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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The Beaver County Humane Society of Aliquippa is currently experiencing what they are calling a mild outbreak of kennel cough and they are presently asking for volunteers to help them. Kennel cough is an illness that can occur to dogs and is a contagious illness. Kennel cough is also called canine infectious respiratory disease complex (CIRDC) and symptoms of it include a loss of appetite, lethargy, runny nose, sneezing and a “honking” cough. Pneumonia also may be developed in dogs with severe infections of kennel cough. According to a press release from the Beaver County Humane Society, most dogs aren’t actively symptomatic and heavy precautions are being taken to limit transmission by quarantining exposed dogs. The bacterium of Bordetella bronchiseptica is the most common cause of kennel cough and kennel cough spreads from airborne droplets, contaminated surfaces and dog-to-dog contact. Dogs who have spent time with many other dogs, such as in animal shelters, boarding kennels or dog parks is what dogs that kennel cough typically affects. Dog owner surrenders are also being temporarily halted by the Beaver County Humane Society because of a lack of kennel space and ongoing quarantines. However, until dog owner surrenders can resume, pet food will be provided through the designated pet food pantry at the Beaver County Humane Society. If you would like to be a volunteer for the Beaver County Humane Society, call 724-775-5801.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Prosecutors in Ohio recently dropped charges of human trafficking against twenty-five-year-old Johnathan Crowe of Mansfield, Ohio and nineteen-year-old Ashlynn Rae Quaintance of Bucyrus, Ohio, after a seventeen-year-old-girl from New Sewickley Township was found safe on May 31st, 2025 in Quaintance’s home in Bucyrus, Ohio. This seventeen-year-old girl from New Sewickley Township was reported missing on May 30th, 2025. However, Crowe and Quaintance recently received new charges in Beaver County and the duo both face charges of conspiracy, concealment of whereabouts of a child and luring a child into a motor vehicle. January of 2026 will be when the trial for Crowe was scheduled and November of 2025 is when the preliminary hearing for Quaintance was scheduled. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Jimmy Kimmel poses in the press room with the award for host for a game show for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire” during night two of the Creative Arts Emmy Awards on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025, at the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about Charlie Kirk’s killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say it would not air the show and provoked some ominous comments from a top federal regulator.

The veteran late-night comic, made several remarks about the reaction to the conservative activist’s assassination last week on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Monday and Tuesday nights, including that “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk.”

ABC, which has aired Kimmel’s late-night show since 2003, moved swiftly after Nexstar Communications Group said it would pull the show starting Wednesday. Kimmel’s comments about Kirk’s death “are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse,” said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar’s broadcasting division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates.

There was no immediate comment from Kimmel, whose contract is up in May 2026. ABC’s statement did not cite a reason for why his show was preempted.

President Donald Trump celebrated ABC’s move on the social media site Truth Social, writing: “Congratulations to ABC for finally having the courage to do what had to be done.”

Earlier in the day, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called Kimmel’s comments “truly sick” and said his agency has a strong case for holding Kimmel, ABC and network parent Walt Disney Co. accountable for spreading misinformation. He said the comic appeared to be making an intentional effort to mislead the public that Kirk’s assassin was a right-wing Trump supporter.

During his Monday evening monologue, Kimmel suggested Kirk’s alleged killer, Tyler Robinson, might have been a pro-Trump Republican. “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”

“This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney,” Carr said on the Benny Johnson podcast. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Authorities say the 22-year-old grew up in a conservative household in southern Utah but was enmeshed in “leftist ideology.” His parents told investigators he had turned politically left and pro-LGBTQ rights in the last year. His voter status is inactive, meaning he did not vote in two regular general elections. He told his transgender partner that he targeted Kirk because he “had enough of his hatred.”

The business landscape around late-night television

Both Disney and Nexstar have FCC business ahead of them. Disney is seeking regulatory approval for ESPN’s acquisition of the NFL Network and Nexstar needs the Trump administration go-ahead to complete its $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna.

For both companies, reinstating Kimmel after a suspension would risk the ire of Trump, who has already claimed that the show has been canceled.

While CBS said this past summer that it was canceling Colbert’s show next May for financial reasons, some critics have wondered if his stance on Trump played a role. Both Colbert and Kimmel have made the president the frequent target of his jokes. Soon after the Colbert cancellation, the FCC approved CBS parent company Paramount’s long-pending deal with Skydance.

Trump similarly celebrated Colbert’s impending exit. “I absolutely love that Colbert got fired,” Trump said then. “His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.”

