Elementary school homework assignment helps identify Pittsburgh-area bank robbery suspect

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An alleged bank robber was taken into custody in Allegheny County thanks to a third-grader’s homework assignment.

CCBC Announces President’s and Dean’s Lists for Spring 2026 Semester

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) The Community College of Beaver County has released the names of 484 full-time and part-time students who earned Dean’s List or President’s List honors for the spring 2026 semester.

Students named to the President’s List earned a semester grade-point average of 3.75 or higher while completing at least 12 credit hours of graded coursework. Dean’s List honorees earned a GPA between 3.25 and 3.74 under the same credit requirements.

According to a release from CCBC, here is the full list of these honorees:

The following full-time students were named to the President’s List:
Johnna Adams
Batule Altahawi
Sydney Anderson
Cadence Bailey
Brianna Begly
Kenyan Bell
Mohammed Beqqi
Chase Blackburn
Mia Blakeslee
Ashley Boots
Nathan Bosh
Johnathan Brady
Ella Brunton
Danica Burns
Ryan Cain
Maria Callaghan
Austin Callihan
Matthew Caratelli
Lillian Carreon
Anthony Carter

Carmyn Catley
Victoria Ceriani
Matthew Chirico
Darcell Cleckley
Ella Clerici
Ryleigh Clyde
Ardyn Colaizzi
Carly Condes
Dillon Crooks
Cammie Crouse
Joel Cunniff
Jessica Davis
Nicodemus Davis
Sydney Davis
Amanda DeDominicis
Chelsey Dekleva
Gianni Dietz
April Dupree
Zachary Durcan-Slaninka
Carter Dyke

Declan Eaton
Elizabeth Elias
Carson Emerick
Nevaeh Faytak
Armando Ferri
DeLana Fox
Olivia Galusha
Faith Ganoe
Dominic Garay
Alivea Gimbus
Leah Godwin
Thaddeus Gonzalez
Jordan Grant
Alexa Grantz
Aleena Gray
Chelsie Gruver
Catessa Guadagnoli
Dakota Gural
Gavin Haugh
Dana Havey

Taylor Hazlett
Jack Heiser
Kyra Hemskey
Tyler Hepler
Moises Hernandez
Amber Hickman
Maxwell Hill
Noah Hilliker
Anna Hineman
Niya Ingram
Reyad Jaber
Brendan Jones
Ryan Kelly
Kole Kerestes
Baylee Kirkham
Annabelle Komlos
Taylor Kosinski
Kasaya Krause
Cameron Kriberney
Shawn Kristophel

Matthew Kwok
Validus Lauzon
Rylee Lavelle
Heather Lawrence
Emily Layne
Lindsey Lehman
Aidan Los
Zaynah Makowiecki
Kimberly Malatesta
Brittany Maldonado
Zachary Marti
Elizabeth Martin
Samwise Mason
Sage Kylie Mateer
Halina Matijevich
Jordan Mcclain
Aidan McConnell
Jacob Mersing
Shane Mickey

Savannah Milligan
Madison Murtha
Dylan Myers
Emily Niglio
Preston Norman
Charles Nourigat
Jacqueline Ohl
Jarett Pence
Louis Peronis
Branden Plowman
John Porter
Joseph Pruszenski
Gianna Rankin
Kyle Rine
Sheldon Rini
Omar Rivera
Curtis Runyan
Rachel Sabat
Austin Safreed

Jason Sammartin
John Samosky
Jiovonni Santella
Nathan Scarpone
Lucas Scheidemantle
Nathan Sciaretta
Jacee Serak
Willie Simmons
Arielle Simonds
Aashna Sinha Roy
Logan Smith
Tysheal Smith
Jacob Snatchko
Catherine Spiker
Jack Stablow
Kodiak Stobart
Abigail Stowe
Helgalie Suh
Louis Suh

