(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro visits the Hershey Company’s new manufacturing plant in Hershey, Pa., Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lancaster County, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro met with farmers and state agriculture officials in Lancaster County yesterday to discuss concerns about rising bird flu cases in the state. Recent United States Department of Agriculture data shows that since the start of 2026, over 7 million birds in commercial and backyard flocks in Pennsylvania have been affected by avian flu outbreaks. Most of those cases have been reported in commercial flocks in Lancaster. According to Shapiro, this represents more than half of all avian flu cases in the United States. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A representative from the nonprofit Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) is now urging parents to look for signs of sextortion and talk with their teenagers about it. This comes after a recent incident in which according to investigators, at least twenty-one boys were catfished and sextorted after an eighteen-year-old Peters Township High School senior, Zachariah Meyers, pretended to be an adult film star from the Netherlands, with at least 14 teenagers sending pornographic pictures of themselves. William McGinnis, the director of education for PAAR, stated that some of the signs of sextortion are commonly associated with trauma. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Monday, Aug 11, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clairton, PA) The wife of one of the two men who died from the August 11th, 2025 explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant outside of Pittsburgh has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel. The wife of fifty-two-year-old Steven Menefee of Clairton recently filed the lawsuit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to sue for a wrongful death. The family of thirty-nine-year-old Timothy Quinn of Fitz Henry of Westmoreland County, who was the other man that died in this explosion last year, also filed a lawsuit against Nippon Steel last week. Both complaints allege that the explosion at the 13-14 Coke Battery transfer area was caused by the rupture of an 18-inch cast-iron valve, which released coke oven gas into the area, which then ignited. 

(File Photo of the Top of a School Bus)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) One person was treated for injuries on scene after officials said a school bus was involved in a crash in Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials, at 3:45 p.m., first responders were called to the intersection of Brownsville Road and Stewart Avenue following a reported crash involving a school bus. Preliminary information indicated that the school bus was traveling on Stewart Avenue toward Brownsville Road when it collided with another vehicle. Officials stated that a juvenile was treated by EMS for minor facial injuries. Nobody was taken to the hospital. 

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release in Pittsburgh yesterday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, they and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission will kick off their Chartiers Creek Feasibility Study on March 9th, 2026 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. This will take place at the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Office in Pittsburgh and a cost-share agreement with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission to conduct a flood risk-management feasibility study of the Chartiers Creek watershed in Allegheny and Washington counties will be signed by the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Col. Nicholas Melin there. This study will examine the approximately 277 square-mile area to evaluate possible flood-control management solutions and alternatives to reduce the risk for the over 250,000 residents living within the watershed. In recent decades, the watershed of the Chartiers Creek has experienced frequent, systemic flooding and increasing flood- and life-safety risks to communities. 

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An Allegheny County man has recently been arrested and charged with delivering drugs that caused the death of another man. According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, forty-year-old Brennon Ely was arrested at a home in Pitcairn. Ely is charged in connection with the death of a Scott Township man who was found dead inside a home in March of 2025. Sunday has not provided the identity of the male victim at this time. Investigators confirm that Ely provided the victim with bags of fentanyl and heroin called “Carlitos Way.” Those bags were found in the same house as the victim. Sunday stated that Ely also sold drugs to an undercover agent before his arrest. Investigators note that during this exchange, he brought a small child with him. Police searched the vehicle of Ely after his arrest and Sunday’s office expressed that they found multiple bricks labeled with the “Carlito’s Way” stamps. This case will be prosecuted by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. 

(Credit for Photo: Source for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA-TV, CBS Pittsburgh, Posted on February 24th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A dozen registered sex offenders are expected to move out of a recovery house in the South Side Slopes of Pittsburgh after neighbors and city officials say they were blindsided. The home opened on Salisbury Street quietly, blocks from a playground, and residents say they only learned about it through Megan’s Law notifications. The operator has now agreed to move out after community outrage. Online Megan’s Law records show that a dozen registered sex offenders were living at a three-quarter recovery house in the 2800 block of Salisbury Street. Officials told KDKA-TV that the building, which was long vacant, was converted without any warning. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of WPXI/WPXI)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Sly Fox Brewery in the South Side of Pittsburgh is closing its doors for good today after the pub and brewery recently made this announcement. Its location at The Highline has been open since 2022. A Sly Fox Brewing Company location at 300 Liberty Avenue near Point State Park remains open. 

