(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Brighton Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported today that an arrest prior to requisition occurred in Brighton Township on Saturday.

Sixty-five-year-old Russell Patrick Ashford was arrested along the 3000 block of Tuscarawas Road at 10:20 a.m.

According to state police, they encountered Ashford during a traffic stop and determined that he was wanted by authorities in the state of Maryland.

Ashford was subsequently charged with arrest prior to requisition and he was put in the Beaver County Jail pending extradition proceedings. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported today that are investigating the theft of a license plate in Beaver County.

This occurred on Thursday at approximately 6:22 a.m. along 4051 Jordan Street in South Heights Borough.

Police confirmed that a 2018 Chevrolet was involved and a Honda vehicle had the license plate taken from it.

The license plate was worth $16.

The investigation into this incident is ongoing.   

(File Photo of the Freedom Area School District Administration Office)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Freedom, PA) The Freedom Area School District is evacuating students because of a fourth bomb threat since August 31st. 

The fourth one occurred this morning.  

A notice to families of the district stated at this time that there was another “emailed bomb threat for all schools.” The high school principal was emailed a threat specifically to that building in the previous three instances.

The first threat occurred on August 31st and the next two were on two straight days, September 8th and September 9th.

According to the Freedom Area School District, all schools are evacuating to satellite locations.

Students will walk to the satellite locations with the staff and the teachers.

Parents are told not to come to the satellite locations or the campus, as students are not being dismissed currently and police are blocking the roads so students can evacuate safely. 

The district also confirmed that there has “been no event outside of the emailed threat.”

There were no reported injuries. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) released an independent analysis warning today that rapidly growing electricity demand which is driven largely by data center development could create serious reliability risks across Pennsylvania and the broader region unless electricity supply keeps pace with that growth.

This analysis was conducted by Synapse Energy Economics and it examined whether sufficient electric resources will be available to reliably serve customers as demand grows and existing generation retires.

Synapse Energy Economics is an energy consulting firm that is nationally recognized.

This study found that based on the current load forecast from regional power grid operator PJM and assuming no additional policy actions, the regional grid fails to meet PJM’s reliability planning standard from the years of 2027 through 2030.

By 2030, the modeled reliability risk is almost six times worse than PJM’s planning standard.

(Credit for Headline Photo and Photo Below: Photo Courtesy of the Beaver Valley Regional Police Department, Posted on Facebook on September 12th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The Beaver Valley Regional Police Department issued a Facebook post on Saturday that stated that two dogs were found running loose in the area of Straube Avenue in Baden Borough.

The picture of these two dogs can be found below, and they were found safe before they were transported to the Beaver County Humane Society.

If you know who owns these dogs or you recognize them, you can call the Beaver County Humane Society at 724-775-5801.

 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) A male teenager died from his injuries after he crashed his motorcycle in Beaver County last week.

Aliquippa Police issued a Facebook post on Friday that they were dispatched on Wednesday to PA Route 51 Northbound near Station Street for a reported motorcycle crash. 

Officers found a motorcycle and crash debris in the roadway and a utility pole that had been sheared as a result of a collision when they arrived.

The operator of the motorcycle was identified as a 19-year-old man and he had succumbed to his injuries.

A witness confirmed in a preliminary investigation that during the crash, they observed the motorcycle going northbound on PA Route 51 at a rate of speed that was high.

The witness also stated that the motorcycle appeared to become unstable, with the front of the motorcycle oscillating from side to side before the operator lost control, left the road and hit a utility pole. 

Both the northbound and southbound lanes of PA Route 51 were closed temporarily while officers processed and secured the crash scene.  

Anyone who has information about this crash or observed the motorcycle before the crash occurred can call the Aliquippa Police Department at 724-378-8000.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Paul J. Gough, Pittsburgh Business Times, Caption for Photo: The Shippingport Industrial Park)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Shippingport, PA) A groundbreaking was held on Thursday for a new data center complex in Shippingport.  

Aligned Data Centers confirmed that this complex is called the Project Phoenix, and this is a 2GW (gigawatt) Data center campus which is expected to support 3,000 jobs in construction and drive $10 billion in regional economic investment. 

According to a release from Aligned Data Centers, the campus will be built on the former Bruce Mansfield coal-fired power plant site in the Shippingport Industrial Park and the three-building campus will transform dormant industrial infrastructure into a major digital infrastructure hub.

Aligned Data Centers also confirmed that the facility features a closed-loop cooling system that requires no water for operational cooling, it will create more than 640 full-time operational roles and it will serve as an example of responsible data center development in Pennsylvania, to align with Governor Josh Shapiro’s Responsible Infrastructure Development (GRID) framework and Ratepayer Protection Pledge.

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced restrictions on Interstate 79 in Marshall Township and Franklin Park Borough in Allegheny County will continue this Wednesday through Friday, weather permitting. 

The following restrictions are expected to occur between 7 P.M. and 6:00 AM each night for deck placement work, according to the schedule listed below courtesy of a release from PennDOT District 11: 

Wednesday and Thursday nights, September 16th-17th

• Northbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange. 

Friday night, September 18th 

• Southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange.