(File Photo of a City of Aliquippa Police Department Car)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Aliquippa, PA) Police are searching for a suspect of a shooting that occurred in Aliquippa yesterday at around 12:30 a.m. which sent four people to the hospital.
According to Aliquippa Police, just after midnight, they were called to the 200 block of Linmar Terrace for multiple reports of shots fired.
Officers found four people that had been shot when they arrived and they rendered aid until medics arrived.
All four people that were injured were taken to the hospital for treatment and they are all expected to recover.
Police did not find the suspect after they searched the home and surrounding areas.
Aliquippa Police requested the assistance of state police, and anyone with information about this incident is asked to call 724-773-7400.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Tyler Callihan runs toward third base on a throwing error by Washington Nationals pitcher Cade Cavalli on a pickoff-attempt during the second inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Konnor Griffin had a tiebreaking two-run single in the eighth inning, leading the Pittsburgh Pirates over the Washington Nationals 11-5 on Sunday in a game in which he was also spectacular in the field.
Brandon Lowe followed Griffin’s key hit with a three-run homer off Brad Lord (5-2) to extend the lead.
Griffin, the 20-year-old who received a nine-year, $140 million contract in April, showed why the Pirates view him as such an important part of their future. He made a diving stop in the third on Curtis Mead’s grounder, but Mead beat the throw for an infield single.
In the fourth, Griffin had to fight the sun on Keibert Ruiz’s popup to shallow left field, making a diving, backhanded grab. The following inning, he made another backhanded, sliding catch in the outfield, although James Wood was able to tag up and beat the throw home, resulting in a rare sacrifice fly to the shortstop.
Gregory Soto (5-2) got the win in relief. The Pirates blew a 4-0 lead before going ahead for good with their five-run eighth. Bryan Reynolds also homered for Pittsburgh, and Luis García Jr. and Dylan Crews went deep for Washington.
Cade Cavalli, who is appealing a suspension for his role in Tuesday’s bench-clearing dustup at Boston, allowed three earned runs and six hits in 2 1/3 innings. Tyler Callihan opened the scoring for Pittsburgh with a two-run single in the second, and after an error on Cavalli on a pickoff attempt, he scored on Jake Mangum’s single.
Reynolds led off the fourth with his 13th homer of the year to make it 4-0.
García hit a two-run shot — his 19th — in the bottom of the third, and the Nationals scored runs in the fourth and fifth to tie it. Pirates starter Bubba Chandler allowed four runs in four-plus innings.
Griffin’s hit with the bases loaded in the eighth put Pittsburgh up 6-4 and Lowe followed with a drive to right for his 21st homer. Crews went deep for the Nationals in the bottom of the inning.
Henry Davis hit a two-run single in the top of the ninth.
Up next
After an off day, the Pirates send Paul Skenes (6-8) to the mound Tuesday night at home against Atlanta.
Washington hosts Houston on Monday night. Miles Mikolas (2-7) — who also is appealing a suspension — starts for the Nationals.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Braxton Ashcraft throws during the third inning of a baseball game against the Washington Nationals, Saturday, July 4, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Braxton Ashcraft won his fourth consecutive start and the Pittsburgh Pirates defeated the Washington Nationals 7-1 on Saturday.
Henry Davis and Brandon Lowe both drove in two runs for Pittsburgh, which got back to .500 at 45-45 after dropping three of its past four.
Pirates rookie Konnor Griffin stole home as part of a double steal with two outs in the first inning to open the scoring. Griffin earlier stole second after a leadoff single and the Pirates had four stolen bases for the game.
James Wood hit a leadoff homer for the Nationals, whose three-game winning streak ended.
Ashcraft (9-3) allowed a run and six hits in 5 2/3 innings and struck out seven. The 26-year-old right-hander has a 3.04 ERA and 32 strikeouts in four starts since June 17 and has won eight of his past nine decisions.
With the game tied 1-1, Nationals opener Carson Palmquist (0-1) loaded the bases with none out in the second before yielding to Zack Littell.
Littell gave up a run in six innings while striking out three.
Pittsburgh added two runs in the eighth against Riley Cornelio on Nick Gonzales’ RBI single and Davis’ bases-loaded walk.
Wood hit Ashcraft’s first pitch of the day 428 feet into the third deck in right field to tie it. It was his 23rd of the season, including his seventh leadoff shot.
Washington outfielder Jacob Young was scratched from the lineup about 40 minutes before the game with left hand soreness.
