(File Photo of the Allegheny Health Network Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Natrona Heights, PA) The Allegheny Helath Network (AHN) Cancer Institute will host its cancer screening clinic that is held monthly on February 7th, 2026 at AHN Cancer Institute, Allegheny Valley in Natrona Heights, Pennsylvania. This vital clinic will provide accessible cancer screenings for both AHN and non-AHN patients. Patients with or without insurance are strongly encouraged to attend and those that are interested in attending must make an appointment by calling 412-359-6665. According to a release in Natrona Heights today from Allegheny Health Network, the available screenings include:

• Breast cancer (ages 40-74)
• Cervical cancer (ages 21-65)
• Colorectal cancer (ages 45-75)
• Head and neck cancers (ages 18+)
• Lung cancer (ages 50-80 with a history of cigarette smoking)
• Prostate cancer (ages 45-75)
• Skin cancer (ages 18+)

(Photo Courtesy of Cranberry Artists Network, Posted on Facebook on January 13th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) Artist Noele Dattilo Reynolds is having a solo photography show, which will be at the Cranberry Township Municipal Center in the Cranberry Artists Network Art Gallery and it will run through until the end of January during Cranberry Township building hours. Reynolds is the president of Cranberry Artists Network and is a founding member of that group and her show is focused on her photos that are black and white and her fascination with it after her recent trip to Italy.

(Photo Courtesy of WPXI/WPXI)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A lawsuit from an animal rights group against the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium is now moving forward. The Nonhuman Rights Project (NhRP) submitted a habeas corpus petition in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas for the release of five female African elephants in October of 2025. NhRP alleges harm to the elephant by zoo practices, including restraint, early separation of mothers and calves and disruption of bonded groups. Common Pleas Judge Mary C. McGinley issued a habeas corpus order on the elephants’ behalf yesterday. The Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium has claimed that with accreditation from the Association of Zoos and Aquariums, its elephants are thriving under the highest standards of care.  McGinley also set a hearing for January 28th, 2026 on the motion of the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium to dismiss the petition from the NhRP, and if the motion is denied, the zoo would need to justify the confinement of the elephants at a full hearing on March 2nd, 2026. According to the NhRP, this is the first habeas corpus order for “nonhuman animals” in Pennsylvania history, and the third in U.S. history.

(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on the morning of Saturday, January 17th, weather permitting, cable barrier repair work requiring a single-lane restriction on northbound Interstate 79 in Robinson and Kennedy townships, Allegheny County will occur. From 6 A.M. to 11 A.M. on Saturday morning, a single-lane restriction will occur on northbound I-79 approximately one-half mile north of the Route 60 Crafton/Moon Run (Exit 60) interchange to allow crews to repair cable barrier there.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh City Council is now looking to address concerns about short-term rentals. The idea is to prevent neighborhoods in the city from being overrun by short-term rentals and to make sure they are operating safely and not being a nuisance to city residents. The proposed bills were introduced by Councilperson Deb Gross yesterday, which she also introduced last year. The proposed bills would require a license to run a short-term rental, put limits on what they can be used for, and limit how many people can be in a building. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man is dead and a woman was taken to the hospital after a fire broke out inside of a home in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood of Pittsburgh this morning. It was reported on the 6600 block of Apple Street a little before 2:30 a.m. Responding firefighters found the man in a second-floor bedroom and took him out of a window and down a ladder. He later died at the scene. A woman, who was described as the man’s wife by a battalion chief, was taken to the hospital. Fire investigators are now working to determine the cause of this fire. 

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Perry County, PA) An 11-year-old boy in Perry County, Pennsylvania, has been charged with homicide in a fatal shooting yesterday. According to a report from CBS affiliate WHP, the 11-year-old boy was charged after allegedly shooting and killing 42-year-old Douglas Dietz at a home on South Market Street in Duncannon Borough. The man was reportedly found dead around 3 a.m. WHP reported that the boy was taken into custody without incident, citing the Perry County District Attorney’s Office. He was also arraigned yesterday and according to court records, the boy is facing one count of criminal homicide. His bail was denied, and he was taken to the Perry County Prison. This shooting is still under investigation. 

(Photo Courtesy of KDKA-TV, CBS Pittsburgh, Posted on Facebook on January 13th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A handful of Value City Furniture stores in the Pittsburgh-area are now going out of business after their parent company filed for bankruptcy. Value City Furniture’s Monroeville, Cranberry, Robinson Township, and Pleasant Hills locations will be closing in Western Pennsylvania. The company stated that the decision to go out of business came late last year when parent company American Signature Inc. began a court-supervised process to facilitate a sale and wind down operations and they will no longer be accepting gift cards at any closing locations. Anyone that has information about a recent order at the closing Value City Furniture stores is asked to call 888-751-8552.