$5,000 reward being offered to find man wanted for homicide for allegedly killing a Marine sniper in Aliquippa in 2016

(Photo of thirty-nine-year-old Brandon Eugene Revis Courtesy of the Pennsylvania State Police)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police Troop D- Beaver Station and the Beaver County Detectives are currently searching for a wanted man who has a homicide warrant for allegedly killing twenty-eight-year-old Sjavante Gilliam in Aliquippa on June 1st, 2016. Pennsylvania State Police are also offering a reward of $5,000 for anyone who can help find thirty-nine-year-old Brandon Eugene Revis. According to the Beaver County District Attorney’s office, a confidential source reported that Revis admitted to killing Gilliam and stealing $1,500 from him. Gilliam was found dead on McMinn Street in Aliquippa when he was killed on June 1st, 2016 and was shot in the back of the head. Gilliam was previously seen at Main Street Bar around five hours before he was shot and killed. Gilliam received a Purple Heart in 2010 and served in Afghanistan as a Marine sniper. Gilliam also served as a youth football coach and was a star football player for the Aliquippa Quips. Gilliam is also survived by two children. Revis is a Black man who has black hair and brown eyes and is 5 feet, 9 inches tall and 170 pounds. If you have any information about this case, call 1-800-472-8477 or you can click here to submit information online: https://www.p3tips.com/tipform.aspx?ID=107

The picture of Revis can be found below:

Ceremony in Pittsburgh honors Chippewa Township based Portage Learning as one of 2025’s Top Workplaces in the Pittsburgh Region

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Portage Learning, an online learning company based in Chippewa Township, got named a top Workplace in the Pittsburgh region for 2025 during a ceremony in September of 2025 at the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh. Portage Learning earned this honor for the sixth year in a row. Portage Learning teams up with Geneva College in Beaver Falls and Bushnell University in Eugene, Oregon to help students across the country by giving them prerequisite courses for digital instruction and the flexibility of it. Portage Learning was selected because of feedback from employees through a survey that was anonymous from Energage, a research and technology company. You can visit Portage Learning’s website by clicking on the link below:

Click here to go to Poratge Learning’s website: portagelearning.edu

No formal complaint filed in Dublin incident involving Steelers backup quarterback Skylar Thompson, police say

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A Vikings and Steelers mural is seen on a house wall ahead of the NFL football match between Minnesota Vikings and Pittsburgh Steelers in Dublin, Saturday, Sept. 27, 2025.(AP Photo/Frank Augstein)

DUBLIN (AP) — Irish police say no formal complaint has been filed regarding an early morning incident in Dublin involving Pittsburgh Steelers backup quarterback Skylar Thompson and that they haven’t established if there was a robbery.

The Steelers said the 28-year-old Thompson was involved in a weekend “situation” in the Irish capital, but neither the team nor police have confirmed reports in Irish media that the player was robbed early Saturday.

“No formal complaint has been made by any person at this time,” the national police, called An Garda Síochána, said in a statement Monday.

“Following preliminary enquiries, An Garda Síochána has no further information to substantiate, or not, any report this incident involved a robbery,” it added.

The Irish Independent newspaper reported that “a number of males were involved in an assault on Thompson near the Temple Bar area” and that the player’s phone was stolen.

Police didn’t comment on reports of an assault.

Police said they became involved early Saturday when officers on patrol on Dame Street “encountered a male who required medical assistance.”

“The male in his 20s was treated and assessed at the scene by emergency services personnel,” the police statement added.

Thompson has been on injured reserve and wasn’t eligible to play Sunday in what was Ireland’s first regular-season NFL game. The Steelers beat the Minnesota Vikings 24-21 at Croke Park, and Thompson was at the game.

Thompson’s Instagram account has been switched to private.

Steelers spokesman Burt Lauten said the team was “aware of a situation involving Skylar Thompson on Friday night in Dublin. We will have no further comment at this time as we are working with NFL security to gather more information regarding the incident.”

