
Brandon Hansen
Ethan Herstine
McKenna Houser
Christina Ion

Timothy Jakubek
Joshua Lanzoni
Jakob Lee
Abbigail Lyon
Mackenzie Maga
Melanie Maldonado
Brian McCabe
Zachary Nemec
Lily Parish
Matthew Park
Braden Pechart
Emily Peroni
Aaron Pfeifer
Sara Powell

Ella Quatman
Colby Ramirez
Amy Rectenwald
Vivian Riggins
Vance Rooke
Rachel Sledzianowski
Sarah Smith
Kirsten Sokolovich
Breanne Steiner
Leanne Suhoney
Trinity Will
Breonna Wissinger
Shelby Young

and following part-time students were named to the Dean’s List:

Maya Abt
Marianne Ansa
Elijah Ansell
Carly Arbes
Demetrius Bridges
Ella Brunton
Sara Burgos-Negron
Madilyn Burket
Christian Burrell
Tyler Byer
Ella Ceriani
Kylee Dean

Emily DeMaiolo
Laura Dennis
Tessa DeSanzo
Delaney Dixon
Ebony Dorsett
Lily Geweth
Samantha Gutierrez
Diana Hernandez
Morgan Hochschild
Annica Jones
Jada Lahita
Emma Leonard

Olivia Logue
Keaton Matteson
Mikenzi McBride
Kayleigh McCabe
Myari McCracken
Josephine McKenna
Brittney Megyesy
Tori Miller
Emma Mrkonja
Ava Novajosky
Kirstin Pantaleo
Annamarie Price

Rose Pyles
Breanna Reynolds
Makayla Sanko
Niko Santarelli
Ilgaz Sevinc
Aubrey Stamm
Zoi Waite
Allison Ware
Olivia Warren
Maura Watterson
Selby Willmorth
Dominic Yoho

US Departments of Labor, Agriculture announce effort to streamline job opportunities and training for SNAP participants

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release in Washington D.C. on Friday from the U.S. Department of Labor, the U.S. departments of Labor and Agriculture announced on Friday a Memorandum of Understanding to maximize skills training and work opportunities for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participants. The agreement will help states connect SNAP participants more effectively with Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act job training programs, which will aim to help more low-income Americans find and maintain employment. 

Bicyclist taken into custody for drug possession in New Castle

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release on Saturday that an unidentified bicyclist was taken into custody for drug possession in the city of New Castle on the evening of September 5th, 2025. This occurred at 10:19 p.m. along Agnew Street and Marion Court. According to police, PSP New Castle attempted a traffic stop on the bicyclist for a traffic violation and that person attempted to flee on foot but was immediately apprehended and was taken into custody. Charges will be filed against the bicyclist.