Closings and Delays, February 25th, 2026

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February 25th, 2026

                         School or Organization       Cancellation or Delay  ( If blank no cancellation or delay reported)
  Adelphoi Education/Beaver (Rochester)        
  Aliquippa Area School District               
  Ambridge Area School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Avonworth School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Baden Academy Charter School
  Beaver Area School District           
  Beaver County Courthouse
  Beaver County Rehabilitation Center
  Beaver Falls Crime Watch
  Bethel Christian School (Raccoon Township) 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Big Beaver Falls Area School District
  Beaver County CTC          
  Beaver County Transit Authority         
  Beaver Valley Montessori School 2 Hour Delay Wednesday, Modified Schedule
  Blackhawk Area School District           
  Blackhawk Meals on Wheels      
  Butler County Community College (All Locations, Including Cranberry Township)
  CCBC           
  CCBC Aviation Sciences Center           
  Center at the Mall (Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca)     
  Central Valley School District            2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Chippewa Alliance Church
  Cornell School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Cranberry Community United Presbyterian Church (Cranberry Township)
  Divine Grace Parish (Cranberry, All Locations)
  Education Center at Watson (Sewickley) 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Ellwood City Area School District
  Ellwood City Area Public Library
  Ellwood City Meals on Wheels
  Evangel Heights Child Care (Beaver)
  Families Matter Food Pantry
  Footprints in the Sand Daycare (Aliquippa)
  Freedom Area School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  H.A.P. Community Outings (Aliquippa)
  Head Start of Beaver County – Aliquippa
  Head Start of Beaver County -Ambridge
  Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls
  Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls 7th Ave.
  Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls 6th Ave.
  Head Start of Beaver County – Central
  Head Start of Beaver County – Blackhawk
  Head Start of Beaver County – CCBC
  Head Start/ Early Head Start of Beaver County
  Head Start of Beaver County – Rochester
  Head Start of Beaver County – Southside
  Head Start of Beaver County – New Brighton Middle School
  Head Start of Beaver County – New Brighton High School
  Head Start of Beaver County – Riverside
  Heart Prints Center for Early Education (Cranberry Township)
  Hope Academy- Conway
  Hopewell School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
 Kiddie Korner (Beaver)
 Life Family Pre-School
 Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Mc Guire Memorial EOC   
  Mc Guire Memorial School
  Midland Borough school District
  Montour Area School District
  Monaca Senior Center
  Monaca VFD #1
  Moon Area School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Mother’s Morning Out/Noah’s Ark Preschool/Sewickley Opening at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday
 Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Pre-school (Moon Twp.) Operating on Delay Schedule on Wednesday
  New Brighton Area School District
  New Horizons (Beaver)
  North Catholic School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Our Lady of Fatima/ Hopewell 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (Coraopolis) 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  PA Career Link (Beaver County)
  Pawmazing Bakery (Beaver)
  Penn State Beaver (Monaca)
  Provident Charter School West (Baden) Opening at 9:45 A.M. Wednesday
  Quaker Valley School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Riverside Beaver County Area School District
  Road to Emmaus Baptist Church (Beaver)
  Rochester Area School District
  Robert Morris University (Moon Township)
  Seneca Valley Area School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday Morning/ Modified Kindergarten
  Sewickley Academy 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Slippery Rock Area School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Slippery Rock Program Center
  Slippery Rock University
  St. Andrews Day School (Moon Township) 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  St. James-Sewickley 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  St. Monica Catholic Academy
  St. Monica Parish (Beaver Falls)
  St. Killian’s Catholic School (Cranberry) 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  St. Peter & Paul School/Beaver
  St. Stephens Lutheran Academy/Zelienople 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  South Side Area School District 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  Sto Rox 2 Hour Delay Wednesday
  The Baden American Legion
  The Lindsay Theater (Sewickley)
  The Phoenix Center (Rochester)
  The Prevention Network and Class Academy (Beaver County)
  Vanport VFD
  Western Beaver Area School District
  West Allegheny School District
  Zelienople Meals on Wheels

PHEAA Announces No Essay Scholarship for 2026-27 College-Bound Students

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (PHEAA) is encouraging 2026-27 college students, graduate students, and their parents in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Virginia, and West Virginia to enter for a chance to win a no essay scholarship sweepstakes through the Keystone Student Loan Program worth $2,500. Anyone who opts in to receive communications, which is going to include tips on planning for and paying for college, between January 5th and May 1, 2026, will be entered into this scholarship sweepstakes. A total of 12 winners will be selected in May of 2026. You can enter this sweepstakes by clicking here.

