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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff

08/25/25 at 8:30 PM

(Raccoon Twp., Beaver County Pa.) The Raccoon Township Police Department is seeking the public’s help to locate a male who they accuse of physically assaulting and seriously injuring an elderly female.

Raccoon Police have issued an arrest warrant for Steven F. Bombiani, a 53-year-old white male who is about 6’0″ with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is known to frequent Aliquippa, PA and is sometimes known to operate a white, older model Ford F-150. 

 According to a release, Raccoon Township Police responded to an incident on August 21st. They were summoned by a neighbor who heard the victim yelling for help. Bombiani is alleged to have stolen $119 from the victim. When confronted, Bombiani allegedly pushed and punched the victim, who fell to the ground and was not able to get back up. The victim is still undergoing medical procedures for injuries she sustained during this assault. 

 Anyone with information on Bombiani’s whereabouts are requested to contact the Raccoon Twp. Police Department (724) 495-3883 or the Pennsylvania State Police (724) 773-7400.  (no photo of suspect provided) 

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Story by Beaver County Radio Staff. 08/25/25 at 08:18 PM

Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible sent out a press release late Monday afternoon stating that: “On Saturday, August 23^rd 2025, The Beaver County Detective Bureau, The Beaver County Drug Task Force, HIDTA and the Beaver County ESU team executed a search warrant at 1712 4th Avenue In Beaver Falls, after a few week-long investigation of narcotics trafficking.”

According to the release the execution of this warrant resulted in the following items being seized:

• Approximately 86 grams of crack cocaine
• Approximately 12 grams of crack cocaine
• Approximately 37 grams of fentanyl
• Approximately 26 grams of Crystal Methamphetamine
• Approximately 2.5 pounds of marijuana
• 818 – Oxycodone pills
• 286 – Xanax Bar
• $7,766.00 in US currency

The search warrant also resulted in the arrest of Philip Riser, from Detroit, Michigan.  Riser was charged with numerous narcotics offenses and transported to the Beaver County Jail where he will await a preliminary hearing.

No other information was provided in the release.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that fifty-one-year-old Jeffrey Bowers of Coraopolis was arrested for driving under the influence of a combination of alcohol and drugs in Aliquippa on August 15th, 2025. Police found Bowers in his vehicle on the 200 block of Franklin Avenue. According to police, Bowers was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of an alcohol and drug combination substance and his charges are pending.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight and tomorrow night, weather permitting, single-lane restrictions in the inbound Liberty Tunnel in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. on both tonight and tomorrow night, a single-lane restriction will occur in the inbound (northbound) Liberty Tunnel to let tunnel washing operations be conducted by crews.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Butler, PA) A woman from Beaver County was recently sentenced to three to ten years in jail for causing a fatal crash in Butler County that killed a New Castle man in 2023. According to online court records, twenty-seven-year-old Kassandra Clyde of Franklin Township pleaded guilty to homicide by vehicle while drunk and was sentenced on Thursday in Butler County Court, with her imprisonment to start immediately. Charges including traffic charges, aggravated assault and driving under the influence were dropped in exchange for the plea. According to police, Clyde was driving on Route 422 in Prospect near the Big Butler Fairgrounds around 1:15 a.m. on May 4th, 2023, after a night of drinking, when she crossed the center line and struck a vehicle driven by sixty-five-year-old James Barge of New Castle. According to the Butler Eagle, Barge was a pressman there who was returning home from work. When Barge was killed on May 4th, 2023, he was within two weeks of retirement. According to a report from the New Castle News, Barge’s family filed a civil lawsuit against Clyde and three New Castle bars that served her that night.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight through Thursday nights, weather permitting, overnight milling and paving operations on I-376 (Parkway East) associated ramps in the Municipality of Monroeville in Allegheny County will occur. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. tonight and tomorrow night, the eastbound I-376 ramp to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Exit 85 will close to traffic for milling and paving. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night through Thursday night, milling and paving operations will occur on I-376 associated ramps at the Route 48 interchange. While the milling operations occur, traffic will be maintained on the shoulders. During the paving work, these ramps will be closed. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, work will occur according to the following schedule:

Tonight and tomorrow night, August 25th-26th

·       Eastbound I-376 off-ramp to northbound Route 48 (Exit 84B) toward Plum

·       Northbound Route 48 on-ramp to westbound I-376

Wednesday and Thursday nights, August 27th-28th

·       Eastbound I-376 off-ramp to southbound Route 48 (Exit 84A) toward Monroeville

·       Southbound Route 48 on-ramp to westbound I-376

Milling work is expected to occur tonight and Wednesday night. Paving work is anticipated to occur tomorrow night and Thursday night.

