(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Congressman Chris Deluzio’s Office)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release in Washington D.C. yesterday from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio’s bipartisan legislation to rename the post office in Sewickley at 521 Thorn Street after Mary Elizabeth “Bettie” Cole passed the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously by a voice vote last night. This is a significant step forward in the commemoration of the beloved Western Pennsylvania community leader, local historian, and author. 

(File Photo of State Representative Rob Matzie)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) According to a release in Ambridge yesterday from State Representative Rob Matzie’s office, Matzie announced yesterday that expanded training opportunities in advanced manufacturing are coming to Beaver County thanks to nearly $1.4 million in new grant funding. The Community College of Allegheny County, Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters’ Technical Centers, the Pittsburgh Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc., Catalyst Connection, Pittsburgh National Machining and Tooling Foundation and Team Trade Program all received grants that were approved through the Pennsylvania Department of Labor and Industry that will ensure that area workers will have the skills needed to step into settings that are technologically advanced. According to Matzie and that same release from his office, the funding includes:

• $400,000 to the Community College of Allegheny County to support the development of a new electrical maintenance technician/robotics apprenticeship program.
• $200,000 to Eastern Atlantic States Carpenters’ Technical Centers, with an Allegheny County training center, to expand the millwright apprenticeship program.

• $200,000 to the Pittsburgh Chapter of the German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. to expand its mechatronics technician apprenticeship program serving Allegheny, Beaver, and several other regional counties.
• $200,000 to Catalyst Connection to expand its industrial manufacturing technician apprenticeship and pre-apprenticeship programs serving Allegheny, Beaver, and several other regional counties.
• $199,467 to Pittsburgh National Machining and Tooling Foundation to expand its machinist apprenticeship program serving Allegheny, Beaver, and other regional counties.
• $199,280 to Team Trade Program to support the expansion of Carnegie Mellon’s Robotics Academy pre-apprenticeship program.

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hopewell Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release today that a two-vehicle crash occurred in Hopewell Township occurred on the night of November 6th, 2025. The crash occurred in Aliquippa on I-376 East near Exit 48 at 7:58 p.m. An unidentified driver was driving east at a high rate of speed on that road hauling a utility trailer and tried to move over to the left lane without clearing properly. This driver hit the vehicle of twenty-four-year-old Michael Arabia of Empire, Ohio and kept going. The driver that caused the crash had unknown injuries and Arabia was not injured as a result of this crash. 

(File Photo of a U-Haul Truck and U-Haul Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) U-Haul Company of Pennsylvania recently announced that Camp Bow Wow, a local dog day care and boarding facility, signed on as a U-Haul® neighborhood dealer to serve the community of Cranberry Township. Camp Bow Wow, which is located at 41 Progress Avenue, will offer services that are essential like U-Haul trucks and moving supplies. Its normal business hours are 8 a.m.-6 p.m. on Mondays-Fridays and 10 a.m-4 p.m. on Saturdays and you can call (878) 208-1213 to reserve U-Haul products at this dealer location. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A man uses a cell phone in New Orleans on Aug. 11, 2019. A number of Americans are dealing with cellular outages on AT&T, Cricket Wireless, Verizon, T-Mobile and other service providers, according to data from Downdetector, Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hopewell Township, PA) AT&T has now activated the first of three new cell phone sites that are coming to Beaver County in the next few months. The new site off Brodhead Road in Hopewell Township was unveiled yesterday and it will boost 5G coverage for the Five Points area of that community. According to officials, the system will also help with public safety communications. AT&T also expects to open a site close to Heinz Field in Aliquippa by the end of the month and one in Bradys Run Park in Brighton Township early in 2026.  

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This photo shows the Facebook’s Messenger Kids application on an iPhone in New York, Feb. 16, 2018. U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app. The Federal Trade Commission says Facebook misrepresented the access it provided to app developers to private user data. As a result, the FTC on Wednesday, May 3, 2023 proposed sweeping changes to a 2020 privacy order with Facebook — now called Meta — that would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg yesterday from the Senate Republican Communications Office, the Pennsylvania Senate Education Committee advanced bipartisan legislation sponsored by Senators Devlin Robinson, Vince Hughes and Steve Santarsiero, to require public schools across the commonwealth to adopt policies prohibiting student cellphone use during the school day. The approval of Senate Bill 1014 was received unanimously, and this legislation aims to curb distractions in the classroom, improve performance in academics, and address the growing concerns about mental health and social development for youth.

(File Photo of the Duquesne University Athletics Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Duquesne University recently announced plans to build a $68 million health sciences facility on Forbes Avenue in Pittsburgh, which is expected to open in fall 2028 and will consolidate programs for the John G. Rangos Sr. School of Health Sciences to enhance community access to clinical services and strengthen the role of Duquesne University in regional health care. The building will be 80,000 square feet and it will feature advanced simulation spaces, flexible classrooms, integrated technologies and street-level clinical entrances so the community can access them. 

(File Photo of a Dollar Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh City Councilmember Barb Warwick recently introduced a 30% tax increase. It is projected that the current budget is short by $30 million and city council members say this is needed to keep Pittsburgh running. Warwick introduced the tax increase proposal, declaring that this was the only option left after months of budget hearings. December 22nd, 2025 is when the public will have its chance to weigh in on the budget of Pittsburgh, which is due at the end of the month. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man was killed in a shooting in the East Hills neighborhood of Pittsburgh which happened a little before 2 a.m. yesterday on the 2300 block of East Hills Drive. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, a man was found behind a building with a gunshot wound to the head. He died after being taken to the hospital and he was later identified as 56-year-old Mark Easley of the Garfield neighborhood of Pittsburgh. No arrests have been announced as of early yesterday afternoon.