(Source for Photos: Photos Courtesy of ReStore Beaver County Habitat for Humanity)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Beaver County, PA) The ReStore Beaver County Habitat for Humanity located in Beaver Falls will be closing this year. Dennis Sutter, the executive director of the store, confirmed that June 30th, 2025 is the date when the doors of the store will no longer be open. According to Sutter, the store is no longer viable since the COVID-19 pandemic occurred.

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on Thursday, April 10th, weather permitting, the Fort Pitt Tunnel on I-376 in Pittsburgh will undergo a lane restriction. From 10 p.m. tonight to 4 a.m. tomorrow morning, a single-lane restriction will occur in the westbound portion of the tunnel going outbound. Drainage flushing work will be conducted by PennDOT crews.

(Photo Courtesy of the Allegheny County Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Revetti announced Wednesday that a man from Morgantown, West Virginia was indicted on a charge of possessing a firearm that was unregistered. Twenty-six-year-old Zachary Vincent Velling had a flashbang hand grenade in his luggage at the Pittsburgh International Airport on November 12th, 2024. According to Revetti, Velling could face a maximum of up to ten years in jail, an up to a $250,000 fine, or both provided by the law. 

(File photo of the Hopewell Area School District logo)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Hopewell, PA) The Hopewell School Board made several decisions at theirTuesday work session meeting. Junior high school science teacher Betsy Lehaman will retire effective May 30th, 2025 after 24 years. Barb Marnhout got hired as an assistant swim coach and Ava Yoder got hired as a lifeguard. Both began their duties on Wednesday. The 2025-26 BCCTC budget of $8,114,319 was also approved. The superintendent of the Hopewell Area School District Dr. Jeff Beltz told the board that eighty-five Hopewell students attend classes in the various occupations offered. Beltz said the budget increased due to the rise in medical costs and the tuition hasn’t increased much for the districts. The baccalaureate will be in the Hopewell high school auditorium on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025. Baccalaureate will be held on Tuesday, May 27th, 2025 in the high school auditorium. The next regular meeting is on Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025 at 7 p.m.

(File Photo of the Sewickley Bridge)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Sewickley, PA) The town of Sewickley was recognized in USA Today’s Readers’ Choice List for being one of the best northeast small towns. Sewickley was second on this specific list. Gettysburg and New Hope were the only other towns in Pennsylvania to make the list. According to USA Today, the criteria that a panel nominated on and readers voted on for each town was cuisine, cultural attractions, historic charm and scenery.

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio, (PA-17), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Pat Ryan (NY-18), and Angie Craig (MN-02) are launching the Monopoly Busters Caucus to fight corporate power. The caucus is made up of nine people who founded it and will have an economic agenda that supports consumers, small businesses and workers. Deluzio emphasized that it was better late than never for Congress to let patriotic competition return to the economy of the United States.

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Badge)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hopewell Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from New Brighton was charged after crashing into another vehicle in Hopewell Township on April 2nd, 2025. Twenty-five-year-old Logan Hendrickson was driving on I-376 East and was tailgating the vehicle of forty-nine-year-old Randolph Campbell III of Aliquippa. The tailgating charge was the only charge given to Hendrickson after the crash occurred. 

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Aliquippa was arrested for driving under the influence of drugs in Aliquippa on March 27th, 2025. Police found an unidentified thirty-five-year-old man on a block of Superior Avenue before he received a vehicle violation. According to police, that man was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that a man from Aliquippa was arrested after driving under the influence of drugs this morning in Aliquippa. Police found an unidentified sixty-four-year-old man on Franklin Avenue before he received a vehicle violation. According to police, that man was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence of a controlled substance.

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Sewickley Township, PA) The man that police shot and killed after he took a police car from Ohio and crashed it on the Pennsylvania Turnpike was identified on Wednesday. According to Pennsylvania state troopers, thirty-year-old Deshawn Dante Leeth of Michigan was the man who traveled eastbound on I-76 in the stolen police car on Friday. Investigators also state that an “altercation” led to police killing Leeth. The incident is being investigated by the Beaver County District Attorney.