(File Photo of an Open for Business Sign)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Members of the Hill Community Development Corporation shared an update on the New Grenada Theater with WTAE on Friday. It is weeks away from reopening in the Hill District of Pittsburgh after its doors closed for several decades, which dates back to 1965. The space that is located along Centre Avenue will become a multi-purpose event center.
(Caption for Photo: Titans defensive end Sebastian Joseph-Day heads to the field before a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Sunday, Jan. 4, 2026, in Jacksonville, Fla. Credit for Photo: Courtesy of the Associated Press)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, the Pittsburgh Steelers signed former Tennessee Titans defensive end Sebastian Joseph-Day, who signed a two-year deal that is worth $11 million with $6 million in 2026. Joseph-Day appeared in all 17 games in each of the last two seasons for the Titans and he recorded six tackles for loss in 2025. Joseph-Day also won Super Bowl LVI (56) on February 13th, 2022 in Inglewood, California when he was a member of the Los Angeles Rams.
(Caption for Photo: Daniel Barrett, Eric Saindon, Richard Baneham, and Joe Letteri, winners of the Best Visual Effects award for Avatar: Fire and Ash pose with Sigourney Weaver in the press room during the 98th Oscars. Credit for Picture: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images.)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Los Angeles, CA) A Beaver County man won an Oscar® Award at the 2026 Oscars® last night. Joe Letteri won the Oscar® for Best Visual Effects for his work on the movie, Avatar: Fire and Ash. Letteri shared the award with Richard Baneham, Eric Saindon and Daniel Barrett when they won it at the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood in Los Angeles, California last night. This is the sixth Oscar® that Letteri has won.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) New details have emerged regarding a deadly hit-and-run crash that occurred in the Brighton Heights neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Wednesday. According to police on Saturday, the vehicle involved in the incident had been identified. Investigators also recently interviewed a person of interest. Emergency crews were called to the area of Davis Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue in the city’s Brighton Heights neighborhood on Wednesday after receiving reports of someone lying in the roadway who was injured. Police stated that fifty-eight-year-old Lawrence Soeder of West View was hit by a vehicle at the intersection of those two streets at 10:45 p.m. on Wednesday. He was taken to a hospital, which is where he later died. The driver reportedly fled the scene. No charges have been filed at this time. Police state that they are still considering the investigation into this incident active and ongoing.
(Caption for Photo: Pittsburgh head coach Jeff Capel reacts to a call during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game against NC State in the second round of the Atlantic Coast Conference tournament in Charlotte, N.C., Wednesday, March 11th, 2026, Photo Courtesy of the Associated Press)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Pitt men’s basketball coach Jeff Capel will return for his ninth season as the head coach of the Panthers next season despite no appearance in the 2026 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament and a 13-20 overall record this season. Pitt athletic director Allan Greene made the announcement on Friday in a letter that was sent out to Panther Nation after “evaluating every aspect” of the men’s basketball program. Capel is 127-127 in eight seasons as head coach at Pitt with just one NCAA tournament appearance to his credit in 2023. He earned honors as the ACC Coach of the Year that same season after leading the Panthers to a 21-10 regular season record while achieving a 14-6 record in ACC conference play. Capel is under contract through the 2029-2030 season after he signed an extension in 2024.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins center Tommy Novak (18) shoots the puck on net protected by Utah Mammoth goaltender Karel Vejmelka (70) during the first period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 14, 2026, in Salt Lake City. (AP Photo/Tyler Tate)
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Noel Acciari scored the go-ahead goal at the 8:03 mark of the third period to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins past the Utah Mammoth 4-3 on Saturday night.
Acciari won a battle for the puck with Nick Schmaltz and scored on a close-range snap shot to help the Penguins complete a rally from an early two-goal deficit.
Stuart Skinner had 26 saves for Pittsburgh. Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha and Thomas Novak also scored goals for the Penguins.
Dylan Guenther scored two unassisted goals in a 91-second span during the first period for Utah. Guenther, who leads the Mammoth with 33 goals, became only the second NHL player since the 2018-19 season to score two unassisted goals in less than two minutes.
Ian Cole completed the scoring for Utah. Karel Vejmelka made 19 stops for the Mammoth.
Guenther threaded the puck around Skinner’s skate at the 5:06 mark of the first to get Utah on the board. Then he tapped the puck over the line amid traffic, scoring on a power play at the 6:37 mark of the first to put the Mammoth up 2-0.
Pittsburgh erased the deficit late in the second period. Mantha scored the Penguins’ first power-play goal with 5:12 left in the second. Novak then equalized on a wrist shot with 2:34 remaining in the period.
The Penguins took their first lead at the 1:24 mark of the third when Rust snapped the puck home for a second power-play goal.
Utah equalized on Cole’s 30-foot wrist shot at the 4:17 mark of the third.
Penguins: at Colorado on Monday night.
Mammoth: at Dallas on Monday night.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(West Mifflin, PA) Several people were arrested yesterday in West Mifflin after a protest that day that honored a thirteen-year-old boy who was killed in a crash along Kennywood Boulevard on December 27th, 2025. This ended in a confrontation with police. According to West Mifflin Police, four people were arrested, including the boy’s father, after demonstrators blocked traffic along Route 837. Court records later showed that six people were charged. Police noted that pepper spray was used to disperse the crowd and one officer was injured.
(File Photo of the Beaver Valley Choral Society Logo)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) The Beaver Valley Choral Society will present its 2026 Lenten Concert Series called, “O God Beyond All Praising”. The concert program will feature the debut of local composer Trey Tillitson’s “Pie Jesu,” and it will close with the title composition, which is a treasured hymn arranged by Dan Forrest featuring the Principal Choir, Treble Youth Chorale and the BVCS Orchestra.
The Beaver Valley Choral Society 2026 Lenten Concert Series will be presented at the following locations:
The admission for this event is free, but donations are accepted.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Photo Courtesy of WPXI-TV Pittsburgh, Posted on Facebook on March 15th, 2026)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) The reverend in charge of the largest cathedral in the Episcopal Diocese of Pittsburgh has resigned after being arrested and accused of stealing over $1,000 worth of baseball trading cards. Rev. Aidan Smith, the head priest and administrator of the Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Downtown Pittsburgh, had been on administrative leave but resigned from his position over the weekend. Smith was arrested at the Walmart in Economy Borough on February 27th, 2026. According to police, his arrest followed a multi-day spree of stealing trading cards at the store. Smith faces charges of retail theft and receiving stolen property. He is free on a bail of $50,000 and he is due to face a preliminary hearing later this month.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Punk’s Ice Cream Shoppe, Posted on Facebook on March 16th, 2026)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Baden, PA) Punk’s Ice Cream Shoppe in Baden made an announcement on Facebook yesterday that they will be opening this season to sell their sweet treats. The ice cream shop located on Route 65 decided not to open in the spring of 2025 because its owners felt they could not operate their business after the loss of their mother. The Facebook announcement from Punk’s Ice Cream Shoppe also stated that more details on the opening are coming soon.