Category: News

A lane restriction on the Interstate 79 Neville Island Bridge in Robinson and Neville Townships and Glenfield Borough in Allegheny County will occur, weather permitting

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tomorrow night, through Monday, October 6th, weather permitting, a lane restriction on the Interstate 79 Neville Island Bridge in Robinson and Neville Townships and Glenfield Borough of Allegheny County will occur. From 7 P.M. tomorrow night continuously through 5 A.M. Monday morning, southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic on the Neville Island Bridge as crews from Lindy Paving will conduct concrete patching there. If this work completed sooner, the restriction in this area could be lifted earlier.

Pittsburgh Steelers Team Up with the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network to Support Student Success and Tackle Chronic Absenteeism

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers are proud to announce their partnership with the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network (SITG!), a program dedicated to supporting student success and tackling chronic absenteeism. Eight Pittsburgh Public Schools will be the schools that the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network will work with in this initiative and this program will be launched this fall. When a student misses an average of two days per month during the school year, a student is defined as chronically absent, which is ten percent or more. According to data from a December 2024 A+ Schools Pittsburgh study, Pittsburgh Public Schools reported that 30 percent of their students grades K-12 were chronically absent and this number rose to 45 percent when analyzing attendance data for grades 9-12. Pittsburgh Arlington PreK-8, Pittsburgh Faison PreK-5, Pittsburgh Grandview PreK-5, Pittsburgh Miller PreK-5, Pittsburgh Milliones 6-12, Pittsburgh Morrow PreK-8, Pittsburgh Perry High School, and Pittsburgh Westinghouse Academy 6-12 are the schools where this program will be launched this fall. 

According to that same release from the Pittsburgh Steelers on Tuesday, here is some more information about this initiative, in which plans are being made to expand to other school districts in the years to come:

  • This total team effort includes A+ Schools Pittsburgh who is helping coordinate the rollout by directly collaborating with Pittsburgh Public Schools (PPS) and the Pittsburgh Steelers on this program to mobilize resources and coordinate the support that is needed. Additionally, Everyday Labs will provide PPS with supports and metrics to improve student attendance, and Battelle will provide PPS and school personnel with tools and training needed to curb student
    absenteeism.
  • Schools that are participating in the program will be provided with a variety of resources like engagement calendars, educational programming, and activities that encourage students to attend school.
  • Additionally, the Pittsburgh Steelers have designed special incentives for students if they come to school and improve their attendance record. Students will have the opportunity to win tickets to Steelers games and events at Acrisure Stadium, official Steelers swag like t- shirts and hats, items autographed by players, and have Steely McBeam and Steelers players visit their schools.
  • The Stay in the Game! Attendance Network was founded in 2019 by the Cleveland Browns Foundation, Ohio Department of Education and Workforce and Proving Ground out of Harvard and now partners with the Columbus Crew and FC Cincinnati to positively impact more than 200 districts and 580,000 Ohio students. The Pittsburgh Steelers are the first professional NFL team to partner with the Stay in the Game! Attendance Network (SITG!) outside of Ohio.

Investigation into a shooting that occurred at Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh that injured one person continues

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An investigation continues into a shooting that occurred at the Ross Park Mall in Pittsburgh on Tuesday at around 8 p.m. which police confirm injured one person and caused that person to get taken to a hospital. According to Ross Township Deputy Police Chief Brian Kohlhepp, gunfire was exchanged between people in the parking lot between Dick’s House of Sport and Nordstrom. It is not clear at this time how many people were involved in this incident. The vehicle involved in this incident got recovered in Wilkinsburg. No arrests have been made yet in connection with this incident as of yesterday evening.

Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro signs executive order to protect access to all vaccines for people in Pennsylvania at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Philadelphia, PA) An executive order was signed yesterday by Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro which will protect access to all vaccines for people in Pennsylvania. This signing occurred at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The order, called Executive Order 2025-02, will create both a vaccine portal online to share verified information and a “vaccine safety net in Pennsylvania. All state agencies in Pennsylvania are required to align their policies for vaccine with “trusted medical experts” because of this order, which will also make a vaccine education group to try to oppose misinformation. According to Shapiro, he has a six-step plan to ensure anyone can get the vaccines they want and that they’ll be covered by Medicaid and private insurance.