Adisyn Thompson
Nicole Vo
Colton Wayne
Jacob Weiman
Jillian Weiss
Carl Wendt
Skylar Westerman
Eric Westover
Chloe Wijnen-Riems
Allie Williams
Sarah Windsheimer
William Wright
Aiden Yakovich
Sean Yates
Matthew Yurkowski

The following full-time students were named to the Dean’s List:
Jaelynn Anderson
Elijah Ansell
Hailey Antoline
Trey Armstrong
Shane Beck
Luke Bonidie
Leah Buffington
Empress Cain
Domenic Catanzarite
Ethan Colvin
Kaiden Cribbs
Kenniece Crumb
Travis Cunning
Angelina Darcy
Lauren Davids
Lillyanna Davis
Jacquelynn Demacio
Riley Durkin
Kora Eaton
Sianna Falk
Sarah Firich

Chloe Garing
Ryder Goe
Mackenzie Gould
Ryder Graff
Chrisanti Guzman
Dennis Habrle
Ashley Harnish
Chase Hartle
Joshua Hatton
Brianna Huntington
Jackson Hyson
Mark Kavic
Nataley Keefer
Baylor Kirsch
Maggie Laemmle
Courtney Lang
Joshua Lanzoni
Athena Lawrence
Evanna Lay
Cornell Lee
Aybree Long

Noah Lovett
Tressa MacPherson
Baiel Mamanov
Victoria Mann
Eliza Marcano
Angelina Martin
Will Martin
Elizabeth McDonald
Amber Miles
Joshua Mitko
Maria Mundy
Bailey Nicol
Sara Powell
Lamire Redman
Kaitlin Richko
Rylee Ringhoff
Josie Russell
Santino Sapone
Cristiana Schaefer
Victoria Schinke
Jessica Schriner

Madison Sherlock
Amariana Short
Elizabeth Spilsbury
Abigale Stewart
Haley Stough
Joseph Szyjko
Camryn Thomas
Eric Thomas
Shane Tillia
Jake Troiano
Addison Walker
Jada Ward
James Wetzel
Janaey Wilkinson
Samuel Williams
Ryan Withers
Teresa Zieg

The following part-time students were named to the President’s List:
Phoenix Alexander
Alivia Arlof
Emily Bauknight
Madison Beckman
Kady Beeman
Kylie Beggs
Ian Benson
Susann Bishop
Alison Bittner
Colton Blank
Rachel Bourque
Gannon Bowles
Mairin Bowles
Chardae Bowser
Michelle Brawley
Benjamin Briscoe
Norman Brown
Bristol Bruno
Devlin Burkett
Shaneese Call
Marissa Camp
Destiney Campbell
Max Campisano
Hadley Carlisle
Alaina Cerilli
Kate Chambers
Rameses Ciccone
Crisi
Elise Clark
Seanna Conklin
Andrew Corfield
Melissa Crawford
Rachel Curcio
Alexander Dablock
Drake Davis

Anna Dawes
Bryson Deal
Emily Deane
Benjamin Demascal
Alayna Dunn
August Dyer
Hailee Elkins
Hailey Essary
Connor Fausnaught
Gavin Felix
Kaycie Foster
Austin Fryer
Mary Gorman
Daisy Greene
Joseph Griffin
Lauren Grove
Dante Gural
Bryden Haberman
Ava Hankey
Kristina Hauser
Hunter Hazelwood
Luke Hellmann
Madi Henry
Jack Hickman
Richard Hildebrand
Chloe Horter
Stacie Howes
Kameya Jackson
Terra Johnston
Kaylee Jones
Regan Jung
Jeramy Katenhusen
Reily Kim
Molly Klepal
Quinton Kokladas

