(Photo Courtesy of Mt. Carmel Evangelical Presbyterian Church)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Aliquippa, PA) Grammy-nominated band Honor & Glory will be having a free concert in Aliquippa on July 31st, 2025. This will occur at Mt. Carmel Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Aliquippa with the doors opening at 6 p.m. and the concert happening at 7 p.m. There are also donations that are suggested of $15 as well as the free admission. The special guests for the Honor and Glory Concert in Aliquippa on July 31st will be Seek 1st. 

(Photo Courtesy of the Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania and Aliquippa Clubhouse Director Ginny Householder)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Aliquippa, PA) The Aliquippa Clubhouse with the Boys and Girls Club of Western Pennsylvania is conducting Summer Camp for 26 students in grades K-8 for 9 weeks. According to a news release, the camp is focused on  providing engaging activities  that support summer learning and unique experiences. The field trips include: Carnegie Science Center, the Children’s museum, the Cinemark Movie Theater, the greater Pittsburgh Sports Complex, the Pittsburgh Zoo and the Razzaine. The camp hosted  Vision to Learn and  UPMC’s Mobile Care Clinic to provide wellness support. Students are bussed to and from the program daily. Sixteen students ages fourteen through eighteen are registered in the Artificial Intelligence Pathways Institute. According to a release, this program teaches teens the fundamentals of AI and leverages the expertise of the PPG Global IT team to provide mentoring and career pathway insight. The program culminated with a hands- on project where they presented how AI can be a tool to address a community challenge. Chris Watts, President and CEO of the Boys and Girls Clubs of Western Pennsylvania, said all this wouldn’t have been possible without the tremendous support of the Greater Aliquippa Advisory Committee. Watts said the committee provided partnerships, connections, funding, and insights on the formation and strategy for the club.

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Howland Township, OH) On Sunday morning, a small plane crashed in northeastern Ohio and six people are dead as a result of it. This crash that is still under investigation occurred two miles away from the conclusion of the runway at the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport in Howland Township. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, a Cessna 441 twin-engine, was carrying two crew members and four passengers and crashed just seven minutes after taking off. The cause of this crash is still being investigated and the two companies that are leading the investigation into the cause of this crash are the Federal Aviation Administration and the National Transportation Safety Board.

(File Photo of Background with some money with the word Counterfeit in front of it: Caption for Photo: bogus-money)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ross Township, PA) A check washing scheme investigation is currently underway, with all of the cases coming back to the McKnight Road post office outdoor drop boxes in Allegheny County. According to the Ross Township Police Department, it’s taken several reports from residents who have had checks cashed for larger amounts of money than what they were written for. If you have personal items or checks with sensitive information, use the inside drop boxes. Contact 911 to file a police report if you think you may be a victim of check washing.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A female driver was apprehended on Sunday and has multiple charges after allegedly hitting one person and hitting another at the OpenStreets PGH event and breaking through a barricade there. According to Pittsburgh Police, a female driver, later identified as Arielle Scipione, allegedly hit an adult male cyclist with her vehicle’s sideview mirror. This occurred at the Hamilton Avenue and North Braddock Avenue intersection. The man did not want to have medical evaluation, but did tell authorities that he was hit and knocked down during the incident by the mirror. Scipione also hit a female cyclist near the Brushton Avenue and Thomas Boulevard intersection. EMS personnel evaluated the female victim, but she did not get taken to a hospital. Deputies from the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, who were assigned to patrol the event, apprehended Scipione after the second incident. Scipione has charges including resisting arrest, aggravated assault, reckless driving and recklessly endangering another person.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to officials, a male convenience store employee was stabbed in Downtown Pittsburgh while trying to stop a man from stealing merchandise on Friday afternoon. This occurred at a 7-Eleven on 600 Liberty Avenue and officers discovered that the unidentified employee got stabbed in the ribs. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, the employee was conscious, alert and speaking with officers and medics and the charges for the suspect are pending. The victim is in stable condition after getting taken to a hospital. The suspect was taken to the hospital he ran to the North Shore after being caught on cameras near PNC Park on a river trail. He will be taken to the Allegheny County Jail once he is cleared medically. At this time, the identity of the suspect has not yet been released.

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man was shot several times inside a house in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Sunday. The detectives of the Violent Crime Unit of the bureau of Pittsburgh Police are investigating the incident. According to police, officers from Zone 5 were called to the area of East Hills Drive just before 11 p.m. on Sunday and found a man that was shot in both his back and his upper left arm and the man was conscious, alert and speaking with officers and medics before he was taken to the hospital in critical condition. Police also confirm that both the witnesses in the area and the victim who got shot were not cooperative with the officers that were at the scene and that no arrests were made as of early this morning.

(File Photo of the Allegheny Health Network logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, AHN announced Friday that Dr. Anthony X. Baron, DO, has been appointed chief medical officer of AHN West Penn Hospital. He will be in this position at the hospital in Pittsburgh effective immediately. Dr. Baroni will help to uphold high patient care standards by driving clinical operations, services and programs. Dr. Baroni currently serves in several roles: as the co-medical director of the West Penn Hospital stroke program, the West Penn Hospital Hospitalist Program medical site director, the medical director of the West Penn Hospital Observation Unit, the associate program director for the combined Allegheny General Hospital and West Penn Hospital Hospitalist Program and as an Allegheny Health Network and West Penn Hospital Physician Advisor. 2001 was the first year that Dr. Baroni started to be an affiliate with Allegheny Health Network and he has been affiliated swith them since then. Dr. Baroni also works as an associate professor of Internal Medicine at Drexel University College of Medicine. This college has a clinical campus at Allegheny Health Network. He is also a teaching attending physician at Allegheny General Hospital and at West Penn Hospital. He got his undergraduate pharmacy degree from the Duquesne University School of Pharmacy and got his degree in osteopathic medicine from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. He is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine and finished his residency in internal medicine at West Penn Hospital.

(File Photo of Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release on Friday from Senator Elder Vogel Jr.’s office, Vogel’s stroke registry legislation is set to become law. The Pennsylvania Department of Health would administer a stroke registry statewide through Senate Bill 411. The bill will also include a confidentiality clause that will ensure that any registry data that is submitted would not include two types of individual information. They are information that is personally identifiable and confidential information. Senate Bill 411 now will go to the desk of Governor Josh Shapiro to get signed. After the bill is enacted, it would go into effect for sixty days.