By SCOTT TADY

February brings fun concerts to the Pittsburgh region.

The Wallflowers, Rascal Flatts, Dropkick Murphys and Donnie Iris’ annual birthday bash are among the musical events ready to get you on your feet and dancing.

Here’s the concert calendar to help you pick a few good shows.

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Feb. 27: Rascal Flatts

March 2: Journey; March 3: Three Days Grace; March 6: Cody Johnson; March 20: Bert Kreischer; May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; June 11: 5 Seconds of Summer; June 16: Megan Moroney; June 23: Alex Warren; June 30: Lionel Richie with Earth, Wind & Fire; July 11: Meghan Trainor; July 30-31: Nate Bargatze; Aug. 13: Zac Brown Band; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.

STAGE AE

Feb. 12: Dropkick Murphys

Feb. 19: Ole 60

March 13: Rise Against; March 19: Dark Star Orchestra; March 22: Zara Larsson; April 8: Last Dinner Party; April 10: 49 Winchester; April 14: The Maine; May 12: Ashnikko; June 10: Mt. Joy; July 10: Louis Tomlinson; July 23: O.A.R.; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise

PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER

Feb. 22: Dancing With The Stars Live

March 20: Brit Floyd; March 26: Toby MAC; April 4: B2K, Bow Wow; April 11: Bailey Zimmerman; June 7: Teddy Swims.

PALACE THEATRE

Feb. 21: Donnie Iris & The Cruisers

March 15: Steven Curtis Chapman; April 19: Kenny Wayne Shepherd; May 3: The Jaggerz, Chuck Blasko’s Vogues, The Skyliners, The Marcels and Pure Gold; May 19: ZZ Top; July 23: Air Supply; Oct. 15: Micky Dolenz

CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HOMESTEAD

Feb. 7: Serendipity: A Night of Film with John Cusack

March 7: Sheena Easton; April 9: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood; April 30: Jim Breuer; May 5: Melissa Etheridge; May 28: Airplane! Live With Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays; June 7: Napoleon Dynamite – A Conversation with “Napoleon Dynamite’s” Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, & Jon Gries; June 9: Ben Folds.

CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH

Feb. 22: Steel Wheels

March 9: California Guitar Trio; March 20: Low Cut Connie; April 13: Soul Asylum acoustic; April 21: BBMak; April 24-25: Vanessa Carlton; April 29: Melissa Manchester; May 10: Willie Nile.

ROXIAN THEATRE

Feb. 14: Chase Matthews

Feb. 15: Badflower

Feb. 17: Descendants and Frank Turner

Feb. 20: The Wallflowers

March 17: Gary Numan; March 28: Thievery Corporation; May 14: Sevendust; May 18: Alter Bridge; April 4: Our Lady Peace and the Verve Pipe; April 7: Ally and AJ; April 14: Snarky Puppy; April 21: Band of Horses; Aug. 12: Courtney Barrett.

MR. SMALLS THEATRE

Feb. 6-7: Pigeons Playing Ping Pong

March 12: Punchline; March 20: Sebastian Bach; March 27: Hunter Hayes; March 28-29: Lotus; April 7: Madison Cunningham; May 2: Afghan Whigs; May 7: Pete Thorn.

BYHAM THEATER

Feb. 7: Ghost Hounds

March 6: Kathleen Madigan; April 18: David Spade.

JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE

Feb. 18: Scott Blasey

Feb. 21: Tyler Braden

March 12: FireHouse; March 15: Jaggerz CD release party; March 19: Max Weinberg’s Jukebox; March 26: Slaughter; April 7: Lynch Mob; April 8: Throwing Muses; April 9: Kylie Morgan;  April 22: Uli Jon Roth; April 23: The Band Perry; April 28: Paul Gilbert; May 8: Crack The Sky; May 16: Everclear; July 5: Quiet Riot; Sept. 6: Throwing Muses; Sept. 16-17: Leonid & Friends.

