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 Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland, PA) The Midland Innovation and Technology Charter School made an announcement on its website on Wednesday that its closure will be discussed by its board of trustees at that school on Tuesday, August 5th at 6 p.m. did not give out any information yet about why they are closing. However, Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School will be holding some events for former students of the Midland Innovation and Technology Charter School. One is a special seminar for admissions at 5:30 p.m. on Monday, August 4th on Zoom and another is an exclusive tour of Lincoln Park on Monday, August 11th at 5 p.m., which will be conducted by Lincoln Park staff. Families and students of the Midland Innovation and Technology Charter School need to go to lppacs.org and finish the Admissions Inquiry form. A link for those interested in the seminar will be sent to the Zoom meeting on Monday, August 4th. For more information, contact 724 643-9004, extension 3000 or email admissions@lppacs.org. You can also use that email to RSVP for the exclusive tour of Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School on Monday, August 11th. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Twenty-seven-year-old Robert Howard got accused of stealing a truck of a male delivery driver, then dragging him around 100 yards on the South Side of Pittsburgh recently. The charges for Howard include fleeing from police, robbery, theft by unlawful taking, aggravated assault and more. The victim let police know that he was making a delivery to a house on South 21st Street and Howard was seen in his truck when he came out of that house. According to the criminal complaint, the victim said Howard hit the gas as he grabbed one of the door handles and was dragged roughly 100 yards. Howard is in the Allegheny County Jail and was not able to post bond after he was arrested at gunpoint in the South Side Slopea on Saint Thomas Street. Police used surveillance cameras to track the truck that Howard was driving before he was apprehended.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Sept. 16, 2017, file photo, a person uses a smart phone in Chicago. Nearly all Americans agree that the rampant spread of misinformation is a problem. Most also think individual users, along with social media companies, bear a good deal of blame for the situation. That’s according to a new poll from The Pearson Institute and the Associated Press—NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. (AP Photo/File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) Lawmakers in Pennsylvania are considering banning cellphones in schools, but one school district has something in place to help with the overwhelming phone usage by students. Laurel School District lets students either use a caddy for their phones or put it in a slot. State Senator Devlin Robinson says that the cellphone ban in classrooms would bring focus back to students and studies confirm that the change improves mental health. However, Laurel students in 9th through 12th grades can use their cellphones at lunch time. If this legislation is to pass, Pennsylvania would also be among almost thirty other states that have already banned cellphones in schools. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Homewood, PA) Pittsburgh Police are holding an ongoing investigation into a shooting that occurred in Homewood early this morning. According to police, officers were called to the area of North Murtland Street just before 2:15 a.m. on Friday after receiving shooting reports where a man outside a home there was found shot in the back. Police confirm that the shooting occurred inside that house. A suspect of this shooting escaped before police arrived and police note that the male victim got taken to the hospital and was listed last in stable condition.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A shooting occurred in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh which injured a girl on Thursday night. According to police, officers were called to the 100 block of Watson Boulevard at 9:45 p.m.for reports of shots fired that night.A girl was found by police with graze wounds in her legs and police confirm that she got taken to the hospital in stable condition. A woman was detained by police for questioning before they conducted a sweep of her house. Brittany Smith is the woman who has been identified, according to court paperwork. Smith faces charges for allegedly firing shots into a group of people outside the home.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Health, that department is coordinating the statewide distribution of free potassium iodide tablets on Thursday, August 14. These tablets are for people in Pennsylvania who study, work or live within ten miles of the four nuclear power plants in the state that are active. This event to prepare for an emergency and a radiological release from a nuclear power plant is the only time you can use these potassium iodide tablets. The sites that these tablets will be distributed at on August 14th can be found below:

Beaver Valley Power Station

• Beaver Valley Mall – Center at the Mall

Unit #284

570 Beaver Valley Mall Blvd.

Monaca, PA 15061

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

 

Limerick Generating Station

• Keystone Fire Company

240 N. Walnut St.

Boyertown, PA 19512

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

 

• Kimberton Fire Company

2276 Kimberton Rd.

Phoenixville, PA 19460

Times: 12:30 PM—6:30 PM

 

• Limerick Fire Company

390 W Ridge Pike

Limerick, PA 19468

Times: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM

 

• Pottstown Health Center

364 King Street

Pottstown, PA 19464

Times: 9:00 AM—3:00 PM

 

Peach Bottom Atomic Power Station

• East Drumore Township Municipal Building

925 Robert Fulton Hwy.

Quarryville, PA 17566

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

 

• Peach Bottom Recreation Center

5 Pendyrus Street

Delta, PA 17314

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

 

Susquehanna Steam Electric Station

• Berwick City Hall

1800 N. Market St.

Berwick, PA 18603

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

 

• Butler Township Community Center − Gym

411 West Butler Drive

Drums, PA 18222

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

 

• Luzerne County Community College − Public Safety Training Institute

1211 Public Safety Drive

Nanticoke, PA 18634

Times: 2:00 PM—7:00 PM

You can also visit this website link below for more information about these potassium iodide tablets:

Click here for the link to learn about potassium iodide tablets: Disasters | Department of Health | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published August 1, 2025 1:11 A.M.

(Ambridge, Pa) A group of demonstrators gathered outside of the Ambridge Police Department Thursday in response to ICE activity taking place in Ambridge.

