Pitt promotes assistant coach Corey Sanders to defensive coordinator

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The University of Pittsburgh college football team has promoted Corey Sanders from assistancoach to its new defensive coordinator. The announcement of this move came yesterday from head coach Pat Narduzzi after longtime Pitt defensive coordinator Randy Bates announced he would retire following the bowl game that Pitt played against East Carolina University on Saturday. Sanders has served as Pitt’s assistant head coach since 2024 and he will enter into his ninth season on the Pitt coaching staff in 2026.

Jus1More Sports Bar and Grill in Beaver Falls will permanently close after last day on 2025 New Year’s Eve

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) Jus1More Sports Bar and Grill in Beaver Falls will have its final day of operation on December 31st2025 after three years in business. The reason for the closure is unknown, but the restaurant will be having a New Year’s Eve party that day as well with specials, giveaways of merchandise and more. If you have any gift cards for Jus1More Sports Bar and Grill, you should utilize them as soon as possible, because their services that are online will likely be turned off as they run through their remaining inventory. 

Ambridge targeting Ellwood City high school coach Dan Bradley for its next head coach

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) Ambridge athletic director Anthony Amadio confirms that after four seasons leading the Ellwood City High School football team, Dan Bradley could be returning to Ambridge to become its next head coach. According to information in a phone call last Monday, Amadio said that the position has been offered to Bradley and the move will be voted on and made official during its next school board meetings in January on the 14th and 21st. Bradley has a career record of 104-53 and this comes after Ambridge high school football head coach Sherman McBride resigned at the end of the 2025 season.

Officers in Pittsburgh shoot at man who fired shots at woman and her dog, police say

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to authorities, police officers fired shots at a man who shot at a woman and her dog in the Shadyside neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Friday. A news release from the Allegheny Couty Police Department confirms that Pittsburgh Bureau of Police officers were called to the 4700 block of Centre Avenue for a reported assault around 4:15 p.m. and nobody was hit by the gunfire. When officers arrived, they found a man threatening a woman and her dog with a gun outside an apartment building at the scene. County police confirm after officers yelled at the man to drop his weapon, he fired “multiple” shots at the victim and the dog. Officers returned fire as the man tried to run away, and he was later taken into custody. A media release that county police issued on Saturday states that the suspect was later identified as 38-year-old Lamar Reddick. Reddick is now in the Allegheny County Jail pending preliminary arraignment, however; he is facing multiple charges, including attempted homicide, aggravated cruelty to animals, and aggravated assault. Pittsburgh Public Safety noted that per policy, Allegheny County police detectives are handling the investigation. 

Man hospitalized after being shot multiple times in the Allentown neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver Couty Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A man was critically injured after he was shot multiple times early yesterday morning in the Allentown neighborhood of Pittsburgh. According to Pittsburgh Police, officers from their Zone 3 were called to the area of Manton Way around 4:15 a.m. yesterday after receiving reports of a disturbance. Police confirm that when officers arrived, they found a man who had been shot in both the head and in the abdomenThe man was taken to the hospital by medics in critical condition and police state that he was immediately taken into surgery. Police also note that detectives from the Violent Crime Unit are investigating this incident, and the bureau’s Mobile Crime Unit responded to the scene and processed evidence, which included recovering shell casings. 

Woman facing charges after allegedly zipping a puppy up inside a suitcase in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A woman is facing charges after police say she zipped a puppy up inside a suitcase in Pittsburgh. Online court records confirm that fifty-six-year-old Jayme White is charged with cruelty to animals, disorderly conduct and related offenses. According to the criminal complaint, police were called to the 400 block of Avery Street around 11:51 p.m. on Friday. A man told officers that White had been yelling at her dog and then zipped it up inside the suitcase she was walking with. Records confirm that White appeared heavily intoxicated and yelled at officers throughout the whole incident. White was taken into custody by officers and she is in the Allegheny County Jail with her bail set at $1,000. 

Police investigating “suspicious” death of woman in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A woman has died after she was found unresponsive in the Perry North neighborhood of Pittsburgh early yesterday morning. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, emergency crews were called to the 100 block of Watson Boulevard around 2 a.m. after reports of an unresponsive adult woman. Medics pronounced her dead at the scene and a release from the Office of the Allegheny County Medical Examiner states that she was later identified as 44-year-old Michelle Sturdivant. Police confirm that detectives with the Violent Crime Unit are investigating and that the death of Sturdivant is considered suspicious. 

Pittsburgh man charged for careless driving after three-vehicle crash occurs in Allegheny County

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Noah Haswelll, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Saturday that eighty-three-year-old Richard Neurohr of Pittsburgh was charged for careless driving after causing a three-vehicle crash in Allegheny County on the morning of December 22nd, 2025. Neurohr was driving on I-79 South in Franklin Park Borough when he slowed and stopped his vehicle while he was in the left lane after missing an exit at 9:15 a.m. The vehicle of Neurohr was hit by the vehicle of thirty-nine-year-old Stephan Tomayko of Freedom and the vehicle of Tomayko was then hit by the vehicle of sixty-one-year-old Leszek Wajler of Searsmont, Maine. No injuries were associated with this crash and the vehicles of both Tomayko and Wajler were towed following the incident.

New Castle man arrested after road rage incident occurs in Lawrence County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release today that an incident of road rage in Lawrence County on December 19th2025 caused an unidentified thirty-five-year-old man from New Castle to get arrested. This happened in Union Township at approximately 3:43 p.m. and the arrestee got mad at an unidentified forty-seven-year-old woman from New Castle along West State Street on I-376 West. Traffic citations and non-traffic citations were filed as a result. 

New Castle man apprehended for providing false name to law enforcement to avoid an active warrant

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release last Monday that forty-five-year-old Vincent Perrotta of New Castle was apprehended in New Castle on the evening of November 24th2025 after he gave a fake name to law enforcement that night so he could avoid an active warrant. Police from PSP New Castle went to the parking lot of the West Side Mini Mart to initiate a traffic stop for Pennsylvania Title 75 violations there at 10:59 p.m. and an investigation confirms that Perrotta gave a name that was false to law enforcement to avoid an active warrant. Perrotta was arrested and transported to the Lawrence County Jail. Charges for false identification to law enforcement were filed against him.