(File Photo of the City of Aliquippa Police Department Building)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Allegheny Health Network)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wexford, PA) Allegheny Health Network (AHN) is celebrating the fifth anniversary of AHN Wexford Hospital, which is a full-service, state-of-the-art facility that has become a leading destination of health care for patients throughout northern Allegheny County and neighboring communities in Beaver, Butler, Lawrence and Mercer counties. 

The hospital opened to patients on September 30th, 2021 and the 158-bed hospital features inpatient rooms that are all private, a 24-bed emergency department with rooms that are pediatric-capable, surgical suites that are advanced with robotic technology, intensive care services that are specialized, care for women and infants and diagnostic and imaging capabilities that are advanced.

AHN Wexford Hospital has welcomed over 7,000 babies, performed 30,000 surgeries in its operating rooms and cared for 150,000 patients in its emergency department since it opened.

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Independence Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported that they are investigating an incident of harassment that occurred in Independence Township yesterday.

This happened along Lincoln Highway at 6:27 a.m.

According to police, an argument occurred between a sixteen-year-old female juvenile from Independence Township, specifically from Beaver, and her fifty-three-year-old mother from Clinton, Pennsylvania.

This argument specifically had to do with the arrestee’s phone and her boyfriend.

The juvenile was arrested as a result of this incident and she scratched her mother’s arms with her fingernails during the argument. 

(File Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clarion County, PA) A judge sentenced William Fortuna of Beaver County to life in prison yesterday after a jury found him guilty of first-degree murder. 

Fortuna is one of three men who was charged in connection with the death of fifty-seven-year-old George Dayieb of Murrysville. 

Dayieb was found inside a trailer in Clarion County on December 29th, 2023 and he was shot in the back of his head. 

According to Allegheny County police, Fortuna, Jeremy Fisher and Braden Elliott conspired to kill Dayieb over a large debt. 

Police deemed the situation as a “murder for hire” plot. 

Elliott testified so he could exchange for a third-degree murder plea. 

Fisher, who is the business associate of Fortuna, is waiting for a trial. 

(File Photo of Senator Camera Bartolotta)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Bipartisan legislation that is sponsored by Senator Camera Bartolotta (R-46) and Senator Nick Pisciottano (D-45) to ensure that life-saving automated external defibrillators (AEDs) are available where Pennsylvania lineworkers perform some of the most dangerous work was advanced unanimously yesterday by the Senate Labor and Industry Committee. 

Senate Bill 1328, as amended, would require that electric utilities and their contractors would have AEDs readily available at worksites where lineworkers and other electrical workers perform their duties, which include temporary and field locations. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported that they responded to an incident of aggravated assault that involved someone getting shot in Aliquippa yesterday.

This happened at approximately 5 p.m. along the 1200 block of Wade Street.

Police found nineteen-year-old Rah’Janir Russell of Aliquippa, who had gunshot wounds on his left side and on his arm.

According to police, Russell was flown to a local hospital for treatment of his gunshot wounds, and he is expected to make a full recovery.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing, and anyone that has more information about this incident can call 724-773-7400.

The Aliquippa Police Department assumed the responsibility of the investigation of this incident to the Pennsylvania State Police, Beaver Criminal Investigation Unit.

(File Photo of a City of Aliquippa Police Department Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) According to police, a man was arrested after he tried to enter an active crime scene in Aliquippa. 

This happened yesterday along the 1200 block of Wade Street at 5:38 p.m. and a spokesperson for the Aliquippa Police Department confirmed that the man approached a crime scene that was set up there. 

Officers responded to a shooting in that location. 

Police stated that this man was told not to cross the perimeter that was established, but he pulled out a knife and cut the crime scene tape intentionally in an attempt to enter the crime scene.

He was taken into custody immediately.

Police identified that man as forty-three-year-old Antoine Lamont Cummings of Aliquippa. 

Cummings is being held at the Beaver County Jail and he faces charges of disorderly conduct and obstructing administration of law.

(File Photo of the Beaver Area School District Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) Beaver Area School District Board member Luke Berardelli has now resigned after he stated that he would not over a social media post that was controversial. 

Berardelli put out a Facebook post last week which said things like, “Cover your body. Shut your mouth and you can’t do anything unless man says so.”  and “maybe the Islamic faith is the correct way to go considering they give women zero rights at all.” 

This post supposedly came in response to the murder trial of Lindsay Clancy, who is accused of fatally strangling her three children on January 24th, 2023 at her family’s home in Duxbury, Massachusetts.  

Berardelli resigned yesterday morning and he gave this following message to the Beaver Area School District board: “Nothing is more important to me than the health and safety of my children. Please accept my immediate resignation.”

Berardelli previously responded to an inquiry from KDKA-TV and affirmed that he was using “hyperbole” and sarcasm to make a point about extremism. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Congressman Chris Deluzio’s Office)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced his upcoming three-part October Town Hall Tour across Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District yesterday.

These events are where residents from Pennsylvania’s 17th Congressional District can share their opinions with Deluzio and hear directly from their elected voice that is in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Congressman Deluzio regularly participates in open-question town hall events, with over twenty such events during the current congressional session alone, which is in 2025-2026.

This tour will start in Penn Hills on Monday, October 5th, then continue in Carnegie on Tuesday, October 13th at 5:30 P.M. and will finish in Beaver Falls on Saturday, October 17th at 2:00PM.

You can RSVP for the Penn Hills stop of this October Town Hall Tour from Deluzio at bit.ly/DeluzioPennHills (click here). 

Each event has a capacity that is limited, and registration is first come, first served.

This is an event hosted by Deluzio’s congressional office. 

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that guide rail repair work on various roads in Allegheny and Beaver counties will occur today, weather permitting. 

Lane restrictions and shoulder closures will occur as needed from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. for guide rail repair work in the following Allegheny and Beaver County locations, according to a release from PennDOT District 11:
 

• Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in the northbound direction at the Western Avenue intersection, in Emsworth Borough, Allegheny County 

• Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in the southbound direction between McKown Street and Beaver Road, in Glen Osborne Borough, Allegheny County 

• I-79 in the southbound direction near the I-376 on-ramp in Robinson Township, Allegheny County 

• I-79 in the southbound direction near the Emsworth/Sewickley (Exit 66) exit in Glenfield Borough, Allegheny County 

• I-79 in the southbound direction near the Wexford (Exit 73) exit in Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County 

• I-279 in each direction between the Bellevue/West View (Exit 7) exit and I-79 split in Allegheny County 

• Thorn Run Road (Route 3087) in each direction between Old Thorn Run Road and Route 51 (5th Avenue) in Moon Township, Allegheny County 

• Camp Meeting Road (Route 4043) in the northbound direction at the Rochester Road intersection in Franklin Park Borough, Allegheny County 

• Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in the northbound between 6th Street and 8th Street in Ambridge Borough, Beaver County