(Butler, PA) Representative Aaron Bernstine (R-Butler/Lawrence) will host a concealed carry seminar on Wednesday, April 15th, from 5:30-7 p.m., at the Unionville Volunteer Fire Company in Butler.This event is free and is designed to give Pennsylvaniaresidents a clearer understanding of the concealed carry laws in the state, as well as use-of-force standards and legal responsibilities that are associated with firearm ownership.Butler County Sheriff Michael Slupe will lead that discussion and it is open to the public.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Regional Transit and Sheetz announced a partnership that would make fares on PRT’s light rail system on the Monongahela Incline free from April 23rd to April 25th, which is the weekend of the 2026 NFL Draft on the North Shore. Sheetz will cover all of these fares. Pittsburgh is expecting between 500,000 and 700,000 visitors for this upcoming NFL draft, and public transit is expected to see an increase in ridership that is significant throughout the weekend.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – In his image provided by NASA, NASA astronaut Mike Fincke is helped out of the SpaceX Crew-11 capsule after they re-entered the Earth in a middle-of-the-night splashdown near San Diego, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2026. (Bill Ingalls/NASA via AP, File)
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — The astronaut who prompted NASA’s first medical evacuation earlier this year said Friday that doctors still don’t know why he suddenly fell sick at the International Space Station.
Four-time space flier Mike Fincke said he was eating dinner on Jan. 7 after prepping for a spacewalk the next day when it happened. He couldn’t talk and remembers no pain, but his anxious crewmates jumped into action after seeing him in distress and requested help from flight surgeons on the ground.
“It was completely out of the blue. It was just amazingly quick,” he said in an interview with The Associated Press from Houston’s Johnson Space Center.
Fincke, 59, a retired Air Force colonel, said the episode lasted roughly 20 minutes and he felt fine afterward. He said he still does. He never experienced anything like that before or since.
Doctors have ruled out a heart attack and Fincke said he wasn’t choking, but everything else is still on the table and could be related to his 549 days of weightlessness. He was 5 ½ months into his latest space station stay when the problem struck like “a very, very fast lightning bolt.”
“My crewmates definitely saw that I was in distress,” he said, with all six gathering around him. “It was all hands on deck within just a matter of seconds.”
Fincke said he can’t provide any more details about his medical episode. The space agency wants to make sure that other astronauts do not feel that their medical privacy will be compromised if something happens to them, he said.
The space station’s ultrasound machine came in handy when the event occurred, he said, and he’s gone through numerous tests since returning to Earth. NASA is poring through other astronauts’ medical records to see if any related instances might have happened in space, he said.
Fincke identified himself late last month as the one who was sick to end the swirling public speculation.
He still feels bad that his illness caused the spacewalk to be canceled — it would have been his 10th spacewalk but first for crewmate Zena Cardman — and resulted in an early return for her and their two other crewmates. SpaceX brought them back on Jan. 15, more than a month early, and they went straight to the hospital.
“I’ve been very lucky to be super healthy. So this was very surprising for everyone,” he said.
Fincke stopped apologizing to everybody after NASA’s new administrator Jared Isaacman ordered him to stop.
“This wasn’t you. This was space, right?” his colleagues assured him. “You didn’t let anybody down.”
Ever the optimist, he’s holding out hope that he can return to space one day.
(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh reported via release on Saturday that nineteen-year-old Monet Jordan of Ambridge was arrested for possessing a false ID at that casino on March 19th, 2026. Jordan tried to enter at the elevator lobby of the Rivers Casino using a license that was not hers at 11:30 p.m.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release on Friday that they went to a location along 202 Little Blue Hollow Road for a reported theft in Beaver County. The incident occurred between March 16th through Thursday. It was discovered that a suspect or suspects that are unknown damaged multiple locks and utility poles and removed commercial wire from the scene in Greene Township. The victims were Industrial Development Advanta of Chester, West Virginia and Duquesne Light Company. The investigation into this incident is ongoing and if you have any information on it, call 724-773-7400.
