(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 9:42 A.M.)

(Aliquippa, PA) A new athletic and academic center will be joining Aliquippa’s Heinz Field on their school’s campus. The new facility will include offices, an indoor training facility, a locker room, a weight room, and a large space that can be used for hands-on learning. Construction will start in the spring, hopefully to be completed next year. Aliquippa plays their first game of the season tonight against Belle Vernon.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 9:21 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) A lucrative operation has a Pittsburgh businessman guilty of several charges including stealing numerous items. After five hours of deliberation from a federal jury, 41-year-old Durrell Waters was pronounced guilty for four counts of money laundering and one count of conspiracy. Waters used three of his businesses to sell over-the-counter medications as well as health and beauty aids online. Waters’ co-owner pleaded guilty on four counts of unlawful money transactions involving property as well on July 24. Waters’ sentence date is to be determined, and he faces a maximum ten-year sentence in prison and a fine for every money laundering count of $250,000, and an additional five-year sentence with a fine of $250,000 or double for the conspiracy charge.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 6:14 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Currently docking in Pittsburgh, the final operating ship that sailed in World War II is wowing locals to tours for the next few days. The USS LST 325, which spends its time mostly in Evansville, Indiana, is in Pittsburgh for the third time in its rich history of eighty years. The legendary ship will be docked near Stage AE on the North Shore and tours will set sail from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. starting on August 30 through September 3. Tickets are only sold in-person, $15 for adults, $7 for children ages 6-17, and children five and under get free admission.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 6:05 A.M.)

(Beaver, PA) 25-year-old Jason Banks, Jr., who killed his girlfriend, 20-year-old Treonna Washington last week in an Aliquippa alley stood in front of a judge on Thursday already accused of homicide charges. The court showed a video that was evidence of Banks pushing Washington down stairs. Banks’ roommate testified that Banks walked both him and Washington into the alley and then shot Washington when his back was turned. He also said that Banks wanted him to keep the incident private from everyone and he never spotted a gun with Banks. Banks will return to court for another trial in October with the date planned for some time last year.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 5:59 A.M.)

(New Castle, PA) The Zambelli Fireworks company has been awarded Festival Grand Champion for 2024 at a fireworks competition in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Zach Taminosian, a designer for the local pyrotechnic giant, created the winning show called “Cosmic Connections,” which was judged based on quality, originality, color brilliance and richness, synchronization of music and fireworks, and overall perspective of the show. According to a Zambelli press release, the show wowed audiences with a story that explored the universal human experiences of love, relationships and heartbreak. The 2024 GlobalFest International Fireworks Competition also featured other firework teams from the United States, Spain, Mexico, and Brazil.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 5:41 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh is planning to make a new program to battle addiction. Saturday, August 31 is also International Overdose Awareness Day, and Downtown Pittsburgh experiences the most situations of overdosing. The program involves intervention teams formed by the city’s Office of Community Health and Safety to stop the overdose when they see it happening. Three teams of two, consisted of a case manager and peers, will investigate the condition and try to reverse them back into recovery from their addictions.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 4:44 A.M.)

A new Mexican restaurant is creating a fiesta in Rochester. Cantina Bar and Grill, which had its opening last month at 161 Brighton Avenue serves tacos as their top sellers. The family of Chris Garcia, a former Los Angeles native, now a resident of Beaver County, has recipes and experience from a previous restaurant they owned in California. Cantina Bar and Grill is open on Mondays through Thursdays, 8 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Fridays, 8 a.m. to 1:30 a.m., Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 1:30 a.m. and Sundays, 10 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., with happy hours from 5-7 p.m. on weekdays.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on August 30, 2024 at 4:37 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) A woman’s body was found close to Sandcastle Waterpark in the Monongahela River. First responders went to the scene at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the dead victim as 36-year-old Latasha Jefferson, who according to the Pittsburgh Bureau of police, was reported missing on Wednesday. No suspicious activity was reported from the Allegheny County police’s homicide unit. After the body was found, Sandcastle closed for the remaining hours of Thursday and has been operating on just weekends, but the waterpark will be open this Labor Day weekend and then close for the rest of their season.