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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Ambridge Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported that twenty-year-old Olivia Taylor Edwards of Red Oak, Texas was arrested after possessing drugs in Ambridge Borough yesterday.
Police conducted a traffic stop along 2206 Duss Avenue at 5:13 p.m.
After an investigation occurred, Edwards was found to be in possession of suspected marijuana and was found to be impaired.
Charges will be filed against her.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Youngstown, OH) The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) charged in a lawsuit announced today that Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown, LLC and Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc. (Mercy) in Youngstown, Ohio violated federal law by subjecting a Jewish orthopedic surgeon to unfavorable terms and conditions of employment and firing him because of his religion and race, shortly after the October 7th, 2023, terrorist attacks in Israel.
According to the EEOC’s suit, the surgeon had a successful practice with Mercy for many years and performed well, including exceeding Mercy’s productivity goals
However, Mercy subjected the surgeon to remarks that were antisemitic throughout his employment and fired him in November of 2023, as well as advising him that he was being let go for a reason that was not his work performance.
The EEOC charged that during the employment of the surgeon, Mercy also subjected him to treatment that was unfavorable which interfered with his practice because of his race and religion.
This alleged conduct violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and this prohibits discrimination on the basis of race and religion.
The EEOC filed suit (called EEOC v. Mercy Health Physicians Youngstown, LLC and Bon Secours Mercy Health, Inc., Case No. 1:26-cv-02500-CEF) in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio after the commission first attempted to reach a pre-litigation settlement through its process of administrative conciliation.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Allegheny County workers scan mail-in and absentee ballots at the Allegheny County Election Division Elections warehouse in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022. A federal appeals court must decide if Pennsylvania voters who put the wrong date on the envelope containing their mail-in ballots should have their votes thrown out. The case argued Tuesday, Feb. 20, 2024, in Philadelphia could be significant in this year’s presidential contest. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Washington, D.C.) Congressman Chris Deluzio (D-PA-17), U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-CA), and Congressman Raúl Ruiz (D-CA-25) recently introduced bicameral legislation to protect election workers and voters from intimidation and threats of violence at polling places.
The Freedom from Intimidation in Elections Act of 2026 would help ensure that every election worker and voter has the right to conduct their official duties and cast their ballots free from fear and intimidation.
It would update the existing anti-intimidation provisions of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 to limit the presence of visible firearms at the locations where voters are casting their ballots or election workers are performing their official duties, which empowers poll workers and election officials to continue administering elections safely.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday recently announced that the state of Pennsylvania, as part of a coalition of 44 attorneys general, has settled with the Laboratory Corporation of America (Labcorp) resolving a multistate investigation into the 2019 data breach at Labcorp’s debt collector, Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau.
The Retrieval-Masters Creditors Bureau, which does its business as American Medical Collection Agency (“AMCA”), was responsible for a breach that potentially exposed the personal information of over 27.5 million people nationally, and as many as 218,408 Pennsylvanians.
The settlement requires that Labcorp and some associated debt collectors would bolster protections, and response and notification plans that involve patient information
Labcorp will pay over $2.28 million to the states and over $43,000 to the state of Pennsylvania.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Paul Skenes (30) walks to the dugout after being removed from the game by manager Don Kelly during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in Pittsburgh, Thursday, Sept. 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Ronny Simon raced home on Spencer Horwitz’s eighth inning sacrifice fly and the Pittsburgh Pirates assured themselves of the club’s first non-losing season in eight years with a 2-1 win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Thursday.
Simon reached on a walk by Ryne Stanek (2-3), advanced to second on a wild pitch and scooted to third when the throw from catcher Ivan Herrera skipped into center field for an error. Horwitz’s flyball to center was plenty deep enough for Simon to score.
Luke Weaver (4-1) got the final out of the eighth for Pittsburgh. Mason Montgomery struck out the side in the ninth for his 17th save in 19 chances as Pittsburgh improved to 81-78 with three games to go. The club’s previous non-losing season came in 2018 when it won 82 games.
Reigning NL Cy Young Award winner Paul Skenes ended an uneven year by his standards with 6 1/3 excellent innings in his 32nd and final start.