Man who fell from the stands of PNC Park onto the field on April 30th, 2025 now faces nighttime prowling charges

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A fan is carted off the field at PNC Park after falling out of the stands during the seventh inning of a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs in Pittsburgh, Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Brentwood Borough, PA) Kavan Markwood, the fan who fell from the stands of PNC Park onto the field on April 30th, 2025 during a baseball game between the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Chicago Cubs that night, is now facing charges for nighttime prowling in Brentwood, Pennsylvania. According to court documents, Brentwood Police said that Markwood has been charged with one misdemeanor count of loitering and prowling at nighttime after allegedly “attempting to gain entry” to his ex-girlfriend’s home by knocking on the door around 3:30 a.m. on Sunday. Police also confirm that footage from the doorbell camera showed Markwood“forcefully knocking on the front door” and then exiting the area, and officers one street away spotted him. Markwood also made an appearance during a preliminary hearing on Monday for his friend, Ethan Kirkwood, because charges were also given to Kirkwood, after according to police, Kirkwood told them he bought drinks for Markwood while the two were at the game together between the Pirates and the Cubs on April 30th, 2025. These drinks included alcohol and Markwood was twenty years old at the time of the incident when he fell from the stands of PNC Park onto the field on April 30th, 2025, which is under the age of twenty one years old, when people are legally allowed to drink alcohol. Kirkwood was facing two counts of misdemeanor charges of furnishing or selling alcohol to a minor, but the lawyer of Kirkwood, William Stockey, confirmed that one charge got waived, so one misdemeanor charge is left. Doctors told KDKA that Markwood sustained serious injuries to his brain, lungs, spine, skull and both sides of his ribs from when he fell onto the field of PNC Park from the stands on April 30th, 2025 during the game between the Pirates and the Cubs that night.

An eleven-year-old girl gets hit by an SUV while walking to Beaver Falls Middle School in Beaver Falls

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) Yesterday morning, an eleven-year-old girl got injured by an SUV in Beaver Falls as she was walking to Beaver Falls Middle School. According to Beaver Falls police, the girl was crossing Seventh Avenue at 18th Street that morning around 7:30 a.m. on her way to the middle school when she was struck by a sports utility vehicle that had failed to stop at the crosswalk. A hospital was where that girl got taken for treatment to her injuries. An investigation into this incident is not complete, and when it is, that will be when a decision is made about whether the driver of the SUV that hit this girl in Beaver Falls will face charges or not. Police also noted that the driver cooperated with authorities and stayed at the scene while doing that.

A stabbing occurs in Aliquippa which causes the victim to get taken to the hospital; incident was being investigated by police

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) A stabbing occurred early yesterday morning in Aliquippa and police were investigating this incident. Superior Avenue was where this incident happened, and the time of the incident was around 12:20 a.m. yesterday. The victim of this stabbing was taken to the hospital. There was no word of any arrests initially. 

Owners of the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum step away from that facility as the final season of racing there is announced

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Wampum, PA) According to a release from Pitt Race International, it was recently announced that this season of the Pittsburgh International Race Complex in Wampum, or Pitt Race, will be its final season. According to a message from the owners of that raceway, Jim and Kathy Stout, they have decided to step away from the facility after much thought. These owners also thanked the employees of the Pittsburgh International Race Complex, its sponsors, vendors, customers, and supporters for making it a great destination for racing and motor sports. November 9th, 2025 is the official date when the Pittsburgh International Race Complex will close after its final season ends. It is unknown at this time if another investor will buy out the Pittsburgh International Race Complex after Jim and Kathy Stout get ready to step away from owning that raceway.

Incident of a Pittsburgh man getting arrested for stealing something from a man from Youngstown, Ohio at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report yesterday that twenty-five-year-old Yosef Barana of Pittsburgh was arrested on September 23rd, 2025 for a theft at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh early that morning. Barana stole something from twenty-five-year-old Gage Nicholson of Youngstown, Ohio at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. The investigation into this incident is being investigated by the Pennsylvania State Police.

A man from Murrysville, Pennsylvania hits a man from Monroeville, Pennsylvania at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh report yesterday that sixty-eight-year-old Dennis Patrick Schmitt of Murrysville, Pennsylvania hit sixty-year-old Jeff Crehan of Monroeville, Pennsylvania at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on September 21st, 2025. This incident was one of harassment because Schmitt tried to have the intent to annoy, alarm and harass Crehan bykicking, shoving or otherwise make Crehan the subject of contact that was physical, or did threaten or attempt to do that same act.