(Pittsburgh, PA) State Representative Rob Matzie announced on Friday that a new $210,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will allow Beaver County residents and small businesses to reap the benefits of high-tech, compressed natural gas-powered vehicles. Matzie noted that this grant, which was awarded to Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., will allow the company to purchase seven compressed natural gas waste vehicles to serve the county.This funding was awarded through the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program. Compressed natural gas vehicles operate similarly to traditional gas-powered vehicles. However, natural gas is stored in a fuel tank or cylinder, generally located at the back of the vehicle. It is estimated that they are 80% to 90% quieter than diesel trucks and produce up to 90% fewer emissions.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Ryan O’Hearn hits an RBI single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw out the potential tying run at the plate to hold off the New York Mets 4-3 on Sunday for their first victory this season.
Henry Davis added a critical RBI single off New York reliever Richard Lovelady (1-1) with two outs in the 10th, and the Pirates got another home run from Brandon Lowe as they salvaged the series finale to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2015.
With the Mets trailing 4-2 and two runners aboard in the bottom of the 10th, Juan Soto drove an RBI double to deep left-center. Francisco Lindor tried to score the tying run from first base but was cut down on a relay from center fielder Oneil Cruz to shortstop Jared Triolo to Davis at the plate for the first out of the inning.
Soto advanced to third on Bo Bichette’s groundout before Jorge Polanco flied out to the right-field fence to end it.
Dennis Santana (1-0) pitched a perfect inning for the win, and José Urquidy got three outs in his Pirates debut for his second major league save.
O’Hearn had three singles, including a run-scoring hit in the first. Lowe reached base four times and finished 5 for 12 with three homers and four RBIs during his first weekend with Pittsburgh.
Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski allowed two runs with a career-high eight strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Marcus Semien had a sacrifice fly in the second and Soto hit an RBI single in the fifth for the Mets, who struck out 16 times.
New York rookie Nolan McLean gave up two runs and struck out eight in five innings.
Up next
RHP Clay Holmes (12-8, 3.53 ERA) makes his season debut Monday for the Mets, who open their first road trip against RHP Kyle Leahy (4-2, 3.07) and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (4-4, 2.71 ERA) opposes RHP Chase Burns (0-3, 4.57) in Cincinnati on Monday night.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: New York Mets center fielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) hits a three run home run during the eleventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
Luis Torrens delivered a tying single in the 10th on his first swing this season, and the Mets improved to 2-0 following an 11-7 victory on Thursday over Paul Skenes and the Pirates in their opener.
After starters Mitch Keller and David Peterson matched zeros in 42-degree weather, Nick Gonzales lined an RBI single for Pittsburgh with one out in the 10th to break a scoreless tie.
Mets reliever Luis Garcia prevented further damage by retiring Jake Mangum with the bases loaded.
Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead again with a two-out infield single in the 11th before Richard Lovelady (1-0) struck out Gonzales with runners at the corners.
Jorge Polanco worked a leadoff walk in the bottom half from rookie left-hander Hunter Barco (0-1), who pitched out of a huge jam in the 10th to extend the game in his third major league appearance.
With automatic runner Bo Bichette also aboard at second, Robert reached down and drove a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence for his first homer with the Mets and the second walk-off shot of his career. The center fielder from Cuba, acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a January trade, also had two RBI singles Thursday in his New York debut.
Pittsburgh finished 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position and stranded 17. Mangum’s ninth-inning double was the only extra-base hit in the game until Roberts went deep.
Following the Mets’ offseason makeover, the 30-year-old Peterson became the team’s longest-tenured player. The left-hander, a first-time All-Star last season before fading in the second half, allowed six singles and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
He pitched around a throwing error by Bichette, switching from shortstop to third base this year, and induced a popup from new Pirates cleanup batter Marcell Ozuna on a 2-0 fastball with the bases loaded to end the fifth.
