Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published June 29, 2025 11:31 P.M.
(Beaver Falls, Pa) The City of Beaver Falls Police Department issued a press release Sunday evening regarding a fatal accident that took place Sunday afternoon.
At approximately 3:20pm, responders were called to an accident at 11th Street and 7th Avenue involving a grey Dodge pickup, red Nissan, and a pedestrian.
The report states that a 23 year old female who was the passenger of the Nissan died on scene. The 25 year old male driver of the vehicle was taken from the scene but died shortly after.
The pedestrian was stated to be a 48 year old female who was pinned under the Nissan. She was transported to the hospital for severe injuries.
The driver of the Dodge pickup has been identified as 45 year old Israel Tun Cooch of Cranberry Township.
He has been charged with multiple counts of Homicide with Vehicle DUI, Aggravated Assault with Vehicle DUI, Accident involving Death or Injury without license, in addition to other related charges.
Cooch was taken to a Pittsburgh hospital from the scene.
The identities of the victims have not yet been released and they say the accident is still under investigation.
Toto holds the line, Vince Gill croons country, Teddy Swims sings soulfully and Pantera gets heads banging in what’s shaped up to be a memorable month of music in Western Pennsylvania.
From Kiss six-stringer Ace Frehley to Jakob Dylan’s The Wallflowers, July is loaded with famous acts headed our way.
To help you pick a show, here’s the July concert guide:
Aug. 2: Luke Bryan; Aug. 6: Doobie Brothers; Aug. 9: Jason Aldean; Aug. 10: Styx, Kevin Cronin and Donnie Iris; Aug. 29: Dierks Bentley; Sept. 5: Hardy; Sept. 18: Falling in Reverse; Sept. 20: $uicide Boy$; Sept. 28: Twenty One Pilots; Oct. 1: Alice Cooper-Judas Priest.
Toto headlines a Pavilion at Star Lake show joined by Christopher Cross and Men at Work.
Aug. 1: Blackberry Smoke; Aug. 2: Rock, Reggae & Relief with Stephen & Damian Marley; Aug. 3: The Head & The Heart; Aug. 7: Lord Huron; Aug. 9: Flaming Lips/Modest Mouse; Aug. 19: Jessie Murph; Aug. 21: Chevelle and Asking Alexandria; Aug. 26: Gary Clark Jr.; Sept. 3: Men I Trust; Sept. 5: Women Who Rock with Jessica Simpson; Sept. 5: Women Who Rock with Jessica Simpson; Sept. 8: PUP; Sept. 9: Alabama Shakes; Sept. 10: Vance Joy; Sept. 12: Pixies; Sept. 13: Bruce Dickinson; Sept. 22: Dylan Gossett; Sept. 23: Garbage; Sept. 26: Gavin Adcock; Sept. 27: Russell Dickerson; Sept. 29: Marina; Oct. 7: T-Pain.
Aug. 16: Montrose; Aug. 17: Stryper; Aug. 22: ZZ Ward; Aug. 27: Sister Hazel; Sept. 10: Michael Schenker; Sept. 14: David Cook; Sept. 24: Lita Ford; Oct. 4: Here Comes the Mummies; Oct. 9: Hailey Whitters; Oct. 23: Squirrel Nut Zippers; Oct. 26: Tab Benoit; Nov. 6: North Mississippi All-Stars; Nov. 17: Richie Kotzen and John 5.
Aug. 3: Graham Nash; Sept. 14: Vicki Lawrence & Mama; Oct. 1: Don Gatlin & the original Kenny Rogers Band; Oct. 3: Geoff Tate; Oct. 25: Bill Murray & The Blood Brothers; Nov. 22: The Outlaws; Nov. 25: Boz Scaggs.
Blues Traveler plays the new Iron City Beer Stage this summer. (Photo: Graham Fielder).