Up next
Pittsburgh RHP Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.62 ERA) faces Washington RHP Miles Mikolas (2-7, 5.44) as the three-game series concludes Sunday.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Washington Nationals’ Luis García Jr. is greeted in the dugout after hitting a solo home run during the first inning of a baseball gamea gainst the Pittsburgh Pirates, Friday, July 3, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/John McDonnell)
WASHINGTON (AP) — Luis García Jr. and Daylen Lile each homered twice, and José Tena also went deep for Washington as the Nationals beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-5 on Friday night.
Foster Griffin (9-2) allowed a run and four hits in five innings, lowering his ERA to 2.87 for the Nationals. Washington has won five of six.
Bryan Reynolds homered for Pittsburgh. Mitch Keller (6-6) allowed five runs and eight hits in six innings.
The temperature at game time was 100 degrees, and the ball was certainly carrying. García opened the scoring in the first with his 17th homer of the season, a solo shot to right. An inning later, Lile hit a 417-foot drive to center to make it 2-0.
Reynolds’ solo homer to center in the third went 426 feet to get the Pirates on the board, but after James Wood led off the bottom half with a triple, Tena hit a two-run shot — also to center — that went 434 feet.
Lile’s RBI double later that inning made it 5-1.
García connected again in the seventh, hitting a two-run shot off reliever Isaac Mattson. Lile’s second homer was a two-run drive in the eighth.
Brandon Lowe, Reynolds and Esmerlyn Valdez hit consecutive RBI doubles in the ninth for the Pirates, and Nick Gonzales added another one an out later.
Griffin improved to 5-0 in his last nine starts, with the Nationals going 8-1 in those games. He’s allowed one run or fewer in six straight outings, although he had only two strikeouts Friday, his fewest since April 11.
Up next
Zack Littell (7-6, 5.29 ERA) starts for Washington against Pittsburgh’s Braxton Ashcraft (8-3, 3.33) on Saturday in a July 4 game set to start at 11:05 a.m.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Esmerlyn Valdez hits a run-scoring single against Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Tim Mayza during the fifth inning of a baseball game Thursday, July 2, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Esmerlyn Valdez tripled, singled and knocked in two runs, Endy Rodriguez and Nick Gonzales homered and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Philadelphia Phillies 6-1 on Thursday.
The Pirates split their four-game series in Philadelphia, closing with a win against a Phillies team that had won 11 of its previous 15 games at Citizens Bank Park.
Jake Mangum had three hits and a run scored, while Brandon Lowe had a pair of hits, scored a run and reached safely three times for Pittsburgh. The Pirates had 14 hits and limited the Phillies to four.
Phillies starting pitcher Alan Rangel, promoted recently from Triple-A Lehigh Valley, held his own against the Pirates but didn’t last long.
Rangel threw 90 pitches in four innings, allowing no runs on only three hits, but with four walks and four strikeouts. He left with a 1-0 lead, courtesy of Bryce Harper’s two-out, RBI double to left field in the third.
That left runners on second and third, but Pirates starter Jared Jones escaped further damage by getting Brandon Marsh on a fly to right. Jones also lasted four innings, allowing two hits with six strikeouts.
The Pirates tied it in the fifth against Tim Mayza, who gave up a double to leadoff hitter Mangum and a single to Brandon Lowe. Valdez then singled home Mangum with a tying run.
Pittsburgh took the lead off Jose Alvarado (3-3) in the seventh inning as Valdez tripled home Lowe, and Gonzales, who had three hits and two RBIs, knocked in Valdez. Gonzales homered in the ninth.
Carmen Mlodzinski (5-3) allowed two hits over three scoreless innings for the Pirates.
Up next
Pirates: Start a three-game series in Washington on Friday night, running RHP Mitch Keller (6-5, 4.87 ERA) out against Nationals LHP Foster Griffin (8-2, 2.93 ERA).
Phillies: After a Friday off day, they play Saturday night in Kansas City, with LHP Jesus Luzardo (6-4, 3.88 ERA) going against Royals RHP Michael Wacha (5-5, 3.31 ERA).
PITTSBURGH — Four summers ago, Noah Kahan stood on a secondary stage in the scorching afternoon sun, performing at a short-lived Hartwood Acres festival.
Hundreds cheered him on then — a far, far cry from the 40,000 fervent fans who packed PNC Park on this similarly sweltering Friday to savor a night with Kahan.
The 29-year-old Vermonter looked utterly at ease entertaining the sold-out Pittsburgh throng, as his folk-rock/Americana songs effectively and enticingly filled the cavernous space.
“Who’s ready to get miserable?” Kahan joked somewhere after launching with “American Cars,” his soon-to-make-a-splash single that’s been airing on WBVP-WMBA (Beaver County Radio).
On a couple occasions, Kahan poked fun at the dark lyrics and sorrowful reflections on his current album, “The Great Divide.”
