(File Photo: Caption for Photo: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) N95 face mask)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) According to an announcement from the Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday, an Allegheny County resident has been linked to a multistate salmonella outbreak. The Allegheny County Health Department confirms that backyard poultry is how most people that have associations with this outbreak have contact that was reported from it. More information is being gathered by public officials about the potential exposures that these individuals received. 

(File Photo of the Steel Curtain roller coaster at Kennywood)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(West Mifflin, PA) People have been hard at work at Kennywood to open the Steel Curtain roller coaster, which will be open to riders officially on Saturday, May 24th at 11:30 a.m. Some riders also got a sneak peek of the black and gold roller coaster on Thursday. One person who rode it came from the American Coaster Enthusiasts of Western Pennsylvania, and he commented that there is no other roller coaster like the Steel Curtain.

 

(File Photo of the National Weather Service logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to the National Weather Service, three tornadoes touched down in the Pittsburgh area on Wednesday with two of them from the same storm but with discontinuous paths. There was also a third one in Washington County that was confirmed by the National Weather Service. These confirmations were after the National Weather Service investigated the damage to a Butler County salt barn on Thursday that had its roof torn off by the Wednesday storms.  

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Christopher Lynch, music historian with the Center for American Music at the University of Pittsburgh, holds a piece of sheet music written by Charles Henry Pace, on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023, at the University of Pittsburgh, in Pittsburgh. Lynch and the university are coordinating a project to recognize the pivotal role Pace played in gospel music as an early pioneer of the genre. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Senator Elder Vogel Jr.’s office, music therapists in Pennsylvania could be professionally licensed by the state.Legislation that was introduced by Vogel and state Senator Carolyn Comitta that is new helped this to be possible, and it is called Senate Bill 579. This bill would make an exam for board certification to continue requirements of education and make an ethics code for therapists of music that are trained to get licensed professionally

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Algae floats in the water at the Maumee Bay State Park marina in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2017. Ohio’s environmental regulators will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s. The deadline is part of settlement agreement approved by a federal judge on Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambrdige, PA) According to a release from State Representative Rob Matzie’s office, almost $80,000 in grant funding will support environmental education for Beaver County students and composting. This money will help residents of the area and willalso help education at PFAS workshops. $19,180 went to the Summer Sustainability Institute program for RiverWise, $28,424 went to a project for Pennsylvania Resources Council, Inc., and $30,000 went to Penn State University. 

(File Photo of Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) According to a release from Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.’s office, three community projects in Beaver and Lawrence Counties got awarded over $53,000. This money was from the Pennsylvania state Environmental Education Grants Program. The Summer Sustainability Institiute program from RiverWise in Beaver County got $19,180. The Ellwood City Area School District and the Lawrence County Conservation District also received separate funds, and according to that same release from Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.’s office, here are some more details about the money earned and the projects that they help:

Beaver County

RiverWise was awarded $19,180 to host a “Summer Sustainability Institute” for middle and high school students, who will be engaged in hands-on learning, create video interviews, and write sustainability-themed articles.

Lawrence County

Ellwood City Area School District was awarded $29,250 to launch a comprehensive aquaponics program that fosters environmental literacy and stewardship. Students will be engaged in hands-on PA STEELS standards aligned experiences focusing on water and wastewater runoff.

Lawrence County Conservation District was awarded $4.905 to host Summer Nature Camp for ages 8-11 and Advanced Nature Camp for ages 12-17, featuring a variety age-appropriate hands-on activities that address the relationship between water quality issues and climate change.

(File Photo of the Beaver County Humane Society building)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) On Wednesday, a puppy at the Beaver County Humane Society tested positive for Canine parvovirus. According to the Beaver County Humane Society, the puppies are particularly susceptible to parvovirus, which is caused through direct or indirect contact with feces. When the puppies turn six to eight weeks old, they can receive the vaccine against this disease. Officials are using cleaning procedures and quarantining exposed animals to stop the parvovirus spread. 

(File Photo of FIre Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) On Thursday night, a fire occurred in Ambridge which caused both injuries and some people getting sent to the hospital. The 600 block of Beaver Road was where the fire was reported, and the report came in at about 10:30 p.m. last night. Paramedics helped those that were injured and the Red Cross got called to go to the scene to help people out. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined because there was no word initially on how it began.

(Photo of Brett Ours Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) One of the three people who got charged for assaulting Preston Coleman at a VFW bar in Aliquippa on January 5th, 2025 made an appearance in court on Thursday. Brett Ours, the main suspect, did not stay in court for long. Ours and his defense attorney, Lee Rothman, left after Ours objected in court to not let a surveillance video of the incident play. The judge overruled Ours, who is in the Beaver County Jail with an attempted homicide charge against him. A trial will occur for Ours later this year, and the charges against Ours were held for a trial.