(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Penguins traded forward Philip Tomasino to the Philadelphia Flyers yesterday in exchange for defenseman Egor Zamula. The 25-year-old Zamula signed with the Flyers as an undrafted free agent in September of 2018 and has spent the last six seasons with them. Zamula has 41 points and 33 assists, in 168 NHL games with the Flyers. Tomasino will report to the Lehigh Valley Phantoms, which is Philadelphia’s American Hockey League affiliate team. The 24-year-old Tomasino joined the Penguins in 2024, playing 50 games over the last two seasons with them. He has one point in nine NHL games this year. Tomasino was drafted in the first round of the 2019 draft by the Nashville Predators.
(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.
(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)
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.
(Bethel Park, PA) Eighteen-year-old Elijah Brown of Penn Hills is facing numerouscharges 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 crashedand 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 licenseand 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, theyrevealed 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:
(Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Gerome Williams)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Homestead, PA) Detectives from the Allegheny County Police HomicideUnit areinvestigatingan 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.
(Allegheny County, PA) Crews battled a house fire yesterday evening in Ross Township. According to Allegheny County 911, a report came from the 90 block of Hillendale Road at around 6:30 p.m. The West View Volunteer Fire Department confirms a fire spread into the basement of the home, however; the first arriving units handled it. Crews stretched a line off a fire truck to contain it, and no one was injured. It is unknown at this time what caused the fire or if anyone was home at the time it occurred.
(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.
