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Gerald (Jerry) Trimble (1946-2025)

Gerald (Jerry) Trimble, 78, of Chippewa Township, passed away on August 27th, 2025, at Heritage Valley Beaver.

He was born on October 24, 1946, a son of the late Joseph C. and Helen (Kachmar) Trimble. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his brother, Joseph L. Trimble. He is survived by his wife of 56 years, the former Marilyn Kimmel. In addition to his wife, he is also survived by a son and daughter-in-law, Alan Trimble and Nikki (Goedeker) Trimble and two grandsons, Brayden and Evan Trimble of Chippewa Township, a sister and brother-in-law, Marilynn and Mark Spellman of Amhurst, Ohio, a sister-in-law, Laurie Schepisi and her husband, Skip of Bonita Springs, Florida, a sister-in-law, Roxanne Mesesan and her husband Tom of Harmony, Pennsylvania, a sister-in-law, Joan Trimble and an aunt, Carmella Nuzzo, both of New Castle, as well as six nieces and nephews.

Gerald graduated from Shenango High School in 1964 and from Slippery Rock University in 1968 where he also earned his master’s degree in education. He went on to teach high school chemistry for 35 years, beginning in 1968 at Wilmington High School for 7 years before moving to Shenango High School for the remainder of his career.  He retired in 2003. Jerry made the most of his retirement traveling throughout the United States with his wife, Marilyn. He also enjoyed cooking, home winemaking, painting in oils, acrylics, and water colors and working on projects around the house and yard. After living most of their lives in Shenango Township, New Castle, Jerry and Marilyn moved to Chippewa Township, Beaver County, to be closer to their family.

In accordance with Gerald’s wishes, there will be no calling hours.  The family plans to have a celebration of life for Gerald at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the branch of Gabauer Funeral Homes.

Anyone wishing to make memorial contributions can do so in his name to the Beaver County Humane Society, 3394 Brodhead Road, Center Township, PA 15001.

Online condolences may be viewed or given by visiting www.gabauerfamilyfuneralhomes.com.

Kennywood Phantom Fall Fest one of the top twenty theme park Halloween events in the United States of America for 2025 on recent USA Today 10Best list

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(West Mifflin, PA) The Phantom Fall Fest event at Kennywood Park in West Mifflin recently got nominated by USA Today as one of their top twenty theme park Halloween events in the United States of America on a 2025 USA Today 10Best list. According to USA Today on their USA Today 10Best website, the Phantom Fall Fest event at Kennywood got picked for this national recognition because it “balances family-friendly fun during the afternoon with more intense scares and haunts when day turns to night.” The other Halloween theme park events in Pennsylvania to make USA Today’s 2025 10Best list for the top twenty Halloween theme park events in the United States of America are Hallo-Fun at Knoebels at Knoebels Amusement Resort of Elysburg, Pennsylvania, Halloween Haunt at Dorney Park at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom of Allentown, Pennsylvania and Hersheypark Halloween at Hersheypark of Hershey, Pennsylvania. There will also be a contest where you can vote for your favorite Halloween event on the 2025 USAToday 10 Best list for Halloween theme park events once each day through September 22nd, 2025 on the link below. 

Click here for the link to vote for your favorite Halloween theme park event. What is the Best Theme Park Halloween Event for 2025?

October 1st, 2025 will be when the winning theme park of this contest by USA Today to find the best Halloween theme park event in the United States of America in 2025 is announced. 

Five-year-old girl dropped off at the wrong bus stop in Freedom for her first day of school

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Freedom, PA) According to Beth and Anthony Gaus, their five-year-old granddaughter got dropped off at the wrong bus stop in Freedom on Monday afternoon on a bus from ABC Transit, which happened to be her first day of school. The destination of 4th Avenue and 6th Street was where the grandaughter of Beth and Anthony Gaus was supposed to be dropped off at, but at the time of the drop-off, she was not on the bus when it stopped there. The parents of this five-year-old girl also saw her on 3rd Avenue. According to Anthony Gaus: “The bus driver was very nonchalant about it. She didn’t even care that she was missing kids. I asked several times, and she was more worried about moving on than finding our kids, which was bothersome to both of us.” After speaking with one of the parents of that five-year-old girl, the Freedom Area School District superintendent told Channel 11 the drop-off location was a mistake and said a plan is now in place to prevent it from happening again.

Praise of response for the incident about the bus which carried the Aliquippa Junior High School football team one topic discussed at the August 27th, 2025 Beaver County Commissioners’ work session

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) Several topics were discussed at the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning in Beaver. Among them were that the Beaver County Commissioners praised the response that came from the incident in which a bus that crashed in Economy Borough on Saturday. That bus carried the Aliquippa Junior High School football team. Meetings are going to be held within the next month to see how this incident could have been handled better. Twenty-two people were taken to the hospital as a result of this incident, but no lives were lost. In other business, Beaver County Recration and Tourism Director Tony Caltury also mentioned that this Saturday and Sunday, August 30th and August 31st of 2025, Project Mayhem Racing will be hosted at Brady’s Run Park in Beaver County. This event is an obstacle course through the trails at Brady’s Run Park. Beaver County Commissioner Jack Manning also encouraged Beaver County residents to go to the 2025 Big Knob Fair going on in Rochester this week. Manning also encouraged State Representative Roman Kozak, who he saw at the Big Knob Fair to pass the state budget for Pennsylvania, because that budget went past the deadline on June 30th, 2025 to pass it. Manning also talked about an event that happened on Saturday at the Ready Yourself Youth Ranch in North Sewickley which is part of a ten-week course from them and Children’s Youth Services there where juveniles are teamed up with a horse while they went through other educational processes and the changes of behavior were seen as a different prospect on their lives.

Wanted suspect who was sought by the Raccoon Township Police Department accused of physcially assaulting and injuring an elderly female in Beaver County taken into custody

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Sewickley Township, PA) A fifty-three-year-old male suspect who the Raccoon Township Police Department accused of physically assaulting and seriously injuring an elderly female on August 21st, 2025 in Beaver County got taken into custody yesterday. According to a release from the Raccoon Township Police Department, at about 6:30 p.m., yesterday, wanted suspect Steven F. Bombiani was located hiding out at a trailer in New Sewickley Township and Raccoon Police began to receive detailed and reliable tips from viewers and listeners of those media outlets who helped. New Sewickley Township Police, the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office, and Detectives from the Beaver County District Attorney’s Office Task Force were able to validate and verify Bombiani’s location quickly along with police from the Raccoon Township Police Department. K-9s and drones also assisted in the capturing of Bombiani, who is still in the Beaver County Jail at this time. According to a release, Raccoon Township Police responded to an incident on August 21st, 2025. They were summoned by a neighbor who heard the victim yelling for help. Bombiani is alleged to have stolen $119 from the victim. When confronted, Bombiani allegedly pushed and punched the victim, who fell to the ground and was not able to get back up. The female victim can now focus on her recovery at this time.

Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. Holding September Food Drive Honoring Hunger Action Month

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.’s office, Vogel will be holding a food drive throughout September in honor of Hunger Action Month in Pennsylvania and across the nation. From September 1st through September 30th, the district offices for Vogel in Cranberry Township and Rochester will be accepting non-perishable, unexpired food items, which will be donated to a local food bank at the end of the month to help those in need. These two district offices mentioned are located at 8001 Rowan Road, Suite 205 in Cranberry Township and 488 Adams Street in Rochester. The legislative Hunger Caucus, which seeks to increase awareness of hunger across Pennsylvania and is the main sponsor of a measure from the Senate designating September of 2025 as Hunger Action Month in Pennsylvania, and Vogel is the co-chair of the legislative Hunger Caucus.

Governor Josh Shapiro attends the christening of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Security Multi-Mission Vessel, State of Maine, at the Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Philiadelphia, PA) Governor Josh Shapiro spoke about items including celebrating the legacy of fleets and an international partner of trade to help boost the economy of Pennsylvania yesterday at the Hanwa Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia for the christening of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Security Multi-Mission Vessel, State of Maine. According to Shapiro and his remarks yesterday in regards to the city of Philadelphia, “It was right here that our nation began its journey, and it’s been here in this city, in our naval shipyard, that we’ve built the American fleets that have protected our freedoms at home and abroad around the world since 1776.” Shapiro also showed his pride in his remarks for the facts of the international partner of South Korea employing thousands of people from Pennsylvania at companies including Hanwa and Pennsylvania being home to more than 52,000 Korean Americans. Shapiro also noted in his remarks that the economy needs to grow in Pennsylvania and wants the attraction there of greater investment from Korea across industries, from shipbuilding to manufacturing to life sciences.