BENEDUM CENTER

March 2: Jason Isbell; 3: Patti LuPone; March 7: Joe Bonamassa; April 8: CeCe Winans; 10: Anne Wilson; April 11: The Temptations & The Four Tops.

UPMC EVENTS CENTER

March 10: Sabaton; April 7: Bush; May 11: Bilmuri; June 15: Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T’s.

HEINZ HALL

April 11: Lake Street Dive with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra; July 3: Derek Hough.

OAKS THEATER

March 17: Jim Messina; March 26: Spyro Gyra; March 29: Joanne Shaw Taylor.

CRAFTHOUSE GRILL

March 5: Sponge; March 26: The Fell.

ACRISURE STADIUM

June 5-6: Morgan Wallen; Aug. 29: Bruno Mars.

PNC PARK

July 3: Noah Kahan

RIVERS CASINO

Feb. 21: Colin Jost

March 13: Skillet

THUNDERBIRD CAFE

Feb. 17: The Lone Bellow

Feb. 23: Langhorne Slim

April 16: Whitney; May 2: Bahamas; May 12: Marc Broussard; May 22: Southern Culture on The Skids.

PAVILION AT STAR LAKE

June 10: MGK; June 17: Chris Stapleton;  June 23: Godsmack; June 26: Riley Green; July 3: Jack Johnson; July 17: Motley Crue; July 24: Dave Matthews Band; Aug. 1: “Weird” Al Yankovic; Aug. 2: Ne-Yo & Akon; Aug. 7: Five Finger Death Punch; Aug. 8: Parker McCollum; Aug. 14: Goo Goo Dolls; Aug. 29: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson.

YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER

July 10: Jason Aldean; July 11: Eric Church; Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule.

Others

 April 22: Rev. Horton Heat, Preserving Underground, New Kensington; May 28, Jo Dee Messina, Timber Rock Amphitheater, Farmington; June 27: Dustin Lynch, Beaver County Boom on The Bridge, Bridgewater.

 

 

 

 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The PNC Foundation announced this morning that it would be contributing a $2 million grant to the city of Pittsburgh to help purchase new snow removal equipment. According to Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O’Connor, the $2 million grant from the PNC Foundation will help the city purchase 15 new vehicles this year. The contribution from the PNC Foundation comes just one day after a donation from UPMC of $10 million to help Pittsburgh upgrade its EMS fleet.   

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wexford, PA) According to a release in Wexford from Allegheny Health Network (AHN), they announced today that AHN Wexford Hospital is a recipient of the 2025 Human Experience (HX) Guardian of Excellence Award, which places the hospital in the top 5% of health care providers in delivering patient experience in the last year. This is the fourth year in a row that AHN Wexford Hospital has been recognized by Press Ganey, and this award is part of Press Ganey’s yearly annual patient experience ranking of top U.S. health systems and hospitals. AHN Wexford Hospital is located north of Pittsburgh in Pine Township, and it includes 158 inpatient beds and a 24-bed emergency department that is capable of caring for both pediatric and adult patients. 

BY SCOTT TADY

BRIDGEWATER — Beaver County Recreation & Tourism announces Dustin Lynch as the official headliner for Boom on the Bridge, the county’s signature summer celebration returning this year with live music, fireworks, food, and community pride along the Ohio and Beaver rivers in Bridgewater.

One of country music’s most consistent hitmakers, Lynch will take the Boom on the Bridge stage June 27 with a catalog of chart-topping songs and a high-energy performance that has made him a fan-favorite nationwide.

“Boom on the Bridge continues to grow into a destination event that brings people together from across Beaver County and beyond,” Commissioner Dan Camp said in a press release. “Securing an artist like Dustin Lynch as our headliner reinforces our commitment to delivering top-tier entertainment while showcasing our region as a vibrant place to live, visit, and celebrate.”

Produced by Beaver County Recreation & Tourism, Boom on the Bridge blends national-caliber live music with local food vendors, family-friendly activities, and a spectacular fireworks finale orchestrated by PUSH Beaver County and Zambelli Fireworks, drawing thousands to the riverfront each year.

