(Washington, D.C.) U.S. Senator John Fetterman released a statement yesterday after Congress did not pass a bill for funding before the deadline yesterday, which caused the United States government to undergo a shutdown. According to a release from Fetterman’s office yesterday, here is some of what he had to say from the statement he released yesterday: “It’s a sad day for our nation. I voted AYE to extend ACA tax credits because I support them—but I won’t vote for the chaos of shuttering our government. My vote was for our country over my party. Together, we must find a better way forward.” Fetterman also voted in favor of an alternative Continuing Resolution from House and Senate Democrats that would have kept the government open while negotiations on full-year appropriations that are bi-partisan will continue. The proposal from the Democrats would have made an extension to the premium tax credits of the Affordable Care Act, reversed cuts for GOP Medicaid and ensured Congress will determine how taxpayer dollars are spent, not United States President Donald Trump and OMB Director Russell Vought. The measure was supported by no Senate Republicans.
(Beaver, PA) Several topics were discussed at the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session this morning at 10 a.m. at the Beaver County Courthouse in Beaver. During the Department Head Report of the work session, Beaver County Controller Maria Longo mentioned two small concerns to the Beaver County Commissioners. The first was about the current use of credit cards in Beaver County because there have been an increase in charges from those cards that are questionable. Specifically, an upswing in people that are charging purchases for tickets to events for networking that are not related to their job function directly is occurring. Longo wanted to ask them if they could add a section to the policy of the Beaver County Commissioners for purchasing to give an outline of which approvals are needed and what is allowed before expenditures are made. The second concern Longo addressed was regarding multiple charges against the Beaver County District Attorney’s office over the previous two months because several promotional items have the name of Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible’s name on them and Longo sees this as promoting Bible more than his office by itself. There were also two Starbucks purchases of more $25 and some lunch purchases totaling more than $175. Longo requested to the Beaver County Commissioners that Bible should repay the taxpayers for these charges that are inappropriate and that the Beaver County Commissioners need to help prevent this issue by changes needing to be made about their purchasing policy to include rules for usage of credit cards and rules that show restrictions on purchase types like promotional items with the names of a person on them. In other business, Beaver County Solicitor Garen Fedeles said that the mail ballots for the November 4th, 2025 municipal election were sent out on Saturday. During the part of the Beaver County Commissioners’ work session in which the commissioners spoke about topics they wanted to bring up, Beaver County Commissioner Tony Amadio told the audience of the session that he and Commissioner Jack Manning spoke recently at the Captain William Vicary House in Freedom and saw the portico there and Commissioner Manning also stated that himself and several other people from Beaver County were at the United Way of Beaver County Kickoff breakfast for 2025 this morning at The Fez in Hopewell and that Beaver County is still trying to make jobs so people can be attracted to Beaver County and the job scenario of people there will not get worse.
Entertainer of the Year contender Cody Johnson, pop superstar Sabrina Carpenter, shock-rocker Alice Cooper and movie star Jeff Daniels round out an intriguing October concert calendar for Western Pennsylvania.
PPG PAINTS ARENA
Oct. 4: Jo Koy
Oct. 15: Tate McRae
Oct. 18: Cody Johnson
Oct. 23-24: Sabrina Carpenter
Nov. 2: Bryan Adams; Nov. 5: A Day to Remember & Yellowcard; Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings; Nov. 11: Paul McCartney; Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers; Nov. 14: Maroon Five; Dec. 20: Trans-Siberian Orchestra.
Cody Johnson headlines PPG Paints Arena.
PALACE THEATRE
Oct. 1: Don Gatlin
Oct. 3: Geoff Tate
Oct. 19: Marc Cohn and Shawn Colvin
Nov. 2: Bachman Turner Overdrive
Nov. 6: Bill Murray & The Blood Brothers
Nov. 22: The Outlaws; Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs.
The Kenny Rogers Band featuring Beaver County native Don Gatlin headlines the Palace Theatre in Greensburg.
CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL OF HOMESTEAD
Oct. 1: Toad The Wet Sprocket and Vertical Horizon
Oct.6: Pat Metheny
Oct. 8: Gary Newman
Oct. 24: Neko Case
Nov. 4: Colin Hay; Nov. 12: Josh Ritter; Nov. 19: Macy Gray; Nov. 22: Jimmy Failla; Nov. 28: Gavin DeGraw; Dec. 6: Shaun Cassidy; March 7: Sheena Easton.
City Winery Pittsburgh
Oct. 10: Jeff Daniels
Oct. 17: Margaret Glaspy
Oct. 19: Lee Ritenour
Oct. 27: Josh Radin
Nov. 14-15: The English Beat
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
Oct. 3: Lorde
Oct. 9: Crowder
Oct. 23: John Mulaney
Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours; April 11: Bailey Zimmerman.
Bailey Zimmerman will headline the Petersen Events Center.
STAGE AE
Oct. 1: Alexandra Kay
Oct. 7: T-Pain
Oct. 11: G Flip
Oct. 14: Aly and AJ
Oct. 15: Violent Femmes
Oct. 21: Maddox Batson
Nov. 24: Sevendust; March 22: Zara Larsson; April 10: 49 Winchester.
Roxian Theatre
Oct. 9: Leftover Salmon
Oct. 26: Thomas Dolby
Oct. 28: Andy Bell
Nov. 11: Minus The Bear; Nov. 15: Mammoth; Nov. 26: The Beths; Dec. 6: Kip Moore; Dec. 9: JohnnySwim; Dec. 12: Pittsburgh Plays Ozzy; Dec. 17: Allen Stone.
Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short; Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser; Dec. 11: Mannheim Steamroller; March 3: Patti LuPone; March 7; Joe Bonamassa.
UPMC EVENTS CENTER
Oct. 3: Dylan Scott
Nov. 5: Chicago; Nov. 8: Seether and Daughtry; Nov. 19: All Time Low; March 10: Sabaton.
Jergel’s Rhythm Grille
Oct. 1: Scott Blasey
Oct. 3: Reb Beach Band
Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies
Oct. 9: Hailey Whitters
Oct. 11: Donnie Iris & The Cruisers
Oct. 21: Buckcherry
Oct. 23: Squirrel Nut Zippers
Oct. 26: Tab Benoit
Nov. 6: North Mississippi All Stars; Nov. 15: The Castellows; Nov. 17: Richie Kotzen; Nov. 25: Black Stone Cherry; Nov. 26: Buzz Poets; Nov. 28-29: The Clarks.
Thunderbird Cafe
Oct. 14: David Archuleta
Oct. 21: Chaparelle
Oct. 23: Los Straitjackets
Oct. 25: The War & Treaty
Nov. 6: Kathleen Edwards
Mr. Smalls Theatre
Oct. 3: Feeble Little Horse
Oct. 11: Craig Finn
Oct. 25: The War & Treaty
Nov. 21: Blondshell; Dec. 2: The Lemonheads.
HEINZ HALL
Oct. 7: Ben Folds
Oct. 28: Jon Batiste
Dec. 18: Trisha Yearwood.
Oaks Theater, Oakmont
Oct. 4: Duane Betts & Palmetto.
March 29: Joanne Shaw Taylor.
OTHERS
Oct. 1: Alice Cooper and Judas Priest, Pavilion at Star Lake.
Oct. 23: Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland.
