The following school districts and businesses are either delayed or canceled today. (The list will be updated throughout the morning.)

Thursday, May 1st, 2025

School or Organization	Cancellation or Delay  ( If blank no cancellation or delay reported)
Adelphoi Education in Rochester
Aliquippa Area School District
Ambridge Area School District
Avonworth Area School District
Baden Academy Charter
Beaver Area School District	Flexible Instruction Day Thursday for Middle School and High School Students and Staff Only
Bethel Christian-Racoon Twp.
Beaver County CTC
Beaver County Christian School
Beaver Valley Montessori School
Big Beaver Falls Area School District
Blackhawk Area School District
Butler County Community College (All Locations)
Center at the Mall in Monaca
Central Valley School District
CCBC
CCBC School of Aviation Sciences
Chippewa Alliance Church
Cornell School District	2 hour delay Thursday
Early Years (All Locations)
Eden Christian Academy
Education Center at Watson (Sewickley)
Ellwood City Area School District
Freedom Area School District
Head Start of Beaver County -All   Centers
Heart Prints Center for Early Education in Cranberry Township
Hope Academy- Conway
Hopewell Area School District	Closed Thursday- Flexible Instruction Day
Life Family Pre-School
Lincoln Park Performing Arts Charter   School	Closed Thursday- Flexible Instruction Day
Mc Guire Memorial EOC
Mc Guire Memorial School
Midland Borough School District
Montour Area School District
Moon Area School District
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus                       Pre-school (Moon Twp.)
My Family Preschool in New Brighton
New Brighton Area School District
New Horizon-Beaver County
North Catholic High School
Our Lady of Fatima-Hopewell
Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
Parkway West CTC
Penn State-Beaver
Provident Charter School West
Quaker Valley School District
Riverside Area School District   (Beaver  County)
Road to Emmaus Baptist Church in Beaver
Rochester Area School District
Seneca Valley School District
Sewickley Academy
South Side Beaver School District (Hookstown)	Closed Thursday
Sto-Rox School District
St. James School (Sewickley)
St. Kilian Parish School in Cranberry
St. Monica Catholic Academy (Beaver Falls)
St. Peter & Paul (Beaver)
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Academy in Zelienople
Vanport VFD
West Allegheny
Western  Beaver
Zelienople/Evans City Meals on Wheels in Zelienople
Zelienople Preschool

 

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published May 1st, 2025 12:58 A.M.

(New Brighton, Pa) A ballfield in New Brighton is closed due to health concerns.

The Borough of New Brighton released a statement saying the Hunky Alley Baseball Field along Bank Street is temporarily closed due to the “presence of excessive animal feces creating unsanitary conditions”.

They say the closure will “ensure the health and safety” of sports organizations using the field this spring.

The Borough states “the current level of animal waste on the field poses an unacceptable health risk” and plans are underway to install cameras to “deter and monitor animal activity.”

The cameras are expected to be installed next week and they say the field will reopen once the work is complete.

(File Photo of Police Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to authorities, a man in Pittsburgh died after being electrocuted by live wires on Tuesday evening. This happened on St. Martin Street in the South Side Slopes in Pittsburgh. Sources told KDKA that a live wire fell on the man’s vehicle around 7 p.m., and he was killed trying to move it with a stick. The identity of the man has not yet been released.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Steelers fans cheer during the first round of the NFL football draft, Thursday, April 27, 2023, in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The 2026 NFL Draft will be in Pittsburgh on April 23rd through April 25th, 2026. Expectations are that the North Shore and Point State Park will host the Draft Experience Festival and the main stage where the next generation players of the NFL will be drafted. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro confirmed last year that the expectations for the 2026 NFL Draft could be exceeded as the biggest event being hosted in the Steel City.

 

(Photo Courtesy of the City of Aliquippa Police Department)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) An uninvited animal was seen on Tuesday at an Aliquippa home on footage caught by a video camera there. According to Aliquippa Police, a bear was discovered in the 1800 block of Davidson Street and the Pennsylvania Game Commission has been notified about the bear. Police looked for the bear that day and it was not found. If you spot a bear in your area, police recommend that you pick up the phone and call 911 to be safe. 

 

(File Photo of the PennDOT logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from PennDOT, PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll and officials from AAA and the Harrisburg International Airport held an event Tuesday in Harrisburg for Real ID preparation. The deadline to get a Real ID in Pennsylvania is on May 7th and PennDOT centers across the state are holding Real ID Days the first two Mondays in May. The remaining times and locations for these Real ID Days can be found on the link below:

Click here for the link for the remaining Real ID Days, Times and Locations: REAL ID Days | Driver and Vehicle Services | Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

(File Photo of Gavel)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Revetti announced Tuesday that two separate residents from Mexico pleaded guilty to a charge of illegal re-entry of a removed alien. The first was thirty-eight-year-old Dario Fortunato-Torres, who has been removed from the United States seven times between 2013 and 2017. Fortunato-Torres got sentenced on Monday and was arrested by immigration officials on November 19th, 2024. He has been in custody since then and will return to immigration custody. The second was thirty-four-year-old Juan Antonio Lopez-Mauricio, who got a sentence of sixty days in jail on Monday. Lopez-Mauricio was in the United States illegally on January 30th, 2025. According to Revetti, Lopez-Mauricio has been in custody since his January arrest and will remain detained pending his deportation from the United States.

 

(File Photo of the Walmart logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) The Center Township Walmart will be remodeled in 2025. According to a release from Walmart, the company has invested more than $493 million to upgrade stores throughout Pennsylvania in the past five years. Walmart officials confirm that showcase merchandise displays and the signs will be updated in the store. The store in Center Township will also update its pharmacy and expand items, departments and online pickup and delivery. 

 

(File Photo of Police Lights)

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Hopewell Township, PA) An unidentified male pedestrian was hit by a vehicle on Tuesday on Broadhead Road. The patient, whose injury details are unknown, was transported by helicopter to Allegheny General Hospital. The Hopewell Township Volunteer Fire Department established a landing zone in the Hopewell Shopping Center. This is a developing story, and we will have updates as soon as they are available.

(File Photo of the Duquesne Light Company logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Severe storms went through Western Pennsylvania yesterday and left people in Beaver County and other surrounding counties without power. The storms caused over a half a million people in Western Pennsylvania to lose power. According to a report from Duquesne Light Company, as of 10:30 Tuesday evening, over 240,000 people did not have power. That same evening, a report from West Penn Power confirms more than 260,000 people did not have power.