(File Photo of a Borough of New Brighton Pennsylvania Sign in New Brighton)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Brighton, PA) The New Brighton Borough Sanitary Authority wants to inform all of their customers that the phone number that is used to make over-the-phone payments has changed. Customers making a payment by phone should call 724-874-3056, effective immediately. All other account information that is required to process payments remains the same. Only the payment phone number of the New Brighton Borough Sanitary Authority has changed. 

February 25th, 2026

School or Organization	Cancellation or Delay  ( If blank no cancellation or delay reported)
Adelphoi Education/Beaver (Rochester)
Aliquippa Area School District
Ambridge Area School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Avonworth School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Baden Academy Charter School
Beaver Area School District
Beaver County Courthouse
Beaver County Rehabilitation Center
Beaver Falls Crime Watch
Bethel Christian School (Raccoon Township)	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Beaver County CTC
Beaver County Transit Authority
Beaver Valley Montessori School	2 Hour Delay Wednesday, Modified Schedule
Blackhawk Area School District
Blackhawk Meals on Wheels
Butler County Community College (All Locations, Including Cranberry Township)
CCBC
CCBC Aviation Sciences Center
Center at the Mall (Beaver Valley Mall in Monaca)
Central Valley School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Chippewa Alliance Church
Cornell School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Cranberry Community United Presbyterian Church (Cranberry Township)
Divine Grace Parish (Cranberry, All Locations)
Education Center at Watson (Sewickley)	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Ellwood City Area School District
Ellwood City Area Public Library
Ellwood City Meals on Wheels
Evangel Heights Child Care (Beaver)
Families Matter Food Pantry
Footprints in the Sand Daycare (Aliquippa)
Freedom Area School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
H.A.P. Community Outings (Aliquippa)
Head Start of Beaver County – Aliquippa
Head Start of Beaver County -Ambridge
Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls
Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls 7th Ave.
Head Start of Beaver County – Beaver Falls 6th Ave.
Head Start of Beaver County – Central
Head Start of Beaver County – Blackhawk
Head Start of Beaver County – CCBC
Head Start/ Early Head Start of Beaver County
Head Start of Beaver County – Rochester
Head Start of Beaver County – Southside
Head Start of Beaver County – New Brighton Middle School
Head Start of Beaver County – New Brighton High School
Head Start of Beaver County – Riverside
Heart Prints Center for Early Education (Cranberry Township)
Hope Academy- Conway
Hopewell School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Kiddie Korner (Beaver)
Life Family Pre-School
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter School	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Mc Guire Memorial EOC
Mc Guire Memorial School
Midland Borough school District
Montour Area School District
Monaca Senior Center
Monaca VFD #1
Moon Area School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Mother’s Morning Out/Noah’s Ark Preschool/Sewickley	Opening at 10:30 A.M. Wednesday
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus Pre-school (Moon Twp.)	Operating on Delay Schedule on Wednesday
New Brighton Area School District
New Horizons (Beaver)
North Catholic School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Our Lady of Fatima/ Hopewell	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart High School (Coraopolis)	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
PA Career Link (Beaver County)
Pawmazing Bakery (Beaver)
Penn State Beaver (Monaca)
Provident Charter School West (Baden)	Opening at 9:45 A.M. Wednesday
Quaker Valley School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Riverside Beaver County Area School District
Road to Emmaus Baptist Church (Beaver)
Rochester Area School District
Robert Morris University (Moon Township)
Seneca Valley Area School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday Morning/ Modified Kindergarten
Sewickley Academy	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Slippery Rock Area School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Slippery Rock Program Center
Slippery Rock University
St. Andrews Day School (Moon Township)	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
St. James-Sewickley	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
St. Monica Catholic Academy
St. Monica Parish (Beaver Falls)
St. Killian’s Catholic School (Cranberry)	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
St. Peter & Paul School/Beaver
St. Stephens Lutheran Academy/Zelienople	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
South Side Area School District	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
Sto Rox	2 Hour Delay Wednesday
The Baden American Legion
The Lindsay Theater (Sewickley)
The Phoenix Center (Rochester)
The Prevention Network and Class Academy (Beaver County)
Vanport VFD
Western Beaver Area School District
West Allegheny School District
Zelienople Meals on Wheels