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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release today that a person was arrested for driving under the influence in Pittsburgh on Wednesday morning. At approximately 10 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police went to the eastbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel along 755 I-376 East after a single-vehicle crash occurred. Throughout the investigation of this crash, the operator of the vehicle displayed signs of impairment. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release yesterday that twenty-two-year-old Kamara Douglas of New Castle was charged after a single-vehicle crash in Lawrence County on the evening of January 26th, 2026. At 7:48 p.m., a rollover crash occurred and it was determined that Douglas was driving on I-376 West, hit a patch of ice and began sliding towards a snowbank on the left side of the road. After the vehicle of Douglas hit a snowbank, it lost control and slid back onto the road, which is where it overturned. Both Douglas and the fifteen-year-old female passenger who was in the vehicle at the time of the crash were transported to UPMC Jameson Hospital in Pittsburgh with suspected minor injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) reported in Harrisburg yesterday that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during January of 2026 was $590,644,755 or 11.64% above the revenue that was generated in January of 2025. $249,969,629 was the resulting tax revenue during January of this year. The types of gaming that are regulated by the PGCB are fantasy contests, internet gaming, slot machines and table games in casinos, sports wagering and video gaming terminals (“VGTs”). 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to the United States Fire Administration, Pennsylvania has 26 deaths from home fires so far this year. This leads the United States of America in deaths related to fires in 2026. Pennsylvania had the most civilian home fire deaths out of any state with 131 in 2025. Firefighters have talked about electrical issues as being part of the problem with more fires showing up. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Mars, PA) Representative Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler/Lawrence) will host a Firearm Owners Against Crime event from 6:30-8 p.m., on Wednesday, February 25th at the Mars Road and Gun Club in Mars. This event will provide an opportunity for local residents to hear directly from advocates of the Second Amendment and for them to discuss current and proposed firearm legislation in the state of Pennsylvania. Those that attend the event will be able to ask questions, share their concerns and learn more about how policies in the state of Pennsylvania impact hunters, lawful gun owners and sportsmen. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors is taking a fresh look at the proposed plan to close nine schools in the Pittsburgh area called the “Future-Ready Facilities Plan.” That board voted 6-3 on November 25th, 2025 against this plan and they decided to reintroduce it for consideration last month, and this led to a lengthy discussion meeting from them on Tuesday. According to Gene Walker, the president of the Pittsburgh Public Schools Board of Directors, the discussions about this plan will continue in March and April and while an exact timeline to decide on it remains up in the air, Walker confirmed that his board hopes to decide on it before the end of the school year. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Allegheny County officials on Tuesday, two men were sentenced in separate homicide cases that claimed the lives of three victims, including a mother and her 4-year-old daughter. Twenty-three-year-old Marquise St. Julien Givner of Wilkinsburg was recently sentenced to two consecutive life terms in prison for the 2022 killings of Temani Lewis and her daughter, Kaari Thompson. A criminal complaint confirms St. Julien Givner was one of five people who opened fire on the vehicle of Lewis while it was parked outside a convenience store in the Lincoln-Lemington-Belmar neighborhood of Pittsburgh. Lewis and her daughter were both killed after being struck by the gunfire, which caused a jury to convict St. Julien Givner of two counts of first-degree murder, criminal attempt and criminal conspiracy. Twenty-six-year-old Lee McGinnis of the South Side Slopes neighborhood of Pittsburgh was sentenced on Tuesday to 10 to 20 years in prison for the 2024 killing of Eddie Kimber in a separate case. Investigators confirm that an argument broke out among McGinnis, his girlfriend, Destiny Jenkins, and Kimber at a residence the two of them shared. Court records state that Jenkins attempted to shoot Kimber, but the gun malfunctioned. McGinnis then took the gun and fatally shot Kimber in Pittsburgh. On November 17th, 2025, McGinnis was convicted of voluntary manslaughter and third-degree murder, and he was also sentenced to 9 to 18 years in prison.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works in Clairton, Pa., on Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (Quinn Glabicki/Pittsburgh’s Public Source via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clairton, PA) U.S. Steel is now facing new fines levied by the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) as a result of findings that shed new light on why a valve ruptured at its Clairton Coke Works plant on August 11th, 2025 that led to an explosion at the location outside of Pittsburgh that left two people dead. The fines total nearly $120,000 for U.S. Steel and they are also levied against the contractor of MPW Industrial Services, whose employees were working to clean the valve that eventually broke on the day of the explosion last year. That contractor faces nearly $62,000 in fines. According to a statement from the U.S. Department of Labor released yesterday, the contractor failed to provide a relief valve for a high-pressure water system. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man is recovering in the hospital after being hit by a vehicle in Pittsburgh yesterday. According to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson, the crash happened around 1:45 p.m. at the intersection of Fifth and Hamilton Avenues and the driver of the vehicle stayed on scene. The male victim was alert and conscious and he was suffering from a head laceration. Medics took him to an area hospital in stable condition.