Hadassah Korty
Hayley Koty
Jake Lasko
Kaitlin Lawson
Jett Leipheimer
Logan Magill
Sophia Magistro
Carter Marshall
Karen McAfee
Rene Mcdeavitt
Garen McDonald
Annette McGraner
Madison McIlroy
Megan Michel
Zachary Mitchell
Tabitha Mixon
Mackenzie
Mohrbacher
Carter Moore
Drake Moore
Liam Moreau
Osmairy Morillo
Heidi Nelson
Roxanne Parker
Addison Parrish
Brooklynn Parrish
Carli Pauvlinch
Isabella Pawlo
Natalia Pereira
Mackenzie Petrella
Evan Piatek
Madelyn Platts
Abby Probst
Maya Quintana
Ethan Rahr

Melissia Reynolds
Jah’Nauri Riggins
Kiley Ross
Annaliese Schultz
Joanna Seaman
Paul Seifer
Emma Sewall
Tanner Shaw
Jacob Skibinski
Matthew Smith
Joshua Smyrl

Savannah Soriano-
Clark

Carmen Spara
Andrew Spratt
Charles Stefanik
Morgan Till
Heather Ulan
Robert Umpleby
Hudson Vennum
Addison Vines
Kaylee Wallace
Peyton Ward
Zayden Weatherly
Gregory Webb
Alex Weisz
Caliante West
Brooklyn White
Bradley Wilson
Lauren Winters
Kristopher Yohe
Ashley Zanella
Shannon Zawislak
Robert Ziegenfus, Jr.
Maria Ziemkiewicz

The following part-time students were named to the Dean’s List:
Nicholas Adams
Kara Aland
Sara Aland
Makram Alqass Ishaq
Chloe Barney

Marcello Bertucci
Trent Bonfield
Ashley Bradford
Christopher Brown
Josephine Buckel

Ephraim Buzzard
Blaine Crislip
Brody Cunningham
Katelyn Daniels
Haleigh Deason

John Paul Dioguardi
Ashley Dourlain
Jessica Duncan
Henrik Elek
Connor Faas

Haley Faltenovich
Ava Farley
Giada Faulk
Cian Fitzgerald
Cameron Flinchum
Danyel Flinchum
Riley Fulk
Ava Funkhouser
Dominick Gaughan
Juliana Gillmeister
Emily Goberish
Hayden Grant
Kymorah Green
Kaitlynn Haley
Olive Hambe Epse
Notue
Piper Hannah
Vaughn Hartz-Puhac
Brody Hay
Mya Hazelwood
Ethan Henry
Keelibeth Hess
Kelsi Hildreth
Kayla Hilliard
Elizabeth Hoge

Shana Hormel
Jazsmin Hudson
Jacob Jasiewicz
Charlise Jesko
Reece Jesko
Kira Jones
Maison Keczmer
Miriam Kessler
Natalie Korol
Kaitlyn Kramer
Lauren Krug
Shawnda Leavelle
Gracyn Lee
Luca Lerch
Brady Linamen
Stela Majid
Katelyn Mathews
Dominick Mazzei
Jenna McGee
Peyton McIntyre
Maxwell Merwitz
Benjamen Meyer
Anthony Munizza
Brendan Murphy
Lukas Murphy

Mara Myers
Alexandra Nardick
Zeeshan Pandejee
Anastacia Papas
Dominic Pasquale
Lillian Payne
Anthony Persuitte
Lorenzo Pessolano
Reagan Peters
Gabriella Petrof
Alexis Petropoulos
Lyra Pflugh
Michael Pudina
Andrea Rabick
Hailey Reyes
Caleb Rossi
Adrien Rotondo

Rebecca Sadler-
Szczygiel

Ethan Shearer
Maura Sosack
Mike Sprankle
Ian Stafford
Lillian Statler
Benjamin Stebick

Kimberly Strope
Hayley Swinderman
Ella Tharp
Giovanni Thompson
Nathan Tonini
Anthony Tuschong
Eli VanDerMallie
Adaliya Vete
Madaline Villagomez
Ryan Vukovcan
Justin Wahy
Justin Walls
Aaden Walter
Mikalah Wetzel
Andrew Wheatley
Kayla Williams
Riley Wilson
Addison Wright
Tamara Wright
Paige Young
Maison Zilian
Amanda Zonker

