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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has now updated the list of stores that carried recalled pulled pork sandwiches. The initial recall was issued in October for 127,887 pounds of pulled pork sandwiches. They were sold nationwide including in Pennsylvania, Florida, Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Washington and at Department of Defense installations. The complete list of stores with these recalled products can be found by clicking here.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) First Assistant United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced yesterday that a resident of McKees Rocks has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Pittsburgh on a charge of violating a federal firearms law. Twenty-six-year-old Mark Lamarr Beavers was the sole defendant in the one count Indictment. According to the Indictment, on or about August 26th, 2025, Beavers, as a convicted felon possessed two firearms and ammunition. Federal law states that it is prohibited that a convicted felon should possess a firearm or ammunition. Beavers could receive a maximum total sentence of up to fifteen years in jail, a fine of up to $250,000, or both, provided by the law. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a new study, the ice rink at PPG Place in Downtown Pittsburgh has been ranked as the most beautiful ice rink in North America. Premier Inn conducted the study and they also listed the most beautiful ice rinks in the world and the PPG Place ice rink landed at number nine on the worldwide list. Premier Inn made a collection of photos of more than fifty ice rinks that are around the world and they incorporated eye-tracking technology to see what displays that people were most drawn to. The PPG Place ice rink was also listed recently on USA Today’s 10Best list as the number five ice skating rink in the United States where the rink was praised for its views of the most marvelous buildings in Pittsburgh

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Officials in Pennsylvania have postponed to the end of December the deadline for enrolling in the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace as consumers are trying to navigate federal uncertainties and the possibility of cost hikes that are sharp. The last day for signing up for coverage through Pennie was originally on Monday, but according to program administrators, they wanted to give consumers more time to weigh their options and choose the right plan for their households. The new deadline for this option is December 31st, 2025. You can enroll in coverage through Pennie by going to pennie.com by clicking here or call the customer service line of that program at 844-844-8040 on weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. and on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Grove City, PA) According to a release from Grove City College on Monday, U.S. Senator David McCormick went to visit that college on Monday to meet with both their officials and civic and political leaders from Mercer County. McCormick stated that he wanted to “talk a little and listen a lot” so he can learn about the opportunities and challenges that regional leaders are seeing and how his work that is happening in Washington, D.C., can advance the interests of western Pennsylvania. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release in Harrisburg yesterday from State Representative Robert Leadbeter’s office, Leadbeter (R-Columbia) was joined by family members of Aiden Ha, legislators and advocates for a press conference yesterday to announce the formal introduction of House Bill 2102 –known as Aiden’s Law, and urge continued support. The initiative that Leadbeter is championing, is named after Aiden Ha, who was a 6-year-old nonverbal and autistic child from Columbia County who was tragically found dead in a river in October. The legislation from Leadbeter would create a Purple Alert system in Pennsylvania, which is similar to the Amber Alert for abducted children, the Silver Alert for missing older adults and the Green Alert for missing at-risk veterans, as the Purple Alert system would rapidly notify the law enforcement and the public when an individual with certain intellectual, cognitive or developmental disabilities goes missing. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: A small Christmas tree is at the center of an abandoned holiday picnic at Bondi Beach after a reported shooting in Sydney, Sunday, Dec. 14, 2025. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Freedom, PA) The Chabad Jewish Center of Cranberry gathered together yesterday in Freedom to pay respects to the victims of the targeted shooting at the Bondi Beach Jewish community’s Hanukkah celebration that happened in Australia. Australian authorities have stated that the mass shooting which killed fifteen people on Sunday was an anti-Semitic terror attack.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Westmoreland County, PA) A man from the Pittsburgh area is now facing charges after police confirm he brought a large knife to his former workplace in Westmoreland County and told an employee that he had “murder on his mind all week.” According to the Westmoreland County District Attorney’s Office, Roneil Wright is accused of entering the building on Commerce Circle in Trafford in the evening hours of last Thursday with a “large, military-style knife.” Workers told police that Wright, who hadn’t been employed at the company since November and had no reason to be in the building, made statements about “who he needs to take care of,” and employees grew worried. Wright is facing several charges, including criminal trespass. The Westmoreland District attorney’s office stated Wright was remanded to the Westmoreland County Prison after failing to post a bond of $50,000. Court documents expressed that the preliminary hearing for Wright is scheduled for December 23rd, 2025.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An opening date has now been announced for a new tower worth over a billion dollars at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh. UPMC officials told WTAE yesterday that the $1.3 billion hospital tower at that hospital is on track to be fully constructed by October of 2026. After a phase of testing for the building, according to UPMC, patients will then be moved into the new space on January 24th, 2027.