Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published January 12, 2026 12:15 P.M.

(New Brighton, Pa) A new coffee shop celebrated their grand opening in New Brighton Monday morning.

The Coffee Village, located at 400 Ninth Street, is the latest installment at the recently renovated ‘Old Foodland’ building.

The locally owned shop offers high quality coffee, specialty espresso drinks, teas, and more with indoor seating and a drive-thru.

The shop owner and staff were joined by members of the Beaver County Chamber of Commerce for a ribbon cutting ceremony at 11am Monday.

Also in attendance were New Brighton Mayor Valerie McKelvey and State Representative Roman Kozak, in addition to others.

The Coffee Village also operates locations at Brighton Rehab and Heritage Valley in Brighton Township, Sewickley, and Pittsburgh.

More information on the The Coffee Village is available at coffeevillages.com

(File Photo of a United States Flag)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Annville, PA) According to a release in Annville, Pennsylvania today from the Pennsylvania Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (DMVA), they are now reminding veterans that applying for or reviewing their veterans’ benefits should be a priority in the new year. This assistance is free and a link with a complete list of the county veterans affairs directors, with their contact information, as well as another link with more contact information for other accredited veterans services can be found below:

Click here for more information about County Directors.

Click here for more information about Veterans Services Officers.

(Photo Courtesy of the Westmoreland County Team 211 Rough Terrain Support Unit, Posted on Facebook on January 11th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A missing person was found yesterday shortly after 9 a.m. after a multi-agency search effort in Allegheny County. The Westmoreland County Team 211 Rough Terrain Support Unit posted on Facebook yesterday that it was called around 7:15 a.m. that morning to a search in Indiana Township for a person on an ATV who had been missing since Saturday evening. That team assisted the Allegheny Mountain Rescue Group, who utilized two dozen of its own search and rescue responders and multiple search dogs. The missing person was evacuated by medics and firefighters after being found.

(Photo Courtesy of the Beaver County Transit Authority: Posted on Facebook on January 9th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) On March 2nd, 2026, the Beaver County Transit Authority (BCTA) is lowering their fares and this change in their locations around Beaver County and in other places will affect all of the current change cards and ride passes. That same date will also be when Change Cards will no longer be issued for overpayments on busses. Change Cards issued before March 2nd, 2026 may still be used until May 31st, 2026, which is when Change Cards will no longer be accepted on BCTA vehicles. BCTA will also no longer accept passes (current ride tickets) issued before March 2nd, 2026 beginning on that date on busses. The current BCTA passes will no longer be accepted or sold on busses after February 28th, 2026, and after that date, no refunds can be issued and the current ride tickets will be invalid.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Police confirm that a man was taken to the hospital after being shot while walking near the Wilkinsburg-Pittsburgh line on Saturday night. According to Allegheny County police, just after 11:30 p.m., their county dispatch was alerted to a shooting in the 1900 block of Remington Drive. Lt. Chris Duncan of the Wilkinsburg Police Department also expressed that a Shot-Spotter alert was also detected in that area at 11:26 p.m. Reportedly, a man in his 20s was walking from a home there when a vehicle drove up and shots were fired at him. The man then went to another home in the 1300 block of Clark Street after leaving the area and was treated by medics at the second home before being taken to a hospital in critical but stable condition. Duncan noted that the male victim had no idea who shot him and he was shot once in the torso and once in the chest. Police state that there are no suspects, and a motive is not known as of yesterday morning. This incident is being investigated by Allegheny County police and Wilkinsburg police, and if you have any information about it, call the Allegheny County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Bryce Lutz, Caption for Photo: Police respond to an accidental shooting in Pittsburgh’s California-Kirkbride neighborhood on Saturday morning.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A 7-year-old had to be rushed to the hospital after a shooting in the California-Kirkbride neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Saturday morning. According to Public Information Officer Eliza Durham, Pittsburgh police and EMS were called to the 900 block of Kirkbride Street just before 10 a.m. following reports of a shooting. This happened at a home there and when officials arrived, they confirmed that a seven-year-old boy was found with a gunshot wound to the head. He was taken to a hospital in the Pittsburgh area in critical condition. Officials state that the seven-year-old and his sibling who is nine years old were playing with a firearm in the basement of the home when it discharged. Both the nine-year-old and a sixteen-year-old who was at the house when the incident occurred were taken to police headquarters for further questioning. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Police had to deploy pepper spray to break up a large fight outside Obama Academy in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Friday. This happened around 8:41 p.m. after police received reports of a fight. The arriving officers requested assistance from other zones after approximately 200 juveniles gathered outside after a basketball game against Taylor Allderdice High School. Officers noticed a fight that involved approximately 40 to 50 juveniles and they used pepper spray to disperse the crowd. No arrests had been made and there were no injuries reported by any officers or civilians. 

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Duquesne, PA) Allegheny County police are currently investigating a shooting that happened in Duquesne. According to police, they were called to the 100 block of Erwin Street just before 3 p.m. on Saturday. A man was found there by first responders, and he had a gunshot wound to the leg. He was taken to the hospital in stable condition. Police also stated that both a car and multiple homes were hit by gunfire. Anyone with information about this incident is asked to call the Allegheny County Police Tip Line at 1-833-ALL-TIPS.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lebanon County, PA) A mother from Pennsylvania was recently sentenced for handcuffing her eleven-year-old son to a basement fuel tank on January 11th, 2025 after police say she did this as a punishment for him eating too many hot dogs. Chazzity Candelario of Lebanon County was sentenced on Wednesday to sixteen months to five years in a state prison and she pleaded no contest to multiple charges, which included child endangerment. According to Lebanon County District Attorney Pier Hess Graf, Candelario woke the boy up at 5 a.m. and told him he violated a house rule about how much food the children are allowed to eat. This happened at the residence of Candelario on East Kercher Avenue and Graf told WGAL that the boy was able to get free from the fuel tank, but re-cuffed himself to his bunk bed in his room. Seventeen hours passed without food, water or using the bathroom for the boy before he was able to get a cell phone from his sibling and called 911. Candelario is being held in Lebanon County Prison and her bail is set at $100,000.