(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Pitt Race International)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wampum, PA) Big Beaver residents are pondering the future of the Pittsburgh Race International Complex after its owners, Jim and Kathy Stout, stepped away from owning that raceway after much thought. The facility in Wampum closed on November 9th, 2025. There is a possibility that the facility could be used for a data center project. The solicitor of Big Beaver Borough and other officials did not respond to requests for comment about the track or the local opposition to a data center. 

(File Photo of a Pittsburgh Police Car with Bystander walking in the Background and Businesses in the Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Three more Pittsburgh police officers have been suspended after a bar fight that happened last weekend in Pleasant Hills. City officials confirmed yesterday that the additional officers were placed on leave after more information about the incident came to light. According to sources, the officers, who were off duty at the time, are members of the violence prevention unit and were out celebrating an officer’s promotion. No criminal charges have been filed yet. The number rises to a total of four officers who have been placed on paid administrative leave pending an internal investigation as leave was originally placed on one officer for this incident. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Courtesy of CBS Pihladelphia, Caption for Photo: Customers flocked to Sheetz’s first store in southeastern Pennsylvania during its grand opening on Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Montgomery County, PA) Sheetz officially had its grand opening of its first store in Montgomery County yesterday to sell convenience store products there. The store based in Altoona opened this location at 8 a.m. in Limerick at 454 West Ridge Pike and had a ribbon-cutting ceremony. It was also right across the street from a Wawa store, a convenience store that is popular in Eastern Pennsylvania. 

(File Photo of a City of Aliquippa Police Department Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that forty-five-year-old Odell Mills was apprehended after an aggravated assault yesterday morning in Aliquippa from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. The Aliquippa Police Department went to the fifth floor of Towne Tower Apartments and found forty-two-year-old Nayquaysha Gilliam of Ambridge with multiple stab wounds. Gilliam was taken to Allegheny General Hospital from the scene and Mills was the suspect of the stabbing. Mills was taken into custody after being found in an apartment in Sheffield Towers. Investigators found out that Mills also physically assaulted forty-year-old Marissa Bonczek of Ambridge in that apartment. Mills also verbally threatened Bonczek and sixty-one-year-old Patrice Hill of Aliquippa as well as removing their phones and holding them in the apartment against their will. Mills is in the Beaver County Jail on charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment, simple assault and other related charges.

February 13th, 2026

School or Organization	Cancellation or Delay  ( If blank no cancellation or delay reported)
Adelphoi Education/Beaver (Rochester)
Aliquippa Area School District
Ambridge Area School District
Avonworth School District	2 Hour Delay Friday
Baden Academy Charter School
Beaver Area School District
Beaver County Courthouse
Beaver County Rehabilitation Center
Beaver Falls Crime Watch
Bethel Christian School (Raccoon Township)
Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Beaver County CTC
Beaver County Transit Authority
Beaver Valley Montessori School
Blackhawk Area School District
Blackhawk Meals on Wheels
Butler County Community College (All Locations, Including Cranberry Township)
CCBC
CCBC Aviation Sciences Center
Center at the Mall (Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca)
Central Valley School District
Chippewa Alliance Church
Cornell School District
Cranberry Community United Presbyterian Church (Cranberry Township)
Divine Grace Parish (Cranberry, All Locations)
Education Center at Watson (Sewickley)
Ellwood City Area School District
Ellwood City Area Public Library
Ellwood City Meals on Wheels
Evangel Heights Child Care (Beaver)
Families Matter Food Pantry
Footprints in the Sand Daycare (Aliquippa)
Freedom Area School District
H.A.P. Community Outings (Aliquippa)
Head Start of Beaver County – Aliquippa
Head Start of Beaver County -Ambridge
Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls
Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls 7th Ave.
Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls 6th Ave.
Head Start of Beaver County – Central
Head Start of Beaver County – Blackhawk
Head Start of Beaver County – CCBC
Head Start/ Early Head Start of Beaver County
Head Start of Beaver County – Rochester
Head Start of Beaver County – Southside
Head Start of Beaver County – New Brighton Middle School
Head Start of Beaver County – New Brighton High School
Head Start of Beaver County – Riverside
Heart Prints Center for Early Education (Cranberry Township)
Hope Academy- Conway
Hopewell School District
Kiddie Korner (Beaver)
Life Family Pre-School
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School
Mc Guire Memorial EOC
Mc Guire Memorial School
Midland Borough school District
Montour Area School District
Monaca Senior Center
Monaca VFD #1
Moon Area School District
Mother’s Morning Out/Noah’s Ark Preschool/Sewickley
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Pre-school (Moon Twp.)
New Brighton Area School District
New Horizons (Beaver)
North Catholic School District
Our Lady of Fatima/ Hopewell
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (Coraopolis)
PA Career Link (Beaver County)
Pawmazing Bakery (Beaver)
Penn State Beaver (Monaca)
Provident Charter School West (Baden)
Quaker Valley School District
Riverside Beaver County Area School District
Road to Emmaus Baptist Church (Beaver)
Rochester Area School District
Robert Morris University (Moon Township)
Seneca Valley Area School District
Sewickley Academy
Slippery Rock Area School District
Slippery Rock Program Center
Slippery Rock University
St. Andrews Day School (Moon Township)
St. James-Sewickley
St. Monica Catholic Academy
St. Monica Parish (Beaver Falls)
St. Killian’s Catholic School (Cranberry)
St. Peter & Paul School/Beaver
St. Stephens Lutheran Academy/Zelienople
South Side Area School District
Sto Rox
The Baden American Legion
The Lindsay Theater (Sewickley)
The Phoenix Center (Rochester)
The Prevention Network and Class Academy (Beaver County)
Vanport VFD
Western Beaver Area School District
West Allegheny School District
Zelienople Meals on Wheels

