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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A deal was approved on Thursday by the Federal Trade Commission in which Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. will acquire GetGo. The Canadian company which is already the owner of several gas station brands made an agreement for the gas station brand owned by Giant Eagle. According to Giant Eagle spokesperson Jannah Drexler, the transaction between Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. and GetGo is expected to close in the coming days and the MyPerks program will continue at both Giant Eagle and GetGo once the sale goes through.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) A man was arrested for being the suspect of a stabbing incident that occurred in Aliquippa on Thursday. Fifty-six-year-old William Earl Little stabbed sixty-three-year-old Mark Banks with a knife on 434 Franklin Avenue during a physical altercation. According to a report from Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver, an investigation into this incident is on-going and charges for aggravated assault against Little are pending. According to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Little was arraigned by District Justice Joseph Schafer and his preliminary hearing is scheduled for Thursday, July 10th, 2025 at 10a.m. on the aggravated assault case.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) An unidentified man became the victim of a shooting that occurred in Beaver Falls on Wednesday night. According to emergency dispatchers, the shooting happened on 13th Street around 9:40 p.m. The victim was on a flight that was going to a hospital in Pittsburgh. That is all the information that we have at this time. This is a developing story, and we will have updates as soon as they are available.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on Friday, June 27th weather permitting, inspection activities on the Sewickley Bridge in Sewickley Borough and Moon Township will occur. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today, single-lane alternating traffic will be on the Sewickley Bridge on Route 4025. Routine bridge inspection activities will be conducted by crews from the Mackin Engineering Company and the Sofis Company Inc.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from TRIP, local roads and bridges in Pennsylvania will require increased investment to improve pavement and bridge conditions, enhance safety, and promote economic vitality across Pennsylvania. TRIP released a report on Thursday which concluded 38 percent of roads that are local in the Pittsburgh area are in poor condition. This includes Beaver County and seven other Pennsylvania counties. According to that same release from TRIP, here is the data from their recent report:

TRIP is a nonprofit based in Washington, D.C. that is involved in national transportation research that examines bridge conditions, pavement conditions and fatality rates on Pennsylvania roads that are local. “Pennsylvania’s Local Roads & Bridges: Providing a Modern, Sustainable Local Transportation System in the Keystone State” is the name of the TRIP report that was released on Thursday.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Starting today, the Genesis Collective is hosting the free “Uncommon Concert” Series. These concerts will occur in both Ambridge and Aliquippa. This began in 2021 and the Genesis Collective is a non-profit in Beaver County that both provides experiences of art to the community and supports creativity. These concerts hosted by the Beaver County non-profit will feature acts including Aliquippa native Janine Gilbert-Carter, an international gospel and jazz singer. The Pittsburgh Foundation and the YWCA of Greater Pittsburgh are also in part sponsors of these concerts. According to the Beaver County Times, here are the dates, times, locations and more information about these concerts.

• June 27th at PJ Caul Park, 11th Street, Ambridge: Activities begin at 6 p.m. and include a bounce house, Sweetwater Center for the Arts mobile art bus, the SweetRide artists display and a public art project participation. Food and drink offerings include Fermata Brewing, Bruster’s Ice Cream, Curbside Cocina and Holzinger’s Imbiss. Kenny Sharp and Brown Liquor Music perform at 7 p.m. Sharp and his band perform funk-soul music and they’ve attended every Uncommon Concert.
• July 18th, Trophimus Center, 823 Maplewood Avenue, Ambridge: Voces Solis, a professional chamber choir based in Pittsburgh with a diverse repertoire and accompanied by several instrumentalists, will perform at 7 p.m.
• August 1st at Uncommon Grounds Cafe, 380 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa: The Yoko Suzuki Trio, a Pittsburgh-based jazz trio led by saxophonist Yoko Suzuki, will perform at 7 p.m. Dinner and the Slurp and Burst Boba Tea truck will be available.
• August 15th at Uncommon Grounds Cafe, 380 Franklin Avenue, Aliquippa: Janine Gilbert-Carter, an international jazz and gospel singer from Aliquippa, will perform at 7 p.m. Dinner and the Bruster’s Ice Cream truck will be available.

 

 

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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on southbound Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Ambridge Borough, Allegheny County will occur Friday, June 27 weather permitting.

A single-lane restriction will occur on southbound Route 65 for the inspection of the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge located between 12^th Street and 9^th Street. The lane closure will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

Crews from Mackin Engineering and the Sofis Company Inc. will conduct the routine inspection activities.

Motorists should be prepared for changing traffic patterns. Please use caution when driving through the area.  Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.

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.

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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Aliquippa, PA) The Aliquippa City Council approved several motions at their monthly work session Wednesday night. City Administrator Samuel L.Gill was approved to be the Pennsylvania Municipal League Liaison. Council also approved the Community Days Event at Jesse Bell Walker Park from noon to 8 p.m. on both Saturday, July 5th and Sunday, July 6th. It was also announced that Kingdom Week will be held from July 14th-18th sponsored by the Mt. Carmel Organizers at Ms. Redd’s Park in Aliquippa. That park will be a staging and logistics area. A Community Foam Party Event will also be held at Lefty Cepull Field in Aliquippa on July 11th from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. San Rocco’s Cultural Committee also requested at the session to have an event from August 8th-10th at St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church’s Center in Aliquippa from 4-10 p.m. Councilman Donald Walker also reminded residents that “no fireworks are permitted on any city street!” The next time that the Aliquippa City Council meets in regular session will be on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7 p.m.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) One man died and three men got injured after being shocked by a wire at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rochester on Wednesday morning. According to police, the metal ladder they were moving tipped backward and struck a 23,000-volt power line. All four worked for Bucco’s Roofing. One had burns and the other three went into cardiac arrest. The three men who went into cardiac arrest went the Heritage Valley Hospital and then went to UPMC Mercy Hospital on a flight to get advanced treatment. The man who had burns got taken to the hospital as well and was conscious. Twenty-eight-year-old Victor Garcia of Coraopolis passed away. Police have called this incident an accident. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Little Food Pantries can help you give to Beaver County locals suffering from food insecurities. According to the Little Food Pantry website, there are seven locations for these pantries. The Aliquippa locations are the Aliquippa Fire Department, the House of Prayer Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Uncommon Grounds Cafe. Christ Church in New Brighton, New Life PCA Church in Hopewell Township, 22 Beaver Street in Ambridge and St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Moon Township have these pantries.