(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hopewell Township, PA) AT&T has now activated the first of three new cell phone sites that are coming to Beaver County in the next few months. The new site off Brodhead Road in Hopewell Township was unveiled yesterday and it will boost 5G coverage for the Five Points area of that community. According to officials, the system will also help with public safety communications. AT&T also expects to open a site close to Heinz Field in Aliquippa by the end of the month and one in Bradys Run Park in Brighton Township early in 2026.  

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This photo shows the Facebook’s Messenger Kids application on an iPhone in New York, Feb. 16, 2018. U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app. The Federal Trade Commission says Facebook misrepresented the access it provided to app developers to private user data. As a result, the FTC on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 proposed sweeping changes to a 2020 privacy order with Facebook — now called Meta — that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg yesterday from the Senate Republican Communications Office, the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee advanced bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senators Devlin Robinson, Vince Hughes and Steve Santarsiero, to require public schools across the commonwealth to adopt policies prohibiting student cellphone use during the school day. The approval of Senate Bill 1014 was received unanimously, and this legislation aims to curb distractions in the classroom, improve performance in academics, and address the growing concerns about mental health and social development for youth.

(File Photo of the Duquesne University Athletics Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Duquesne University recently announced plans to build a $68 million health sciences facility on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh, which is expected to open in fall 2028 and will consolidate programs for the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences to enhance community access to clinical services and strengthen the role of Duquesne University in regional health care. The building will be 80,000 square feet and it will feature advanced simulation spaces, flexible classrooms, integrated technologies and street-level clinical entrances so the community can access them. 

(File Photo of a Dollar Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick recently introduced a 30% tax increase. It is projected that the current budget is short by $30 million and city council members say this is needed to keep Pittsburgh running. Warwick introduced the tax increase proposal, declaring that this was the only option left after months of budget hearings. December 22nd, 2025 is when the public will have its chance to weigh in on the budget of Pittsburgh, which is due at the end of the month. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man was killed in a shooting in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh which happened a little before 2 a.m. yesterday on the 2300 block of East Hills Drive. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, a man was found behind a building with a gunshot wound to the head. He died after being taken to the hospital and he was later identified as 56-year-old Mark Easley of the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh. No arrests have been announced as of early yesterday afternoon. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Greene Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release today that thirty-five-year-old Ashley Plum of Chester, West Virginia caused a single-vehicle crash in Greene Township on the morning of December 2nd, 2025. Plum was driving east on State Route 30 in Beaver County and lost control on that road because it was covered with ice at 8:35 a.m. Plum left the right side of that road and then hit a tree with the passenger side tire of her vehicle and she was not injured after this crash occurred. The passenger side tire of the vehicle of Plum sustained disabling damage from the crash.

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that an overnight lane restriction on northbound Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Emsworth Borough of Allegheny County will continue tonight and tomorrow night, weather permitting.  From 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on each of those nights, a single-lane and shoulder restriction will occur on northbound Route 65 between Walliston Avenue and Terrace Drive as crews from Insituform will conduct sanitary sewer work there

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) Police have now identified the man who was caught on camera burglarizing some items from Grace Lutheran Church in Rochester on Sunday afternoon. The man accused of this crime is fifty-five-year-old Arthur Jack of Rochester and he is accused of taking money from offerings at Grace Lutheran Church and rummaging through holiday donations intended to be given to The Salvation Army and Glade Run. A warrant has been issued for the arrest of Jack and anybody who sees him should call the Rochester Borough Police Department at 724-775-0880. His picture can be found below.