(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release in Washington, D.C. from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio (D-PA-17) marked the three-year anniversary of the Norfolk Southern train derailment yesterday by joining with Members of Congress from both parties, union leaders, and local leaders to call for Congress to pass rail safety legislation. Deluzio called for the Railway Safety Act of 2025, which is his bill, to pass through committee or to be included in the upcoming Surface Transportation Reauthorization.   

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Two people were injured in a head-on crash that happened on the Fort Duquesne Bridge in Pittsburgh late last night. The crash happened shortly before midnight on the bridge which is near the Route 65 exit on southbound I-279. Emergency dispatchers confirmed that two people were taken to a hospital, but their conditions are currently unknown. The cause of this crash is unknown at this time. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Cranberry Artists Network)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) According to a release from Cranberry Artists Network, a solo show at the Cranberry Artists Network (CAN) Art Gallery in the Cranberry Township Municipal Center will occur during the month of March by Colleen Tittinger, the exhibition chair for Cranberry Artists Network. The work from Tittinger will be on display until March 31st. The hours for the CAN Art Gallery are Mondays – Thursdays, 7:30 AM to 8:30 PM., Fridays, 7:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M., Saturdays 7:30 A.M. TO 4:00 PM, while Sundays are closed. Tittinger, who grew up near Conneautville, Pennsylvania, likes to create pieces that have a variety of complimentary colors in them and you can expect paintings, because she is a frequent painter. 

(File Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced yesterday that a resident of McKees Rocks has been sentenced in federal court to 27 months of incarceration, to be followed by three years of supervised release, on his conviction of violating federal firearm laws. Twenty-one-year-old Jamar Everett was sentenced and according to information presented to the Court, in April 2025, FBI executed a search warrant at his residence and recovered a chambered Glock pistol equipped with a loaded 30-round magazine. Everett has been convicted of several felonies, which includes two separate convictions for carrying firearms without a license, on each of which he was sentenced in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to two years of probation. Federal law prohibits the possession of either ammunition or a firearm or by a convicted felon. 

(FIle Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced yesterday that a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, has been sentenced in federal court to 10 years of imprisonment on his conviction of possession with intent to distribute crack cocaine and possession of ammunition by a convicted felon. Thirty-five-year-old Timothy Bazmore was sentenced and according to information presented to the Court, he was caught in possession of approximately 22 grams of crack cocaine as well as a firearm magazine loaded with several rounds of ammunition. Bazmore was also prohibited under federal law from possessing the ammunition because of his multiple prior felony convictions. Prior to imposing the sentence on Bazmore, United States District Judge W. Scott Hardy stated that the sentence was warranted for a number of reasons, which included Bazmore’s extensive criminal history. 

(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) Mayor Corey O’Connor recently announced that Pittsburgh has now been awarded over $1.3 million in state grants for three infrastructure and mobility projects which will support intersection planning, pedestrian safety improvements and trail restoration across the city. The grants were awarded to the Department of Mobility and Infrastructure and they come from the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation and Natural Resources and the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. The projects target specific areas in the city which includes the Emerald View Trail, the Bloomfield neighborhood and Lincoln Avenue. One of the grants provides a total of $250,800 to rehabilitate a portion of the Emerald View Trail in Mount Washington through the Community Conservation Partnerships Program, and a section of the trail was previously closed following a landslide. The grant will require matching funds from the city, which will bring the total investment in the trail restoration and surrounding mitigation to over $500,000. The city also received a total of $349,098 for the planning and engineering of a major intersection in Bloomfield. This project focuses on the junction of Liberty Avenue, Main Street and the Bloomfield Bridge and it was funded by the DCED Multimodal Transportation Fund which allows the city to study and reenvision the traffic area. The largest of the three grants provides $750,200 for the Lincoln Avenue Multimodal Safety and Accessibility Improvement Project and this funding will support pedestrian safety upgrades along Lincoln Avenue between Atwell Street and Verona Boulevard on the east side of the city. These grants will be presented to the Pittsburgh City Council for approval today.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Gerome Williams: Caption for Photo: Darden Restaurants announced Tuesday that all 28 of its Bahama Breeze restaurants across the United States will be closing in early April. Fourteen of the restaurants, including one in the Pittsburgh area, will be closed entirely while the 14 others will be repurposed into other Darden brands.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Darden Restaurants made an announcement yesterday that all 28 of its Bahama Breeze locations nationwide will be closing. This includes the Caribbean themed restaurant in Robinson Township and that location will permanently close on April 5th, 2026. According to a release from Darden yesterday, fourteen of the Bahama Breeze restaurants, including the Robinson Township location, have been designated for permanent closure. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver Cnty Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to officials, a woman is expected to be released from the hospital after they said she was struck by a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus in Oakland on Monday evening. The victim is a 21-year-old student who goes to Carnegie Mellon University and the bus hit her along Fifth Avenue and South Neville Street just after 7 p.m. on Monday after reports of this pedestrian versus vehicle crash. A spokesperson for PRT confirmed that the 58 Greenfield PRT bus was turning left from Neville Street onto Fifth Avenue when it struck the woman. The victim was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital. PRT officials stated on Monday night that she was in critical, but stable condition, however; officials expressed yesterday that the woman was expected to be released from the hospital. Officials note that the driver of the bus that hit the woman is being held off from work pending the results of the investigation. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that a two-vehicle crash occurred in Hanover Township of Beaver County on the early morning of December 20th, 2025. At 3:30 a.m., the vehicle driven by seventy-three-year-old Betty Johnston of Georgetown, Pennsylvania left Lincoln Highway and hit a tree, which caused debris to fall on the road. Twenty-eight-year-old Travis Pack of Hookstown hit the debris with his vehicle driving in the opposite direction of Johnston. Johnston sustained an injury and Medic Rescue transported her to the hospital to be evaluated for the injury and its unknown severity. Pack was not injured.