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Retiring goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury to suit up for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a preseason game

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Minnesota Wild Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) skates during warmups before an NHL hockey game against the Utah Hockey Club, Thursday, Feb. 27, 2025, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Melissa Majchrzak, File)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Marc-Andre Fleury is ending his NHL career back where it began.

The veteran goaltender, who officially retired last spring following a 21-year career, signed a professional tryout contract with the Penguins on Friday and is going to suit up for the club during Pittsburgh’s exhibition game against Columbus on Sept. 27.

The 40-year-old Fleury was taken No. 1 overall by the Penguins in the 2003 NHL draft. He spent the first 13 seasons of his career in Pittsburgh, helping longtime teammates Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang win three Stanley Cups. Fleury left the Penguins after being selected by Vegas during the expansion draft shortly after Pittsburgh won the second of back-to-back championships in 2017.

“Marc means so much to our team, our fans and the City of Pittsburgh because of the person he is and the example he set,” Pittsburgh general manager Kyle Dubas said in a statement. “The Penguins feel he and his family are most deserving of this opportunity to celebrate this full-circle moment back where it all started in front of the black and gold faithful.”

Fleury, known universally as “Flower,” was incredibly popular with both teammates and fans alike. He ranks second all-time in NHL history in victories (575) and won the Vezina Trophy in 2021 while playing for Vegas.

Yet he is most well-known for his long tenure in Pittsburgh. Fleury holds nearly every major goaltending record in Penguins history, including games played (691), wins (375) and shutouts (44).

Local disaster emergency declared in Pittsburgh because of the September 9th, 2025 fire that occurred at the Jefferson Apartments in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A local disaster emergency was declared yesterday in Pittsburgh by the Mayor of Pittsburgh, Ed Gainey. This declaration happened because a fire occurred in the Jefferson Apartments in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Tuesday. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, as many as thirty people have been displaced because of this fire. Plans are also in place for the Jefferson Apartments to be demolished because of the fire that occurred there on Tuesday. The Pennsylvania Emergency Management Services Code and City Code was the organization that the emergency declaration was issued under, and this declaration allows for a response that is both coordinated and immediate to both stabilize the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh and support the victims of the fire at the Jefferson Apartments on Tuesday.

Man shows up at a hospital in the Pittsburgh area after he got shot in the Hill District of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An unidentified man showed up at a hospital in the Pittsburgh area after he got shot in the Hill District of Pittsburgh early this morning. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the victim told police the shooting happened somewhere on Webster Avenue in the city’s Hill District. This male victim was last reported in stable condition and was shot in the ankle. The cause of this shooting and the suspect of this shooting is unknown at this time.

Man from Braddock, Pennsylvania gets prison sentence after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, for killing a man from Bethel Park, Pennsylvania in 2023 in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Thirty-six-year-old Lukas Kislak of Braddock, Pennsylvania got a prison sentence of fifteen to forty years yesterday after pleading guilty, but mentally ill, for killing twenty-six-year-old Alex Yerkey of Bethel Park in the Bloomfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh on March 26th, 2023. Yerkey was riding his bicycle on Pearl Street to play baseball that day and Kislak got accused of shooting Yerkey in the head while Yerkey was riding that bicycle. Yerkey died on March 26th, 2023 after he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. According to court records, Kislak will face between 15 and 40 years in prison for a third-degree murder charge and he will also spend between one and two years in prison for carrying a firearm without a license.

Aliquippa woman jailed for damaging her mother’s house in Aliquippa

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) A vandalism was reported to the City of Aliquippa Police Department on the early morning of July 20th, 2025, when they went to the 1200 block of Main Street. A woman called police and told them that twenty-three-year-old Avonna Henry of Aliquippa was both disorderly and trying to damage the property of her mother’s house outside of it. Henry was also reported as on narcotics and/or intoxicated. Henry resisted the arrest from police, but she was placed into custody subsequently before being transported to the Aliquippa Police Department and even spit on one of the officers when they tried to get her information. Henry was in the Beaver County Jail on charges including a misdemeanor charge of resisting arrest. 

Aliquippa woman jailed for assaulting her boyfriend on the 300 block of Todd Street in Aliquippa

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The City of Aliquippa Police Department got a domestic disturbance report on the morning of August 17th, 2025 and went to the 300 block of Todd Street in Aliquippa. Police officers talked with the male victim, who stated that he was bit and assaulted by his girlfriend, thirty-eight-year-old Taisha Peebles of Aliquippa. There were marks on the victim from this attack. Peebles got arrested and was in the Beaver County Jail with a misdemeanor charge of simple assault and a summary charge of harassment filed against her. 

Aliquippa man and Monaca woman charged for stealing a bottle of Crown Royal from the Aliquippa Fine Wine and Good Spirits store without paying for it

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Seventy-year-old Edward Bush of Aliquippa and forty-year-old Emily Holfelder of Monaca both got summary charges of retail theft after they allegedly stole a full bottle of Crown Royal without paying for it on the evening of July 25th, 2025 at the Fine Wine and Good Spirits store on Broadhead Road in Aliquippa. Holfelder exited the store with the full bottle after swapping an empty one with that full bottle. When Holfelder lacked her identification, she came back to the store and tried to return the bottle. Holfelder stated that Bush would have to complete her return with his identification. $29.99 was refunded to Bush, but the theft of both Bush and Holfelder was caught on camera of the Aliquippa Fine Wine and Good Spirits store.

Aliquippa man jailed for assaulting his girlfriend at the 500 block of Linmar Terrace in Aliquippa

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The City of Aliquippa Police Department went to the 500 block of Linmar Terrace in Aliquippa for a domestic disturbance report on the morning of August 9th, 2025. A female victim made a statement that her boyfriend, thirty-eight-year-old Zachary Constantine of Aliquippa choked her and assaulted her. Constantine escaped the residence before officers arrived and was found later to get arrested by officers. Constantine was taken to the Beaver County Jail with charges filed against him including a felony charge of aggravated assault.  

Aliquippa woman taken into custody for assaulting a male victim; suspect was the mother of the male victim’s child

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The City of Aliquippa Police Department got a report for a domestic disturbance on the evening of August 2nd, 2025 when they went to the 100 block of Wilker Street in Aliquippa. The male victim stated to police that he had an argument with twenty-nine-year-old Rakia Lindsay of Aliquippa, who was the mother of his child. The victim who had signs of physical abuse said that Lindsey took belongings from him that were personal, took a firearm from him, choked him and assaulted him. Lindsey did not comply with police, did not open her door for them, and refused to talk to them. Lindsey got taken into custody and was taken to the Beaver County Jail with charges filed against her including a misdemeanor charge of simple assault. 

Aliquippa man gets taken into custody on two separate occassions, both for burglary

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The City of Aliquippa Police Department got dispatched to a residence on the 300 block of 5th Avenue for a burglary report on the morning of July 2nd, 2025. Officers found sixty-six-year-old Moses Jones in that residence with stolen items from the residence. Jones got taken into custody and was taken to the Beaver County Jail. Jones had a felony charge of burglary and a misdemeanor charge of theft filed against him for this incident. Jones also got taken into custody for stealing items from a residence on the 700 block of Griffith Street in Aliquippa on the morning of August 20th, 2025. Jones was found by the City of Aliquippa Police Department after the male victim called them about him catching Jones stealing some items from his residence. Jones went to the Beaver County Jail on a misdemanor charge of theft for the second incident.