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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Sewickley Township, PA) On Thursday, a proposed Beaver County solar farm in North Sewickley Township was denied a zoning application. Penn Renewables was the company that faced a zoning board after leasing the farm. However, neighbors believed that values of property and issues with flooding would affect the “impact” the land has in the community. Even though Penn Renewables is continuing to get the farm applied to be built on a wooded area of almost eighty acres, an almost three-hour decision by a zoning board said no to the opportunity. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Kennedy Township, PA) A former secretary for Sto-Rox elementary school has been charged with stealing over $1,000 from a fundraiser of the school. According to court paperwork, Jasmine Smith now has a theft charge after $1,015 was taken from the Sto-Rox PTO. Smith was caught on video keeping the cash in the drawer of her desk and leaving with it on November 15th, 2024. Court paperwork also states that February 18th, 2025 will be the preliminary hearing date for Smith. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hanover Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that charges were filed after a man from Hookstown caused a single-vehicle crash close to 1457 Lincoln Highway. At 6:24 a.m., thirty-seven-year-old Zane Cuneo hit a shrub bush with his vehicle after crossing into an oncoming lane. According to police, Cuneo suffered minor injuries and was suspected as heavily being under the influence of alcohol. Cuneo was charged for DUI following the incident. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Greene Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman was charged after a single-vehicle crash occurred on 5040 Bocktown Road on December 31st, 2024. Eighteen-year-old Neveah Connor of Monaca hit her vehicle on big boulders on the road’s right side after driving off the roadway. Connor was discovered by police at her house and will be charged for her actions.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Greene Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a single-vehicle crash occurred on January 15th, 2025 on State Route 168 north of Silver Slipper Road. At 9 a.m., twenty-four-year-old Joshua Hudack of Georgetown did not have control of his pickup truck after a malfunction occurred. The vehicle was towed after the incident. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Darlington, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a woman from Darlington was arrested for driving under the influence on January 12th, 2025. Police dispatch received a disturbance call at around 2:53 a.m. after arriving at Greerburg Tavern on Darlington Road. Thirty-three-year-old Aubrey Fry of Darlington called police about her estranged husband and told them that he was drunk. Fry was parked behind that man’s Jeep. After the investigation at the scene, Fry was arrested for DUI. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Buffalo Bills’ Damar Hamlin speaks in front of University of Cincinnati Medical Center staff during the NFL Honors award show ahead of the Super Bowl 57 football game, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023, in Phoenix. Damar Hamlin will put the $9.1 million given to a GoFundMe campaign by well-wishers after his on-field collapse into his own nonprofit, the Chasing M’s Foundation.
The decision, first shared with The Associated Press Monday, May 8, 2023, is a first step in the 25-year-old’s plan for the unprecedented outpouring of support that he received after his heart stopped following a tackle during a Monday night football game in January. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh native and NFL football player Damar Hamlin sent a public service announcement about the initiative known as the Nation of Lifesavers through the American Heart Association. Hamlin noted that both CPR and automated external defibrillators are why he is still alive and they can become a “superpower” to save someone’s life. Hamlin survived a cardiac arrest in 2023 that happened during an NFL football game. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Groundhog Club handler A.J. Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil, the weather prognosticating groundhog, during the 138th celebration of Groundhog Day on Gobbler’s Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. Phil’s human handlers took the occasion of Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 12, 2024, to announce that the two kids born earlier this spring to Phil and his partner, Phyllis, are named Sunny and Shadow. Sunny is a female, Shadow a male. (AP Photo/Barry Reeger, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Punxsutawney, PA) Sunday is Groundhog Day, and six weeks of winter are predicted by Punxsutawney Phil if he sees his shadow and the weather is sunny. An early spring is predicted if Phil does not see his shadow. Phil’s famous attempt to spot his shadow this year will also be his first as a father. According to an announcement from the Punxsutawney Groundhog Club, Phil and his partner Phyllis had two kits, a male named Shadow and a female named Sunny. 

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published January 30, 2025 11:39 P.M.

(Rochester Township, Pa) An apparent head on collision took place on the Rochester-Beaver Bridge. Two vehicles drove into each other at the end of the Route 65 on-ramp to the bridge around 11pm Thursday night.

One vehicle appeared to have been traveling in the wrong direction from Beaver. Numerous crews responded to the scene.

Both vehicles were removed and traffic to the bridge was reopened shortly after 11:30pm.

We have no further information at this time.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) On weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through late August, single lane alternating traffic restrictions will occur in Findlay and North Fayette Townships. On Wednesday, work was beginning on Route 30 and according to PennDOT, the intersections of Chiri Lane and Interstate 576 will undergo a project from road crews. Drainage will be improved, slopes will be repaired along the road, and guardrails will be installed and removed at these locations.  The project is worth $5.63 million and paving, milling, and line repainting will also be performed. Flaggers will also guide drivers through the zone where work will occur.