But his Pittsburgh fans — skewing 20- and 30-somethings — joyfully sang along with most of Friday’s stage selections, in that eyes-half-closed-head-tilted-upwards elated way, ascribing personal associations and heartfelt meaning to Kahan’s lyrical tales of dysfunction and regret.
With his hair in his signature double braids, Kahan wore an oversized work shirt with the words “Now Hiring” on the lapel and green work pants — service station chic.
Kahan alternated between acoustic and electric guitars and mandolin, then played piano for the first two of his three encore picks.
Noah Kahan, seen on the PNC Park scoreboard, early in his sold-out Pittsburgh concert Friday. (Photo: Scott Tady)
His voice sounded crystal clear — every single lyric discernible — even perfectly-weighted amid his frequent emotional crescendos for choruses.
The six members of his band shined. Fast and soothing fiddle, stadium-sized kick drums and non-pandering mandolin structured the toe-tapping sonics.
Similar but upscaled from his May 2024 sold-out Pavilion at Star Lake season opener, Kahan utilized a stage backdrop resembling a rural wooden house with a big front porch. Creative camera angles showed him from behind, kicking open the house’s front door to begin his 24-song set.
The stage backdrop for Noah Kahan at PNC Park.
A dashboard camera in a police car parked in a corner of the stage provided intriguing scoreboard visuals as Kahan acted out a scene of being arrested by a Vermont state trooper during “Dial Drunk.” The recyclable glow-in-the-dark wristbands spectators received for free upon entry illuminated in police-colored reds and blues.
Though this was not a stadium show reliant on scoreboard visuals, as Kahan’s earnest singing and friendly, wide-eyed personality filled the space.
He did five songs from the tip of the “C” stage jutting out into the crowd. Among the highlights there was another new song, “Paid Time Off.” That was also where Kahan cheerfully tried on for size the costumed animal head of a concertgoer who had come from Pittsburgh’s annual Anthrocon. Earlier in the night, Kahan joked about the convention’s “furries,” making it clear those folks were welcome, though he had questions.
Noah Kahan (second from right) and his band thrilled Pittsburgh fans Friday. (Photo: Scott Tady)
Returning to the main stage, Kahan and the band excelled on “Northern Attitude,” led by drummer Marcos Valles’ sizable drum wallops.
Next came “The Great Divide,” which spawned a massive audience singalong.
It had been 90-plus degrees when concertgoers arrived, and most had stood for hours straight, but their energy level didn’t wane as the encore began with “End of August.”
Just like 2024, Kahan closed with his breakout song, “Stick Season,” as fans gleefully danced and sang along with lines like, “saw your mom but she forgot that I existed” and “I’ll drink alcohol ’til my friends come home for Christmas.”
For a Pittsburgh concert season light on stadium shows, it was a memorable night to long be cherished, starring a young artist reaching the apex of his powers.
The main opening act, Gigi Perez, rocked out tunefully. Maybe a bit of banter from her would have led concertgoers to look up from their phones more, though you can tell she’s got a bright future.
(Photo provided by Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible’s Office)
(New Brighton, Pa.) Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible has issued a a press release on Thursday afternoon asking for the publics help in apprehending New Brighton Speedway shooting suspect, Jalen Isaiah Sims of New Brighton.
Sims is wanted in connection with a shooting that happened at the Speedway gas station in New Brighton on June 21, 2026. He is described as a 31-year old black male with black hair and brown eyes. He is wanted on numerous charges including multiple attempted homicide counts.
If you see Sims you are asked to call the New Brighton Police Department at (724) 846-2270 or just dial 911. Do not approach Sims as he is considered armed and dangerous.
According to an affidavit, police were dispatched at 8:26 p.m. to the Speedway on Fifth Street for a report of gunshots fired and spoke with a couple who reported a man carrying a handgun approached them on foot while they were in their vehicle at a gas pump and fired a shot that hit, but didn’t enter, the vehicle.
The couple confirmed that the man got into a vehicle and fled after firing the shot.
Using footage from business security cameras, police noted that they identified Sims in the front seat passenger in a tan Volkswagen. The affidavit states that footage shows Sims exiting the car and pacing in front of the store before retrieving a book bag from the back seat and removing a black firearm with an extended magazine from the bag, while police say that Sims then looked around and saw the couple’s SUV enter the parking lot, before approaching the SUV, raising the gun and firing it, striking the vehicle just above the windshield.
Sims eventually got back into the front passenger seat of the Volkswagen, which escaped south on Fifth Avenue.
Cranberry Township police saw the Volkswagen at 9 p.m. and reported that the driver was in custody, but the passenger fled.
