(File Photo: Source for Photo: This image provided by Eli Lilly shows the company’s new Alzheimer’s drug Kisunla. The Food and Drug Administration approved Eli Lilly’s Kisunla on Tuesday, July 2, 2024 for mild or early cases of dementia caused by Alzheimer’s. (Eli Lilly and Company via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) This week, Democratic State Representative Emily Kinkead is planning to introduce a bill that would create the “Prescription Drug Copay Fairness Act” to crack down on the prices of prescription drugs in Pennsylvania. More people are getting sicker as the costs of prescription drugs continue to rise. According to Kinkead, the problem is regarding insurers’ “copay accumulator” policies, and she also added that insurance companies are not counting these payments from manufacturer assistance programs towards patients’ overall deductibles.  

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(Allegheny County, PA) A boil-water advisory that had been in effect that affected almost 100,000 Pennsylvania American Water customers across Washington and Allegheny counties was lifted yesterday after a second set of water samples tested negative for bacterial contamination. This occurred because of a water main break in Elrama of Washington County on Friday. According to a media release yesterday morning from Pennsylvania American Water, “acceptable test results were obtained from samples collected on Feb. 7, 2026, and Feb. 8, 2026,” and “the issue has been resolved”. Before the boil water advisory can be lifted, governmental regulations require a second negative test result. 

(File Photo of the Diocese of Pittsburgh Logo)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Seven churches that are in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh will permanently close on March 12th, 2026. The announcement came just minutes into a Mass that was streaming online during the service at St. Maurice Church in Forest Hills on Sunday. Good Shepherd Church, Madonna del Castello Church, Sacred Heart Church, St. Anselm Church, St. Colman Church, St. John Fisher Church, and St. Jude the Apostle Church are the churches that will be closing. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the City of Beaver Falls Fire Department, Posted on February 9th, 2026)

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(Beaver County, PA) A horse was rescued after officials said it had fallen into barbed wire and became stuck in it for hours in Beaver County early yesterday morning. According to The City of Beaver Falls Fire Department, just before 10 a.m., they responded to an emergency call involving a Clydesdale horse named Shamrock. The horse fell into some barbed wire and was stuck for roughly five hours and became hypothermic during that time. Multiple responders and Rehab services were requested before crews used a skid steer from Sullis Towing to get Shamrock up on his feet. Shamrock was able to eat and walk around on his own after he was evaluated. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

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(Hopewell Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that an unidentified driver was not charged after a crash in Hopewell Township yesterday morning. At 11:04 a.m., the driver was traveling on I-376 East and the crash involved their vehicle and the vehicle of fifty-eight-year-old Laura Crevar of Beaver Falls. There were no injuries.  

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

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(Potter Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that an unidentified driver caused a single-vehicle crash in Potter Township yesterday morning. At 9:17 a.m., the driver was traveling on I-376 West north of Main Street and left the roadway before entering a shoulder that was covered with snow and hitting a guard wire. The vehicle was stuck in the deep snow and Hertzog’s Towing helped before the driver wanted the vehicle towed. There were no injuries.  

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

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(McKees Rocks, PA) More information is coming out about the incident in which a woman was shot in McKees Rocks on Saturday. A woman was shot in the 100 block of Jane Street that morning and detectives identified twenty-two-year-old Edward Sparrow as a suspect. Detectives determined Sparrow was involved in a crash on the 100 block of Langer Way in Kennedy Township around 8:17 p.m. on Saturday while investigating this shooting. A witness later told investigators that Sparrow jumped the guard rail on Langer Way after the crash even though the vehicle was unoccupied when officers responded to the crash. Investigators that searched the steep hillside close to the guardrail yesterday morning located a man matching Sparrow’s description dead. Detectives are now working with area fire departments to recover the body and the formal identification of the man who passed away will be made by the Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office. 

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

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(Pittsburgh, PA) Police apprehended a person yesterday afternoon after they tried to run from the scene after hitting a pedestrian with their vehicle in the North Side of Pittsburgh. Authorities went to East Ohio Street and East Street at 2:45 p.m. after reports of a hit-and-run that involved a pedestrian. According to medics, the victim, an unidentified man, was taken to the hospital from the scene. He was last said to be in stable condition. The driver of the vehicle tried to leave the scene on foot and was later taken into custody by police not too far away on Tripoli Street.  

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A woman looks at signs at a store closed due to COVID-19 in Niles, Ill., Wednesday, May 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A longtime bar in the Brookline neighborhood of Pittsburgh recently announced that it will close its doors for good at the end of February, citing the expansion of its neighbor, Fiori’s Pizza. Slick’s Bar will be closing and according to one of its owners, Mary Rose Louis, Fiorentino Moscatiello, who owns Fiori’s and the building that Slick’s currently occupies stated that he is expanding the space following orders from the Allegheny County Health Department. The owners of Slick’s Bar also confirmed that once they close, they will not relocate. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Yuengling Black and Tan cans are stacked in the warehouse of the D.G. Yuengling & Son Brewery Mill Creek plant on Tuesday, July 21, 2020. (Lindsey Shuey/Republican-Herald via AP)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The city of Pittsburgh was recently nominated for USAToday’s 10Best awards for the best city for beer in the United States of America in 2026. Pittsburgh is the only city in Pennsylvania to get this recognition and according to USAToday’s 10 Best website, 20 cities from across the United States were chosen by a panel of beer experts for hosting the best beer scenes in the nation. You can vote once per day until February 23rd at noon and the top ten cities will be announced on March 4th. The link to vote for Pittsburgh for these awards can be found on our website by clicking here.