Beaver County Radio spoke to leading activist Jaime Martinez at the scene, who is the Community Defense Organizer of the group Casa San Jose.

Martinez described the events as ‘ICE terrorizing the community with help from the local police department and Sheriff.’

Martinez says they witnessed a “young family split up in an suv” and an individual taken into custody in the parking lot of Monroy, a latino supermarket. He also claimed that a police officer was caught on video raising his hand and saluting when being called a Nazi and that officers were grinning making arrests as others were grieving on the other side of street.

Martinez went on to say “People are trying to figure out what they can do to make sure this never happens again”.

Two demonstrators were said to have been arrested and taken to the Beaver County Jail for allegedly standing in place and waving signs outside the police station.

The activist group, Casa San Jose, was initially founded in Baden around 10 years ago at the Sisters of St. Joseph.

Those demonstrating were primarily from Beaver County and Allegheny County.

We currently do not have word on how many total arrests were made.

UPDATE 8/1/25 5:04 P.M. Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible issued a statement Friday afternoon stating that the activity in Ambridge was a “saturation operation”. He says the operation involved numerous local and county law enforcement departments to make arrests of those with outstanding warrants and police any criminal activity.

Bible stated that while ICE was present and did take individuals into custody, the incident in Ambridge was “not in any way an ICE raid.”

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, that department announced on Wednesday the members to serve on the Alzheimer’s, Dementia and Related Disorders Advisory Committee. The twenty-eight members of this committee were appointed by Governor Josh Shapiro. This committee will support an ADRD Office within the Pennsylvania Department of Aging. This is also the first-time ever that this type of office will work through the Pennsylvania Department of Aging which is among the Aging Our Way, PA tactics. Aging Our Way, PA is a strategic plan of ten years which got designed to meet needs of Pennsylvanians that are older and make services better for their population that is growing rapidly. According to that same release from the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, here are the twenty-eight people 

• Secretary Jason Kavulich, PA Department of Aging
• Secretary Dr. Debra Bogen, PA Department of Health
• Secretary Dr. Val Arkoosh, PA Department of Human Services
• Secretary Nancy Walker, PA Department of Labor & Industry
• Senator Wayne Langerholc Jr., Senate Aging & Youth Committee Republican Chairperson
• Senator Maria Collett, Senate Aging & Youth Committee Democratic Chairperson
• Representative Maureen Madden, House Aging & Older Adult Services Committee Democratic Chairperson
• Representative Steven Mentzer, House Aging & Older Adult Services Committee Republican Chairperson
• Melanie Titzel, Ph.D., Engagement Officer, LECOM Institute for Successful Aging; Pennsylvania Council on Aging member; Erie County
• Tom Snedden, Director of PACE, PA Department of Aging
• Victoria Bayle, Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Pennsylvania board member/living with Alzheimer’s, Erie County
• Amanda Neatrour, owner, Lewis Neatrour Group; Allegheny County
• Julieanne Steinbacher, Esq., CELA; Steinbacher, Goodall & Yurchak; Lycoming County
• Julia Wood, MOT, OTR/L, Director of Professional & Community Education, Lewy Body Dementia Association; Montgomery County
• Matthew Sharp, MSS, Advocacy Manager, The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration; Philadelphia
• Anneliese Perry, MS, NHA, CECM, Program Manager/State Coordinator, Jewish Healthcare Foundation/Dementia Friendly Pennsylvania; Allegheny County
• Krishnankutty (Krish) Sathian, MBBS, Ph.D., Professor and Chair of the Department of Neurology, Penn State Health; Dauphin County
• David Wolk, MD, Professor of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania; Philadelphia
• Oscar Lopez, MD, Professor of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh; Allegheny County
• Jennifer Haeussler-Barnhart, Administrator, Montgomery County Office of Aging Services (Area Agency on Aging)
• Jennifer Jordan, Vice President, Equity and Behavioral Health, The Hospital and Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania
• Megan Barbour, Director, Advocacy and Government Affairs, PA Health Care Association
• Katie Noss, BSN, RN, Director of Clinical Operations, Pennsylvania Association of Community Health Centers
• Helen Schmid, MBA, Telespond Senior Services, Inc.; Lackawanna County
• Daniel Drake, CEO & President, Trinity Health Care; Chester County
• Jignesh Sheth MD, MPH, FACP, Senior Vice President/Chief Operations and Strategy Officer, The Wright Center for Community Health; Lackawanna County
• Todd Goldberg, MD, Chief of Geriatrics, Jefferson-Abington Hospital; Montgomery County
• Michael Galvan, Director of State Affairs, Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Pennsylvania

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio and Senator Edward J. Markey, reintroduced the All Aboard Act on Tuesday. This bill will make a dedication for proposal of $200 billion over the span of five years to expand the rail service for existing passengers and to build rail that is high speed in the United States. This bill would also give electricity to corridors and railyards that are the most heavily polluted. This bill also includes labor protections that are critical for the union labor workforce that is existing and makes a grant program for rail personnel training for rail workers. 

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio Speaking)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio, Congressman Brad Sherman and Congressman Seth Magaziner introduced the Click to Cancel Act on Wednesday. This bill will fight subscription that is predatory and tactics for auto-renewal that have harassed the people of America. The bill also makes rules that are critical into law that the Federal Trade Commission have advanced. These rules address that consumers are losing both money and time from subscription cancellation processes that are intentionally difficult.