Penguins trade defenseman Brett Kulak to Avalanche in exchange for defenseman Samuel Girard and a draft pick

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Ottawa Senators’ Michael Amadio (22) and Colorado Avalanche’s Samuel Girard (49) battle for the puck during the second period of an NHL hockey game in Ottawa, Ontario, on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press via AP)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Brett Kulak is on the move for the second time this season.

The Pittsburgh Penguins sent the veteran defenseman to Colorado on Tuesday in exchange for defenseman Samuel Girard and a second-round pick in the 2028 draft.

Kulak played 25 games in Pittsburgh after being acquired in a December trade that shipped two-time All-Star goaltender Tristan Jarry to Edmonton. Kulak has one goal and eight assists in 56 combined games this season for the Penguins and Oilers. Kulak’s arrival gives the Avalanche an experienced stay-at-home defenseman as Colorado tries to hold on to the top spot in the Western Conference.

The 27-year-old Girard is a 10-year NHL veteran who has spent the last eight-plus seasons with the Avalanche. Girard, who is signed through the 2026-27 season, had three goals and nine assists in 40 games this season with Colorado.

The additional draft capital the Penguins picked up in the deal gives them 34 picks overall over the next four drafts, including 20 selections in the first three rounds.

Barbara Jean (Hilberg) Mineard (1950-2026)

Barbara Jean (Hilberg) Mineard, 75, passed away on February 23rd, 2026, at Heritage Valley Beaver after a lengthy battle of dementia and diabetes. She was born on July 30th, 1950, a daughter of the late Robert and Jean (Smith) Hilberg. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her brother, Bob Hilberg.

She is survived by her husband of 52 years, Richard “Pete” Mineard and her two sons, Christopher (Heather) Mineard of Beaver Falls and Bryan (Cari) Mineard of Twinsburg, Ohio, her sister, Bonny (John) Burlett, her brother, William Hilberg, her five grandchildren, Brittany, Ashley (Zac) Tinyo, Gregory, Brynn, and Brody Mineard; as well as her two great-grandchildren, Ryland and Copeland Jackson.

Barbara graduated from New Brighton High School in 1968 and Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1972. She was a teacher at St. Philomena School in Beaver Falls.

Friends and family will be received on Saturday, February 28th, from 2 p.m. until the time of a Blessing Service at 6:30 p.m. at the J&J Spratt Funeral Home Inc., 1612 3rd Avenue, New Brighton, who was in charge of her arrangements. Father Kim Schreck will officiate the service.

To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Barbara Jean (Hilberg) Mineard, please visit the flower store of the J&J Spratt Funeral Home, Inc. by clicking here.

Pitt senior and women’s college volleyball star Olivia Babcock named a finalist for the 2026 AAU Sullivan Award

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Pitt Volleyball, Posted on Facebook on February 24th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pitt senior and women’s college volleyball star Olivia Babcock was recently named a finalist for the 2026 AAU Sullivan Award. This award is presented each year to the most outstanding collegiate or Olympic athlete in the United States of America. Babcock is the two-time reigning CWSA Honda Award winner for volleyball, along with being the 2024 and 2025 AVCA National Player of the Year, ACC Player of the Year and AVCA East Coast Region Player of the Year. Voting for this award started today at 10 a.m. and will end on March 5th, 2026 at 11:59 p.m. and you can vote for Babcock by clicking here.

Tennessee man charged after four-vehicle crash in Carnegie Borough

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release today that twenty-six-year-old Joseph Hoit of Camden, Tennessee was charged after a four-vehicle crash in Carnegie Borough on the morning of February 17th2026. At 6:26 a.m., Hoit was driving on I-376 East at the Carnegie Exit and rear-ended the vehicle of thirty-nine-year-old Antoinette Tufail of Monroeville when she stopped for trafficThirty-six-year-old Ashley Srock of Monaca stopped there with her vehicle and was rear-ended by the vehicle of thirty-four-year-old Cornellius Nyangeresi of Allison Park. There were no injuries. 

