(Credit for Photos Below: Photos Courtesy of the Beaver County Humane Society, Posted on Facebook on September 14th, 2026, Headline Photo: File Photo of the Beaver County Humane Society)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The Beaver County Humane Society issued a Facebook post yesterday that they want to get five lost animals that are currently at the animal shelter in Aliquippa home to their owners.

The pictures of these lost animals and more information about them can be found below, and those at the shelter are looking to find the owners of four dogs and one cat.

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Raccoon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that twenty-year-old Jeffrey Vogel of Monaca was charged after a three-vehicle crash occurred in Raccoon Township.

It happened on 1541 Frankfort Road at 10:39 p.m.

Vogel tried to pass a vehicle driven by forty-two-year-old Mark Thys of Orlando, Florida by utilizing the passing lane.

Vogel’s vehicle hit the vehicle driven by fifty-three-year-old Sharon Dabb of Langeloth, Pennsylvania, and subsequently hit the vehicle of Thys. 

Possible injuries were reported on the scene of this crash.

Vogel and Dabb refused transportation and Thys was not transported.

Thys was not injured, but Dabb had a suspected minor injury and it was unknown if Vogel was injured. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Independence Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that twenty-eight-year-old Huseyin Ece of Niles, Illnois was charged after a two-vehicle crash occurred in Independence Township on September 2nd.

This happened on a straightaway section on State Route 151’s westbound lane near the intersection with Stone Quarry Drive at 2:20 a.m.

Twenty-eight-year-old Mustafa Oncu of Pittsburgh was driving on the westbound lane until he noticed a fallen tree on the road.

After putting on his vehicle’s hazard lights, Oncu stopped his vehicle and exited his vehicle to try to clear the road before continuing on the road. 

Ece failed to maintain the speed of his vehicle and was unable to stop before his vehicle rear-ended the vehicle of Oncu. 

There were no reported injuries.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Brighton Township, PA) The father of a 10-year-old boy whose mother has been missing from Washington, D.C. since September 4th was arrested during a traffic stop in Brighton Township on Saturday. 

He has not been charged in the woman’s disappearance but he is being held in the Beaver County Jail. 

Antoinette Forbes was last seen close to her home in Washington, D.C. on September 4th.  

Forbes’ sister stated that they spoke on FaceTime the next morning. 

However, she did not connect to their usual family phone call on Sunday. 

Sixty-five-year-old Russell Ashford, who is Forbes’ son’s father, was arrested during a traffic stop at around 10:20 a.m. on Saturday in Brighton Township for violating his parole. 

Ashford was on parole after he was convicted of assaulting Forbes in 2021 and served 5 years of probation. 

Court records that are from a lengthy custody battle show that Ashford lives in an apartment at Bridgewater Crossing. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Brigewater Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that a twenty-two-year-old woman from Aliquippa was charged with driving under the influence of alcohol after a two-vehicle crash occurred in Bridgewater Borough on July 31st.

The crash happened in the 1200 block of Sharon Road at 3:03 a.m. The woman was going north in her vehicle and hit the vehicle of a thirty-eight-year-old man from Beaver when the man’s vehicle was parked legally on the right side of the road.

The vehicle of the woman ended up on its side after the crash and according to police, the woman had a blood alcohol content of 0.16% or more.

There were no reported injuries.  

(File Photo of Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Cars)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported yesterday that forty-seven-year-old Kenneth Torres of Aliquippa was charged after a two-vehicle crash occurred in Beaver County on September 8th.

This happened on Jordan Street at its intersection with Hill Road in South Heights Borough at 2:04 p.m.

Torres was riding an E-bike at a high rate of speed on Hill Road towards Jordan Street and hit a FedEx delivery truck that was driven by forty-one-year-old Joshua Briancesco of New Brighton, which was coming to a stop near a post office.

Torres was disabled from his vehicle, sustained an injury with an unknown severity and was taken by helicopter for evaluation of his injuries.

Briancesco was not injured. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Route 18 near the Frankfort Bridge over Raccoon Creek will be closed from August 28th to October 12th as part of a replacement project for the bridge. 

PennDOT reported that detours will be marked.  

Township officials confirmed on social media that all access to the bridge will be blocked so that motorists should set aside additional time so they can get around the area that is close to the community’s industrial plants. 

According to PennDOT, the $25.27 million project will be completely finished in the fall of 2027. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) Federal prosecutors are charging a man from Butler County with receiving a firearm with intent to commit terrorism, and the FBI believed that he was planning an attack in support of ISIS. 

Federal agents arrested Jonathan Kramer of Valencia on Saturday and according to a criminal complaint, he was arrested outside a hotel in Cranberry where he allegedly paid cash to stay for a week. 

That hotel was the Cranberry Park Hotel. 

After a search of Kramer’s house and hotel room occurred, agents confirmed that they found a rifle scope and boxes of ammunition, loaded rifle magazines, a semi-automatic rifle, a note and 30 knives.

The FBI also stated that it found social media correspondence that led investigators to believe that Kramer was planning an attack in support of ISIS.  

Kramer has now been charged with one count of receipt or transfer of a firearm or ammunition knowing or having reasonable cause to believe such firearm or ammunition will be used to commit a felony or a federal crime of terrorism.   

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are 23 cents higher in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $4.54 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. 

The national average for a gallon of regular gas has increased to $4.31, going up 16 cents over the past week as crude oil prices continue to rise.  

Volatility that is in the Strait of Hormuz has pushed crude oil back in the range of $100 per barrel for the first time since July. 

Prices at the gas pump are presently comparable to early June.  

The national average for a gallon of gas is going up during a season when gas prices typically go down because of a lower demand for gas. 

The report states that the average price that you can expect for a gallon of regular unleaded gas here in Beaver County is about $4.58.

According to AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:     

$4.473      Altoona 
$4.577      Beaver 
$4.482      Bradford 
$4.453      Brookville 
$4.593      Butler 
$4.461      Clarion 
$4.448      DuBois 
$4.537      Erie 
$4.546      Greensburg 
$4.585      Indiana 
$4.596      Jeannette 
$4.561      Kittanning 
$4.594      Latrobe 
$4.586      Meadville 
$4.548      Mercer 
$4.477      New Castle 
$4.557      New Kensington 
$4.569      Oil City 
$4.563      Pittsburgh 
$4.415      Sharon 
$4.595      Uniontown 
$4.560      Warren 
$4.580      Washington 

(File Photo of the Freedom Area School District Administration Office)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Freedom, PA) The Freedom Area School District received its fourth bomb threat since August 31st yesterday since school started last month and the FBI is investigating these incidents. 

All four bomb threats were received by email. 

The other three threats occurred on August 31st, September 8th and September 9th.  

According to Beaver County District Attorney Nate Bible, the New Sewickley Township Police Department is working with the FBI to track down whoever is behind these emailed threats. 

The Freedom Area School District confirmed that it will move to a virtual, remote learning day today. 

Bible noted that whoever is making these bomb threats will be charged with making terroristic threats once they get caught.