Aug. 18: Silversun Pickups; Aug. 19: The Struts; Sept. 6: Jerry Cantrell; Sept. 11: Rilo Kelly; Sept. 18: GWAR; Sept. 20: Marilyn Manson; Sept. 30: Franz Ferdinand; Oct. 28: Andy Bell of Erasure; Nov. 1: From Ashes to New; Nov. 11: Minus The Bear; Nov. 26: The Beths.
Aug. 14: Los Lobos; Aug. 21: Asleep at The Wheel; Sept. 20: The Baseball Project; Sept. 23: Soccer Mommy; Oct. 3: Feeble Little Horse; Oct. 11: Craig Finn; Dec. 2: The Lemonheads.
Aug. 19; John Moreland; Sept. 16: Superchunk; Sept. 17: James McMurtry; Oct. 25: The War & Treaty; Nov. 8: Keller Williams.
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Aug. 12: Train and Edwin McCain; Aug. 17: Alice Cooper; Sept. 18: Lee Brice; Sept. 20: Cody Jinks.
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Sept. 16: David Byrne; Sept. 18: Dream Theater; Sept. 24: Lucy Dacus; Nov. 14: Taylor Tomlinson; Nov. 21-22: Steve Martin and Martin Short; Dec. 9: Straight No Chaser.
(Brighton Twp., Pa.) Beaver County Radio 99.3 and 95.7 FM along with 1230 WBVP, 1460 WMBA and beavercountyradio.com is your exclusive outlet to hear the live simulcast of the 2025 Beaver County Boom simulcast that pays tribute to Zambelli’s 2024 Award Winning Show “Cosmic Connection”. The sound track is choreographed to fireworks by Zambelli International and Beaver County Radio. You can also down load our free apps at the Google play store and on Apple I-tunes by typing in beaver county radio. The 2025 Beaver County Boom is being presented by PUSH Beaver County.
BURGETTSTOWN — Avril Lavigne plus the words “greatest hits tour” equaled a jam-packed Pavilion at Star Lake on Thursday.
Canada’s pop-punk princess showcased hits, including set-starter “Girlfriend” with its leadoff line “Hey, hey, you, you, I don’t like your girlfriend,” setting a tone for breezy, sing-along fun.
The sound could have been better — it was over-amplified and muffled for much of Lavigne’s banter — but the hooks rang true, as on fan favorites “Complicated” and “My Happy Ending” featured in the first-third of the performance.
Lavigne charmed fans with her enthusiasm, sincerity and spunkiness. She pantomimed a punch with a P-popping vocal sound to punctuate one of the more rousing “Complicated” moments.
“Here’s to Never Growing Up” tracked philosophically with the decisively girls-just-want-to-have-fun crowd.
For “Keep Holding On,” Lavigne grabbed an electric guitar, joining forces with her band’s two six-stringers.
Having earlier sung a faithful cover of The Chicks’ “Wide Open Spaces,” a seated Lavigne started out acoustically on “Breakaway,” a song she wrote as a 16-year-old that became a smash hit for Kelly Clarkson.
Thanking fans for their decades of support, Lavigne noted this was a greatest hits tour, but she couldn’t resist gathering with opening act Simple Plan before hitting the road months ago to record a new, nostalgia-driven song, “Young & Dumb.” Simple Plan singer Pierre Bouvier came out on stage so they could perform it live. A half-dozen, randomly chosen, ardent young fans were brought onto the stage for visual accompaniment. Lavigne handed each of those fans an autographed skateboard while Pierre tossed bundled up concert T-shirts into the crowd.
From those joyful and sweet moments, Lavigne somehow segued into “Bite Me.”
Back to her skateboard roots she went for “Sk8er Boi,” another jubilant singalong that got spectators dancing.
By that point, a heavy rain was falling, but the mood was never dampened for fans who got to witness the 40-year Lavigne in maybe her biggest ever western Pennsylvania headlining visit.
Avril Lavigne at The Pavilion at Star Lake.
