(File Photo of Aliquippa Junior and Senior High School Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) State Representative Rob Matzie made an announcement Thursday that a grant for food service worth $22,252 let the Aliquippa Junior/Senior High School buy an electric tilt skillet. This skillet will be for the cafeteria of the school and the grant is from the Pennsylvania Department of Education. According to a release from Matzie’s office, Matzie said the new equipment will mean greater efficiency, lower costs and quicker service for students.

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on Monday, March 31st weather permitting, roadway improvement work will continue at Tuscarawas Road in Brighton Township. From 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays through the middle of September of 2025, single-lane alternating traffic will occur between Yost Drive and Fairview Road on Route 168. Crews will conduct miscellaneous activities involving construction and weekend work will also be performed.

(File Photo of Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Honululu, HI) A former UPMC doctor who was charged with second-degree murder was in court for the first time on Thursday. Forty-six-year-old Gerhardt Konig struck his wife with a rock near a hiking trail in Hawaii and was held on his charges. According to a report from KGMB-TV, court documents confirm that Konig hit his wife when she did not take a selfie near the edge of a cliff. His wife also spoke to police and said he attempted to inject an unknown liquid into her. She also stated that her face was hit into the ground after Konig grabbed her hair along with hitting her ten times in the head with a rock. The preliminary hearing for Konig is on March 31st and his $5 million bail has not been posted. 

(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) Amid a severe teacher and staff shortage, school support workers and their union allies rallied Tuesday in Harrisburg for a better living wage. The group says House Bill 777 would raise wages for more than 41-thousand school staff members. More than 100 people gathered on the Capitol steps and met with lawmakers to gauge their support for the bill. Aaron Chapin with the Pennsylvania State Education Association says it would raise the pay for support staff in public schools to a living wage of at least 20 dollars per hour. Chapin says it would raise support staff wages by about 3 dollars an hour. A PSEA survey from last fall found four out of five Pennsylvania voters would support a 20 dollar minimum wage for school support staff.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Honolulu, HI) A former UPMC doctor and former professor at the University of Pittsburgh was arrested Monday after attempting to kill his wife in Hawaii. According to Honolulu Police, forty-six-year-old Gerhardt Konig tried to push his wife off a hiking trail and hit her in the head with a rock. According to a police document, Konig has been charged with attempted second-degree murder. Konig has a bond of $5 million and his wife is in critical condition at a hospital.

(File Photo of Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Federal prosecutors announced Wednesday that a doctor who used to work at UPMC Children’s Hospital pleaded guilty to charges of child pornography. Fifty-three-year-old Ashok Panigrahy knew that in November of 2022, he had material that showed a minor being sexually exploited. Panigrahy will be sentenced on July 17th, and he could receive up to twenty years in jail, a $250,000 fine, or both.

(File Photo of the Hopewell Area School District Board Logo)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Hopewell, PA) The board of the Hopewell School District acquired property and made several decisions on Tuesday. A home on 1207 Longvue Avenue will be used for school purposes including building, alterations, parking and additional vehicle traffic in the area. Administrators that have served for three years also got an increase of $3,000. Mark D’Alessandris resigned as the high school basketball coach effective Wednesday, March 26th, 2025. Charles Piroli was hired as the Director of Facilities and Grounds no later than April 24th and will earn $80,000,00 under the one year contract. The Comprehensive Plan of the district that begins on September 1st, 2025 and ends on June 30th, 2028 was approved. The next work session meeting of the board will be held on Tuesday, April 8th, 2025 at 7 p.m. and the next regular meeting will be on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 at 7 p.m. in the boardroom at the junior high school.

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Aliquippa was arrested after alleged repeated harassments of a female juvenile victim in Aliquippa. The supervisor of the victim, forty-year-old Mark Olsavicky, harassed her while at work at 2719 Broadhead Road on March 7th, 2025. According to police, police are investigating a Childline and Olsavicky was charged with harassment. 

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman from Aliquippa was apprehended after harassing her child in Aliquippa on March 15th, 2025. Thirty-three-year-old Jaleesa Watkins hit a male juvenile victim in the face with her fist multiple times at 354 Linmar Terrace. According to police, Watkins was arrested for assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of a child and she was committed to the Beaver County Jail on a $50,000 bond.

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio and other Democrats who work in Congress sent a message to other Democrats about the state of the party at the House of Representatives. Deluzio and the others mentioned that the American Dream should be fought for again through populism and economic patriotism. They also made their stand against companies that are monopolies in their respective districts in several speeches.