Commercial structure fire reported in a Monaca home

(Photo Courtesy of Gavin Thunberg)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) A commercial structure fire was reported in Monaca yesterday morning at around 3:30 a.m. after a box was hit that morning. A caller reported that there was sparking coming from the basement of their multi dwelling on Indiana Avenue. After an investigation, there was no threat, and the departments that were dispatched then returned to service.

Breeze Airways will add flights from Pittsburgh to Myrtle Beach in July of 2026

(File Photo of the Pittsburgh International Airport Airside Terminal)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Breeze Airways is adding a new flight to a popular summer destination for people in Pittsburgh. According to Breeze Airways, it will offer nonstop service between Pittsburgh International Airport and Myrtle Beach International Airport starting July 3rd, 2026. This new route will operate on Mondays and Fridays and a starting price of $39 is how much one-way fares for the direct flights will be worth. You can find out more information about these flights by clicking here.

Ross Township Resident Pleads Guilty to Producing and Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material

(File Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that forty-five-year-old Ralph Talerico of Ross Township, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal laws regarding the sexual exploitation of minors. The Court was advised that, in and around June through July of 2023, Talerico produced videos of two minor children engaged in sexually explicit conduct in connection with the guilty plea. Talerico also possessed videos and still images depicting the sexual exploitation of minors, some of whom were prepubescent and under 12 years of age on or about June 6th, 2024. The sentencing for Talerico is on June 16th, 2026. According to Rivetti, Talerico could face a maximum total sentence of not less than 15 years and up to 30 years in prison, a fine of up to
$250,000, or both, provided by the law.

Savannah Guthrie says her family is offering a $1 million reward for her mother’s return

(File Photo: Source for Photo: In this image provided by NBCUniversal, Savannah Guthrie, right, her mom Nancy speak, Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in New York. (Nathan Congleton/NBCUniversal via AP)

(AP) “Today” show host Savannah Guthrie said her family is now offering a $1 million reward for information leading to the recovery of her mother, Nancy Guthrie, who went missing from her Arizona home more than three weeks ago.

Savannah Guthrie said Tuesday that her family is still holding out for a miracle and hopes her mother will be found alive, but she also acknowledged that they realize it might be too late.

“She may already be gone,” Savannah Guthrie said in an Instagram post. “She may already have gone home to the Lord that she loves and is dancing in heaven.”

Nancy Guthrie, 84, was last seen at her home just outside Tucson, Arizona, on Jan. 31 and was reported missing the next day. Authorities believe she was kidnapped, and the FBI released surveillance videos of a masked man who was outside Guthrie’s front door on the night she vanished.

Drops of her blood were found on the front porch, but authorities haven’t publicly revealed much evidence. Since the first days of her disappearance, authorities have expressed concern about Nancy Guthrie’s health because she needs vital daily medicine.

Savannah Guthrie said her family needs to know where her mother is no matter what happened.

“Someone out there knows something that can bring her home,” she said.

Several hundred people are working the Guthrie investigation, and more than 20,000 tips have been received, the Pima County Sheriff’s Office has said. The FBI and other agencies are assisting.

The porch camera footage released two weeks ago, which showed a man wearing a backpack and gloves outside Nancy Guthrie’s house, gave investigators their first major break. But it also has fueled intense speculation.

The sheriff’s department said Monday that it’s aware of differences in the masked person’s clothing depicted in various images that were released, namely with and without a backpack.

“There is no date or time stamp associated with these images,” the department said. “Therefore, any suggestion that the photographs were taken on different days is purely speculative.”

Sheriff Chris Nanos said a week ago that members of Guthrie’s family, including siblings and spouses, are not suspects.

Savannah Guthrie said Tuesday that her family also will donate $500,000 to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.

“We are hoping that the attention that has been given to our mom and our family will extend to all the families like ours,” she said.