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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release yesterday from the Transportation Security Administration, the TSA screened nearly 10.4 million travelers at the nation’s airport security checkpoints from Friday, August 29th through Monday, September 1st of the Labor Day holiday weekend in 2025, with Friday marking one of the busiest days in TSA history. 2,971,217 passengers got screened on Friday, which is the biggest ever for volume for the Friday before Labor Day for the TSA. Eight of the top ten busiest days for travel got reported since May 23rd, 2025, and the TSA is on pace to set a record this year for annual volume of passengers. A 3.3% increase of travelers getting screened by TSA over the Labor Day weekend in 2025 from the Labor Day weekend in 2024 was also seen. The 2024 Labor Day weekend when TSA screened travelers was on Friday, August 30th through Monday, September 2nd, 2024. In the twenty-four year history of the TSA, August 29th, 2025 was the 15th busiest day they have ever had for screening travelers.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report that an unidentified female suspect used a voucher from an unidentified seventy-seven-year-old woman from Pittsburgh at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on August 29th, 2025. This voucher was $180, and the female victim of this theft did not remove it after cashing out at the slot machine AE03-02 at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. The female suspect was caught on surveillance with the stolen voucher and played it at some other slot machines and when security discovered her, she denied taking a voucher to security. According to police, the female suspect stated she lied due to being scared and she made restitution to security regarding the stolen $180 voucher.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report that sixty-nine-year-old Willie Ray Dennis of Pittsburgh trespassed into the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on August 28th, 2025. According to police, Dennis was not licensed or privileged to enter the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh and a notice of trespass was given to Dennis.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report that seventy-one-year-old James Samolovitch of West Mifflin got arrested for getting into the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on August 28th, 2025 when he had already been banned there for life. Charges against Samolovitch have been filed.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Robinson Township Solicitor Jack Cambest confirmed to KDKA yesterday that Steve Pies, who worked as a Robinson Township police officer, got fired last week. The reason that Pies got fired was because he got charged for being connected to an alleged road rage attack in Robinson Township on July 2nd, 2025. Pies accused Al Canella of cutting him off that day. Canella owns Al’s Texaco on Forest Grove Road Pies followed Canella on Forest Grove Road and got accused of breaking the ribs of Cannella and punching Cannella in the face. Pies allegedly had a confrontation with Cannella in a parking lot and said curse words to him and after allegedly punching Cannella in the face, Cannella became unconscious temporarily after he fell. Pies was also off-duty at the time of the attack. Pies received charges of a misdemeanor count of simple assault and a felony count of aggravated assault for his alleged crime. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report that twenty-year-old Jack Lamothe of Vero Beach, Florida was arrested for possessing a false identification at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on August 29th, 2025. Lamothe showed a fake identification card to police to try to get into the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. According to police, a non-traffic citation was filed against Lamothe.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report that forty-two-year-old Robert Holloway of Coraopolis was arrested for disorderly conduct there on August 30th, 2025. Holloway got involved in an incident that day at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh when he tried to avoid the fee for parking there and got both disruptive and argumentative with security. Charges against Holloway were filed.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Daugherty Township, PA) A fire occurred in a house in Daugherty Township yesterday morning which caused an unidentified woman to get flown to a hospital after she was rescued from that home. According to officials, the fire that occurred on Route 68 started in the center of that house yesterday morning. The New Brighton Volunteer Fire Department confirms that within one minute of discovering the woman that was unconscious in that house, them and the Daugherty Township Fire Department continued battling the fire. An air medical helicopter flew this woman to the hospital and the landing zone coverage was provided by the Rochester Fire Department. The woman was rescued from the home that caught on fire in Daugherty Township yesterday and the cause of this fire is unknown at this time.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Israeli soldiers and rescue team search for survivors amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by an Iranian missile strike that killed several people, in Beersheba, Israel, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) U.S. Senators John Fetterman and Dave McCormick sent letters to five universities in Pennsylvania to tell them to make sure that organizations on their campuses that are Jewish get what they need to protect the students that are served by those organizations. Fetterman and McCormick sent letters to the University of Pittsburgh, Penn State University, the University of Pennsylvania, Lehigh University and Temple University with this message on August 28th, 2025 because of a record number of anti-semitic incidents on campuses. These universities have the largest populations of Jewish students in the state of Pennsylvania. This message also comes prior to two years since the war between Hamas and Israel began, which was October 7th, 2023.

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PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Sep 3, 2025– PPG (NYSE: PPG) yesterday announced the publication of a white paper exploring the crucial role that passive fire protection (PFP) testing plays in preserving the structural integrity of steel when fires occur in commercial and industrial buildings.

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PPG issues white paper highlighting critical role of accurate fire testing in passive fire protection.

The white paper, Understanding Fire Testing Practices for Cellulosic Passive Fire Protection Systems: A Critical Component of Structural Safety, emphasizes that accurate fire testing and compliance with industry standards are essential to ensure the reliability of PFP coatings. Variations in application thickness, building loads and environmental conditions can significantly impact performance; since malfunctioning products could put lives at risk, verifiable and reproducible test results are paramount.

“With evolving regulations and increasingly complex building codes, it is imperative that PFP systems undergo rigorous, accurate standardized fire testing to help ensure reliable performance,” said Richard Mann, PPG global product manager, passive fire protection, Protective and Marine Coatings. “We are committed to providing superior fire protection solutions and adhering to internationally recognized testing processes to remain a trusted coatings partner in the field.”

Key topics covered in the white paper include:

• An overview of intumescent PFP coating technologies, including PPG STEELGUARD ® solutions
• Comparisons of fire testing standards (UL 263, ASTM E119, EN 13381-8, GB 14907)
• Testing protocols for restrained and unrestrained steel sections and assemblies
• The impact of system compatibility on fire protection performance, including the role of primers and topcoats
• Best practices to ensure compliance with the International Building Code (IBC) and other regulations

PPG utilizes in-house facilities, such as its dedicated UL-certified Global Fire Protection Technology Center and extensive third-party testing to develop products that meet and exceed global fire protection standards while also delivering operational advantages and appealing aesthetic finishes. The PPG PFP team has decades of experience working in the fire protection industry and extensive experience in structural engineering and fire engineering.

To download the white paper, click here. To learn more about PPG’s Protective and Marine Coatings business, visit ppgpmc.com.