Roberta C. “Bobbi” Lovas (Passed on August 24th, 2025)

Roberta C. “Bobbi” Lovas, 78, formerly of Baden and Michigan, passed away on August 24th, 2025.

She was a daughter of the late John Francis and Leona Lovas. She was a person of intelligence and wit. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her sister, Patricia Hood, her niece, Saundra Hood Eansor and her brother-in-law, Frank Birner. She is survived by her sister, Loretta Birner of Center Township, who will fondly remember the bond they shared. She is also survived by her nieces and nephews: Jeanette (Jerry) Roach, Robert (Carol) Hood, Brian (Heidi) Hood, and David (Mellory) Birner, as well as her great-nieces and great-nephews. She was a proud graduate of St. Veronica High School in Ambridge. Her quest for knowledge took her to Robert Morris University, where she furthered her education and prepared for a career that would take her to remarkable places, including the corridors of the Pentagon. She later transitioned into a role as a legal secretary for a large law firm in the District of Columbia. Roberta found joy in crafting. Her creations, often given as Christmas gifts, were more than mere objects. They were expressions of her love and creativity.

Graveside services will be held at a later date at Divine Redeemer Cemetery of Fair Oaks.

The family has suggested those wishing a make a memorial contribution in Roberta’s memory to please consider the Beaver County Humane Society, 3394 Broadhead Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001.

Arrangements have been entrusted to Simpson Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 1119 Washington Avenue, Monaca.

Kathy Bushik (1941-2025)

Kathy Bushik, 84, passed away on August 18th, 2025. She was born on May 17th, 1941, the daughter of the late Andrew Bushik and Kathryn Chelak Bushik. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother. Kathy was loved by her cousins and many friends over the years. She was a colorful character who loved to cook and entertain for those she loved. Cooking was a passion for Kathy. She was a most generous hostess and was willing to share her talents with anyone who was interested in learning or sampling her cooking skills. Kathy was also a huge animal lover, always giving to animal charities and providing a loving home to her two rescue dogs, Gidget and Boomer. She worked hard, laboring as a bartender, steel worker, and custodian. Her custodial job at Community College of Beaver County added many long-time friendships to her life, and she did her best to maintain those relationships over the years. Kathy brought laughter to many people, even up to the end of her life, where she shared her vibrant personality with the nurses and staff of her nursing home and hospice care. She will be deeply missed by all her friends and her two special cousins, Regina and Carol.

Services are private and services and arrangements have been entrusted to Alvarez-Hahn Funeral Services and Cremation, LLC, 547 8th Street, Ambridge.

Barbara Jean Inman (1937-2025)

Barbara Jean Inman, 88, of North Sewickley Township, passed away on August 25th, 2025.
She was born on April 1st, 1937, a daughter of the late Evelyn Schaeffer Cooper Hohla and Lester Cooper. In adidition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her grandsons, Stephen Inman and David Koch Jr., a brother, James Cooper and a sister, Ruth Cooper. She is survived by her husband of 69 years, Ernest Inman, Jr., her three children, Bruce (Holly) Inman, Mark Inman, Pamela (Jeff) Detrich, her grandchildren: Adam (Heather) Inman, Stephen (Jennifer) Inman, Josh Inman, Matthew Koch, Stephanie (Joseph) Plassmeyer, Justin (Kathy) Inman, Jennifer Baumgartel, Danielle (Will) Florillo, Kathy (Nathan) Clark, Mary (Branden) Tyler, Kristyna Detrich; as well as 23 great grandchildren, her brothers: Chester Cooper Sr., George (Nancy) Hohla, John (Linda) Hohla, Jerry (Marge) Cooper; along with her sisters: Mary (Steve) Matkin, Linda (Ken) Alexander and Sandy (John) Janicki. Barbara was the heart of her family and a woman of deep faith with unwavering strength and boundless love. She was a member of New Sewickley Presbyterian Church where she enjoyed the close friendships of the congregation and Pastor, she was a past Deacon of the First United Presbyterian Church of Bridgewater. In accordance with Barbara’s wishes, there will be no public viewing.  All who knew and loved her are welcome to attend a Celebration of her Life and Faith to be held on Saturday, August 30th at the New Sewickley Presbyterian Church 101 Big Knob Road, Rochester at 11 a.m. with a luncheon to follow that day. Arrangements have been entrusted to the branch of Huntsman Funeral Homes.