Police learned around the same time that New Sewickley Township police had been dispatched to Rochester Road in Rochester for a report that two men had thrown a backpack over a hillside and left. Police responded there and found a backpack that contained a Glock handgun with an extended magazine.
The affidavit further states that a doorbell camera recorded Sims exiting the Volkswagen’s passenger door carrying a book bag, walking to the edge of a parking lot and throwing the bag into the woods. Police noted that the driver also was seen in the footage, police said.
A driver that Sims forced to drive for him told police that Sims asked him to drive Sims around and said he would buy him gasoline. They stopped at the Speedway for gas before the shooting took place. Sims got back into the Volkswagen and told the driver to drive after the shooting, but the driver refused. The affidavit confirmed that Sims then pointed the gun at the driver and told him drive or he would shoot him.
The driver also told police he pulled into a church parking lot after the Volkswagen ran out of gas. The driver stated that he called 911 after Sims started walking away, but Sims returned and punched him in the face. Sims then ran when police arrived.
(Robinson Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported an update today regarding a two-vehicle crash that occurred in Robinson Township on April 25th. The crash happened on I-376 West at 11:39 a.m. Sixty-two-year-old Nancy Beattie of Wintersville, Ohio was driving on that road and another vehicle that was merging right hit her vehicle. The vehicle that hit the vehicle of Beattie escaped the scene. There were no reported injuries.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Paul Skenes pitches during the second inning of a baseball game against the Philadelphia Phillies Wednesday, July 1, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Struggling Pittsburgh Pirates ace Paul Skenes isn’t pretending to know the answers to his sudden slipups on the mound, from where he’s dominated for two seasons.
At least he wasn’t offering any on Wednesday night after his worst outing of the year. Skenes (6-8) lasted only four innings against the Philadelphia Phillies and allowed a season-high seven earned runs in a 10-6 loss.
Since beating Colorado 3-1 on May 12 to improve to 6-2 with a 1.98 ERA, the defending NL Cy Young Award winner has not won over his last nine starts, his record falling to 6-8 and his ERA climbing to 3.62. His puzzlement is growing, too.
“I didn’t execute very well,” Skenes said. “That’s really what it comes down to. I fell behind on some counts and left some balls over the plate.”
He also took his time doing it. Skenes threw 35 pitches during a five-run Phillies second inning, highlighted by Trea Turner’s three-run homer.
“I think we’ve got a good team,” Turner said. “I think sometimes there’s no explanation, but I feel like we’ve got a good lineup and we battle. We know he’s really good, and he’s always going to give us a fight, and you kind of tip your cap when he gets you and move on, and try to have the next guy pick you up. I thought we did a good job keeping it moving against him.”
In an anticipated duel of aces and a rematch between Skenes and Philadelphia’s Zack Wheeler, played on a humid night with temperatures in the 90s, neither pitcher worked to his standard.
Skenes’ first loss in this slide came at PNC Park on May 17 at the hands of Wheeler and the Phillies, 6-0. In that game, he didn’t allow a run until the fifth inning.
On Wednesday night, the Phillies didn’t wait that long.
Pirates third baseman Nick Gonzales fielded Justin Crawford’s bases loaded grounder in the second inning and seemingly had a routine force play at the plate, but he fired the ball off runner Alec Bohm’s hand and allowed two runs to score.
Said Pirates manager Don Kelly: “The baserunner did a good job getting in the way.”
Next batter Turner hit a pitch from Skenes into the seats for his third homer in as many games to make it 5-0.
Skenes gave up a home run to Brandon Marsh in the third. And before he bowed out, he watched Bryce Harper’s liner get misjudged by Pirates left fielder Tyler Callihan for a two-run double.
It seemed Skenes’ luck was off just as much as his command.
“They’re a good lineup, but I haven’t made it easy on myself,” Skenes said. “I just have to execute a few pitches a little better, and I think it’s probably a different story.
“I don’t know … it happens. We’ll figure out what it is and we’ll just keep attacking it.”
(Pittsburgh, PA) The temperatures of extreme heat continue this week and Duquesne Light Company is providing tips to stay cool. Heat that is prolonged can put more stress on the electric grid even without storms, and Duquesne Light teams are increasing their staffs and are ready to respond as soon as possible and as safely as possible if there are outages.
Duquesne Light Company recommends these tips to prepare for the heat:
Charge phones and essential devices.
Stay hydrated and keep ice on hand.
Have a basic emergency kit ready.
Sign up for outage alerts through your DLC account.
and if your power is off, they recommend to:
Keep fridge/freezer doors closed.
Use flashlights, not candles.
Head to a cooled space if you can.
They also note to check on your neighbors, especially adults that are older. You can also report outages at duquesnelight.com, the Duquesne Light Company app, or by calling 888-393-7100.
