(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In this Feb. 5, 2020, file photo, a W-4 form is viewed in New York. The IRS will delay the traditional April 15 tax filing due date until May 17, 2021, to cope with added duties and provide Americans more flexibility. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Tomorrow is the deadline for filing 2025 Pennsylvania personal income tax returns. There is still time to finish them, and there are several resources you can use to do so. One of them is myPATH, which you can access by clicking here (mypath.pa.gov.) You can use this website to file your PA-40 return for free. You can also call 717-787-8201 from now until 7 p.m. and tomorrow from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. This is the phone number of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue’s Customer Experience Center, which was extended last week to give more help over the phone for people to file their tax return by the deadline of midnight on April 15th. You can also access the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue’s Online Customer Service Center, which can be accessed by clicking here, (revenue.pa.gov/help/.) This website will provide answers to hundreds of questions regarding you personal income tax and allows people to submit questions easily. Taxpayers can also go to the District offices of the Pennsylvania Department of Revenue for in-person help with their tax returns after scheduling an appointment, and they need to bring a valid photo ID and their Social Security card. The locations can be found by going to revenue.pa.gov/offices, which you can access by clicking here. District offices are open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

(File Photo of a Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A man will face time in jail in Allegheny County for providing fentanyl that killed a fifteen-year-old girl from Oakdale in 2024. Twenty-nine-year-old Shakeirs Foster pleaded guilty in court yesterday to involuntary manslaughter and delivery and was sentenced to two and a half to six years in state prison. Investigators tracked the fentanyl delivery to Foster after investigative methods which included reviewing cellphone evidence and talking with witnesses. According to a release from Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday’s office, witnesses saw Foster enter the victim’s apartment on May 7th, 2024, and leave a short time later. 911 was called after the victim became unconscious. First responders provided life-saving measures before transporting her to a hospital; however,  she never regained consciousness and died a week later on May 14th, 2024.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette logo is displayed on the newspaper’s Pittsburgh office Wednesday, Jan 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will no longer cease publishing in May because it is being acquired by a nonprofit media group. Block Communications Inc. of Toledo, Ohio is the current owner of the paper and has operated the publication since 1927, but they announced back on January 7th that the 240-year-old newspaper will cease its operations on May 3rd. However, the newspaper announced today that Block Communications Inc., is selling it to the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism, which is based in Baltimore, Maryland and is the publisher of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Baltimore Banner. The sale will go into effect on May 4th, which is the day after the paper was supposed to publish its final edition. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette will be the second news organization that is operated by the nonprofit that founded the Baltimore Banner in 2022. Newsroom and local business leadership of the newspaper will remain in Pittsburgh, while its name will stay unchanged, and other functions will be combined with the Venetoulis Institute for Local Journalism. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette started back in 1786, and it is the first newspaper to open west of the Allegheny Mountains. If it had closed, it would have left Pittsburgh as the nation’s largest community without a city-based paper. The terms of the deal are unknown at this time but according to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, it would continue to publish print editions on Thursday and Sunday.

BEAVER COUNTY RADIO

PITTSBURGH — For the first time in more than 50 years, well-known music producer and promoter Rich Engler is hosting a one-of-a-kind auction event. This extraordinary collection features more than 40 autographed guitars signed by some of music’s biggest stars including Kiss, AC/DC and Bon Jovi along with a wide range of rare sports memorabilia.

Highlights of the sports items include items connected to legends such as Arnold Palmer, Hank Aaron, Jack Ham, Lynn Swann and many others.

In total, the auction includes over 40 pieces of significant sports memorabilia. To browse or place bids now through May 2 for both the guitars and the sports collection, visit billarnold.hibid.com.

In addition to the online auction, fans also can attend the “Final Bidding Party” on May 2 at The Distillery Complex at 59 South Second Street near Station Square. This event is in cooperation with Fuzion Entertainment and the
Distillery Complex. Come and be part of the live auction process or just enjoy seeing all the memorabilia on display. Admission is free.

As part of last weekend’s the NFL Draft Experience, Engler had his guitars displayed for the public to stop in and see at Fifth Avenue Place in downtown Pittsburgh.