Posted Detours

Eastbound I-376 to the Pennsylvania Turnpike

·       From eastbound I-376, continue onto eastbound Route 22

·       Take the ramp to East 286 toward Golden Mile Highway

·       Turn right onto Alpine Village Drive

·       Turn right onto westbound Route 22

·       Follow westbound Route 22 back to the Pennsylvania Turnpike on-ramp

·       End detour

Eastbound I-376 off-ramp to Northbound Route 48

·       From eastbound I-376, continue past the closed ramp onto eastbound Route 22

·       Turn left onto Old William Penn Highway

·       Turn right onto Beatty Road

·       Turn left to continue on Beatty Road at the intersection with Cooper Road

·       Follow Beatty Road back to Haymaker Road

·       End detour

Northbound Route 48 on-ramp to Westbound I-376

·       Continue on northbound Route 48 past the closed ramp

·       Turn right onto Beatty Road

·       Turn right to continue on Beatty Road at the intersection with Cooper Road

·       Turn left onto Old William Penn Highway

·       Turn right onto westbound Route 22

·       Follow westbound Route 22 to the westbound I-376 on-ramp

·       End detour

Eastbound I-376 off-ramp to southbound Route 48 (Exit 84A) toward Monroeville

·       From eastbound I-376, continue past the closed ramp onto eastbound Route 22

·       Turn left onto Old William Penn Highway

·       Turn right onto Beatty Road

·       Turn left to continue on Beatty Road at the intersection with Cooper Road

·       Follow Beatty Road back to Haymaker Road

·       End detour

Southbound Route 48 on-ramp to Westbound I-376

·       Continue on southbound Route 48 past the closed ramp

·       Turn left onto eastbound Route 22

·       Take the ramp to East 286 toward Golden Mile Highway

·       Turn right onto Alpine Village Drive

·       Turn right onto westbound Route 22

·       Follow westbound Route 22 back to the westbound I-376 on-ramp

·       End detour

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle made a recent public service announcement that their police station in New Castle will conduct a sobriety checkpoint in Lawrence County during the holiday weekend of Labor Day, specifically, from Saturday, August 29th through Monday, September 1st, 2025. This sobriety checkpoint will be performed because it is an effort to deter and combat drivers that are impaired who drive on the roads of Pennsylvania. Other sobriety checkpoints in the Pennsylvania State Police New Castle Troop D Area will be in conjunction with this sobriety checkpoint that will be conducted in Lawrence County during the 2025 Labor Day weekend. According to police, other roving and mobile enforcement details about this sobriety checkpoint will be ongoing and motorists as well as members of the public are reminded to drive safely, drive sober and conduct themselves responsibly and appropriately.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Williamsport, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Tourism Office and the Lycoming County Visitor’s Bureau, more than 70,000 players, coaches, and fans recently descended on Williamsport for the 78th Little League Baseball World Series in 2025, injecting an estimated $40 million into Pennsylvania’s economy. Memorial Park in Williamsport is where the Little League World Series first started back in 1947 and has featured teams from 44 of the 50 states of the United States of America and teams from 29 countries around the world. At least $523,000 has been approved to support various activities and improvements around the Little League Baseball World Series since the beginning of the Shapiro administration. This includes the funding going through the Marketing to Attract Tourists program of the Pennsylvania Department of Community & Economic Development. The funding supports the street festival called Williamsport Welcomes the World as well as the Grand Slam Parade for the local community of Williamsport which increases traffic on foot to shops that are local there and supports improvements at the site of the Little League World Series, Bowman Field.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Manhiem, PA) Governor Josh Shapiro joined Pennsylvania State Police Commissioner Colonel Christopher Paris on Friday in Manhiem, Pennsylvania to congratulate fifty-nine new troopers of the 173rd Cadet Class of the Pennsylvania State Police Academy graduating that day after twenty-eight weeks of comprehensive training. As these troopers go across Pennsylvania to serve their respective communities, one of the topics that Shapiro talked about was the massive responsibility that comes with putting on a Pennsylvania State Police uniform. Shapiro said in his remarks on Friday: “I believe the Pennsylvania State Police is the finest law enforcement agency in the entire country.” Shapiro also addressed the graduating troopers and told them that he has the confidence that they will serve their communities with the distinction that comes with being a trooper for the Pennsylvania State Police and to keep other Pennsylvanians safe for the future.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ellwood City, PA) An electrical explosion occurred at the Ellwood City Forge in Ellwood City yesterday which sent two people that work there to the hospital. According to Ellwood City Fire Chief Rick Myers, around 11 a.m. yesterday, crews responded to Ellwood City Forge on Commercial Avenue for a reported electrical explosion. Meyers also confirmed that the power inside the whole facility got turned off and all of the other employees got sent home and a ground-level electrical room was where the explosion was contained. About an hour was the amount of time that firefighters were on scene during this incident. One person injured from this explosion suffered burns that were severe and that person was flown to a hospital in the Pittsburgh area for treatment. The other person that was injured from this explosion had injuries that were less severe and got taken to a local hospital to be evaluated. According to fire officials, the explosion occurred in a large fuse panel inside the facility. The cause of the explosion is unknown at this time and the investigation into this explosion is still ongoing.