Within the past year, both Disney and CBS parent Paramount chose to settle lawsuits brought by Trump against their news divisions rather than fight it out in court.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez criticized the administration for “using the weight of government power to suppress lawful expression” in a post on X.

“Another media outlet withered under government pressure, ensuring that the administration will continue to extort and exact retribution on broadcasters and publishers who criticize it,” said Ari Cohn, lead counsel for tech policy at the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression. “We cannot be a country where late-night talk show hosts serve at the pleasure of the president.”

The scene outside Kimmel’s studio after show was suspended

Kimmel departed the Hollywood theater where his show is taped about three hours after ABC’s decision. He was seen wearing a black hat, backpack and plaid shirt and kept his head down as he entered a waiting vehicle.

An audience was lined up outside the theater where “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” tapes when they were told Wednesday’s show was canceled.

“We were just about to walk in — interestingly enough, they waited to pull the plug on this right as the studio audience was about to walk in,” Tommy Williams, a would-be audience member from Jacksonville, Florida, told The Associated Press outside the theater. “They didn’t tell us what had happened. They just said that the show was canceled.”

More of what Kimmel said on his show

Kimmel said that Trump’s response to Kirk’s death “is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a 4-year-old mourns a goldfish, OK?” He also said that FBI chief Kash Patel has handled the investigation into the killing “like a kid who didn’t read the book, BSing his way through an oral report.”

He returned to the topic on Tuesday night, mocking Vice President JD Vance’s performance as guest host for Kirk’s podcast.

He said Trump was “fanning the flames” by attacking people on the left. “Which is it, are they a bunch of sissy pickleball players because they’re too scared to be hit by tennis balls, or a well-organized deadly team of commandos, because they can’t be both of those things.”

The move comes as the president, his administration and political party have stepped up their effort to police speech about Kirk’s death. Vance earlier this week urged Americans to turn in fellow citizens who mocked the assassination. It is also the latest effort by the administration to use its power to lean on the media. Carr has launched investigations of outlets that have angered Trump and the president has sued numerous media organizations for negative coverage.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Firefighters attach an American flag to a firetruck before a procession after multiple police officers were shot and killed Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Spring Grove, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

NORTH CODORUS, Pa. (AP) — Law enforcement were investigating Thursday after a shooting killed three officers and wounded two more in southern Pennsylvania the day before.

The violence erupted in rural York County as officers followed up on a domestic-related investigation that began on Tuesday. Police killed the shooter.

Hours after the violence, community members held American flags and saluted as police and emergency vehicles formed a procession to the coroner’s office.

Gov. Josh Shapiro condemned the violence at a news conference and said it was a tragic loss of life. Attorney General Pamela Bondi called the violence against police “a scourge on our society.”

It was one of the deadliest days for Pennsylvania police this century. In 2009 three Pittsburgh officers responding to a domestic disturbance were ambushed and shot to death by a man in a bulletproof vest.

Police departments across the region expressed condolences on social media. People were leaving flowers at the headquarters of the Northern York Regional Police Department.

The investigation into the shooting will cover multiple locations in York County, state police said in a statement.

The shooting erupted in the area of North Codorus Township, about 115 miles (185 km) west of Philadelphia, not far from Maryland, authorities said.

Dirk Anderson heard “quite a few” shots from his home across the street from the shooting, he said. He saw a helicopter and police arrive.

The emergency response unfolded on a rural road in south-central Pennsylvania. Some 30 police vehicles blocked off roads bordered by a barn, a goat farm and soybean and corn fields.

The two injured officers were in critical but stable condition at York Hospital, authorities said.

Authorities did not identify the shooter, the officers or which police department they belonged to, or describe how they were shot, citing the investigation.

Family members of those killed were grieving but proud of their loved ones, said Shapiro.

Another officer in the area was killed in February, when a man armed with a pistol and zip ties entered a hospital’s intensive care unit and took staff members hostage before a shootout that left both the man and an officer dead.

