(Photo of Brett Ours Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The main suspect of an attack on Preston Coleman that occurred at the Aliquippa VFW Post 3577 bar on January 5th, 2025 has waived his arraignment. Brett Ours of Aliquippa was accused of allegedly assaulting and strangling Coleman for about a half an hour there as well as hitting him with a bar stool that day. The charges for Ours include aggravated assault and attempted homicide. Ours appeared in court for the first time after that crime on May 22nd, 2025 and he and his defense attorney walked out after an objection by Ours to not play the video of the incident was overruled by a judge. The trial for Ours will be on October 27th, 2025.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Darlington Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a crash occurred in Darlington Township on Saturday which killed a man from New Brighton that evening. Forty-one-year-old Lorman Frye of Rogers, Ohio was driving south on North State Line Road while seventy-nine-year-old John Harvey was driving north on the same road. Both of them could not see each other. Frye tried to evade to the north side of the road with his vehicle and Harvey tried to swerve to the south side of the road with his motorcycle. A fatal impact was experienced by Harvey and Frye was trapped under his vehicle when it hit an embankment on the north side of the road. Harvey was pronounced dead at the scene and Frye was taken to Saint Elizabeth Youngstown in Youngstown, Ohio for his injuries.

(Photo of the AAA East Central Logo Provided with Release)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from AAA East Central, hotweather and additional travel miles during road trip season in America can put a strain on vehicle components, especially car batteries. If these batteries, which typically have a life of three to five years, are not maintained or checked properly, they will fail much earlier than expected. AAA has received over 80,000 calls about issues regarding batteries and the Mobile Battery Service program of AAA recommends testing your car batteries regularly. According to that same release from AAA East Central:

AAA’s Mobile Battery Service provides a convenient testing and replacement service for potential battery issues:

• A certified AAA emergency Roadside Assistance technician arrives wherever the vehicle is located – at a residence, business or stranded by the highway – 24/7
• Using state-of-the-art technology, the battery is tested within just a few minutes
• Motorists are given a detailed battery diagnosis and a recommendation for a jump-start, charge or replacement battery
• If a replacement is necessary, it can be installed on-site and the old battery recycled

For more information about testing batteries to make sure they are ready for summer trips, you can go to the link below:

Click here for the link for more information about testing car batteries: 24/7 AAA Mobile Car Battery Replacement Service

(Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Detectives from the Pittsburgh Police Violent Crime Unit are looking for a male suspect that is now the person of interest related to a shooting that occurred a Downtown Pittsburgh on Friday. The shooting occurred at the area of Garrison Place and Penn Avenue that day and according to Pittsburgh Police, a man and a woman were shot. The woman was found in the same area where the shooting occurred and she was shot in the leg. The man was found down the street a block away and was shot in the leg and in the arm. Both got taken to a hospital for treatment and they are both in stable condition. Police confirm that there is no threat that is active for this situation in the community. On Sunday, the picture of the male person of interest regarding this shooting was shared on social media, and his picture can be found below. If you have any other information about this incident, call 412-323-7161. 

 

(File Photo of Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible)

(Beaver, Pa.) Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible sent out a press release Friday afternoon clarifying the purpose of the police operation that occurred in Ambridge on Thursday night, July 31, 2025.

The release reads as follows:

On July 31, 2025, the Ambridge Police Department, in partnership with the Beaver County Sheriff’s Office, Beaver County Detectives Bureau, Beaver County Probation Office, and Beaver County Drug Task Force conducted a saturation operation in Ambridge Borough. The purpose of the operation was to round up any individuals with outstanding warrants, in addition to policing any general criminal activity. 

While federal agents from ICE were present, this was in no way an “ICE Raid.” Federal agents were operating independently of the local agencies. The Beaver County Agencies and Ambridge PD were conducting legal traffic stops, making arrests on individuals committing crimes, and apprehending individuals with outstanding warrants. These men and women were doing their jobs and trying to keep our community safe. 

Once an individual is arrested, the local authorities have no control over what an outside federal agency does with regard to the immigration status of the arrestee. Some individuals were detained by ICE, however these individuals had committed an underlying crime or traffic infraction, which then triggered the ICE detainer. It should be noted that no residences or businesses were raided. Only those who broke the law or had warrants were detained.

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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities on Route 51 (Constitution Boulevard) in Darlington Township, Beaver County, will occur Saturday, August 2 weather permitting.

Crews from Michael Baker International will conduct routine inspection activities on the Route 51 bridge over Norfolk Southern rail lines between Anderson Road and Taggart Road. Lane restrictions will occur on Route 51 from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday.

Please use caution if traveling in the area.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.

Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

Find PennDOT news on X, Facebook and Instagram.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News 

(Pittsburgh, PA) Two employees at a nursing home in the area of Pittsburgh are now facing charges after alleged abuse of a male resident was caught on camera. Officers noticed the suspects, Joseph Love and Lamon Mitchell on a surveillance video when they started to antagonize an eighty-five-year-old man in his room at Celebration Villa of Lakemont Farms. Some of the actions that the suspects were doing to the man that were caught on video were that they smacked the man in the head, held him down by his wrists and they removed his pants at one point. Mitchell was then seen grabbing the victim forcefully off the couch and dragging him on the floor before placing him in a wheelchair and wheeling him out of his room. Both suspects got charges of neglect of a care dependent person and abuse of a care dependent person. According to a statement to KDKA-TV, Priority Life Care, the company that manages Celebration Vila, said in part: “Following our established protocols, we took immediate action: the employees in question were suspended pending a thorough investigation and, as warranted by the findings of that investigation, their employment was terminated.”

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: police car lights at night in city with selective focus and bokeh background blur) Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images/iStockphoto/z1b)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Duquesne, PA) A man from Swissvale is facing charges of aggravated assault and attempted homicide after police confirm he allegedly hit another man with a hammer in Duquesne on Tuesday. This incident occurred at an apartment on the 2600 block of Duquesne Place Drive during an argument at the birthday party of the victim there. The victim wanted to get the group of men he was arguing with outside that apartment. According to police, three people, including thirty-seven-year-old Tyland Lamont Chambers began trying to break down the door of that apartment to get back inside it. According to the victim, Chambers, who said he was trying to get back inside so he could get his belongings, eventually got in. Police also confirm that the victim was hit by Chambers twelve times with a hammer, which was originally in the living room of the apartment. That man was taken to the hospital after getting cut in the head and after he was found by police. August 19th, 2025 will be when Chambers will make an appearance in court.