Update: Person Found:Beaver Valley Regional Police Attempting to Locate Missing 30-year Old

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(Brighton Twp., Pa.) Just before 1pm on today, August 13, 2025, an alert was sent out via Beaver County Alerts that the Beaver Valley Regional Police Department was searching for a 30-year-old black male who is wearing a white USA t-shirt and blue jeans. the alert stated that he was last seen in the area of Hank’s Frozen Custard and Mexican Food. Police are saying if anyone sees him to please call 911.

We will update this story as information becomes available.

UPDATE: Police reported just before 1:30 PM that the person they are looking for has been found! No other information was available.

HAZMAT crews called to a Pittsburgh home after the body of a man who later died at the scene was found there; incident started as a welfare check for someone’s mental health issues

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Noah HAswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Crews from HAZMAT were called to a home in the Perry North part of Pittsburgh, yesterday afternoon after a dead body was found in the homeA house on the 3800 block of Perrysville Avenue was where this incident occurred. It was around 1:30 p.m yesterday when this incident happened. According to Pittsburgh police, the incident began as a welfare check for someone struggling with mental health issues. First responders discovered a man in his 40s that was unresponsive. That man was pronounced dead by medics at the scene. HAZMAT crews showed up because of a chemical mixture that crews appeared to see which was noxious in the building. The roadway of the house where this incident occurred was closed temporarily during the investigation of this incident. Evacuation of some other residents of other apartments nearby also happened as a precaution while the chemicals that were found were tested by HAZMAT crews. The cause of death is unknown at this time for the unidentified man that died from this incident and the Allegheny County Medical Examiner will release that information.

The Community College of Beaver County is one of fifteen recipients nationwide to join Year 7 of the Metallica Scholars Initiative and gets a $75,000 grant to support their Air Traffic Control program

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) According to a release from the Community College of Beaver County, CCBC in Monaca is one of fifteen nationwide recipients to recently join Year 7 of the prestigious Metallica Scholars Initiative. CCBC will use a supported grant of $75,000 because of this honor to give support to students for the 2025-2026 year that are in its Air Traffic Control (ATC) specialist program. CCBC will also use this grant to try to get new students to get education from their school and to make the ATC program grow, which will assist in addressing the shortage across the nation of air traffic controllers that are trained. Year 7 of The Metallica Scholars Initiative was announced by the All Within My Hands nonprofit from the rock band Metallica and their management, which goes through seventy-five colleges throughout the United States and Guam. The Metallica Scholars initiative will reach around 10,000 students with an approximate total of $3 million, which came in a recent announcement as their biggest grant to date.

Three hotels in Western Pennsylvania earn AAA Five Diamond Designations

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from AAA East Central, AAA has recently announced its newest Five Diamond list in 2025, comprised of three hotels in Western Pennsylvania. The Chateau and The Grand Lodge, both at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort of Farmington, Pennsylvania got on the AAA Five Diamond list for the first time in 2025Falling Rock at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort of Farmington, Pennsylvania makes it on the 2025 AAA Five Diamond list and has been on the AAA Five Diamond list every year since 2006. This list is one of less than 1% of the almost 60,000 establishments across the United States, Canada, Mexico and the Caribbean that have AAA Five Diamond Status.

U.S. Steel plant explosion prompts public health and safety concerns

(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Monday, Aug 11, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Clairton, PA) As Pennsylvania authorities investigate the deadly blast at U-S Steel’s Clairton Coke Works, environmental groups have renewed their concerns about the health and safety of plant workers and the community. The Mon Valley plant employs about 14-hundred workers and is the largest operation of its kind in North America, producing coke for steelmaking. Matthew Mehalik with the Breathe Project says his group’s cameras point directly at the plant and captured the explosion. But their sensor network didn’t detect high pollution levels, because he says the hot gas plume was carried northeast by the wind, dispersing before reaching the city. Mehalik emphasizes the need for continued monitoring and worker safety. Governor Josh Shapiro visited the area on Tuesday to offer condolences and praise emergency responders and government officials. He says U-S Steel is committed to finding the cause and ensuring safety. The company C-E-O has also pledged to cooperate with authorities.

Massive rescue effort led to pulling workers from debris of Pennsylvania steel plant explosion

(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Tuesday, Aug 12, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (Sean Stipp/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review via AP)

CLAIRTON, Pa. (AP) — Moments after an explosion erupted at a U.S. Steel plant outside Pittsburgh, company firefighters, local responders and employees raced in to rescue people from the smoldering wreckage.

They were able to free one injured worker who was whisked to a hospital. But one more was still missing, and the area was too unstable to continue working, according to Matthew Brown, chief of Allegheny County Emergency Services.

A Pittsburgh-based crew from Pennsylvania Urban Search & Rescue was called in to help, some of whose members were already responding through their affiliations with local fire departments, Brown said. The team stabilized a wall at the plant and used an advanced camera to detect the missing employee. They pulled away the rubble and were able to extract the body of the worker, who died.

Monday’s explosion, which was powerful enough to shake nearby homes, killed two workers and injured more than 10 others. Five people ranging in age from 27 to 74 remained hospitalized Tuesday including the rescued worker, who was in critical but stable condition, according to the Allegheny County Police Department. Three were at UPMC Mercy, the region’s only level-one trauma and burn center.

The massive plant along the Monongahela River in Clairton converts coal to coke, a key component in the steelmaking process. The facility is considered the largest coking operation in North America and is one of four major U.S. Steel plants in Pennsylvania.

To make coke, coal is baked in special ovens for hours at high temperatures to remove impurities that could otherwise weaken steel. The process creates what’s known as coke gas — a lethal mix of methane, carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide.

U.S. Steel’s chief manufacturing officer, Scott Buckiso, said workers were conducting routine operations at the time of the accident.

Two loud booms that followed the initial blast were initially thought to be subsequent explosions, but Buckiso said they were from the activation of two relief pressure valves — a safety mechanism that operated as expected.

The cause of the explosion remained under investigation, and Democratic Gov. Josh Shapiro told reporters Tuesday that workers deserve an “answer for what happened.”

“We owe them the answers to their questions, and we owe them to never forget the sacrifices that occurred here yesterday,” Shapiro said. Before arriving at a news conference, he met with family members of a worker who died.

Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato told reporters she had assurances from U.S. Steel that it would continue to cooperate fully with investigators.

“We all share a common goal. We want to get to the bottom of what happened, and we want to prevent it from happening ever again,” Innamorato said.

Remembering the dead

Shapiro also used the news conference to pay tribute to the workers who died. The county medical examiner’s office identified one as Timothy Quinn, 39. and the other was not identified, with his family requesting privacy.

Shapiro described Quinn as a devoted father of three known to his friends as “TQ.” He served as a mentor and leader to other workers and was known for cracking jokes. A second-generation steelworker, he followed in his father’s footsteps and was a “mama’s boy” who, after working long shifts, would take care of his mother and look after his children and his girlfriend’s two children.

“His life was cut too short because of what happened here at this plant,” Shapiro said. “We have a responsibly to remember his legacy, to make sure his memory lives on. … We will make sure his children know his dad was a special man, a good man and a man who helped build this community with his hands the way his father did.”

CEO David Burritt called it an “extraordinarily difficult day” for a U.S. Steel family that has “suffered heartbreaking losses.” According to the company, the plant has approximately 1,400 workers.

The company, he said, is working closely with local, state and federal authorities. He would not speculate about the cause of the explosion.

“We will share as much as we can, as soon as we can, and we will take every step necessary to keep our people safe,” Burritt said.

Deanna Forkey was working behind the counter at the nearby Hometown Burgers & Deli, which her family owns, when she heard the explosion and the restaurant door popped open.

“When I looked out, all you could see was black smoke,” Forkey said. “Explosions over there aren’t really uncommon. We hear them a lot. But that one obviously was much worse.”

She said many plant workers are regulars at the restaurant.

“You start to build a little bit of a relationship,” Forkey said. “So it kind of pulls a little harder at the heartstrings.”

Plant has seen explosions in the past

In September 2009, a maintenance worker was killed in a blast. And in July 2010, another explosion injured 14 employees and six contractors.

According to online OSHA records of workplace fatalities, the last death at the plant was in 2014, when a worker was burned and died after falling into a trench.

After the 2010 explosion, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration fined U.S. Steel and a subcontractor $175,000 for safety violations. U.S. Steel appealed its citations and fines, which were later reduced under a settlement agreement.

A problem with a battery in February led to a “buildup of combustible material” that ignited, causing an audible boom, officials said. Two plant workers received first aid but were not seriously injured.

Richard Lattanzi, who retired from another nearby U.S. Steel plant and is now mayor of Clairton, recalled that the company once sought to ensure that workers “go home the way they came in.”

“Apparently it’s not happening right now, so we’ve got to get better,” Lattanzi said. “We have to rally around this plant right now.”

Pittsburgh attorney John Gismondi represented the widow of the worker who was killed in the 2009 explosion and three men who were badly burned in the 2010 blast. In a phone interview Tuesday, Gismondi said his immediate thought the previous day was, “Oh my God, not again at Clairton.”

Both lawsuits were settled out of court for “significant” amounts, he said.

“There’s a lot of gas on the premises. That’s fine, it’s part and parcel of what they do,” he said. “But gas is a dangerous substance, and you need to make sure safety protocols are being followed.”

SWAT situation occurs in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood of Pittsburgh; male suspect in custody

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) On Monday night, a SWAT situation took place in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood of Pittsburgh which left the unidentified male suspect in custody. According to Pittsburgh Police, around 9:40 p.m. that night, police and SWAT were sent to the 2400 block of Chauncey Drive for a domestic altercation with a single shot fired into the air. A man was barricaded inside a home there and an unidentified woman who was the victim of this incident was able to leave that home safe. The male suspect surrendered to police yesterday about 12:40 a.m. early that morning. That man is now in custody and according to Pittsburgh Public Safety, he is wanted on outstanding warrants and will get more charges because of this incident.

Late-summer Concert Guide for Pittsburgh

From Jessica Simpson to Adam Sandler, and Marilyn Manson to Eric Church; famous musical and comedy acts will play late-summer dates in Western Pennsylvania.

With 40 nights remaining in summer, here’s the local concert guide to help you pick a hot show or two to see.

 

PAVILION AT STAR LAKE

Aug. 29: Dierks Bentley

Sept. 5: Hardy

Sept. 18: Falling in Reverse

Sept. 20: $uicide Boy$

Sept. 28: Twenty One Pilots; Oct. 1: Alice Cooper-Judas Priest.

STAGE AE

Aug. 19: Jessie Murph

Aug. 21: Chevelle and Asking Alexandria

Aug. 26: Gary Clark Jr.

Sept. 3: Men I Trust

Sept. 4: Ethel Cain

Sept. 5: Women Who Rock with Jessica Simpson

Sept. 7: Railroad Earth  & Yonder Mountain String Band

Sept. 8: PUP

Sept. 9: Alabama Shakes

Sept. 10: Vance Joy

Sept. 12: Pixies

Sept. 13: Bruce Dickinson

Sept. 22: Dylan Gossett; Sept. 23: Garbage; Sept. 26: Gavin Adcock; Sept. 27: Russell Dickerson; Sept. 29: Marina; Oct. 7: T-Pain; Oct. 11: G. Flip; Oct. 15: Violent Femmes; Nov. 24: Sevendust; Nov. 25: Waterparks.

JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE

Aug. 17: Stryper

Aug. 21: Dylan Marlowe

Aug. 22: ZZ Ward

Aug. 27: Sister Hazel

Aug. 28: Colt Ford

Sept. 5: Drake White

Sept. 7: Texas Headhunters

Sept. 10: Michael Schenker

Sept. 14: David Cook

Sept. 24: Lita Ford; Sept. 26: Tom Sandoval; Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies; Oct. 9: Hailey Whitters; Oct. 11: Donnie Iris; Oct. 21: Buckcherry; Oct. 23: Squirrel Nut Zippers; Oct. 26: Tab Benoit; Nov. 6: North Mississippi All-Stars; Nov. 12: Uli Jon Roth.

HEINZ HALL

Aug. 23: Louis C.K.

Oct. 28: Jon Batiste; Dec. 18: Trish Yearwood with the PSO.

PPG PAINTS ARENA

Aug. 19: Linkin Park

Sept. 12: Eric Church

Sept. 20: Adam Sandler

Oct. 4: Jo Koy; Oct. 15: Tate McRae; Oct. 18: Cody Johnson; Oct. 19: Mumford & Sons; Oct. 23-24: Sabrina Carpenter; Nov. 2: Bryan Adams; Nov. 5: A Day to Remember & Yellowcard; Nov. 7-8: Billy Strings; Nov. 11: Paul McCartney; Nov. 12: Jonas Brothers; Nov. 14: Maroon Five; Feb. 27: Rascal Flatts.

Linkin Park headlines PPG Paints Arena. Photo provided by Live Nation Pittsburgh.

HARTWOOD ACRES

Aug. 17: Smash Mouth

Aug. 31: Monty Alexander

 

PALACE THEATRE

Sept. 14: Vicki Lawrence & Mama

Oct. 1: Don Gatlin & the original Kenny Rogers Band; Oct. 3: Geoff Tate; Oct. 25: Bill Murray & The Blood Brothers; Nov. 2: Bachman Turner Overdrive; Nov. 18: Queensryche; Nov. 22: The Outlaws; Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs.

TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER

Aug. 15: Oliver Anthony

Aug. 23: Kansas

Sept. 6: Gabby Barrett.

 

ROXIAN THEATRE

Aug. 18: Silversun Pickups

Aug. 19: The Struts

Sept. 6: Jerry Cantrell

Sept. 11: Rilo Kelly

Sept. 18: GWAR

Sept. 20: Marilyn Manson

Sept. 30: Franz Ferdinand; Oct. 28: Andy Bell of Erasure; Nov. 1: From Ashes to New; Nov. 11: Minus The Bear; Nov. 26: The Beths; Dec. 6: Kip Moore.

CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH

Sept. 13: Charles Esten

Sept. 18: Anthony Rapp; Oct. 14: Garrison Keillor; Oct. 19: Lee Ritenour; Oct. 27: Joshua Radin.

MR. SMALLS THEATRE

Aug. 14: Los Lobos

Aug. 21: Asleep at The Wheel

Sept. 6: The Devil Makes Three

Sept. 20: The Baseball Project

Sept. 23: Soccer Mommy; Oct. 3: Feeble Little Horse; Oct. 11: Craig Finn; Oct. 25: The War & Treaty; Nov. 21: Blondshell; Dec. 2: The Lemonheads.

THUNDERBIRD MUSIC HALL

Aug. 19: John Moreland

Sept. 16: Superchunk

Sept. 17: James McMurtry

Oct. 23: Los Straitjackets; Nov. 6: Kathleen Edwards; Nov. 8: Keller Williams.

YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER

Aug. 17: Alice Cooper

Sept. 18: Lee Brice

Sept. 20: Cody Jinks

Sept. 26: John Mayer.

BENEDUM CENTER

Sept. 16: David Byrne

Sept. 18: Dream Theater

Sept. 24: Lucy Dacus; Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short; Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser; March 7: Joe Bonamassa.

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER

Sept. 15: Hans Zimmer

Sept. 16: Conan Gray

Oct. 3: Lorde; Oct. 9: Crowder; Oct. 23: John Mulaney; Nov. 1: Katt Williams; Nov. 6: Turnpike Troubadours.

CARNEGIE OF HOMESTEAD MUSIC HALL

Sept. 4: Kenny G.

Sept. 12: Tower of Power

Sept. 13: Molly Tuttle

Oct. 1: Toad The Wet Sprocket; Oct.6: Pat Metheny; Oct. 8: Gary Newman; Oct. 24: Neko Case; Nov. 22: Jimmy Failla; Dec. 6: Shaun Cassidy.

BYHAM THEATRE

Sept. 18: Nate Jackson

Oct. 14: Il Divo.

UPMC EVENTS CENTER

Oct. 3: Dylan Scott; Nov. 5: Chicago; Nov. 8: Seether & Daughtry; Nov. 19: All Time Low.

CARNEGIE MUSIC HALL OF OAKLAND

Oct. 7: Raphael Saadiq; Oct. 23: Patty Griffin and Rickie Lee Jones, Carnegie Music Hall of Oakland.

OTHERS

Aug. 15: Robert Jon & The Wreck, South Park Amphitheater;  Aug. 22: Aaron Lewis, Hollywood Casino at The Meadows; Sept. 10: Oaks Theater, Oakmont; Sept. 13-14: Four Chord Music Festival, EQT Park, Washington, Pa.; Sept. 28: Shonen Knife, Preserving Underground, New Kensington;