(Photo Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsubrgh, PA) Acting United States Attorney Troy Revetti announced yesterday that forty-six-year-old Donald Phillip Henson of Penn Hills, Pennsylvania, has been charged by federal criminal complaint with forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, or interfering with a governmental officer or employee and damaging government property. Henson got taken into custody yesterday. According to the affidavit filed in support of the complaint, at 2:40 a.m. yesterday, Henson rammed his vehicle into a security gate protecting the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office complex,
directly next to a security booth that is staffed 24 hours a day. Henson left the vehicle after the crash and got an American flag from the driver’s side rear door and put it on the gate that he damaged. Henson then left the area before he was taken into custody yesterday. Security camera footage from both the FBI and several area businesses also caught the incident on video. Henson told the FBI that he rammed the security gate at the FBI Pittsburgh Field Office complex because he wanted to “make a statement” even though he knew that at the time he hit that gate that there was a guard in the security booth. Henson admitted these things to the FBI upon his apprehension by law enforcement. “Sic semper tyrannis,” which is a Latin phrase meaning “thus always to tyrants,” that is famously associated with John Wilkes Booth, who is said to have shouted the phrase after assassinating President Abraham Lincoln, was also stated by Henson during the time of the crash.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A national flag hangs over the site where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University last week, Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2025, in Orem, Utah. (AP Photo/Jesse Bedayn)

OREM, Utah (AP) — Tyler Robinson, the Utah man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, was afraid of being shot by police and eventually agreed to surrender only if it was done peacefully, a sheriff involved with taking him into custody said Wednesday.

Robinson appeared quiet and somber when he arrived with his parents to turn himself in last Thursday at the Washington County Sheriff’s office, a day after Kirk was shot and killed at Utah Valley University, said Sheriff Nate Brooksby.

“He didn’t want a big SWAT team at his parent’s house or his apartment,” said the sheriff, who was only involved with the surrender and not the broader investigation. “He was truly fearful about being shot by law enforcement.”

On Tuesday, prosecutors charged the 22-year-old Robinson with capital murder and announced they will seek the death penalty while revealing a series of incriminating messages and DNA evidence that they say connect Robinson to the killing of Kirk, a prominent conservative activist and confidant of President Donald Trump.

Robinson also faced his first hearing in the case Tuesday where a judge said he would appoint an attorney to represent him. A message was left Wednesday with the county’s public defender office.

Robinson’s family has declined to comment to The Associated Press since his arrest.

The Sept. 10 shooting that stunned the nation and exposed deep political divides also left the Utah Valley campus reeling. On Wednesday, students returning for the first day of classes since then gathered silently and stared at the barricaded courtyard where Kirk was hit while speaking to students.

Care stations offering stuffed animals, candy and connections to counseling dotted the campus.

Matthew Caldwell, 24, said his classmates were quieter and seemed more genuine about being in class even with sadness still in air.

“The way that we treat each other in our words can ultimately lead to things like this,” he said. “And I think everybody sort of understands that a little bit better now.”

Since the shooting, the Republican president has threatened to crack down on what he calls the “radical left” and classify some groups as domestic terrorists. Former Democratic President Barack Obama said this week that Trump has further divided the country rather than work to bring people together.

ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show indefinitely following comments he made about Kirk’s killing.

On Wednesday, the House Oversight Committee called on the chief executives of Discord, Steam, Twitch and Reddit to testify on how they are regulating their platforms to prevent violence.

“Congress has a duty to oversee the online platforms that radicals have used to advance political violence,” said GOP Rep. James Comer, the committee chair, signaling a shift for congressional Republicans, who had previously scrutinized online platforms for policing free speech.

Robinson knew his capture was inevitable, sheriff says

The shooting at Utah Valley happened more than a three-hour drive from where Robinson grew up near St. George.

That’s why the sheriff in Washington County said he was stunned when a retired detective and a friend of the Robinson family called to say he knew the shooter’s identity and they were trying to convince him to come in voluntarily.

“I couldn’t fathom what actually came out of his mouth,” Brooksby said.

The sheriff said he was told that Robinson was possibly suicidal and in a remote area of the southwestern Utah county. An hour later, Robinson arrived at the sheriff’s office where he was greeted by plainclothes detectives.

“He knew it was inevitable that he would be caught,” said the sheriff. “If at the end of the day we accomplish him surrendering peacefully on his own, I’m going to make some concessions to make that happen.”

Hidden note in suspect’s apartment

Investigators say that after Robinson fired the single fatal shot, he texted his romantic partner and said to look under a keyboard for a note.

“I had the opportunity to take out Charlie Kirk and I’m going to take it,” it said according to court documents.

After expressing shock, his partner who lived with Robinson, asked if he was the shooter. Robinson responded, “I am, I’m sorry.”

Utah County Attorney Jeff Gray said DNA on the trigger of the rifle used to kill Kirk matched Robinson.

Investigators looking at whether Robinson had help

Law enforcement officials say they are looking at whether others knew about Robinson’s plans or helped, but they have not said if his partner is among those being investigated, only expressing appreciation for the partner sharing information.

