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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release today  that thirty-five-year-old Charles Findlay of Youngstown, Ohio was charged after a single-vehicle crash in Lawrence County last night. At 11:49 p.m., Findlay was driving on State Route 18 in Wampum Borough and passed a vehicle in a no passing lane and lost control of his vehicle before hitting a guide rail. The vehicle of Findlay also hit an embankment after going off of the road and he was transported to St. Elizabeth Hospital with an injury with an unknown severity. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The nomination round of the 2026 Best of the Valley Community’s Choice Awards Nomination Ballot ends on Friday where you can vote for your favorite local business. The link to do so  can be found by clicking here.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Allegheny Health Network (AHN) Wexford Hospital announced today that it has been recognized by Crothall Healthcare with the prestigious Platinum-Plus award for its outstanding 2025 performance in environmental services (EVS). This recognition highlights the exceptional work of the EVS team, which has been collaboratively managed by Crothall Healthcare since April of 2020. Environmental Services (EVS) in a hospital plays a critical role in safety of patients, prevention for infection and the overall patient experience. The EVS team is also responsible for maintaining a clean, safe and sanitary  environment throughout the hospital, from its patient rooms and ORs to its common areas and administrative offices. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro visits the Hershey Company’s new manufacturing plant in Hershey, Pa., Wednesday, April 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lancaster County, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro met with farmers and state agriculture officials in Lancaster County yesterday to discuss concerns about rising bird flu cases in the state. Recent United States Department of Agriculture data shows that since the start of 2026, over 7 million birds in commercial and backyard flocks in Pennsylvania have been affected by avian flu outbreaks. Most of those cases have been reported in commercial flocks in Lancaster. According to Shapiro, this represents more than half of all avian flu cases in the United States. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A representative from the nonprofit Pittsburgh Action Against Rape (PAAR) is now urging parents to look for signs of sextortion and talk with their teenagers about it. This comes after a recent incident in which according to investigators, at least twenty-one boys were catfished and sextorted after an eighteen-year-old Peters Township High School senior, Zachariah Meyers, pretended to be an adult film star from the Netherlands, with at least 14 teenagers sending pornographic pictures of themselves. William McGinnis, the director of education for PAAR, stated that some of the signs of sextortion are commonly associated with trauma. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: The Clairton Coke Works, a U.S. Steel coking plant, is seen Monday, Aug 11, 2025, in Clairton, Penn. (AP Photo/Gene Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Clairton, PA) The wife of one of the two men who died from the August 11th, 2025 explosion at the U.S. Steel Clairton Coke Works plant outside of Pittsburgh has filed a lawsuit against U.S. Steel and Nippon Steel. The wife of fifty-two-year-old Steven Menefee of Clairton recently filed the lawsuit in the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas to sue for a wrongful death. The family of thirty-nine-year-old Timothy Quinn of Fitz Henry of Westmoreland County, who was the other man that died in this explosion last year, also filed a lawsuit against Nippon Steel last week. Both complaints allege that the explosion at the 13-14 Coke Battery transfer area was caused by the rupture of an 18-inch cast-iron valve, which released coke oven gas into the area, which then ignited. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) One person was treated for injuries on scene after officials said a school bus was involved in a crash in Pittsburgh yesterday afternoon. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety officials, at 3:45 p.m., first responders were called to the intersection of Brownsville Road and Stewart Avenue following a reported crash involving a school bus. Preliminary information indicated that the school bus was traveling on Stewart Avenue toward Brownsville Road when it collided with another vehicle. Officials stated that a juvenile was treated by EMS for minor facial injuries. Nobody was taken to the hospital. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release in Pittsburgh yesterday from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, they and the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission will kick off their Chartiers Creek Feasibility Study on March 9th, 2026 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. This will take place at the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission Office in Pittsburgh and a cost-share agreement with the Southwestern Pennsylvania Commission to conduct a flood risk-management feasibility study of the Chartiers Creek watershed in Allegheny and Washington counties will be signed by the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, Col. Nicholas Melin there. This study will examine the approximately 277 square-mile area to evaluate possible flood-control management solutions and alternatives to reduce the risk for the over 250,000 residents living within the watershed. In recent decades, the watershed of the Chartiers Creek has experienced frequent, systemic flooding and increasing flood- and life-safety risks to communities. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) An Allegheny County man has recently been arrested and charged with delivering drugs that caused the death of another man. According to Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday, forty-year-old Brennon Ely was arrested at a home in Pitcairn. Ely is charged in connection with the death of a Scott Township man who was found dead inside a home in March of 2025. Sunday has not provided the identity of the male victim at this time. Investigators confirm that Ely provided the victim with bags of fentanyl and heroin called “Carlitos Way.” Those bags were found in the same house as the victim. Sunday stated that Ely also sold drugs to an undercover agent before his arrest. Investigators note that during this exchange, he brought a small child with him. Police searched the vehicle of Ely after his arrest and Sunday’s office expressed that they found multiple bricks labeled with the “Carlito’s Way” stamps. This case will be prosecuted by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office. 

(Credit for Photo: Source for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA-TV, CBS Pittsburgh, Posted on February 24th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A dozen registered sex offenders are expected to move out of a recovery house in the South Side Slopes of Pittsburgh after neighbors and city officials say they were blindsided. The home opened on Salisbury Street quietly, blocks from a playground, and residents say they only learned about it through Megan’s Law notifications. The operator has now agreed to move out after community outrage. Online Megan’s Law records show that a dozen registered sex offenders were living at a three-quarter recovery house in the 2800 block of Salisbury Street. Officials told KDKA-TV that the building, which was long vacant, was converted without any warning.