(File Photo: Source Photo: FILE – In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, a W-4 form is viewed in New York. The IRS will delay the traditional April 15 tax filing due date until May 17, 2021, to cope with added duties and provide Americans more flexibility. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue, the deadline for 2024 tax returns is on April 15th, and the department is extending its customer service hours for taxpayers. The extension began on Tuesday and will continue today through Friday by calling 717-787-8201 from 8 A.M. to 7 P.M. You can also call the same number on Saturday, April 12th from 10 A.M. to 3 P.M. and from 8 A.M. to 7 P.M. on both Monday, April 14th and Tuesday, April 15th.

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(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman from Aliquippa was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in Aliquippa on March 22nd, 2025. Police found an unidentified twenty-six-year-old woman after she committed a vehicle violation. According to police, thatwoman was driving under the influence of a controlled substance near Main Street and Maratta Road. Police also confirm that the charges against this woman are pending.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Ambridge was arrested for driving under the influence in Beaver County on March 29th, 2025. According to police, an unidentified sixty-one-year-old man was driving under the influence of an alcoholic substance on a block of Constitution Boulevard. Police also confirm that the charges against this man are pending.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) The Center Theatre Players will present the Broadway musical “Bright Star” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday through Saturday at the Sandy Reigel Theater in Rochester. The cast features mostly Beaver County natives and features the story of a Southern woman who tries to discover her past after she meets a soldier. Tickets are $20, and the link for the website to buy tickets can be found below:

Click here for the link to buy tickets: Tickets for Bright Star in Rochester from ShowClix

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) On Saturday, April 12th, the R-ACT Theatre Productions at the Segriff Stage in Rochester will have both an open house and a volunteer fair that are free for the public. The doors will open at 2:30 p.m. There will be two separate sessions, one at 3-4 p.m. and one at 4-5 p.m. The event includes a presentation about the company with both a tour and refreshments following. For more information and to register for the event online, you can check out ractproductions.com.

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Pittsburgh, PA –PennDOT District 11 is announcing drilling operations on 24^th Street (Route 588) in the City of Beaver Falls, Beaver County will begin Wednesday, April 9 weather permitting.

Lane restrictions will occur in on 24^th Street between Church Street and 25^th Street weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. through mid-April. Crews from ECS Mid-Atlantic, LLC will conduct drilling operations.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.

Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

Find PennDOT news on X, Facebook and Instagram.

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) According to the Beaver County Commissioners, the halfway point has been reached for the Connect Beaver County broadband program. Since the program started to take place in September of 2023, Verizon put more than 256 miles of fiber-optic cable and over 900 houses received broadband service. According to officials, service was given to addresses from Aliquippa, Fombell and Hookstown, as well as ZIP codes in New Brighton.

 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A customer holds a credit card at the pay-at-the-pump gasoline pump in Rolling Meadow, Ill., Thursday, June 30, 2022. The U.S. economy shrank from April through June for a second straight quarter, contracting at a 0.9% annual pace and raising fears that the nation may be approaching a recession. The decline that the Commerce Department reported Thursday, July 28, in the gross domestic product — the broadest gauge of the economy — followed a 1.6% annual drop from January through March. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are seventeen cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.63 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s gas price report. The report states that at this time last year, the average price for gas in Western Pennsylvania was about $3.84. The report also notes that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $3.64. According to AAA East Central’s gas price report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various Pennsylvania areas:

$3.643      Altoona
$3.638      Beaver
$3.605      Bradford
$3.558      Brookville
$3.669      Butler
$3.478      Clarion
$3.565      DuBois
$3.568      Erie
$3.657      Greensburg
$3.675      Indiana
$3.685      Jeannette
$3.595      Kittanning
$3.672      Latrobe
$3.684      Meadville
$3.699      Mercer
$3.591      New Castle
$3.616      New Kensington
$3.699      Oil City
$3.635      Pittsburgh
$3.543      Sharon
$3.658      Uniontown
$3.699      Warren
$3.683      Washington

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This is a portion of US Steel’s Edgar Thomson Works in Braddock, Pa., on Sunday, Apr., 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) A new review was ordered by President Donald Trump on Monday from Nippon Steel of Japan and their bid to purchase U.S. Steel. The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States will go over the deal again after an order from Trump. According to the memorandum, Trump wants a forty-five-day period for a recommendation from the CFIUS. The president discussed blocking the deal, however; if the deal is done, U.S. Steel could possibly move out of Pittsburgh.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to an announcement from acting U.S. Attorney Troy Revetti, a Guatemala resident pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal re-entry of a removed alien. Forty-six-year-old Anastacio Hernandez-Us was sentenced on Friday for being in the United Sates illegally. Hernandez-Us was caught by immigration officials in Louisiana and was removed on September 23rd, 2010. According to Revetti, Hernandez-Us has been in custody since his February arrest and will remain detained pendinghis deportation from the United States.