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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) On Sunday morning, SWAT units got called to a neighborhood in Pittsburgh. According to a Pittsburgh public safety spokesperson, SWAT units were called to the 5100 block of Broad Street in the city’s Garfield neighborhood around 5:15 a.m. The same spokesperson confirms that a man reportedly got barricaded in a home following a domestic situation. That man got taken to the Allegheny County Jail with upcoming charges after he surrendered to police. In addition, a woman was taken to the hospital from the scene because this woman had head injuries. WPXI was told that the woman that got injured is in stable condition.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wilkinsburg, PA) Four firefighters from Pittsburgh got injured on Saturday after a collision occurred between an SUV and their fire engine. According to a media release from Pittsburgh Public Safety, the engine was responding to an emergency call when the incident occurred. The collision occurred while Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire’s Engine 19 was responding to a call in Wilkinsburg at about 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at the Graham Boulevard and William Penn Highway intersection. The firefighters got taken to an area hospital in stable condition with minor injuries while three people in the SUV also got taken to a hospital. The Churchill Police Department also went to the scene and responded to the incident there.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A shooting that occurred in the Bedford Dwellings neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Sunday is still under investigation by police. According to public safety officials, police were called to the 2500 block of Chauncy Drive around 7:45 p.m. Sunday for a four-round ShotSpotter alert. Officials confirm a man who got shot in the chest one time drove to the police station in Crawford-Roberts on Centre Avenue. That man is in critical condition after being taken to a local hospital by medics. According to preliminary information, the shooting suspect fled Chauncy Drive in a vehicle last known to be heading north, toward McKees Rocks. There is an ongoing investigation into this shooting.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) On Sunday morning, a man from Ohio got charged for bringing a handgun in a carry-on bag to the Pittsburgh International Airport. According to police, forty-seven-year-old Justin Stanley did not have a valid concealed carry permit when the gun was found at a security checkpoint. The FBI was also given a notification about this incident. Stanley will have to pay associated civil fines along with getting a misdemeanor charge for carrying a firearm without a license.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: This Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, photo shows a Social Security card in Tigard, Ore. Social Security checks to increase by 5.9%, as inflation fuels largest COLA for retirees in nearly 40 years (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) A new poll marking Social Security’s 90th anniversary finds nearly two in three retired Americans rely heavily on the program. An overwhelming 96-percent say it’s important, and 80-percent are concerned it won’t be there when they need it. More than one in five Pennsylvanians get monthly Social Security payments, according to A-A-R-P, that’s almost 3 million people. Nora Dowd Eisenhower with A-A-R-P Pennsylvania says August 14th marks Social Security’s 90th anniversary. She notes that A-A-R-P has tracked public views on the program for decades and just released a new poll on how retirees and people of all ages feel about it. Social Security benefits add nearly 63 billion dollars each year to Pennsylvania’s economy through retirement, survivor and disability payments — supporting consumer spending, increasing business revenue and generating jobs across the state.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hershey, PA) The wave pool at the Boardwalk at Hersheypark in Hershey, Pennsylvania has reopened after a nine-year-old child died on Thursday following an incident there. Out of respect for the family of the child, that wave pool closed on Friday. The police chief of Derry Township confirms the child that was pronounced dead at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center on Thursday was a nine-year-old girl. An anonymous witness told WGAL that they saw a limp child pulled from the wave pool at the Boardwalk at Hersheypark. A lifeguard started CPR, but the child was not saved. The investigation regarding the death of this nine-year-old girl is ongoing. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Greene Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman from New Cumberland, West Virginia was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Greene Township on July 21st, 2025. Thirty-eight-year-old Tabatha Norton was driving on U.S. Route 30 at the intersection between it and Upper Service Road on Lincoln Highway. Norton crossed the line in the center of the road and hit the vehicle of thirty-five-year-old Charles Seiber of Georgetown, Pennsylvania. Norton was taken to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital for serious suspected injuries in addition to her charge.

(Combined Photo of three photos of Womack Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Police)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington County, PA) According to a release from Pennsylvania State Police, they are still investigating the fraudulent activity of Shannon Nicole Womack and they are trying to correctly identify her. Womack is in custody for allegedly working unprofessionally as a nurse. Womack allegedly worked at Beaver Valley Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center and eight other Pennsylvania healthcare facilities. Womack also used at least ten aliases, which are as follows: 

• Shannon Nicole Parham
• Shannon Nicole Abiola
• Shannon Nicole Armstrong
• Shannon Abiola-Parham
• Shannon Nicole Grimes
• Shannon Nicole Womack
• Shannon Nicole Lawson
• Shannon Nicole Lethco
• Shannon Nicole Robinson
• Shannon Lee Lawson

You can also view these photos of Womack below:

If anyone from a provider of health care in Pennsylvania notices that one of those names matches a name in their facility employment records, call 724-223-5200.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Homestead, PA) A man that has charges that are connected with a shooting that occurred on Wednesday in Homestead that hurt a man has turned himself in to the Allegheny County Jail. Thirty-seven-year-old Joseph Poole reportedly went to the West Homestead police station and told officers, “I just shot somebody on 13th,” before being arrested. Poole is in the Allegheny County Jail, being held there leading up to his preliminary arraignment. According to police, a call came in on Wednesday night for a man who’d been shot in the 300 block of East 13th Avenue. The male victim was wounded by a gunshot in his leg and he was found in a house by emergency crews. The victim is in stable condition after he was taken to the hospital and he did not talk about the information about the shotting in court records. According to Allegheny County police, the charges for Poole include aggravated assault and recklessly endangering another person. If you have any other information about this shooting, call 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Twenty dollar bills are counted on June 15, 2018, in North Andover, Mass. The number of Americans who do not have a bank account fell to a record low last year, as the proliferation of online-only banks and an improving economy is bringing more Americans into the traditional financial system, according to a report Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) A new report finds raising Pennsylvania’s minimum wage to 15-dollars an hour would benefit more than 865-thousand workers from diverse demographic backgrounds. Pennsylvania’s minimum wage has remained stagnant at seven-dollars-25-cents per hour for 16 years. Supporters of raising it point out that state lawmakers get automatic annual raises. Claire Kovach with the Keystone Research Center says the report highlights the types of workers who would gain from a higher minimum wage. She emphasizes the majority would be experienced workers – many of whom are raising families and employed in essential, in-demand roles. She adds a minimum wage hike would also benefit people of color, who make up 34-percent of workers who’d see a raise, despite representing just 27-percent of the state’s population. The report says single parents and home health care workers would benefit, too.