The NFL declined to comment on Sunday.

The NFL Players Association said it was looking into the matter.

“As always, our priority is the health and safety of our player members — especially as we continue to work on the player protections and well-being while playing international games — and we will continue to support Skylar in any way he needs,” the NFLPA said.

Three children and one adult die from a house fire that occurs in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania

(Photo Courtesy of City of Lebanon, PA Government, Posted on Facebook Page on September 28th, 2025)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lebanon County, PA) A house fire in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania has killed four people yesterday morning and three of them are the ages of seventeen years old or younger. The incident occurred at a home on 815 Church Street. According to authorities, two people were seriously injured, with one victim last listed in stable condition while the other was last listed in critical condition. Four more people got injured as well with injuries that were minor, bringing the total of people injured from this house fire to six. The mayor of Lebanon County sent a Facebook post out yesterday claiming that the fire was an accident in nature and began from an electrical outlet in the living room of the first floor. A total of ten people were in the house when the fire started, with some visiting for a celebration of a birthday yesterday. The victims that passed away from this house fire were seventy-three years old, seventeen years old, four years old and one year old. This fire has been stabilized and is being investigated by the fire marshal’s Office of the Pennsylvania State Police. 

AHN Wexford Hospital Recognized by Vizient as 2025 Birnbaum Quality Leadership Top Performer

(File Photo of the Allegheny Health Network Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, AHN Wexford Hospital announced on Friday it has been recognized as a top performer nationally in the 2025 Bernard A. Birnbaum, MD, Quality Leadership Ranking by Vizient, Inc. The Vizient Quality and Accountability Study, which has been conducted every year since 2005, recognized AHN Wexford Hospital and twenty other hospitals across the United States for their care that is high-quality as well as demonstrating excellence in that care. AHN Wexford Hospital was the only hospital recognized in this study from Western Pennsylvania, which puts it in the top nine percent of community hospitals nationwide in this category. 

Two people from Aliquippa die from gunshot wounds occurring from a shooting in Aliquippa

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that two people have died because of a shooting that took place in Aliquippa on Saturday. The incident occurred at 952 Franklin Avenue in Aliquippa and forty-three-year-old Cynthia Zipfel of Aliquippa was found dead inside her vehicle because of a gunshot wound. Twenty-six-year-old Jalen Love of Aliquippa died at the scene because of a gunshot wound. Preliminary investigation show that Love and Zipfel were believed to be the only people involved in this incident. Pennsylvania Police are now leading the investigation into this incident and according to Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver, there is no threat to the community and a ruling into this matter will be released at a later date. 

Congressman Chris Deluzio Announces $440,000 Federal Award for Longterm Health Monitoring on Impacts of the East Palestine Train Derailment

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) According to a release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio announced on Friday in Beaver County that the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have awarded $440,513 in federal funding to the University of Pittsburgh as part of a $10 million East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment Health Research Program to assess the long-term health effects of the 2023 disaster. The University of Pittsburgh is one of three universities leading this program that will oversee a study to assess outcomes of health related to the liver and both the liver and the thyroid axis. The February 3rd2023 train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio affected residents there and those in Beaver County because it happened on the Pennsylvania-Ohio border. According to that same release from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office,

