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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A major road was shut down in Allegheny County today. According to PennDOT, due to a truck crash, Golden Mile Highway (Route 286) was closed in both directions at the New Texas Road intersection in Plum. Drivers were told to consider different routes. One person was taken to a hospital from the scene of this crash, in which an Allegheny County 911 supervisor notes was first reported at 9:28 a.m. The cause of the crash is unknown at this time, but a dump truck was overturned.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Page’s, Posted on Facebook on March 4th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Page’s Dairy Mart, a dessert shop that is located on East Carson Street in the South Side of Pittsburgh, revealed its new ice cream truck yesterday to expand sales for its buisness. Even though the truck is not taking bookings for events yet, Page’s confirms that it will release an inquiry form on its website when that time comes. The Page’s shop in the South Side of Pittsburgh is scheduled to open on Monday for its 75th season.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Britney Spears arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood,” on July 22, 2019. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — Britney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Southern California and booked early Thursday, according to the Ventura County Sheriff’s office, which didn’t say what charge she faces.

Messages seeking comment were left with the sheriff’s office; the California Highway Patrol, which was identified as the arresting agency; and Spears’ representative.

Spears was arrested around 9:30 p.m. in Ventura County and released on Thursday, sheriff’s office records show. She has a May 4 court date scheduled.

Spears, 44, born in Mississippi and raised in Louisiana, was a teen pop phenomenon who became a defining superstar of the ’90s and 2000s. She rose to fame from Disney Channel’s “The Mickey Mouse Club” to MTV and beyond, with such era-defining hits like “… Baby One More Time,” “Oops! … I Did It Again” and “Toxic.”

Most of her albums have been certified platinum, according to the Recording Industry Association of America, with two diamond titles: 1999’s “ … Baby One More Time” and 2000’s “Oops! … I Did It Again.” Her last full-length album, “Glory,” was released in 2016.

Spears became a focus of tabloids in the early 2000s, and a source of public scrutiny, as she battled mental illness and paparazzi documented the details of her private life.

Later, as cultural opinion evolved to recognize the misogynistic media coverage of the time, Spears’ fight to control her life became the focus of the #FreeBritney movement. In 2008, Spears was placed under a court-ordered conservatorship, run primarily by her father and his lawyers, that would control her personal and financial decisions for well over a decade. It was dissolved in 2021. Two years later, she released a bestselling, tell-all memoir, “The Woman in Me.”

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced today that forty-six-year-old Bolaji Michael, a resident of Pittsburgh, was sentenced in federal court yesterday to two years of probation, including 90 days of home confinement, and was ordered to pay over $54,000 in restitution on her conviction of food stamp fraud. Michael pleaded guilty to one count of food stamp fraud on October 7th, 2025 and according to information presented to the Court, Michael owned and operated an African food market where she knowingly allowed individuals to exchange their Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamp, benefits for cash. Along with exchanging SNAP benefits for cash herself, Michael also authorized others at her store to make such exchanges, despite knowing that doing so was a violation of rules and regulations of the SNAP program. The monetary loss that was associated with the conduct of Michael for the charged timeframe totaled an amount of $54,996.05. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Common Good, a new healthy fast-casual restaurant opened in Downtown Pittsburgh at noon today. This restaurant is located in the Union Trust Building and it offers breakfast and lunch options six days a week, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Saturday. Owners Herky and Lisa Pollock and Ed and Amanda Smith developed the concept of this restaurant to provide fresh food without sacrificing speed for quality.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA-TV, CBS Pittsburgh, Posted on Facebook on March 4th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Greensburg, PA) A man from Hempfield is now facing animal cruelty charges after police said he brought an injured parakeet to a bar in Greensburg. It was the night of February 21st, 2026, when Greensburg police stated that the injured bird traveled in a man’s pocket to Callaghan’s Bar on South Main Street. In court documents, police said the man, 40-year-old Timothy Grace, “appeared extremely intoxicated,” struggled to keep his eyes open and slurred his speech. He also claimed the bird was his. The bird that he brought was a budgie, which is a type of parakeet. However, due to Grace’s state and the condition of the budgie, the officer reached out to PEARL Parrot Rescue in the Pittsburgh area, who helped bring the budgie to emergency care at Avets in Monroeville. Police stated that the parakeet was given antibiotics and a splint was put on its broken leg at the hospital and they also confirmed that Grace claimed the bird consumed marijuana and beer daily. Grace is charged with aggravated animal cruelty, transporting animals in a cruel manner and related offenses. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Tuesday that fifty-eight-year-old Kenneth Gibson of Gibsonia and sixty-three-year-old Bryan Nicklas of Evans City were both arrested on Tuesday afternoon in Marshall Township for their role in fraudulent inspections in Allegheny County. Anderson is the owner of Irvine Alignment, Inc. in Warrendale and Nicklas is a mechanic for that same company. Anderson completed 161 fraudulent inspections through his company for Keith Smith, who owns Oilology in Cranberry Township. Smith is currently facing charges of deceptive and fraudulent business practices from the Cranberry Township Police Department for not repairing vehicles despite charging his customers to repair vehicles. According to police, Irvine Alignment, Inc. passed a lot of these vehicles for inspection without actually inspecting them. Police confirm that Anderson is being charged with 161 counts of tampering with public records/information (M/2) or information for entering the fraudulent inspections in the government inspection records as well as 267 summary violations regarding inspection station violations. Police state that Nicklas is being charged with 60 counts of tampering with public records/information (M/2) along with 60 summary counts of failing to inspect 60 vehicles of which Smith brought to him.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Brighton, PA) Melissa Piotrowski, the owner of Head to Toes Salon, recently celebrated officially breaking ground on her brand-new location in New Brighton so construction can begin on the building. There was also a ribbon cutting and Piotrowski even popped some champagne to mark the occasion. Piotrowski developed a new space for state-of-the-art salon care to go with her new store.