“Dustin Lynch is exactly the kind of artist Boom on the Bridge was built for—energetic, engaging, and widely loved,” Tony Caltury, Director of Recreation and Tourism for Beaver County, said. “This announcement reflects how far the event has come and our continued focus on creating memorable experiences that drive tourism and economic impact for our communities.”

Lynch songs “Small Town Boy” and “Hometown Angels” won awards, and his radio hits — including those played on Beaver County Radio — include “Thinkin’ About You” and his Jelly Roll collab, “Chevrolet.”

Prior Boom on the Bridge headliners were country stars Big & Rich and Chris Lane, both on a stage at the Bridgewater-Fallston end of the Veterans Memorial Bridge.

Last year’s festival, with local music headliners Ghost Hounds, took place in a new location, along Bridge Street in Bridgewater.

Further details on this year’s event will be forthcoming.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington County, PA) According to authorities, multiple people were injured after an explosion at a plant in Washington County yesterday. Dispatchers state that a call about an explosion at Langeloth Metallurgical Company’s plant in Smith Township came in around 6:15 p.m. Smith Township Fire Chief Brandon Kriznik confirmed that four people were taken to the hospital for treatment. Their conditions were not known immediately. Chief Kriznik expressed that the explosion happened during a chemical transfer and there were no hazardous emissions. A Facebook post yesterday from Smith Township wanted “to reassure the community that at this time there are no reported casualties and no immediate risk to the public.” 

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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Federated Hermes, Inc. (FHI) on Thursday reported fourth-quarter net income of $107 million.

On a per-share basis, the Pittsburgh-based company said it had profit of $1.39.

The results exceeded Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.20 per share.

The one of the nation’s largest managers of money market funds posted revenue of $482.8 million in the period, also exceeding Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $470.1 million.

For the year, the company reported profit of $403.3 million, or $5.13 per share. Revenue was reported as $1.8 billion.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

PITTSBURGH–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 28, 2026– The SCN2A Foundation today announced a research collaboration with Unravel Biosciences, Inc., an AI-enabled therapeutics company established to advance drugs for complex diseases. The collaboration intends to advance preclinical research for SCN2A-related disorders caused by loss-of-function mutations, a subset of SCN2A conditions driven by insufficient functional protein.

SCN2A is a gene critical for normal brain signaling and one of the largest genetic causes of autism and epilepsy. In many individuals, certain genetic changes, including splice-site, frameshift, nonsense, and select missense mutations, result in the body producing too little working SCN2A protein, causing serious neurological symptoms such as epilepsy and neurodevelopmental impairment. This project is specifically designed to address that shared biological problem.

“Our focus is on SCN2A mutations where the fundamental issue is a lack of functional protein,” said Jason Curry, Co-Founder of the SCN2A Foundation. “By partnering with Unravel Biosciences, we are taking a disciplined, mechanism-driven approach to identify strategies that may increase functional SCN2A protein in the brain.”

“We are excited to collaborate on a program that is clearly defined by the complex patient biology rather than diagnosis alone,” said Richard Novak, PhD, CEO and Co-Founder of Unravel Biosciences. “Precision matters in rare diseases where each patient with a shared diagnosis may have quite different therapeutic responses; this effort reflects a thoughtful approach to matching therapies to the right mutation mechanisms for each patient using our Living Molecular Twin approach.”

Under the collaboration, the teams will evaluate therapeutic approaches in mutation-relevant laboratory models, with an emphasis on understanding how loss-of-function SCN2A protein responds at the RNA and protein level, influenced by other genetic and environmental factors specific to each patient. The work is intended to inform future therapeutic development.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Damage from an explosion at Bristol Health & Rehab Center is seen, Dec. 24, 2025, in Bristol Township, Pa. (Monica Herndon/The Philadelphia Inquirer via AP, File)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Hours before a deadly explosion ripped through a Pennsylvania nursing home last month, staff grew concerned about the smell of natural gas on several floors and brought in workers from the local utility company to check it out, federal regulators said Wednesday.

