Janet Louise Yandell, 93, passed away at home on March 17th, 2025. She was born on September 22nd, 1931. She is survived by her three children. In accordance with Janet’s wishes, services are private. Arrangements are entrusted to Alvarez-Hahn Funeral Services and Cremation, LLC, 547 8th Street, Ambridge.
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(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)
(Harrisburg, PA) The Trump administration’s effort to eliminate the U.S. Department of Education is facing strong opposition from the Pennsylvania State Education Association, which calls it unacceptable. The mass firing of 13 hundred employees is seen as part of a broader plan to dismantle the department. Aaron Chapin with the Association says Pennsylvania educators and support staff are concerned about the effect the firings would have on public education. He says the potential loss of Pennsylvania’s one-point-six billion dollars in federal education funding would deeply impact the state’s most vulnerable students. Chapin adds that federal funding supports the jobs of nearly seven thousand Pennsylvania educators and support staff, and losing it would send class sizes soaring. He adds that it would also jeopardize special education services and hurt communities.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Monday, Sept. 16, 2019, file photo, a woman pumps gas at a convenience store in Pittsburgh. Industry analyst Trilby Lundberg of the Lundberg Survey said Sunday, March 15, 2020, that gas prices could continue to fall as demand shrinks amid the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are four cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at around $3.41 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s gas price report. The report states that at this time a year ago, the average price for gas in Western Pennsylvania was around $3.72. The report also notes that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is around $3.55. According to AAA East Central’s gas price report, here are the gas prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various Pennsylvania areas:
$3.231 Altoona
$3.546 Beaver
$3.565 Bradford
$3.172 Brookville
$3.389 Butler
$3.333 Clarion
$3.117 DuBois
$3.405 Erie
$3.433 Greensburg
$3.513 Indiana
$3.396 Jeannette
$3.547 Kittanning
$3.476 Latrobe
$3.465 Meadville
$3.440 Mercer
$3.192 New Castle
$3.333 New Kensington
$3.502 Oil City
$3.489 Pittsburgh
$3.232 Sharon
$3.555 Uniontown
$3.562 Warren
$3.464 Washington
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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)
(Aliquippa, PA) A woman that had an arrest warrant from the Beaver County Sheriff’s Department was jailed after both getting intoxicated and possessing drugs in Aliquippa. Fifty-three-year-old Makeba Lowe was spotted by an officer of the City of Aliquippa Police Department on Franklin Avenue on March 7th, 2025. Lowe refused her arrest and had drug paraphernalia. Lowe is in the Beaver County Jail with charges filed against her for public intoxication, resisting arrest and possession of drug paraphernalia.
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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)
(Aliquippa, PA) A woman was apprehended for possessing crack cocaine and using a fake identity on March 3rd, 2025. Aliquippa Police stopped Rebecca Welch near Highland Avenue and State Route 51 during operation of a traffic stop. Welch had a bench warrant that was active for her arrest from the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office and did not provide police her real name. Welch was taken to the Beaver County Jail and charges were filed against her for both drug possession and false ID.
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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)
(Aliquippa, PA) Aliquippa Police apprehended a man who had an arrest warrant on March 4th, 2025. The Beaver County Sheriff’s Department gave an active bench warrant to sixty-five-year-old Willie Pierce. Police saw Pierce at Towne Towers in Aliquippa during the day of his arrest. Pierce is now in the Beaver County Jail.
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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)
(Aliquippa, PA) A woman got a disorderly conduct charge after a fight between juveniles occurred in Aliquippa on March 4th, 2025. Thirty-five-year-old Marcy Brown is the mother of one of about seven to ten juveniles who both fought and caused a distrubance near Linmar Terrace and Waugaman Street. Brown was involved in a different disturbance. A fifteen-year-old female juvenile was also given a disorderly conduct charge for not following commands to break up the fight.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Darlington Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that an unidentified female driver caused a single-vehicle crash in Darlington Township on March 4th, 2025. Police were investigating a hit and run on Elizabeth Street that day at around 4:30 p.m. The woman hit the vehicle into the rocks of her yard near the road during the crash. No leads of investigation were identified.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Military personnel search for Sudiksha Konanki, a university student from the U.S. who disappeared on a beach in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, Monday, March. 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francesco Spotorno)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) The parents of missing University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki are asking that their daughter would be announced deceased after she disappeared in the Dominican Republic. It has been since March 6th since she was last seen in Punta Cana. The passport of Joshua Riibe, who was the last person to allegedly see Konanki was confiscated. The attorney of Riibe requested release for him on Monday and according to an official, a judge is expected to issue a ruling today.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is encouraging people to donate on March 26th on Red Cross Giving Day. You can give financially or give either platelets or blood to those that need them. During March, those that give $140 or more can receive a pair of socks or a red cross Monopack. You will also receive a $10 Amazon gift card in your email if you give plasma, platelets or blood during March. You can visit redcross.org for more information or to donate. You can also visit RedCrossBlood.org to make an appointment.