(File Photo; Source for Photo: David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks during a campaign stop in Erie, Pa. on Saturday, Feb. 17, 2024. (AP Photo/David Dermer)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania Senator Dave McCormick and President Donald Trump will get ready to announce new investments in Pennsylvania worth $70 billion today. These are for energy and artificial intelligence involving companies in Pittsburgh including Gecko Robotics. A project is also going to affect Aliquippa with help from Chuck Betters, a real estate developer. Plans are in the works for the old mill that is located in Aliquippa to be recreated into a center for data processing that is big and worth a multi-billion-dollar price. 

(File Photo of the Seal of the House of Representatives of Pennsylvania)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Pennsylvania Republican leader Jesse Topper’s office, the Pennsylvania House of Representatives advanced an unagreed-to budget vehicle bill Monday. Monday marked two weeks since the Pennsylvania state budget deadline expired. In addition to advancing this bill known as House Bill 1330, Topper noted that more needs to be completed between all parties. Topper is referring to the policy and fiscal responsibility that grows the economy of Pennsylvania in a significant factor as well as addressing a need for these items.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man from Texas got charged after police confirm that he went to the main security checkpoint of the Pittsburgh International Airport and brought a gun there on Monday. Forty-two-year-old Erik Trask did not have a concealed carry permit that was valid and his gun was in his bag for his carry-on items. Trask was charged by the Allegheny County Police Department with carrying a firearm without a license, which was a felony count.

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Homestead, PA) Detectives from the Allegheny County Police General Investigations Unit are investigating a shooting that occurred in Homestead in which two women got shot on Monday night. The area of Hays Street was where this shooting occurred and it happened not too long after 10 p.m. on Monday. According to police, one woman was shot twice in the leg and got taken to the hospital in serious but stable condition and the other woman was grazed in the shoulder but was not taken to the hospital. Call 1-833-ALL-TIPS if you have any information about this incident.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: An election worker continues the process in counting ballots for the Pennsylvania primary election, Wednesday, May 18, 2022, at the Mercer County Elections Board in Mercer, Pa. Vote counting continues as Republican candidates Dr. Mehmet Oz and David McCormick are locked in a too-early-to-call race for Pennsylvania’s hotly contested Republican nomination for an open U.S. Senate seat. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of State, that Pennsylvania Department has redesigned the provisional ballot envelopes that counties use. This was announced Monday by Pennsylvania Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt. This change will make envelopes more friendly for users and will increase the chance and effort for writing to be more legible.

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bridgewater Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman from Vanport was arrested on June 28th, 2025 for public drunkenness at Bigham Tavern in Bridgewater Borough. Fifty-year-old Megan Farrelly was at an extreme level of intoxication at that bar during the Beaver County Boom. According to police, Farrelly needed to be treated by medical staff and medic rescue transported her to Heritage Valley Beaver.

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Sheetz)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Altoona, PA) According to a release from Sheetz, Sheetz is giving a new deal for customers on the Sheetz app from Wednesday, July 16th through Tuesday, July 22nd to celebrate National Hot Dog Day on Wednesday, July 16th. The deal includes two hot dogs if you buy ten gallons of gas at the minimum. This is available by going to the OFFERZ tab in the Sheetz app and redeeming this deal. The ten gallons of gas and the two free hot dogs for these seven days will include nothing additionally and is available at your nearest Sheetz location.

(File Photo of the Hopewell Township Police Department Badge)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Sobriety checkpoints will be conducted throughout July in undisclosed Beaver County locations by the Beaver County Highway Safety Task Force. The reasons for implementing the checkpoints are to save the lives of people, keep safety on the roads, and reduce crashes that involve someone that is driving under the influence. According to a release from the Hopewell Township Police Department, “The task force reminds all drivers to always buckle up.” 

(File Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The jury was selected recently for the case against a former police officer from Beaver County that is charged with killing a man on November 6th, 2022. The trial is underway and is expected to last until Friday as former Center Township police officer John Hawk will make his defense. Hawk is charged with involuntary manslaughter. Kenneth Vinyard was killed in a shooting outside the Monaca Walmart and took a bullet to save another man. Hawk allegedly sweeped the leg of Vinyard and hit him to the ground. Vinyard died that same day. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Traffic going eastbound on the Pennsylvania Turnpike proceeds through the electronic toll booths in Cranberry Township, Pa., on Monday, Aug. 30, 2021. More than $104 million in Pennsylvania Turnpike tolls went uncollected last year as the agency fully converted to all-electronic tolling. Turnpike records show the millions of motorists who don’t use E-ZPass have a nearly 1 in 2 chance of riding without paying under the “toll-by-plate” license plate reader system. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Berks County, PA) Democratic Pennsylvania State Senator Katie Muth plans on an introduction for legislation to make front license plates on vehicles a requirement. Muth confirms the reason for this legislation is for safety for others that is public. Muth also made a comment that the legislation would improve collection for tolls. According to AutoList, twenty-nine states and Washington, D.C. require front and back plates.