The preliminary report by the National Transportation Safety Board provides details about the three hours that passed between the report of a gas odor and the thunderous blast in Bristol, just outside Philadelphia, as well as how utility workers were on the scene for much of that time. It also notes that a utility worker traced the leak to a valve in a meter set in the basement boiler room.

While the presence of utility workers and witness accounts of a heavy gas smell in the explosion’s aftermath raised questions about a possible leak, PECO had said at the time it could not determine the cause or whether its equipment was involved.

Two residents and an employee were killed and about 20 people injured, including one of the utility workers, just a few days before Christmas. Part of the building collapsed, trapping people inside, as emergency workers, staff and even medics from a nearby hospital rushed to evacuate people.

Exelon, PECO’s parent company, shut off the gas flow to the facility almost two hours after the explosion, according to the report. It’s not clear why it took that long to do so.

Investigators plan to focus on Exelon’s pipeline safety management and how it trains people, their qualifications, “odor complaint response” and other factors.

With the new report, a PECO spokesperson said the company recognizes “the importance of continuous improvement and vigilance with respect to the safe and reliable delivery of electric and natural gas service.” The emailed statement expressed sympathy to the victims and their families, to displaced residents and to the wider community.

According to the report, a maintenance director at Bristol Health & Rehab Center reported the smell of natural gas in the basement on Dec. 23 and called the utility company. The PECO worker arrived at Bristol Health & Rehab Center just before noon, about an hour after the odor was detected. Staff also smelled gas on the first and second floors.

The Exelon energy technician determined there was a leak on a meter set valve in the basement and called for help fixing it. A meter set includes the meter, regulator, piping, valves and fittings.

An Exelon foreman sent out a meter services technician to make the repair. He arrived at about 1:20 p.m. The explosion occurred at around 2:15 p.m.

Federal inspectors say the line and gas equipment have been tested, with some items sent to a lab for more study.

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PITTSBURGH & BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jan 28, 2026– Intelligent power management company Eaton is collaborating with Flexnode, an innovative digital infrastructure company, to deliver modular, scalable rack and power infrastructure for data center compute applications. Eaton will supply critical power backup, racks and cable management technologies for Flexnode’s modules that help data centers reduce deployment schedules by 35% on average. Additionally, Eaton led Flexnode’s Series A round to further accelerate its approach to data center infrastructure.

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Eaton collaboration with Flexnode supports delivery of resilient, high-performance computing environments optimized for AI workloads.

As large-scale data center buildouts approach gigawatt-level power demands, high-density power, cooling and compute infrastructure requires a more efficient and scalable approach. Eaton brings complete, future-proof systems and enables modular, cost-effective production that reduces time to build and onsite labor requirements. The company’s collaboration with Flexnode expands Eaton’s modular offering in the U.S., which includes its Fibrebond business ’ pre-integrated enclosures for data center power infrastructure.

“As AI, high-performance computing (HPC) and quantum workloads push rack densities beyond one megawatt, Eaton’s modular strategy provides IT and power infrastructure that’s efficient, adaptive to dynamic load profiles, and enables scalable, repeatable builds across diverse geographies,” said Linsey Miller, senior vice president and general manager of Distributed IT at Eaton. “Our collaboration with Flexnode expands our grid-to-chip data center approach and allows us to help customers deploy data center infrastructure faster by going fully modular.”

“AI factory infrastructure requires the most advanced levels of architecture, engineering and construction,” said Andrew Lindsey, CEO of Flexnode. “With Eaton, we will automate deployments using Flexnode’s flexible modular building platform to meet the urgency, precision and scale requirements of modern AI workloads today and tomorrow.”

Together, Eaton and Flexnode will offer turnkey, prefabricated IT infrastructure purpose-built for high power density data halls from 3.5 to 35 megawatts, and the ability to deploy multiple data halls onsite. The collaboration couples Eaton’s technologies and 800 VDC power infrastructure with Flexnode’s modular construction from design to deployment. Eaton technologies will be integrated into the Flexnode NX Compute Module, for rapid deployment to support the most demanding compute requirements.