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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An outdoor naloxone vending machine has now been installed along Smithfield Street in Downtown Pittsburgh. The Allegheny County Health Department stated on Wednesday that the machine, which is located outside the Allegheny County Human Services Building, will assist in expanding around-the-clock access to naloxone, a free, life-saving medication. That health department also stated that this machine is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and it is one of several that have been installed throughout Allegheny County through grant money made available by the CDC. 

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Winter weather has been determined to be a factor in a crash that killed a teenage girl in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh last year. A seventeen-year-old girl who was a senior at Carrick High School was killed on December 19th, 2025 and she was hit by a vehicle that was sliding along Brownsville Road. The Vision Zero Fatal Crash Response Team will now be implementing a number of safety changes near the intersection of Brownsville Road and Woodford Avenue, and this includes curb extensions along West Woodford Avenue.  

(File Photo of a Dollar Sign)

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(Harrisburg, PA) A conversation which surrounded rising utility costs and data centers continued in Harrisburg this week with a special meeting that was focused on energy affordability and the possibly drastic impact of data centers. Pennsylvania consumer advocate Darryl Lawrence, who represents customers on utility matters, opened his comments with stating that “data centers must pay their own way.” Lawmakers heard testimony for nearly four hours as they tried to find solutions to the rising costs from data center expansions. 

(File Photo of the UPMC Logo)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Contract negotiations are now underway between UPMC Magee Women’s Hospital and its nurses for the first time ever. These negotiations between 900 nurses and advanced practitioners and UPMC were being settled both yesterday and Wednesday. The nurses are also launching an online survey where they are asking questions to the public to tell them about their personal experiences at hospitals and the contract proposals will be shaped by that information. 

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(Pittsburgh, PA) The Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh is bringing back “Tapescape,” one of its most popular exhibits for a fourth time when the new version of it opens tomorrow. This new edition of “Tapescape” will stay at the museum until May 10th, 2026 and it is a climbing art installation indoors that is made of packing tape. Its artist, Eric Lennartson, took 500 rolls, which totals 15 miles of packing tape to make it. 

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(Robinson Township, PA) A local school district is now taking action after a weapons-related incident occurred at an elementary school. Montour School District Superintendent Christopher Stone stated in a letter to guardians and parents that a student was found with a knife on Wednesday at Montour Elementary School. Stone confirmed that school administration immediately investigated, followed response protocol and secured the knife. There is no threat to the school community at this time and Stone also wrote in the same letter: “Appropriate disciplinary action is being taken in accordance with District Policy and state law.”  

(Photo Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety Department, Posted on Facebook on January 21st, 2026)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Public Safety confirms that a man brought a stolen harp worth $30,000 to Point State Park and left it on the riverbank before jumping into the icy water on Wednesday afternoon. According to a spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Safety, police contacted the harp’s manufacturer using a serial number. That was how they traced the expensive instrument back to its owner in Bethel Park. Police state that their investigation revealed that the man, whose identity has not been released, brought the full-sized harp, which is valued at about $30,000, to the riverbank before disrobing and jumping in. Pittsburgh Public Safety also expressed that first responders were able to bring the man to shore and he was taken to UPMC Mercy Hospital in stable condition after he was given medical care, and Bethel Park police are handling the burglary investigation of the harp while park rangers are pursuing charges of receiving stolen property. Police have found the owner of the harp and discovered that it was stolen from a home in Bethel Park. 

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(Sewickley, PA) A public official and a police department employee in Ohio Township are now accused of publicly engaging in a sexual act in front of children. According to police, the incident happened on the sidewalk outside Caliente Pizza on Beaver Street in Sewickley around 7 p.m. on December 28th, 2025. Investigators confirm that Robert Huffmyer, a sitting Ohio Township supervisor, and Jenna Ging, a clerk with the Ohio Township police department, are accused of engaging in a sexual act in plain view of the public and a father walking with his two children, ages 9 and 13, saw the alleged indecent act and called the police. Investigators also found Huffmyer and Ging down the street, allegedly engaged in the same act inside an SUV, which was parked outside the Sewickley Borough Police Department. Neither the township board nor the police department responded to requests for comment yesterday. Both Huffmyer and Ging are due in court early next month.  

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(Pittsburgh, PA) The Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Cancer Institute announced in Pittsburgh today the opening of a new treatment facility at the AHN North Fayette Health + Wellness Pavilion, which began seeing patients on Monday. This state-of-the-art AHN Cancer Institute at the AHN North Fayette Health + Wellness Pavilion, located on 200 Quinn Drive, Suite 250, replaces a cancer clinic that Allegheny Health Network has operated in Robinson on Steubenville Pike for many years.

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(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday recently announced in Harrisburg that a Washington County man pleaded guilty to rape and other sexual abuse of a 12-year-old child. Sixty-three-year-old Miguel Pedrosa pleaded guilty yesterday to rape of a child and numerous other felonies and he was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison in accordance with a plea agreement. The abuse occurred over a period of months and an incident was recorded back in January, which waswhen the child’s mother installed a video camera inside her home. Pedrosa was also a close acquaintance of the victim.  Pedrosa pleaded guilty to all felony charges, which were as follows: rape of a child, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse with a child, corruption of minors, aggravated indecent assault of a child, indecent assault, and endangering the welfare of a child.