Beaver County Radio Reports

BEAVER FALLS — Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls officials hope to restore an auditorium that was sealed up and closed within their structure in the 1960s. They also aim to reclaim a third floor ballroom space.

They’ve planned fundraisers for these initiatives, including a Feb. 27 concert featuring local blues rock band Keyser Soze and the Harp Attack. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the performance begins at 7 p.m. Complimentary snacks and drinks will be available.
Tickets are on sale at cflbf.org for $25.

“This performance is part of a plan put in place by the Board of Trustees to restore
this historic building to its original purpose as a cultural community center,
including renovations to the event center space, reclamation of the auditorium that
was eliminated in the 1960s, and reclamation of the third floor ballroom space,” a library press release said.

“Additionally, the Board of Trustees is currently replacing outdated electrical
infrastructure throughout the building, replacing worn treads on the formal staircase,
and resealing the exterior windows of the building.”

This summer, a stained glass window will be removed for the first time since the library was built in 1903, and will undergo extensive repair and restoration before being reinstalled.

“The Board and staff of the Carnegie Free Library invite you to join us in watching this iconic structure become the crown jewel of Beaver County once again,” Deanna Jacobs, secretary of the library’s Board of Trustees, said. “The big plan here is to be able to have regional acts, community performances, you name it .  Bring the building back to life and offer experiences you typically wouldn’t expect in Beaver County.”

Jacobs was a studio guest Friday at 8:30 a.m. on Beaver County Radio, 95.7 and 99.3, plus 1230 and 1460 AM. Here is her interview:

(File Photo of Road Work Ahead)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that lane restrictions for drilling work on Route 837 in the City of Pittsburgh and on Route 68 in Industry Borough and Vanport Township will begin on Monday, February 16th, weather permitting. On weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through February, drilling work requiring single-lane alternating traffic with flaggers will occur weekdays on Route 837 (East Carson Street) between the Glenwood Bridge and Sarah Street and on Route 68 (Midland Beaver Road, State Avenue) between Barclay Hill Road and Interstate 376 as crews from ECS will conduct the work in these locations. Flaggers will also guide motorists through the zones of work.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the William Murphy Funeral Home, Inc. of Rochester)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) A former Beaver County Sheriff, Felix A. DeLuca, Jr. died on February 5th, 2026 in Daytona Beach, Florida at the age of 88. He retired from that position after serving there for ten years and was a Rochester Borough Police Officer for 30 years. He also graduated from Rochester High School, was the former owner of a TV repair shop in Rochester and worked at Crucible Steel before he began his career in law enforcement. His full obituary along with service information can be found by clicking here.

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release in Pittsburgh today from The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District, they will waive day-use fees at all district-operated recreation areas in observance of Presidents Day on February 16th. This waiver covers fees for both boat launch ramps and swimming beaches and it does not apply to camping, camping-related services or fees for specialized facilities (group picnic shelters) and events.