(Harrisburg, PA) Governor Josh Shapiro signed House Bill 1431 on Wednesday, which means that Pennsylvanians will be able to hunt on more Sundays during the year. The law about Pennsylvanians only being able to hunt on Sundays that the board of commissioners from the Pennsylvania Game Commission picks has been repealed. The executive director of the Pennsylvania Game Commission Stephen Smith said that forty-seven states other than Pennsylvania had more chances to hunt on Sundays before House Bill 1431 was signed.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is helped off the stage at a campaign event in Butler, Pa., Saturday, July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Washington, D.C.) Suspensions were issued to six agents of the Secret Service for their failures connected to the attempted assassination of President Donald Trump in Butler on July 13th, 2024. July 13th, 2025 will be one year since twenty-year-old Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park shot Trump in the ear at a Trump rally on the grounds of the Butler Farm Show to try to kill him. An official confirmed the suspensions on Wednesday. The suspensions for these agents have ranges from 10 to 42 days.
(Homestead, PA) A shooting occurred in Homestead early Wednesday morning that injured an Uber driver and their passenger. According to police, dispatchers were notified of a man who had been shot just before 1:30 a.m. in the area of West Street in Homestead and that another man was shot in Munhall. The Munhall shooting occurred near the Edward Street and W. Miller Avenue intersection. Police confirm one is expected to survive after he got taken to the hospital and the other is in stable condition even thoguh he went to the hospital before the arrival of first reponders. The investigation is led by detectives from the Allegheny County Police General Investigations Unit. Call 1-833-ALL-TIPS if you have any information about this shooting.
(Altoona, PA) According to a release from Sheetz,Sheetz will celebrate National French Fry Day by giving away one free bag of fries on the Sheetz app to customers. This will occur on Friday, July 11th, which is National French Fry Day, through Sunday, July 13th. There is only one redemption during this period per customer and is only exclusively to the “bag” offering for the French fries at Sheetz. You can also order through the Sheetz app and you can add the promotion under the OFFERZ tab on the Sheetz app. This three-day promotion is also available at the over 780 locations of Sheetz.
(File Photo: Caption for Photo: police car lights at night in city with selective focus and bokeh background blur) Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images/iStockphoto/z1b)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Duquesne, PA) Nickole Nesby, who was themayor of Duquesne from 2018 to 2022, confirmed to WPXI that her house was a gunfire target on July 4th, 2025. Bullet holes were spotted in the house of Nesby and a window in the basement there was broken by a bullet. Nesby contacted police and two officers showed up on Friday, but they have not helped her since then. Duquesne Police Chief Thomas Shaw confirms his department is active on working on this incident.
(Pittsburgh, PA) A woman that was accused of allegedly hitting one male cyclist and hitting a female cyclist at the OpenPGH event in Pittsburgh on June 29th, 2025 had a postponed hearing. Wednesday was the day that the suspect, Arielle Scipione, was supposed to be in court. Scipione is also accused of allegedly driving her car into a group made up of cyclists, stomping on the foot of an officer and using racial slurs against police. Scipione is held on a bond of $25,000 and is in the Allegheny County Jail.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The City Council of Pittsburgh got responses from residents on Wednesday about neighborhoods having both trash and litter in them and how they could be cleaner. This occurred at a public hearing in Pittsburgh. Pittsburgh City Councilman Bob Charland confirms that picking up trash is accomplished by the Pittsburgh Department of Public Works, but the priority is low for doing that. Charland also noted that in a time that will be soon, the Pittsburgh City Council will look into the matter and that he is not certain if a solution that is legislative is possible.
(Hanover Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that PSP responded to a suspicious vehicle in Hanover Township on Tuesday. The unidentified male person that owned that vehicle was on 3000, Pennsylvania State Route 18 and was both camping in that vehicle and had the lights of his vehicle on. An investigation was conducted by police, and it was confirmed that no crime was accomplished by the owner of the suspicious vehicle.
PITTSBURGH — Paul McCartney gets back to PPG Paints Arena on Nov. 11.
The music legend brings his Go Back 2025 Tour back to the Pittsburgh arena where he was the opening night performer in August 2010.
Presale & VIP Packages are available starting 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 15, before the general on sale 10 a.m. July 18.
A limited number of exclusive Paul McCartney VIP packages will be available starting 10 a.m. Tuesday, including an amazing selection of reserved seated tickets, access to McCartney’s soundcheck, preshow hospitality, custom merchandise and more.
Got Back’s 2025 run of 19 newly announced dates marks Sir Paul’s first extensive series of shows across the U.S. and Canada since 2022. The tour kicks off September 29t with Paul’s Greater Palm Springs area live debut at Acrisure Arena and runs through to a November 24-25th finale at the United Center in Chicago. Got Back 2025 will feature Paul’s long-awaited return to Las Vegas, Denver, Des Moines, Minneapolis, Tulsa, New Orleans, Atlanta, Nashville, Columbus, Pittsburgh, Buffalo, Montreal, and Hamilton – plus a few cities that will be hosting their first-ever Paul McCartney concerts, Albuquerque and the aforementioned Greater Palm Springs area.
McCartney last played Pittsburgh in 2014, also at the arena, then-called Consol Energy Center.
(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Badge)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania State Police on Wednesday, the PSP released statistics of crashes and results of enforcement from the 2025 Independence Day weekend. These statistics came from July 3rd throughJuly 6th, 2025. During those days, 803 crashes were investigated and twelve people died from those crashes. According to that same release from the Pennsylvania State Police, here is their most recent set of statistics from the 2025 Independence Day weekend:
Table 1: Independence Day Weekend Crash Statistics
Year
Total Crashes
Fatal Crashes
People Killed
Injury-Related Crashes
DUI-Related Crashes
DUI-Related Fatal Crashes
2025 (4 days)
803
9
12
156
58
0
2024 (5 days)
944
12
12
197
67
5
Table 2: Independence Day Weekend Enforcement Statistics