  • The $10 million research program is administered by NIH’s National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) and National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), and aims to: 
  1. Conduct a health needs assessment by engaging organizations, networks, and researchers that are firmly connected to, actively working with, or embedded in communities near the train derailment disaster. 
  2. Establish a scientifically rigorous and valid longitudinal study to assess health outcomes and risks associated with the environmental disaster. 
  3. Provide training and educational materials as well as report-back of testing results and other findings to community members and local health providers. 
  4. Support the development and implementation of a health tracking system, in conjunction with data cyberinfrastructure. This system would leverage health care records (with participant consent) and research data in collaboration with health care providers and others to identify health conditions associated with the derailment and understand factors that might guide health care decisions and public health interventions. 
  • The award announced on Friday provides $10 million over five years to a consortium of three universities with a focus on community-engaged, high-impact research. The division of responsivities among the consortium of universities is as-follows:
  1. The University of Kentucky will serve as the program lead and collaborate with program partners to develop the health needs assessment, longitudinal study, training, and a health tracking system. 
  2. The University of Pittsburgh will assess health outcomes related to the liver and the liver/thyroid axis. Specifically, they will evaluate health outcomes related to the liver and the liver-thyroid axis using advanced, non-invasive technologies, including FibroScan, a device designed to measure liver fibrosis. 
  3. Yale University will contribute to the program’s health needs assessment and the longitudinal study by conducting hydrological water quality modeling to identify geospatial patterns leading from the train derailment to potential groundwater and drinking water contamination.
  • Together, these research teams will develop and execute a comprehensive strategy to address the health concerns and the needs of the residents impacted by the East Palestine derailment.
  • Congressman Deluzio and his team will continue to monitor how these funds address the community’s needs in Beaver County and East Palestine. He will fight to make sure this congressionally authorized funding continues going to projects that make life better for Western Pennsylvanians.

Woman gets lifeflighted to a hospital after she gets stabbed in Beaver Falls

(File Photo of a City of Beaver Falls Police Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) According to Beaver County dispatchers, a woman was flown to the hospital after being stabbed in Beaver Falls on Friday night. Beaver County dispatchers confirmed to WTAE that a woman got life flighted to a hospital after getting stabbed. The incident happened after 10 p.m. on the 600 block of 17th Street in Beaver Falls. The condition of the woman has not been released. It is not clear if any arrests were made in connection with this stabbing incident. 

Grove City College undergoes a fake “swatting” call after a report of shots fired occurs there

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Grove City, PA) According to Pennsylvania State Police, Grove City College in Grove City, Pennsylvania was believed to have been targeted in a false “swatting” call yesterday. A news release that day confirms that the Henry Buhl Library on the Grove City College campus was where a report of shots fired occurred. This report was specifically for somebody reporting someone with a gun in the area of Henry Buhl Library yesterday. Pennsylvania State Police believed that the swatting call was computer generated in this incident. Grove City College went through a shelter in place order and the Henry Buhl Library was evacuated. As of now, the Grove City College campus is secure, and there were no injuries that were reported. There was also no evidence found If you have information about who could be behind this incident, because that is what police are looking for, call 724-748-0044.

UPDATE: Retired Co-Owner of Pennsylvania Macaroni Co. Releases Statement on Charges

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

UPDATE: Over the weekend Attorney Robert G. Del Greco Jr. released a statement from his client David Sunseri. Sunseri is the retired Co-Owner of the Pennsylvania Macaroni Company who was facing a misdemeanor charge of terroristic threats after an alleged incident that happened at a building in Pittsburgh on September 15th, 2025 . Below is the statement:

Statement made by David Sunseri as submitted by me as his lawyer:

On September15, 2025, I went to Pennsylvania Macaroni and had an argument with my Brother.  The reason for the argument is private amongst family.  The firearm alleged to have been picked up  on the sidewalk was my cell phone that I dropped . I never possessed a firearm. Thank you.

David Sunseri

Sunseri allegedly banged on a window and yelled, telling someone inside to come outside so that he could fight him, later allegedly saying he would kill that person inside. A criminal complaint confirms that Sunseri tried to get in the building when he went to the back of the building but could not get into it. Then, Sunseri allegedly went back to the front of the building and continued to make threats and yell. According to the criminal complaint, the victim told police that Sunseri eventually went back to his car and, while getting into the vehicle, picked up a firearm that was lying on the sidewalk. Police gave the victim advice to get a protection from abuse order against Sunseri, who has a misdemeanor charge of terroristic threats against him.