Barbara Jeanne Shaffalo (1961-2026)

Barbara Jeanne Shaffalo, 86, formerly of Aliquippa and Bluffton, South Carolina, passed away on May 8th, 2026, at Good Samaritan Hospice House in Wexford. She was born and raised in Aliquippa and lived a life marked by devotion to her family and kindness to others. She was the daughter of the late William and Mary (Mazzocca) Helterbran. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Raymond J. Shaffalo, Jr., whom she married on September 23rd, 1961, at St. Titus Catholic Church in Aliquippa. She was also preceded in death by her siblings, Wilma Evans, Dorothy Merriman and William Helterman. These family ties remained an important part of her life.

She is survived by her daughters, Susan L. Brock and Deborah A. Neill, who were a source of great pride and joy to her. She is also survived by her cherished grandchildren: Mitchell Brock, Ashley (Neill) Weisend & Brandon Weisend, Eric & Kylee Neill; as well as two great grandchildren, Lany Weisend & Maveric Neill, her brother-in-law, Ronald Shaffalo and her sisters-in-law, Georgia Shaffalo and Linda Francani.

Barbara was a 1958 graduate of Aliquippa High School who began her working life as a data entry operator for J. & L. Steel Corporation, later known as LTV Steel, in Aliquippa. She later served in the Human Resources Department of the Beaver County Courthouse. She was a former member of All Saints Episcopal Church and the Altar Guild in Aliquippa where her faith and service were reflected in her participation and commitment. She had many talents and interests and she used them generously. She sewed her own clothes, enjoyed knitting, and even did wallpapering with skill and care. She also had a remarkable file system that helped her remember to send cards for every important event in people’s lives. Her kindness extended well beyond her home and family. She visited elderly residents in nursing homes and held a deep respect for the elderly throughout her life. She attended her grandchildren’s events with enthusiasm and pride, and she was always present when it mattered most. She was also a devoted Pittsburgh Steelers fan, enjoying the excitement and tradition of the team she followed faithfully. Above all, she was known for putting others before herself. Selfless is the word that best describes her, and it is a fitting tribute to a woman whose life was defined by generosity, compassion, and love.

Barbara’s memorial service will be held at Prince of Peace Anglican Church, 1314 Gringo Road, Aliquippa on Saturday, June 13th at 11:00 a.m. for friends and family. Private inurnment will take place at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, 1158 Morgan Road, Bridgeville.

The family has requested those wishing to make a memorial contribution in Barbara’s memory to please consider the Prince of Peace Anglican Church, 1314 Gringo Road, Aliquippa 15001 or the Beaver County Humane Society, 3394 Brodhead Road, Aliquippa, PA 15001.

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

Cynthia L. Wallace (1958-2026)

Cynthia L. Wallace, 67, of Beaver Falls, formally of New Brighton, passed away on May 11th, 2026. She was born on June 2nd, 1958. She is survived by her daughter, Jackie Willis, her son, Brian Willis, her sister, Bonnie Wallace, 7 nephews and 1 niece.

Cynthia was Protestant by faith and was a retired care-giver with Blair’s Nursing Home.

A memorial service for Cynthia will take place at a later date. Arrangements have been entrusted to the William Murphy Funeral Home, Inc., 349 Adams Street, Rochester.

She will be interred in the Wallace Cemetery in New Brighton.

James M. “Jim” Clonan, Jr. (1948-2026)

James M. “Jim” Clonan Jr., 78, of Brighton Township, passed away peacefully on May 7th, 2026.

He was born in Pittsburgh on March 23rd, 1948, the beloved son of the late James M. Clonan Sr. and Virginia (Skiba) Clonan.