(Cranberry Township, PA) A part of Glen Eden Road in Cranberry Township will be closed from between 6 P.M. tonight through 5 A.M. on Wednesday, October 8th for roadway improvements. The area of Glen Eden Road between Prestwick Drive and Unionville Road will be closed on those days. The route for a detour because of this work is using Graham School Road, Powell Road, Rochester Road and Unionville Road. The busing for Seneca Valley School District will be the only ones that will have access that is escorted through the closure of a part of Glen Eden Road. This project is managed by Gateway Engineers.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan state court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Blair County, PA) The hearing in Blair County, Pennsylvania scheduled on November 7th, 2025for twenty-seven-year-old Luigi Mangione, who is accused of allegedly killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson on December 4th, 2024, got canceled because Mangione refused to appear in court remotely. Mangione asserted the right for him to be present in person for the court hearing in Blair County, Pennsylvania on November 7th, 2025 and all subsequent court appearances, but the federal government denied his request to make an appearance in Blair County. According to the criminal complaint, Mangionewas arrested in Altoona, Pennsylvania on December 9th, 2024 in connection to the killing of Thompson, and is facing charges there, including carrying a firearm without a license, forgery, tampering with records or identification, false identification to law enforcement, and possessing instruments of crime. Mangione is being held in New York with nine state charges as well as federal charges and the federal charges carry the possibility of the death penalty for him. The hearing for Mangione is now on hold and every sixty days in when the court must be updated on his ability to appear.
(Columbus, OH) According to a news release on Monday from the Ohio Attorney General’s office, “Operation Next Door,” which was a statewide sex trafficking sting, led to 135 arrests in Ohio. Authorities confirmed that felony charges were what thirty-two people got arrested for and charges with engaging in prostitution or solicitation were what the other 103 got arrested for after search warrants were served on nine massage parlors in Ohio. The news release from the Ohio Attorney General’s office on Monday also stated that sex, even including from minors, was trying to be bought by the suspects that were arrested, and sixty-seven potential survivors of human trafficking were referred to organizations of both health care and social services. The Ohio Attorney General’s Office also noted that among those that were arrested were two teachers and a priest who was seventy-six-years-old. “Operation Next Door” was started last week by over 100 agencies of law enforcement.
(File Photo of of two City of Pittsburgh Police Cars with two businesses in the background and a bystander walking in the Background)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA)Yesterday afternoon, a woman in her late seventies got hit by a car in the South Side of Pittsburgh and she is now in critical condition with head trauma after she was taken to an area hospital. According to a spokesperson from Pittsburgh Public Safety,the incident happened just before 1 p.m. yesterday as a couple was crossing S 28th Street after leaving a restaurant in the area. The woman was hit by a vehicle turning off of Sidney Street to S 28th Street. This incident is being investigated by the Collision Investigation Unit of Pittsburgh.
(Pittsburgh, PA) Meijer, a grocery store chain based in Michigan, is recently preparing to expand some of their businesses into Western Pennsylvania. Meijer spokesperson Cara Lutz told WTAE in a statement: “Building on our success in Northeast Ohio and the amazing response we’ve received from those communities, we have started acquiring properties in Western Pennsylvania.” It has not been announced yet about any specific locations in the region of Pittsburgh where these Meijer stores will be located. Meijer has over 500 stores in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin.
(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
(Pittsburgh, PA) Yesterday morning, a male bicyclist in his sixties was hit by a car in the Homewood neighborhood of Pittsburgh and is now in critical condition after being taken to a hospital. This incident occurred on the intersection of Bennett Street and North Homewood Avenue which is where first responders found a man down on the ground at about 6:50 a.m. yesterday. According to police, they reviewed surveillance video that showed the man riding his bike on Bennett Street and being struck by a vehicle that then left the scene. Police are searching for the driver of the vehicle that hit the bicyclist, but investigators confirm they found the vehicle that was involved in this incident. The investigation into this incident is ongoing.
(Pittsburgh, PA) Yesterday, a former physician who used to work at the UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh got sentenced in federal court for possessing videos of minors that were explicit. According to court papers, fifty-four-year-old Ashok Panigrahy of both Chicago and Pittsburgh, was sentenced to spend four years in prison, followed by 10 years of supervised release, after he was found to have “materials depicting the sexual exploitation of minors.”Documents stated that Panigrahywas able to get these explicit videos on minors through conversations online through a platform that was encrypted. Panigrahy collected those videos in November of 2022. According to court documents, in addition to his sentencing, Panigrahy was ordered to pay a $25,000 fine, a $17,000 assessment pursuant to the Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018, a $5,000 assessment pursuant to the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act, and $10,000 in restitution to his minor victims.
