(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Vanport Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported today that an incident of harassment occurred in Vanport Township yesterday.

Police responded to I-376 East at 10:42 a.m.

According to PSP Beaver, they were dispatched to an individual that needed assistance on the side of the road, and there were two victims/arrestees in this incident.

The first one was a twenty-two-year-old woman from Sewickley.

The second one was a twenty-seven-year-old woman from Aliquippa.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Raccoon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that twenty-one-year-old Gavin Black of Midland received multiple filed traffic citations after a hit-and-run crash occurred in Raccoon Township on August 23rd.

Black was driving in the area of 3898 Green Garden Road in Aliquippa at approximately 11:20 p.m. and exited the road, hitting the vehicle driven by forty-two-year-old Steven Dickinson of Aliquippa.

Dickinson’s vehicle was legally parked on the road and Black kept going on Green Garden Road before he stopped at the intersection of State Route 18 and Green Garden Road.

Black was transported to the hospital because of the possible injuries that he suffered in the crash.

Dickinson was not injured. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Ambridge Borough Police Department, Posted on Facebook on September 22nd, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge Borough, PA) The Ambridge Borough Police Department recognized the recent promotions of three police officers. 

According to a Facebook post on Tuesday from that department, Alfred Bialik was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant, Joshua Causer was promoted to the rank of Sergeant and Anthony Phan was promoted to the rank of Sergeant. 

They will continue to serve and protect their borough in their new positions.

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Sewickley Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported yesterday that no charges were filed after police responded to a crash in New Sewickley Township on September 17th.

The two drivers involved in this crash were driving on I-76 West on the Pennsylvania Turnpike.

According to police, forty-four-year-old Matthew Lents of Fredericksburg, Virginia alleges that a pipe/bar fell from the vehicle driven by sixty-two-year-old Gary Savage of Goffstown, New Hampshire and hit the windshield and roof of Lents’ vehicle.

Lents noted that this caused his vehicle’s windshield’s right side to shatter, which caused a minor injury to forty-eight-year-old Tiffany Lents of Fredericksburg, Virginia.

Lents tried to get the attention of Savage after the pipe/bar hit his vehicle, and when Savage did not respond, Lents notified authorities.

Savage kept going west on the turnpike in his vehicle. Police contacted Savage and he told them that it could not have come from his truck and that he does not ever have a pipe/bar object on his truck. 

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that weekend-long restrictions on southbound Interstate 79 in Robinson and Kennedy townships in Allegheny County will occur from tomorrow through Monday, September 28th, weather permitting. 

From 7 P.M. tomorrow continuously through 6 a.m. on Monday, southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between approximately one-half mile north of the Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton (Exit 60 A/B) and the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B) interchanges to accommodate patching operations. If the work is completed sooner, these restrictions could be lifted earlier. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via AP, File) (JEFFERSON COUNTY, PA-AP))

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) announced yesterday that 835 measles cases have been confirmed across 39 counties in Pennsylvania so far in 2026. The Pennsylvania Department of Health continues to lead the robust response in Pennsylvania to the ongoing outbreak of measles and is making the most up-to-date information on cases, deaths and hospitalizations available on their measles dashboard at pa.gov/measles (click here to learn more.)

According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, here are the key updates that they include and more information about measles and how to treat it: 

• New Positive Cases (since September 21, 2026): 43 

• Total Counties: 39 

• Total Cumulative Cases: 835 

• Total Hospitalizations: 164 

• Total Confirmed Measles-Associated Deaths: 4 

• Measles cases among vaccinated individuals: 4 (less than 1% of cases) 

Outreach and Response

• DOH is proactively working with residents, community organizations, and health care providers to combat the measles outbreak in the Commonwealth through access to fact-based information and access to the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine.
• State health officials have administered nearly 5,200 MMR vaccinations at 156 pop-up vaccination clinics in the affected communities since the outbreak began in late April. Dozens of additional vaccine clinics are scheduled for the upcoming weeks and months, based on community interest and need. Overall, state health center staff have administered more than 7,700 MMR vaccine doses to residents across the Commonwealth in 2026.
• Health care providers have also seen a surge of interest from residents seeking MMR vaccinations. In a typical month, Pennsylvania health care providers administer approximately 25,000 doses of the MMR vaccine. In August 2026, more than 49,000 MMR vaccines were administered across the Commonwealth and over the first three weeks of September 2026, more than 38,000 doses have been administered.

Getting Vaccinated

• The best protection against measles remains getting fully vaccinated. The MMR vaccine, administered over two doses, boosts a person’s immune system and provides 97% lifetime protection. People who have two documented doses of MMR do not need another. Adults who have only one dose, or who cannot find their vaccination records, should talk with a health care provider or pharmacist about getting vaccinated.
• Residents interested in getting vaccinated should contact their trusted health care provider.
• MMR vaccine is available across the state by contacting a health care provider, county or municipal health department, DOH State Health Center, Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs), or a Vaccines for Children (VFC) program.

Measles Symptoms and Transmission

• Measles is a highly contagious virus that can cause serious short- and long-term health problems including pneumonia and brain swelling, with nearly 20 percent of people who contract measles being hospitalized. Death from measles, though rare, occurs in one to three patients per 1,000 cases.
• Measles spreads when a person who is infected breathes, coughs, or sneezes. The virus remains infectious in the air and on surfaces for up to two hours after the person with the infection leaves the area.
• Symptoms begin with fever, cough, runny nose, and red, watery eyes (conjunctivitis), followed by a rash that starts on the head and spreads downward. Without proper protection or supportive care, measles can be deadly. Symptoms can start 7 to 21 days after exposure.
• People who believe they were exposed to measles, and are experiencing symptoms, should contact their health care provider or call DOH’s toll-free hotline at 877-PA-HEALTH (877-724-3258).