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New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department receives just over $912,000 in project budget funding for new fire engine

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the City of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, Posted on Facebook on September 24th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Brighton, PA) According to a Facebook post from The New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department today, that department has secured $869,416.95 in federal funding through the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Fiscal Year 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.

The total approved project budget reaches $912,887.80 because it is combined with a local cost-share contribution of $43,470.85.

This grant award enables the purchase of a new fire engine to replace an aging apparatus that is currently in service.

This federal investment will directly support local emergency personnel by the upgrades of essential equipment and enhancements of overall public safety and fire response capabilities throughout the area of New Brighton and the municipalities that surround it. 

New Brighton Borough and Fire Department officials also thanked Congressman Chris Deluzio and his staff for their ongoing advocacy and support in securing federal funding that is for the first responders of Western Pennsylvania.

Robert Morris vs. Duquesne, Pitt vs. West Virginia highlights 2026 Hope Gas Backyard Basketball Classic in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PPG Paints Arena will host the Hope Gas Backyard Basketball Classic on Wednesday, December 9th.

This is a college basketball doubleheader, which will feature Pitt vs West Virginia, and Robert Morris vs. Duquesne University.

The presale of this event is already underway and it ends tonight at 9:59 P.M.

You can purchase tickets for this event by clicking here. 

Lawyer: Ex-NFL star Antonio Brown to avoid prison with reduced charge in attempted murder case

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown walks after being released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Nov. 13, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

(MIAMI, FL-AP) Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal that will have him avoid prison time on a reduced charge in an attempted murder case in Miami. His lawyer said Wednesday the agreement with prosecutors was too good to turn down.

Brown is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30 to make the deal final. Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh said Brown will plead no contest to aggravated assault. He will be sentenced to probation, and adjudication will be withheld, meaning Brown will not be considered a convicted felon, the attorney said. Brown could have faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the original attempted murder charge.

Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May 16, 2025, and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier, according to an arrest warrant. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck.

Two women involved in harassment incident in Vanport Township

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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. 

Midland man cited after hit-and-run crash in Raccoon Township

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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. 

2026 Pirates break all-time franchise strikeout record

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes delivers against the Los Angeles Angels during the first inning of a baseball game in Pittsburgh, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The 2026 Pittsburgh Pirates broke an all-time single-season franchise record for strikeouts in their game against the St. Louis Cardinals at PNC Park yesterday.

Pirates pitcher Lake Bachar’s strikeout of Cardinals first baseman Alec Burleson in the first inning of that game broke the record and put their strikeout total at that time to 1,444.

The Pirates have 1,453 strikeouts with 4 games to go before the end of their 2026 regular season. 

Three Ambridge Borough police officers promoted

(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.

Crash occurs in New Sewickley Township involving pipe/bar; no charges filed

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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. 

Southbound Interstate 79 Weekend-long Restrictions Begin Friday Night in Allegheny County

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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. 

Matthew Liberatore pitches Cardinals to 5-1 victory that halts Pirates’ 5-game winning streak

(File Photo: Source for Photo: St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Matthew Liberatore delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Matthew Liberatore ended an 11-start winless stretch and Alec Burleson got his major league-best 112th RBI as the St. Louis Cardinals defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 5-1 on Wednesday night.

Liberatore (6-14) gave up one run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings with six strikeouts and no walks. His previous win came on July 11 against Atlanta in the left-hander’s last start before the All-Star break. Liberatore had lost eight straight decisions.

Burleson singled in the first run in a three-run third that put the Cardinals ahead 3-1. Iván Herrera scored on a wild pitch and Leo Bernal hit an RBI single.

Masyn Winn doubled home a run and scored on JJ Wetherholt’s single in the fourth to stretch the lead to 5-1. Wetherholt had three hits and José Fermín added two.

The Pirates’ five-game winning streak ended. It matched their longest of the season.

Brandon Lowe accounted for the Pirates’ lone run when he led off the second inning with his team-leading 34th homer, his first of two hits. Ryan O’Hearn had two doubles.

Brandon Eisert (3-3) retired just two of the five betters he faced and was charged with three runs in relief of opener Lake Bachar.

St. Louis (77-81) must win its final four games to avoid its first consecutive losing seasons since 1958 and ’59. Pittsburgh (80-78) needs to at least split its last four games to finish with a winning record for the first time since 2018.

Up next

The rubber match of the three game-series is Thursday, with St. Louis RHP Kyle Leahy (10-5, 3.65 ERA) facing 2025 NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes (10-11, 3.91).