Keller was even better, permitting just three singles and no walks in six innings. The right-hander, an All-Star in 2023, has a 1.79 ERA in seven starts against New York.
Up next
Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (5-1, 2.06 ERA) makes his season debut Sunday in the series finale. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (5-8, 3.55) pitches for Pittsburgh.
April brings cool concert acts to the Pittsburgh region.
From Kenny Wayne Shepherd to The Temptations; and a Flock of Seagulls to Bush and BBMak, there’s a show for all musical tastes.
Here’s the concert calendar for April and beyond in western Pennsylvania.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE
April 2: A Flock of Seagulls
April 7: Lynch Mob
April 8: Throwing Muses
April 9: Kylie Morgan
April 22: Uli Jon Roth
April 23: The Band Perry
April 28: Paul Gilbert
May 8: Crack The Sky; May 9: Buckethead; May 18: Buckcherry; May 19: Samantha Fish; May 21: Nazareth; June 22: Ana Popovic; July 5: Quiet Riot; July 12: Chris Kirkpatrick, O-Town, LFO, BBMak and Ryan Cabrera; July 13: Robert Jon & The Wreck; July 30: Tiffany; Sept. 16-17: Leonid & Friends.
UPMC EVENTS CENTER
April 7: Bush
May 11: Bilmuri; June 15: Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T’s.
STAGE AE
April 8: The Last Dinner Party
April 10: 49 Winchester
April 14: The Maine
May 12: Ashnikko; May 15: Black Veil Brides; May 22: Ryan Bingham; June 1: Taking Back Sunday; June 10: Mt. Joy; June 13: The Clarks; June 14: Dance Gavin Dance; June 23: Young The Giant; June 24: Trombone Shorty; July 10: Louis Tomlinson; July 23: O.A.R.; Aug. 2: Black Keys; Sept. 1: Sierra Ferrell; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise; Sept. 25: Caamp; Oct. 10: Sugar.
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
April 4: B2K, Bow Wow
April 11: Bailey Zimmerman
April 25: Jeezy
June 7: Teddy Swims; Aug. 21: Koe Wetzel; Sept. 17: Phil Wickham.
PALACE THEATRE
April 19: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
May 3: The Jaggerz, Chuck Blasko’s Vogues, The Skyliners, The Marcels and Pure Gold; May 19: ZZ Top; June 5: Cinderella’s Tom Keifer; July 22: Stewart Copeland; July 23: Air Supply; Oct. 15: Micky Dolenz
BYHAM THEATER
April 18: David Spade.
TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER
April 17: Gov’t Mule
May 28, Jo Dee Messina; May 29: Gary Allan; June 12: Niko Moon; June 19: Brantley Gilbert; June 20: Umphrey’s McGee and moe.; July 17: Blackberry Smoke; July 31: Jeff Foxworthy; Aug. 28: Travis Tritt.
Jam band Gov’t Mule heads to Western Pennsylvania.
HEINZ HALL
April 11: Lake Street Dive with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
June 2: St. Vincent with the PSO; July 3: Derek Hough; July 22: Harry Connick Jr.
ROXIAN THEATRE @ CITIZENS
April 4: Our Lady Peace and the Verve Pipe
April 7: Ally and AJ
April 14: Snarky Puppy
April 21: Band of Horses
April 24: Soulja Boy
April 26: Steel Panther
May 14: Sevendust; May 18: Altar Bridge; May 27: The Toadies; June 3: Corinne Bailey Rae; June 16: Jinjer; June 25: String Cheese Incident; July 16: Trampled by Turtles; Aug. 12: Courtney Barrett; Sept. 29: Public Image Limited.
Ally & AJ have a show in Pittsburgh.
BENEDUM CENTER
April 8: CeCe Winans
April 10: Anne Wilson
April 11: The Temptations & The Four Tops.
CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HOMESTEAD
April 9: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood
April 19: Terri Clark
April 30: Jim Breuer
May 5: Melissa Etheridge; May 8: Gino Vannelli; May 28: Airplane! Live With Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays; June 7: Napoleon Dynamite – A Conversation with “Napoleon Dynamite’s” Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, & Jon Gries; June 9: Ben Folds; June 19: Patton Oswalt; June 27: Christopher Cross; July 6: The Church; July 11: Taj Mahal; July 18: Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs; Oct. 13: Bruce Hornsby.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
April 13: Soul Asylum acoustic
April 14: Rufus Wainwright
April 21: BBMak
April 22: Lloyd Cole
April 24-25: Vanessa Carlton
April 29: Melissa Manchester
May 10: Willie Nile.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE
April 11: Kashus Culpepper
April 16: Whitney
April 23: Walter Trout
May 2: Bahamas; May 12: Marc Broussard; May 22: Southern Culture on The Skids; June 23: S.G. Goodman.
PPG PAINTS ARENA
May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; May 19: Bruce Springsteen; May 23: Don Toliver; June 11: 5 Seconds of Summer; June 16: Megan Moroney; June 23: Alex Warren; June 30: Lionel Richie with Earth, Wind & Fire; July 11: Meghan Trainor; July 20: Zayn; July 30-31: Nate Bargatze; Aug. 13: Zac Brown Band; Oct. 28: “Worlds Collide Concert Tour” featuring stars from the “Descendants,” “ZOMBIES” and “Camp Rock” films; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE
April 7: Madison Cunningham
May 2: Afghan Whigs; May 7: Pete Thorn; May 22: Donna The Buffalo; July 30: Cat Power; Sept. 26: Ben Harper.
OAKS THEATER
May 7: Al Di Meola; Aug. 7: BoDeans.
CRAFTHOUSE GRILL
May 18: Powerman 5000; May 31: Adelitas Way.
ACRISURE STADIUM
June 5-6: Morgan Wallen; Aug. 29: Bruno Mars.
PNC PARK
July 3: Noah Kahan
PAVILION AT STAR LAKE
June 10: MGK; June 14: Mumford & Sons; June 17: Chris Stapleton; June 20: Kid Rock; June 23: Godsmack; June 26: Riley Green; July 3: Jack Johnson; July 17: Motley Crue; July 18: Tim McGraw; July 24: Dave Matthews Band; Aug. 1: “Weird” Al Yankovic; Aug. 2: Ne-Yo & Akon; Aug. 7: Five Finger Death Punch; Aug. 8: Parker McCollum; Aug. 14: Goo Goo Dolls; Aug. 24: TLC, Salt-N-Pepa; Aug. 25: Kesha; Aug. 29: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson; Sept. 3: Rufus Du Sol; Sept. 15: Breaking Benjamin.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER
July 10: Jason Aldean; July 11: Eric Church; Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule.
CITIZENS LIVE AT THE WYLIE
Oct. 2: Wiz Khalifa
Oct. 3: Styx
Oct. 6: Two Door Cinema
Oct. 9: Chelsea Handler
Oct. 16: Boyz II Men
Oct. 20: Tedeschi Trucks
Nov. 7: Sting
Nov. 15:Wyatt Flores
Dec. 2: Steven Wilson Jr.
Dec. 3: Sabaton
Others
April 22: Rev. Horton Heat, Preserving Underground, New Kensington
June 27: Dustin Lynch, Beaver County Boom on The Bridge, Bridgewater.
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 29, 2026 11:23 A.M.
(Center Township, Pa) A popular sporting goods chain will soon be closing their Beaver County location.
Dick’s Sporting Goods announced they are closing their Beaver Valley Mall location next month.
The official closing date for the location is set for April 25th, 2026.
The Coraopolis headquartered chain is advising customers to visit their other nearby locations in Robinson and Cranberry for future purchases, or by visiting their website.
