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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Findlay Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Sunday that twenty-five-year-old Kartheek Kumar Sarma Mokshagundgum of Aberdeen, Maryland was charged after a single-vehicle crash in Findlay Township on the early morning of February 7th, 2026. At 1:07 a.m., Mokshagundgum was driving on I-376 West and exited the road onto the north shoulder and hit a ditch there. There were no injuries.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A SWAT situation that occurred yesterday has ended after 10 hours in the South Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. According to Allegheny County dispatchers, police were called to the area of Juliet Street and Cato Street following an incident at around 7:24 p.m. Police stated that a person with outstanding warrants barricaded themself in a home. One person was brought out of the house around 5:30 a.m. this morning, ending the hours-long SWAT situation. There were no reported injuries and a man who was inside of the home where the SWAT situation was taking place was reported to be out of the building and is now in police custody. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Sunday that twenty-nine-year-old Maria Matta of Royal Oak, Michigan was charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Robinson Township on Sunday afternoon. At 4:30 p.m., Matta tried to negotiate a left curve while she was driving on I-79 North and lost control of her vehicle. The vehicle of Matta also traveled through a grass field before rolling over onto its roof. There were no reported injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Twenty-year-old Rayohna Hexstall has been charged with involuntary manslaughter in connection with a deadly shooting that happened inside a Wilkins Township apartment building that occurred yesterday. Hexstall is facing one count of involuntary manslaughter and one count of reckless endangerment in connection with the early-morning shooting at the Brentmoor at Penn Center apartments. According to court paperwork filed by the Allegheny County Police Department, a seventeen-year-old girl died after being shot in the head in the apartment. The criminal complaint filed by police explains that witnesses told investigators that Hexstall, the victim and two other individuals were in the apartment together when Hextall began waving around a handgun that belonged to one of the other people in the room. According to police, witnesses said while Hexstall was handling the gun, it went off, shooting and killing the victim. The victim was also a student at Woodland Hills High School.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) Hidden Hill Horse Farm in Rochester is having its St. Patrick’s Day Bingo at Big Knob Grange in Rochester on March 14th, 2026. The kitchen opens at 4 p.m. and the bingo games start at 6 p.m. and it includes things like food provided by PJ’s Deli and Catering, a 50/50 raffle, and a Chinese auction. Tickets can be bought on their website at hiddenhillhorsefarm.org. Hidden Hill Horse Farm is a nonprofit equine-assisted therapy center in Rochester which is dedicated to improving both mental and emotional well- being through the healing power of horses. Their therapists provide equine-assisted therapy to individuals that are living with autism, PTSD, anxiety, depression, and other emotional and behavioral health challenges. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release in Pittsburgh from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Pittsburgh District, the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works Adam R. Telle announced a major initiative yesterday called “Building Infrastructure, Not Paperwork,” which is for the Army’s Civil Works program. This initiative will provide greater focus on the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (USACE) core Civil Works missions, while it will minimize non-core programs, direct funding to priority water resources projects that will provide the greatest benefits to the nation, shorten permitting timelines, and reduce or eliminate extraneous regulations and paperwork that slow the delivery of USACE for both Civil Works projects and programs. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Sewickley, PA) Thirty-seven-year-old Bruno Guedes da Silva, a father from Sewickley, was detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on Sunday. Hadley Haas, who is speaking on behalf of his family, stated that his family moved to the United States in 2022, escaped a dangerous situation in Brazil. Haas confirmed that Guedes da Silva was pulled over by federal agents and was taken into custody outside Osborne Elementary School in Sewickley over the weekend. According to the ICE website, Guedes da Silva is in the Northern Regional Jail in Moundsville, West Virginia. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Courtesy of KDKA Drone Team / KDKA Photojournalist Ian Smith, Caption for Photo: PennDOT has announced the dates that a portion of the Parkway East will be closed near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel so that crews can install the new Commercial Street Bridge.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT recently unveiled when part of the Parkway East will close this coming summer so that the new Commercial Street Bridge can be installed. A Part of Parkway East near the Squirrel Hill Tunnel will close around the clock from July 10th to August 3rd for the installation of the new bridge as part of the new Commercial Street Bridge project. PennDOT says the project is expected to be concluded by the summer of 2027.