Charles Robert “Chuck” Matthews (1942-2025)

Charles Robert “Chuck” Matthews, 83, of Independence Township, passed away peacefully on August 23rd, 2025, in the comfort of his home surrounded by his family.

He was born in Pittsburgh on February 2nd, 1942, the son of the late Charles and Ethel (Black) Matthews. In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his sisters, Lois Martin and Eleanor Harr and his son-in-law, Tom Polster. He is survived by his loving wife of 63 years, Carol (Jones) Matthews, four daughters, Christine (Dan) McLaughlin, Suzanne (Dennis) Rich, Colleen (Mike) Matthews and Michelle Polster, his grandchildren: Brandon, Zackery, Madison (Chad), Thomas, Jonathan, Luc and Joshua, one great granddaughter, Maci, his sister, Linda Matthews, his sister-in-law, Susan Jones, along with numerous nieces, nephews, and friends.

Chuck had worked for many years in engineering at Industrial Resources in Carnegie.  He was a devoted family man and was very active in his church Prince of Peace in Aliquippa. Chuck’s wishes for cremation will be honored and a memorial service will be held at a later date.

The GABAUER-LUTTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, INC., 117 Blackhawk Road, Beaver Falls, was in charge of his arrangements and was honored to provide care and guidance to Chuck’s family during this time.

Chartiers Valley School District has remote classes on Wednesday, August 27th, 2025 because of a water main break on Thoms Run Road in Bridgeville

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bridgeville, PA) Students in all grades from the Chartiers Valley School District will have remote classes today because of a water main break that occurred on Thoms Run Road in Bridgeville. Thoms Run Road had a water line that broke yesterday, which was the second day of school for students ithe Chartiers Valley School District. Students from Chartiers Valley School District were dismissed at 12:30 p.m. yesterday. Service was briefly restored by Pennsylvania Water; however, according to Chartiers Valley School District Superintendent Dr. Daniel Castagna, the water line on Thoms Run Road broke again late last night. Crews will continue to work on the water main break.

PennDOT District 11 holding public job fair in Pittsburgh to learn about positions that are available that they offer for their Allegheny County winter maintenance program

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) On Thursday, August 28th, 2025, a public job fair will be held by PennDOT District 11 to learn about positions that are available that they offer for their Allegheny County winter maintenance program. PennDOT’s Allegheny County Maintenance Building in Pittsburgh will host this event on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Recruitment staff from Pennsylvania will be there to talk about these job openings for winter maintenance in Allegheny County. You need your ID to apply for all positions as well as your driver’s license and your certificate for your current medical examiner to apply for Commerical Driver’s License positions that are being offered. Application completion on-site, interviews that are on-the-spot and job offers that are conditional will also occur during this job fair. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, here the available positions in Allegheny County for their public job fair that they are holding in Pittsburgh on Thursday, August 28th, 2025:

  • Seasonal (Temp-to-Permanent) Commercial Driver’s License (CDL) Operators 
  • Full-time permanent Diesel Mechanics 
  • Full-time permanent and seasonal Tunnel Maintainers 
  • Seasonal Winter Dispatchers 
  • Seasonal Tradesman Helpers 
  • Seasonal Semi-skilled Laborers 

Suspect pleads guilty but mentally ill to stabbing and killing a liquor control enforcement officer from the Pennsylvania State Police on the Montour Trail in 2024

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) Anthony Quesen pleaded guilty, but mentally ill yesterday to third degree-murder, specifically, for stabbing and killing a liquor enforcement officer from the Pennsylvania State Police on the Montour Trail in Moon Township on October 21st, 2024. According to a news release on October 21st, 2024 from the Allegheny County Police Department, officers were called to the Montour Trail near the 1900 block of Hassam Road around 3 p.m. for reports of an injured man. Forty-four-year-old Benjamin Brallier of Coraopolis was the victim of that stabbing on October 21st, 2024 when he went for a run on the Montour Trail that day. Brallier also got taken to a hospital and was then pronounced dead there on the same day. Brallier had served for twenty-one years in his position as a Liquor Enforcement Officer with the Pennsylvania State Police. Court paperwork confirms that Brallier was stabbed in his back, front and torso multiple times. Police also note that Brallier and Quesen did not know each other. According to a criminal complaint, police located Quesen about a third of a mile from the scene with cuts to his hands and blood stains on his clothes. Quesen allegedly told police Brallier took his bag and that he was stabbed by Brallier. Investigators confirm that a blood trail was seen from where Brallier was found to a bike that was on the Montour Trail at the time after Brallier got stabbed. A bag near that bike on the Montour Trail was where the ID of Quesen was also located. Quesen also got accused in June of 2024 of evading arrest and robbery with force at Point State Park, located in Downtown Pittsburgh. According to court documents, they told police their name was Antonia Kaseim, but later provided the last name of Quesen. Quesen also got called a “person of interest” in the case of seventy-six-year-old Daniel Frament getting attacked and killed in Menands, New York on the Empire State Trail. Quesen, who uses that name of Antonia Kaseim, will be sentenced for the murder of Brallier in November of 2025.

$400,000 jackpot from a Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash ticket won by someone; ticket sold in Allegheny County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An unidentified person recently won $400,000 in a ticket for Friday’s drawing of the Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash, which was sold in Allegheny County. This ticket that won was bought at Donut Connection in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh and matched all five numbers, which were 4, 9, 11, 14 and 22. The Donut Connection in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh will receive a bonus of $500 after selling the ticket of the person that bought it. Over 15,000 other Pennsylvania Lottery Cash 5 with Quick Cash tickets were winning tickets of prizes in that same drawing that happened on Friday in addition to that $400,000 ticket was sold at Donut Connection in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh.

The 2025 Big Knob Grange Fair is back at Big Knob Grange in Rochester

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) The 2025 Big Knob Grange Fair starts tonight at the Big Knob Grange in Rochester and will go through Saturday, August 30th. Buildings for exhibits will open on weekdays at 4 p.m. and those buildings will open at noon on Saturday, August 30th. The fair has food, live music and much more. At 6 p.m. tonight, a parade including the Freedom Big Red Marching Band will take place at the Big Knob Grange. The midway of the Big Knob Grange Fair will open at 6 p.m. each day with bingo starting each evening at 7 p.m. The midway of the Big Knob Grange Fair will also have a Matinee Special on Saturday, August 30th from 12 noon to 4 p.m. and a Bull Riding Mania rodeo will be held at the track of the fairgounds on Saturday, August 30th at 7 p.m. The full schedule for the 2025 Big Knob Grange Fair can be found at the link below:

Click here for the link for the schedule of the Big Knob Grange Fair

Suspect of a shooting incident in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood in Pittsburgh which left a woman shot in the back apprehended

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) suspect was recently arrested after becoming the suspect in an incident in which a woman got shot in the back in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Friday. Thirty-five-year-old Natale Coaston is now being held in the Allegheny County Jail with charges of prohibited acts and recklessly endangering another person, persons not to possess, carrying a firearm without a license and two counts of aggravated assault. The shooting incident happened on Friday just prior to 2 a.m. on Chauncey Drive where a woman was found shot in the back and went from critical to stable condition. According to police, video footage from the area showed a male suspect getting into a vehicle with Louisiana license plates before leaving the area.