(Big Beaver Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported via release today that twenty-year-old Asher Sawman of Youngstown, Ohio was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Big Beaver Borough early yesterday morning. At 2:15 a.m., Sawman was driving on I-76 West on the Pennsylvania Turnpike and side swiped another vehicle after he lost control on that road. There were no injuries after the crash occurred.
Jan. 30: Big Time Rush; Feb. 22: Dancing With The Stars Live; March 20: Brit Floyd; March 26: Toby MAC; April 4: B2K, Bow Wow; April 11: Bailey Zimmerman.
PALACE THEATRE
Jan. 31: Lee Brice; Feb. 21: Donnie Iris & The Cruisers; March 15: Steven Curtis Chapman; April 19: Kenny Wayne Shepherd; May 3: The Jaggerz, Chuck Blasko’s Vogues, The Skyliners, The Marcels and Pure Gold; July 23: Air Supply.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE
Jan. 9: Dead Milkmen (sold out); Jan. 29, Colt Ford; March 15: Jaggerz CD release party; April 22: Uli Jon Roth; May 4-5: Leonid & Friends; May 8: Crack The Sky; May 16: Everclear.
STAGE AE
Feb. 12: Dropkick Murphys; Feb. 19: Ole 60; March 22: Zara Larsson; April 8: Last Dinner Party; April 10: 49 Winchester; May 12: Ashnikko; June 10: Mt. Joy; July 10: Louis Tomlinson; July 23: O.A.R.; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise
PPG PAINTS ARENA
Feb. 27: Rascal Flatts; March 2: Journey; March 3: Three Days Grace; March 6: Cody Johnson; March 20: Bert Kreischer; May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; June 11: 5 Seconds of Summer; June 16: Megan Moroney; June 23: Alex Warren; July 11: Meghan Trainor; July 31: Nate Bargatze.
BENEDUM CENTER
Jan. 11: Taylor Tomlinson; March 3: Patti LuPone; March 7: Joe Bonamassa; April 10: Anne Wilson.
CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HOMESTEAD
Feb. 7: Serendipity: A Night of Film with John Cusack; March 7: Sheena Easton; April 9: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood; May 5: Melissa Etheridge; June 7: Napoleon Dynamite – A Conversation with Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, & Jon Gries.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
Feb. 22: Steel Wheels; March 9: California Guitar Trio; March 20: Low Cut Connie; April 24-25: Vanessa Carlton; April 29: Melissa Manchester; May 10: Willie Nile.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE
Jan. 12: Real Estate; Jan. 21: Lettuce; Jan. 31: Donna The Buffalo; Feb. 6-7: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong; March 20: Sebastian Bach; March 27: Hunter Hayes; March 28-29: Lotus; May 7: Pete Thorn.
UPMC EVENTS CENTER
March 10: Sabaton; May 11: Bilmuri; June 15: Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T’s.
ROXIAN THEATRE
Feb. 14: Chase Matthews; Feb. 15: Badflower; Feb. 17: Descendants and Frank Turner; Feb. 20: The Wallflowers; March 17: Gary Numan; April 4: Our Lady Peace and the Verve Pipe; April 7: Ally and AJ.
HEINZ HALL
April 11: Lake Street Dive with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra.
BYHAM THEATER
March 6: Kathleen Madigan; April 18: David Spade.
OAKS THEATER
March 29: Joanne Shaw Taylor.
ACRISURE STADIUM
June 5-6: Morgan Wallen
RIVERS CASINO
March 13: Skillet
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER
Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule.
TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER
May 28: Jo Dee Messina
PRESERVING UNDERGROUND
April 22: Rev. Horton Heat.
PAVILION AT STAR LAKE
June 10: MGK; June 26: Riley Green; July 3: Jack Johnson; July 17: Motley Crue; Aug. 1: “Weird” Al Yankovic; Aug. 8: Parker McCollum; Aug. 14: Goo Goo Dolls.