Simple Plan set the stage well for her, with a blissful, boisterous pop-punk set. Bouvier introduced “I’m Just a Kid” as a song written 23 years ago, acknowledging that would make some fans shout “(heck) yeah!” and make others put their head in their hands and groan “oh (heck) no.” Wearing a T-shirt that said “I’m Just a Kid” with the “kid” crossed out and replaced by the word “adult,” Bouvier engagingly commanded the stage, taking a turn behind the drum kit as drummer Chuck Comeau ran through the crowd slapping high-fives.
The Montreal mirth-makers maintained an entertaining, upbeat vibe.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Arkansas forward Adou Thiero, right, controls the ball in front of Texas A&M guard Hayden Hefner on Feb. 15. The Lakers acquired Thiero, the 36th pick of the NBA draft, in a trade with Minnesota on Thursday. (Sam Craft / Associated Press)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Brooklyn, NY) A former Quaker Valley High School basketball playerwas selected by the Los Angeles Lakers on Thursday night as the 36th pick in the 2025 NBA Draft. Adou Thiero is a junior in college who started playing college basketball at the University of Kentucky and then transferred to the University of Arkansas. Thiero followed the move there with Moon Township native and head coach John Calipari. The Lakers made tradesto get the rights to draft Thiero on to their team in the second round of the 2025 NBA draft.
Source for Photo: -Danielle Smith, Keystone News Service, Credit for Photo: (Alexander Raths/Adobe Stock) Caption for Photo: Nurse cares for a elderly woman lying in bed
(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)
(Harrisburg, PA) The One Big Beautiful Bill has hit a roadblock. The Senate parliamentarian has ruled that a key Medicaid provider tax change violates chamber rules. The House version would slash federal Medicaid spending by at least $700 billion to help fund tax cuts and other Trump-era priorities. Pennsylvania nurse Molly McCullough warns the cuts could put seniors at risk and threaten rural hospitals. She says many older adults in Southwestern Pennsylvania depend on Medicaid, and hopes the Senate’s action helps protect their care. Medicaid supports about 3 million Pennsylvanians across all 67 counties. McCullough says that no matter what changes the Senate makes, the bill would still need to return to the House for approval, and Republicans may have to rewrite or scrap major parts to keep it alive.
(West Mifflin, PA) A Kennywood operations team employee named Noah helped successfully rescue some ducklings after they were trapped on the tracks of the Pittsburg Plunge on Tuesday. According to Kennywood, a family of ducks went for a swim in the Lost Kennywood fountain and Noah put the baby ducklings of the family in some nearby bushes after rescuing them. The video of this action went viral on TikTok and has over 100,000 views.
(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from the U.S. Customs and Border Protections, the CBPseized 13 counterfeit Rolex watches and 12 pairs of designer brand sunglasses in Pittsburgh on June 6th.This information was released on Thursday and according to that release, the shipment was destined to a Pittsburgh address and manifested as “Empty Poly Bag Ladies Hand Bag” and the shipment contained six Rolex Oyster Perpetual Datejust models, five Rolex Oyster Perpetual Cosmograph Daytona models, and two Rolex Diamond Iced-Out models, and sunglasses bearing Burberry, Chanel, Gucci, Miu Miu, and Valentino brand names. If these products would have been authentic, $573,200 would be the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. The United Arab Emirates is where the items arrived from before being suspected counterfeit.The items were detained for further review by CBP officers, who suspected them counterfeit. These items were inspected by CBP officers initially on April 27th.
(Duquesne, PA) One person has died and three other people got taken to the hospital after a fire left four houses in flames in the City of Duquesne early Thursday morning. At 1:30 a.m. yesterday, the fire began at one house and then went to three other homes. Water damage was sustained by one of the houses, which is owned by Juanita Jennings. According to Duquesne Fire Chief Frank Cobb, Jennings’ home should be able to be renovated. The fire departments from Allegheny County, Duquesne and West Mifflin also helped to assist on scene.