The partner apparently never went to law enforcement after receiving the texts. Robinson remained on the run for more than a day until his parents recognized him in a photo released by authorities.

Also getting a closer look is security the day of the attack. Utah Valley is conducting a review, university President Astrid S. Tuminez said Wednesday.

Was Charlie Kirk targeted over anti-transgender views?

Authorities have not revealed a clear motive in the shooting, but Gray said that Robinson wrote in a text about Kirk to his partner: “I had enough of his hatred. Some hate can’t be negotiated out.”

Kirk, a 31-year-old father of two, was credited with energizing the Republican youth movement and helping Trump win back the White House in 2024. His political organization, Arizona-based Turning Point USA, brought young, evangelical Christians into politics through social media, his podcast and campus events.

While court documents said Robinson wrote in one text that he planned the attack for more than a week, authorities have not said what they believe that entailed.

Gray declined to answer whether Robinson targeted Kirk for his anti-transgender views. Kirk was shot while taking a question that touched on mass shootings and transgender people.

Robinson was involved in a romantic relationship with his roommate, who investigators say is transgender.

Parents said their son became more political

Robinson’s mother told investigators that their son had turned hard left politically in the last year and became more supportive of gay and transgender rights, Gray said.

She recognized him when authorities released a picture of the suspect and his parents confronted him, at which time Robinson said he wanted to kill himself, Gray said.

Robinson detailed movements after the shooting

In a text exchange with his partner released by authorities, Robinson wrote about planning to get his rifle from his “drop point,” but that the area was “locked down.”

The texts, which Robinson later told his partner to delete, did not include timestamps, leaving it unclear how long after the shooting Robinson sent the messages.

“To be honest I had hoped to keep this secret till I died of old age. I am sorry to involve you,” Robinson wrote.

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Harrisburg, PA – Today, in accordance with the United States Flag Code, Governor Josh Shapiro ordered United States and Commonwealth flags on all Commonwealth facilities, public buildings, and grounds across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to fly at half-staff to honor the three officers killed in the line of duty during the tragic shooting in North Codorus Township, York County.

The flags shall be lowered to half-staff immediately and remain lowered until the date of interment for the officers, which has not yet been announced.

All Pennsylvanians are invited to participate in this tribute.

(File Photo of the Beaver County Courthouse)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) The upcoming animal diagnostic lab at Penn State Beaver in Monaca and the expansion of Penn State Beaver were among the topics discussed at the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning in Beaver. Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning noted in the section of the session where the Beaver County Commissioners have information they would like to share that there was a yearly Beaver County Corporation for Economic Development meeting on Monday, September 15th, 2025 at Penn State Beaver. The new director of the upcoming animal diagnostic lab at Penn State Beaver was present at that meeting and Manning stated that the animal diagnostic lab there will open in “about a week or so” to provide testing for animals and to provide farming for the Beaver County region, while Penn State Beaver will expand things there including their curriculum and veterinary services. After a $6 million investment was given from the administration of Governor Josh Shapiro towards the expansion of the Animal Diagnostic Laboratory System for this new animal diagnostic lab at Penn State Beaver, this lab is the fourth animal diagnostic lab in Pennsylvania, joining the ones at the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture’s Pennsylvania Veterinary Laboratory in Harrisburg, Penn State’s Animal Diagnostic Laboratory in University Park and the New Bolton Center at the University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine in Kennett Square. Manning also noted that testing in this lab could help to find out what occurred “in the wake of the Norfolk Southern train derailment,” which occurred in East Palestine, Ohio on February 3rd, 2023. In other business, Manning wanted to extend a congratulations to the twenty-seven graduates of the Beaver County Firefighters’ Academy who graduated on Saturday, September 13th, 2025. Two upcoming events that were mentioned during the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning were the free Sea, Air, Land, Space Military Exposition on Saturday, September 20th from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Beaver County Airport in Beaver Falls to see and experience a presentation of military equipment which was mentioned by Manning and a fall festival in Midland on the nights of Friday, September 19th, 2025 and Saturday, September 20th, 2025 with fall fun and food which was mentioned by Beaver County Controller Maria Longo. Beaver County Recreation and Tourism Director Tony Caltury also said in the Department Head Report session of the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning that Brady’s Run Road in Beaver County will be closed on Saturday, September 20th, 2025 from 6 a.m. until around 2:30 p.m., because the Beaver County Collegiate Triathlon will be held at Brady’s Run Park in Beaver Falls that day during that time where athletes from colleges across the country will compete in a triathlon.