The 24-year-old, whose performance this year has been met with mild criticism locally, allowed one run, three hits and two walks and six strikeouts. He received a loud ovation when he was removed by manager Don Kelly after recording his 200th strikeout of the season when Cardinals designated hitter Leo Bernal was caught looking leading off the seventh.
Skenes became just the second pitcher in the franchise’s 145-year history to reach 200 strikeouts in consecutive seasons. He finished 10-11 with a 3.82 ERA, nearly double the MLB-leading 1.97 ERA he posted in 2025.
St. Louis fell to 77-82, assured of consecutive losing seasons for the first time since the shortened 1994 and 1995 seasons.
Alec Burleson hit his 24th homer of the season in the first inning for the Cardinals.
The Cardinals wrap up the season with a three-game set at NL Central champion Milwaukee while Pittsburgh heads to Detroit to face the Tigers.
(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the City of New Brighton, Pennsylvania, Posted on Facebook on September 24th, 2026)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(New Brighton, PA) According to a Facebook post from The New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department today, that department has secured $869,416.95 in federal funding through the Department of Homeland Security and Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Fiscal Year 2025 Assistance to Firefighters Grant (AFG) program.
The total approved project budget reaches $912,887.80 because it is combined with a local cost-share contribution of $43,470.85.
This grant award enables the purchase of a new fire engine to replace an aging apparatus that is currently in service.
This federal investment will directly support local emergency personnel by the upgrades of essential equipment and enhancements of overall public safety and fire response capabilities throughout the area of New Brighton and the municipalities that surround it.
New Brighton Borough and Fire Department officials also thanked Congressman Chris Deluzio and his staff for their ongoing advocacy and support in securing federal funding that is for the first responders of Western Pennsylvania.
(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of PPG Paints Arena)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) PPG Paints Arena will host the Hope Gas Backyard Basketball Classic on Wednesday, December 9th.
This is a college basketball doubleheader, which will feature Pitt vs West Virginia, and Robert Morris vs. Duquesne University.
The presale of this event is already underway and it ends tonight at 9:59 P.M.
You can purchase tickets for this event by clicking here.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown walks after being released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Nov. 13, 2025, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
(MIAMI, FL-AP) Former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown plans to accept a plea deal that will have him avoid prison time on a reduced charge in an attempted murder case in Miami. His lawyer said Wednesday the agreement with prosecutors was too good to turn down.
Brown is scheduled to appear in court on Sept. 30 to make the deal final. Defense attorney Mark Eiglarsh said Brown will plead no contest to aggravated assault. He will be sentenced to probation, and adjudication will be withheld, meaning Brown will not be considered a convicted felon, the attorney said. Brown could have faced up to 30 years in prison if convicted of the original attempted murder charge.
Brown is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer after a celebrity boxing match in Miami on May 16, 2025, and firing two shots at a man he had gotten into a fistfight with earlier, according to an arrest warrant. Zul-Qarnain Kwame Nantambu told investigators that one of the bullets grazed his neck.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Vanport Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported today that an incident of harassment occurred in Vanport Township yesterday.
Police responded to I-376 East at 10:42 a.m.
According to PSP Beaver, they were dispatched to an individual that needed assistance on the side of the road, and there were two victims/arrestees in this incident.
The first one was a twenty-two-year-old woman from Sewickley.
The second one was a twenty-seven-year-old woman from Aliquippa.
The investigation into this incident is ongoing.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Raccoon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that twenty-one-year-old Gavin Black of Midland received multiple filed traffic citations after a hit-and-run crash occurred in Raccoon Township on August 23rd.
Black was driving in the area of 3898 Green Garden Road in Aliquippa at approximately 11:20 p.m. and exited the road, hitting the vehicle driven by forty-two-year-old Steven Dickinson of Aliquippa.
Dickinson’s vehicle was legally parked on the road and Black kept going on Green Garden Road before he stopped at the intersection of State Route 18 and Green Garden Road.
Black was transported to the hospital because of the possible injuries that he suffered in the crash.
Dickinson was not injured.