(File Photo of the PennDOT Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to authorities, a U.S. Postal Service letter carrier was robbed yesterday morning in the Beltzhoover neighborhood of Pittsburgh. A spokesperson for Pittsburgh Public Safety confirms that the mail carrier was robbed on the 500 block of Climax Street around 10 a.m. The postal employee told police that a driver stopped in front of her, made verbal threats toward her and demanded her postal satchel and key. The spokesperson also noted that the suspect fled from the area in an unknown direction. Anyone with information about this incident can contact the U.S. Postal Inspection Service at 877-876-2455. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) Crews were called to a fire that occurred at an apartment building in Moon Township on Tuesday. According to The Moon Township Volunteer Fire Department, crews responded to a multi-family building on Sanlin Drive at 1:37 p.m. for reports of smoke coming from a unit and a small fire was found inside after firefighters forced entry. It was quickly extinguished. The Allegheny County Fire Marshall’s Office was called to investigate this incident.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) At 1:40 p.m. yesterday, Aliquippa Firefighters were called because a structure fire occurred in a house on Franklin Avenue. The fire was in the kitchen. Mutual aid companies assisted in overhaul and crews worked for over an hour.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT has temporarily reduced the speed limit on several roadways in the region today due to the winter storm. PennDOT is encouraging motorists to avoid unnecessary travel, but for those who must head out, they will see speeds reduced to 45 mph on the following highways:

Allegheny County

·       Interstates 79, 376 (Parkways East and West), 279 (Parkway North), and 579

·       Route 28

Beaver County

• Interstate 376 (Beaver Valley Expressway)

Lawrence County

• Interstate 376
• Interstate 79

Commercial vehicles not affected by restrictions on these or other roadways must move to the right lane on roadways with speed restrictions. As the storm progresses, additional speed restrictions on interstates and expressways may be implemented.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg today from the Pennsylvania State Police, in line with the Shapiro Administration’s commitment to keeping Pennsylvanians safe, the PSP released traffic enforcement and crash statistics for the 2025 Christmas holiday travel period today. The PSP investigated 1,007 vehicle crashes between December 24th and 28th, 2025, and six of them resulted in fatalities. It was identified that impaired driving was a factor in 53 of those crashes. Troopers also arrested 207 individuals for driving under the influence during that five-day holiday weekend and issued 1,502 citations for speeding, 155 citations for failing to wear a seat belt and ten citations for not securing children in safety seats. According to that same release in Harrisburg today from the Pennsylvania State Police, the statistics from this enforcement can be found below:

Table 1: Christmas Weekend Crash Data

Year	Total Crashes	Fatal Crashes	People Killed	Injury-Related Crashes	DUI-Related Crashes	DUI-Related Fatal Crashes
2025 (5 days)	1,007	4	6	137	53	0
2024 (3 days)	598	0	1	92	27	0

 

Table 2: Christmas Weekend Enforcement Data

Year	DUI Arrests	Speeding Citations	Child Seat Citations	Seat Belt Citations	Other Citations
2025 (5 days)	207	1,502	10	155	4,202
2024 (3 days)	128	805	13	90	3,009

 

These statistics above cover only those incidents investigated by the PSP and they do not include incidents to which other law enforcement agencies responded.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Bethel Park, PA) Eighteen-year-old Elijah Brown of Penn Hills is facing numerous charges after police said gunshots were fired at South Hills Village Mall yesterday evening. According to the Bethel Park Police Department, officers were called to the mall around 4 p.m. for a report of a shooting outside the AMC movie theater near the mall. The criminal complaint states that a sixteen-year-old was arguing with a group of males inside a car. He then walked away and punched the side mirror of another car. The driver of that car began to tell the teen he had to pay for the damage to the car, and that is when police say the two got into a fight. Court documents have revealed Brown, who was the driver of the first car, fired two shots, hitting the AMC Theatre. The teen went back into the car, and they drove off going through Mt. Lebanon and Dormont attempting to escape police. Police also note that the car was stolen. The car crashed and four males ran off before police took three people into custody, including the teen and Brown. Brown’s charges include aggravated assault, reckless endangerment, receiving stolen property, discharging a firearm into an occupied structure, carrying a firearm without a license and more. Court paperwork states that a preliminary hearing date for Brown has not been set yet.

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Transportation Security Administration)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release in Washington D.C. today from the Transportation Security Administration, they revealed the 2026 TSA Canine Calendar today, which is a yearly tradition that honors the agency’s over 1,000 explosives detection canines that work at airports across the United States. One of the thirteen dogs it honors is Steeler, an almost three-year-old Labrador retriever who works at Pittsburgh International Airport, who was the winner of the 2025 Transportation Security Administration’s Cutest Canine Contest. Ninety-seven teams submitted nationwide selected thirteen heroic canines with each month featuring photos and fun facts about them. That same release from the TSA states that the dogs featured in the 2026 Canine Calendar are as follows:

• Alex: Denver International Airport (DEN)
• Bingo: San Jose Mineta International Airport (SJC)
• Chica: Indianapolis International Airport (IND)
• Csipi-Simjee: Orlando International Airport (MCO)
• Cypress: Patrick Leahy Burlington International Airport (BTV)
• Erika: Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL)
• Haver: John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
• Laki: Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
• Rony: Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE)
• Rosco: Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC)
• Rosh: Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
• Steeler: Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT)
• Xaro: Louis Lambert International Airport (STL)

The link to download this calendar is now available and it can be found below:

Click here to download the 2026 TSA Canine Calendar.

(Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Gerome Williams)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Homestead, PA) Detectives from the Allegheny County Police Homicide Unit are investigating an incident in which someone was shot multiple times in a parking lot at The Waterfront shopping center in Homestead. Allegheny County dispatchers received their first notification of this shooting just after 8:30 p.m. yesterday. A man later arrived at a local hospital with gunshot wounds to both his torso and extremities. Police stated that the man was last said to be in critical, but stable condition. It is unknown at this time if any arrests were made. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.