Engler discussed the guitars and sports memorabilia, and shared tales from his days as a Pittsburgh concert promoter when appearing Tuesday on the Beaver County Radio Morning Show.

Here is Engler’s interview:

Engler has produced over 6,000 concerts including over 42 stadium concerts during his lifetime, was owner of the Stanley Theatre (now the Benedum Center) and the IC Light Amphitheatre at Station Square. He has also produced numerous concerts over his lifetime at the Syria Mosque, the Mellon Arena and Starlake Amphitheatre. He’s also written a book, which turned into an award winning documentary, called “Behind the Stage Door”.

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from the The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, (USACE) they announced the start of physical remediation (excavation) at the Shallow Land Disposal Area (SLDA), which marks a major milestone in efforts to safely address legacy radiological waste and protect nearby communities and the environment. USACE started excavation work on April 7th, at the 44-acre site located at 2992 River Road in Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, which is about 23 miles east-northeast of Pittsburgh along the Kiskiminetas River in Armstrong County near the communities of Apollo and Vandergrift. The project team has transitioned from pre-remediation preparations, including the installation of site buildings and equipment, to the start of active cleanup of radiological materials. Work will begin deliberately and proceed methodically as crews evaluate site conditions and materials encountered during the process. Excavation activities are expected to progress at a pace that may vary as conditions change. USACE and its contractors will start with the removal of the topsoil on Trench 8, then excavate contaminated material. During each stage of excavation, the Corps of Engineers and its contractors will continuously monitor the site and adjust operations as needed while prioritizing worker and public safety, complying with regulatory requirements, and following best practices.

(File Photo of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cars)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release today that nineteen-year-old Liam Convery of Ellwood City was not charged after crashing his vehicle in Lawrence County on April 1st, 2026. Convery was driving on Bridge Street in Wayne Township at 9:38 a.m. and he reported to police that the vehicle he was driving lost power steering and veered off the road, striking a utility pole and then a tree. He was not injured. 

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that thirty-seven-year-old George Downs of Pittsburgh was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in Aliquippa on February 27th, 2026. Police conducted a traffic stop at the 1 block of Cochran Street at 1:34 a.m. and Downs was arrested for DUI during the stop. Charges against Downs are pending. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that thirty-four-year-old Devin Polzot of Aliquippa was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in Aliquippa on January 18th, 2026. Polzot was stopped because he committed a vehicle code violation at the 1800 block of Sheffield Road at 12:55 a.m. He was subsequently arrested for drug possession and driving under the influence of a controlled substance. Charges against Polzot are pending. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: First responders inspect a partially collapsed parking garage in Philadelphia, Thursday, April 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The bodies of two workers trapped when a stairwell roof collapsed at a parking garage under construction in Philadelphia have been found, authorities announced Monday morning.

The section of roof at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia’s garage fell Wednesday, triggering a collapse across all seven levels, Mayor Cherelle Parker told reporters last week. Crews initially rescued three workers injured in the collapse and they were taken to hospitals, where one died, officials said. The other two workers were treated and released. By Thursday, officials said search dogs hadn’t found any signs of life at the collapse site.

Crews worked through the weekend to take apart the unstable building to make the search possible and recovery operations began Sunday night, officials said. The workers were found and recovered early Monday.

“They have recovered both individuals with the utmost dignity and compassion and respect for their families and loved ones,” Parker said. The Department of Public Health and the Medical Examiner’s office will identify them.

The mayor also announced that she would order the city solicitor and law department to investigate the collapse.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of WTAE-TV Pittsburgh, Posted on Facebook on April 13th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Crews have recovered the vehicle that plunged into the cold Monongahela River from the Parkway East earlier this year. Pittsburgh police, state police and rescue crews were on the scene yesterday at the Southside Riverfront Park. A silver, smashed-up vehicle could be seen being pulled from the river by a tow truck. A vehicle went off the Parkway into the river near the 900 block of Second Avenue after striking a snow embankment on January 29th. Divers used a rope system and a Stokes basket to go into the ice and sub-zero temperatures and bring up the driver, thirty-one-year-old Jacinta Stevens of the West End of Pittsburgh, who later died at the hospital. The vehicle was not removed from the river at the time due to safety concerns.