Geneva College’s Partnership with Cedarville University Strengthens Cybersecurity, Health Care and Higher Education

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cedarville, OH) According to a release today from Cedarville University in Cedarville, Ohio, students and professionals pursuing a career in health care, higher education or cybersecurity now have a clearer path as the result of three new agreements between Cedarville University and Geneva College in Beaver Falls. The first is an agreement of post-graduate affiliation between Geneva College and Cedarville University will provide admission that is preferred and benefits of enrollment to students of Geneva College entering the professional health care program of Cedarville University. Eligible programs include athletic trainingnursing,  pharmacy and physician assistant studies. Students from Geneva College who meet the criteria of admissions for Cedarville University may receive priority scholarships, interviews that are guaranteed and other support that is personalized for them. According to that same aforementioned release from Cedarville University, as part of the agreement, Geneva students admitted to Cedarville’s PharmD program will receive benefits including scholarships and access to mentoring and support resources and similar benefits are extended across other programs, with guaranteed admission for Master of Athletic Training and Master of Science in Nursing candidates and preferred review for Doctor of Nursing Practice applicants. Cedarville University alumni and staff that are interested in higher education careers can get tuition that is discounted for the Master of Arts in Higher Education program at Geneva College in another separate agreement between the two colleges. Employees of Cedarville University are eligible for a tuition remission of 25%, and alumni of Cedarville University will receive a discount of 10% for a remission of tuition. The final agreement between Geneva College and Cedarville University is that students that complete the graduate-level certificate in Cybersecurity Management at Cedarville University may transfer up to credit hours totaling twelve toward the Master of Science Cybersecurity program at Geneva College. This Master of Science Cybersecurity program at Geneva College is online fully for students. Students who are interested in what this agreement entails need to earn a grade of at least a “B” or higher in certificate courses that are specified and meet requirements of admissions for the graduate program at Geneva College, who will provide the 21 credit hours remaining, along with advising for academics and support services for students.

Twenty-five-year-old man dies from shooting in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An unidentified twenty-five-year-old man died from a shooting that occurred last night in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The 2300 block of East Hills Drive was where the shooting occurred, and a ShotSpotter Alert of seven rounds went off for this incident, which happened in the 9 p.m. hour of last night. A twenty-five-year-old man who was unresponsive at the time of the shooting was found shot in his upper body. Even though officers and medics tried to save his life, he was pronounced dead at the scene by medics last night. Police also confirm that an ongoing investigation is being held into this incident. The man who died from this shooting has not been identified yet and no arrests have been made yet as of early this morning.

Dog named Steeler who works at the Pittsburgh International Airport and detects explosives, wins 2025 TSA Cutest Canine Contest

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A dog named Steeler, who is a canine that detects explosives from the Pittsburgh International Airport, has won the 2025 Transportation Security Administration’s Cutest Canine Contest. The public voted Steeler the winner on social media from four finalists from TSA that each represented a different region of the United States of America. There were initially 97 dogs nominated for this contest. Steeler is a two-and-a-half-year-old Laborador retriever who has been detecting explosives for just more than a year and works with his handler, Mark Smith, at the Pittsburgh International Airport as part of the multilayered security approach of the Transportation Security Administration. This announcement came yesterday, August 26th, 2025, which is National Dog Day, which is celebrated each year on the date of August 26th. Steeler, who won the 2025 TSA Cutest Canine Contest by votes totaling just a few hundred, will be on the front cover of the TSA’s 2026 Canine Calendar, which is scheduled to be released in December of 2025. Steeler enjoys eating jumbo hot dogs, fetching balls and playing with a tug rope. February 12th, 2023 was when Steeler and the rest of his litter were born, which was the Sunday that the Super Bowl was played that year and these dogs were all named after NFL teams.