In addition to his parents, he was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Jill (Sisley) Clonan, whom he cherished deeply throughout their years together. He is survived by his children, Brian Clonan, Courtney (Matt) Dalessandro and Brooke (James) Meininger, his grandchildren: Adelle and Agnes Clonan, Devon (Amber) Cuda and Edie, Eliot and Kai Dalessandro; as well as Presley, Margot, Penny, and James Meininger; along with his beloved dog, “Chiweenie,” his breakfast club buddies, and his extended family and friends.

James was a proud United States veteran who served during the Vietnam War. He honorably served his country with courage and pride. Following his military service, he dedicated his life to caring for others as a registered nurse, a profession he carried out with kindness and compassion. He was also deeply proud of his Lawrenceville roots, his time as a Morningside Bulldog, an outstanding athlete in his younger days, and as an alumnus of Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh. He loved chatting and reminiscing, mostly about his kids’ antics, over a good cup of coffee. He was a captivating storyteller, an avid fisherman, and had a wonderful sense of humor. He carried life’s struggles heavily but remained steadfast and unwavering in his strong faith.

In accordance with James’ wishes, there will be no formal services. A celebration of his life will be held at a later date.

Inurnment will be private at the National Cemetery of the Alleghenies, 1158 Morgan Road, Bridgeville.

The GABAUER-LUTTON FUNERAL HOME & CREMATION SERVICES, Inc., 117 Blackhawk Road, Beaver Falls, was honored to care for James and his family during this difficult time.

These local ice cream shops will cool you down when the summer heats up

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Summer weather means it’s time for ice cream, and local shops are serving up everything from classic vanilla and chocolate to creative seasonal flavors. According to the Beaver County Times, here is a short list of shops to visit to satisfy your sweet tooth:

Pennsylvania legislators push package of electric affordability bills

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Wind turbines stand in fields near Palm Springs, Calif, March 22, 2023. Electricity generated from renewables surpassed coal in the United States for the first time in 2022, the U.S. Energy Information Administration announced Monday, March 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

(Reported by Danielle Smith, Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) As electricity costs are expected to rise this summer, Democratic lawmakers in the Pennsylvania House are advancing a package of bills to lower energy costs. Lawmakers say one in five households in the state has difficulty paying monthly utility bills. Representative Elizabeth Fiedler, who chairs the House Energy Committee, says the six-bill package is designed to ease financial pressure on families. She points out these affordability bills would help people feel less financially strained.  Fiedler’s bill, House Bill 2223, has already passed unanimously. It would require utility companies to upgrade existing transmission lines before building new infrastructure, a move supporters say could prevent higher costs for customers.

New Castle woman charged after two-vehicle crash in Lawrence County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported that a 54-year-old New Castle woman was charged following a two-vehicle crash Tuesday in Lawrence County.

According to police, Lesley Kerr was turning left from East Maitland Lane onto Lakewood Neshannock Falls Road in Hickory Township at about 1:32 p.m. when her vehicle struck another car.

Police said the other vehicle was driven by John Pauline, 91, of New Castle, who was stopped at a stop sign at the time of the crash.

No injuries were reported.

PennDOT Honors Local Employees for Innovation

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT recognized employees this month with Innovation Awards honoring projects aimed at improving efficiency and operations across the department.

According to PennDOT, two employees from District 11 — which includes Allegheny, Beaver and Lawrence Counties — were among the award recipients.

PennDOT said the annual awards program recognizes employee-developed ideas and practices intended to improve department operations, safety and services.

Officials said recipients were honored during a department ceremony earlier this month.

PUC Releases Final Order Establishing First-of-Its-Kind Large Load Model Tariff Framework

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has issued a final order establishing a new tariff framework for large electricity users, including expanding data centers. 

According to the commission, the framework is intended to address growing electricity demand while limiting impacts on existing utility customers. 

The final order follows a vote during the commission’s April 30 public meeting adopting a modified framework for large-load customers after more than a year of hearings, stakeholder input, public comments and technical review.