Motley Crue launches a summer tour at The Pavilion at Star Lake. (Photo: Ross Halfin)
(Rochester, PA) According to a release in Rochester yesterday from Senator Elder Vogel, Jr.’s office, Vogel announced yesterday that several municipalities in Beaver and Butler counties will benefit from nearly $430,000 in state funding from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation’s (PennDOT’s) Green Light-Go Program, which is dedicated to enhancing local traffic signals and improving community traffic flow as a competitive state grant program.Center Township is receiving $132,024 for upgrading signal equipment at Pleasant Driveand Autumn Street in Beaver County. Cranberry Township is receiving $94,800 for upgrading detection and controller equipment atmultiple intersections, as well as $83,350 for expansion of fiber-optic traffic signal communications, while Seven Fields Borough is receiving $117,520 for replacement of outdated sensors with radardetection, both in Butler County.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Larry Fitzgerald Jr. holds a ball on the field before an NFL football game between the New Orleans Saints and the Baltimore Ravens in New Orleans on Nov. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert/File)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Canton, OH) Former Pitt football and Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald is one of fifteen finalists to be considered for the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s 2026 Class. People from the museum in Canton, Ohio recently selected Fitzgerald as a finalist for this honor because he is second all-time in NFL history in catches with 1,432 and receiving yards with 17,492only behind Jerry Rice in those categories. Fitzgerald was drafted as the third overall pick in the first round in the 2004 NFL draft and he played all seventeen of his NFL seasons with the Cardinals. Fitzgerald joins Willie Anderson, Drew Brees, Jahri Evans, Frank Gore, Torry Holt, Luke Kuechly, Eli Manning, Terrell Suggs, Adam Vinatieri, Reggie Wayne, Kevin Williams, Jason Witten, Darren Woodson and Marshal Yanda as finalists for the 2026 Pro Football Hall of Fame class.
(Allegheny County, PA) Officials were on the scene last night after a fire broke out in Jefferson Hills. Allegheny County dispatchers confirmed to WTAE that crews were called to the 6600 block of Willem Drive for reports of a fire inside a structure. Both the cause of the fire and if anyone was inside the home at the time it occurred are unclear at this time. No injuries have been reported at this time.
(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Badge)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) announced yesterday a new agreement which allows students in their senior year at participating colleges and universities to earn their remaining credits toward an associate or bachelor’s degree by the successful completion of cadet basic training at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey. This new program awards academic credits much like a traditional internship completed during the final semester of a student, but instead of classroom time to earn their remaining credits, students will finish their training at the Pennsylvania State Police Academy to earn the remaining credits needed to graduate, which allows them to receive their degree and become a trooper at the same time. The program is not limited to majors of criminal justice and participating colleges may apply the credits toward any degree program that they choose. This initiative reflects the commitment that Governor Josh Shapiro has in investing in PSP and law enforcement fully across Pennsylvania.
The number of colleges and universities that have partnered with the PSP, which is growing in number, includes:
(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that sixty-two-year-old Xiong Zheng of Mahopac, New York had charges withdrawn by police after he caused a two-vehicle crash in Allegheny County on Saturday evening. At 5:52 p.m., Zheng was driving on I-376 East in Carnegie Borough and did not respond to stopped traffic ahead ofhim and the vehicle of sixty-six-year-old Mark Cipriani of McKees Rocks. Cipriani stopped because of the stopped trafficand Zheng hit his vehicle. There were no reported injuries.
(File Photo of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Aliquippa, PA) Police recently confirmed that an alleged assault of a man with mental disabilities happened at his apartment on Mill Street in Aliquippa on and around Christmas of this year. Police state that a neighbor who lives at the apartment called 911 on Sunday and told them an older man who lived there was assaulted by a woman identified by police as James-Lea Joann Glenn. The neighbor told police on Christmas that she saw Glenn press a lit cigarette into his face to extinguish it. Police also expressed that the victim told them Glenn punched the back of his head on Christmas, then the next day, said she hit him with what police said was a metal candle lid. Police have noted Glenn confessed to the assault. In addition to this incident,another man, Cody Perich, was taken to jail on drug charges. Glenn and Perich are both due in court on January 8th, 2026.
(Allegheny County, PA) The burger restaurant chain Shake Shack had a new location open at the Ross Park Mall yesterday. Attendees got mini Shake Shack tote bags during the ribbon-cutting and grand opening celebration and throughout that day, Shake Shack also donated a dollar throughout for every sandwich sold to the 412 Food Rescue, which is a nonprofit that rescues fresh surplus food and delivers it to people in need. Shake Shack replaced the Panera Bread at the mall which closed down.
(Ambridge, PA) According to a release in Ambridge yesterday from State Representative Rob Matzie’s office, Matzie announced yesterday that new funding of $132,024 will bring a smoother, safer commute to a busy Center Township intersection. This grant was secured under a reimbursement grant program known asthe Green Light-Go Program.Matziestatedthat the grant will support work to modernize the signal equipment at the intersection of Autumn Street and Pleasant Drive (Route 3017).
