(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Badge)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release on Friday that they went to a location along 202 Little Blue Hollow Road for a reported theft in Beaver County. The incident occurred between March 16th through Thursday. It was discovered that a suspect or suspects that are unknown damaged multiple locks and utility poles and removed commercial wire from the scene in Greene Township. The victims were Industrial Development Advanta of Chester, West Virginia and Duquesne Light Company. The investigation into this incident is ongoing and if you have any information on it, call 724-773-7400.
(Pittsburgh, PA) State Representative Rob Matzie announced on Friday that a new $210,000 grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection will allow Beaver County residents and small businesses to reap the benefits of high-tech, compressed natural gas-powered vehicles. Matzie noted that this grant, which was awarded to Waste Management of Pennsylvania, Inc., will allow the company to purchase seven compressed natural gas waste vehicles to serve the county.This funding was awarded through the Alternative Fuels Incentive Grant program. Compressed natural gas vehicles operate similarly to traditional gas-powered vehicles. However, natural gas is stored in a fuel tank or cylinder, generally located at the back of the vehicle. It is estimated that they are 80% to 90% quieter than diesel trucks and produce up to 90% fewer emissions.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates’ Ryan O’Hearn hits an RBI single during the 10th inning of a baseball game against the New York Mets, Sunday, March 29, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
NEW YORK (AP) — Ryan O’Hearn had three hits and two RBIs, including a go-ahead single in the 10th inning, and the Pittsburgh Pirates threw out the potential tying run at the plate to hold off the New York Mets 4-3 on Sunday for their first victory this season.
Henry Davis added a critical RBI single off New York reliever Richard Lovelady (1-1) with two outs in the 10th, and the Pirates got another home run from Brandon Lowe as they salvaged the series finale to avoid their first 0-3 start since 2015.
With the Mets trailing 4-2 and two runners aboard in the bottom of the 10th, Juan Soto drove an RBI double to deep left-center. Francisco Lindor tried to score the tying run from first base but was cut down on a relay from center fielder Oneil Cruz to shortstop Jared Triolo to Davis at the plate for the first out of the inning.
Soto advanced to third on Bo Bichette’s groundout before Jorge Polanco flied out to the right-field fence to end it.
Dennis Santana (1-0) pitched a perfect inning for the win, and José Urquidy got three outs in his Pirates debut for his second major league save.
O’Hearn had three singles, including a run-scoring hit in the first. Lowe reached base four times and finished 5 for 12 with three homers and four RBIs during his first weekend with Pittsburgh.
Pirates starter Carmen Mlodzinski allowed two runs with a career-high eight strikeouts in 4 1/3 innings.
Marcus Semien had a sacrifice fly in the second and Soto hit an RBI single in the fifth for the Mets, who struck out 16 times.
New York rookie Nolan McLean gave up two runs and struck out eight in five innings.
Up next
RHP Clay Holmes (12-8, 3.53 ERA) makes his season debut Monday for the Mets, who open their first road trip against RHP Kyle Leahy (4-2, 3.07) and the St. Louis Cardinals.
Pirates RHP Braxton Ashcraft (4-4, 2.71 ERA) opposes RHP Chase Burns (0-3, 4.57) in Cincinnati on Monday night.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: New York Mets center fielder Luis Robert Jr. (88) hits a three run home run during the eleventh inning of a baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Saturday, March 28, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)
NEW YORK (AP) — Luis Robert Jr. hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to give the New York Mets a 4-2 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Saturday.
Luis Torrens delivered a tying single in the 10th on his first swing this season, and the Mets improved to 2-0 following an 11-7 victory on Thursday over Paul Skenes and the Pirates in their opener.
After starters Mitch Keller and David Peterson matched zeros in 42-degree weather, Nick Gonzales lined an RBI single for Pittsburgh with one out in the 10th to break a scoreless tie.
Mets reliever Luis Garcia prevented further damage by retiring Jake Mangum with the bases loaded.
Bryan Reynolds put the Pirates ahead again with a two-out infield single in the 11th before Richard Lovelady (1-0) struck out Gonzales with runners at the corners.
Jorge Polanco worked a leadoff walk in the bottom half from rookie left-hander Hunter Barco (0-1), who pitched out of a huge jam in the 10th to extend the game in his third major league appearance.
With automatic runner Bo Bichette also aboard at second, Robert reached down and drove a 1-0 slider over the left-center fence for his first homer with the Mets and the second walk-off shot of his career. The center fielder from Cuba, acquired from the Chicago White Sox in a January trade, also had two RBI singles Thursday in his New York debut.
Pittsburgh finished 2 for 18 with runners in scoring position and stranded 17. Mangum’s ninth-inning double was the only extra-base hit in the game until Roberts went deep.
Following the Mets’ offseason makeover, the 30-year-old Peterson became the team’s longest-tenured player. The left-hander, a first-time All-Star last season before fading in the second half, allowed six singles and two walks in 5 1/3 innings.
He pitched around a throwing error by Bichette, switching from shortstop to third base this year, and induced a popup from new Pirates cleanup batter Marcell Ozuna on a 2-0 fastball with the bases loaded to end the fifth.
Keller was even better, permitting just three singles and no walks in six innings. The right-hander, an All-Star in 2023, has a 1.79 ERA in seven starts against New York.
Up next
Mets rookie right-hander Nolan McLean (5-1, 2.06 ERA) makes his season debut Sunday in the series finale. RHP Carmen Mlodzinski (5-8, 3.55) pitches for Pittsburgh.
April brings cool concert acts to the Pittsburgh region.
From Kenny Wayne Shepherd to The Temptations; and a Flock of Seagulls to Bush and BBMak, there’s a show for all musical tastes.
Here’s the concert calendar for April and beyond in western Pennsylvania.
JERGEL’S RHYTHM GRILLE
April 2: A Flock of Seagulls
April 7: Lynch Mob
April 8: Throwing Muses
April 9: Kylie Morgan
April 22: Uli Jon Roth
April 23: The Band Perry
April 28: Paul Gilbert
May 8: Crack The Sky; May 9: Buckethead; May 18: Buckcherry; May 19: Samantha Fish; May 21: Nazareth; June 22: Ana Popovic; July 5: Quiet Riot; July 12: Chris Kirkpatrick, O-Town, LFO, BBMak and Ryan Cabrera; July 13: Robert Jon & The Wreck; July 30: Tiffany; Sept. 16-17: Leonid & Friends.
UPMC EVENTS CENTER
April 7: Bush
May 11: Bilmuri; June 15: Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Plain White T’s.
STAGE AE
April 8: The Last Dinner Party
April 10: 49 Winchester
April 14: The Maine
May 12: Ashnikko; May 15: Black Veil Brides; May 22: Ryan Bingham; June 1: Taking Back Sunday; June 10: Mt. Joy; June 13: The Clarks; June 14: Dance Gavin Dance; June 23: Young The Giant; June 24: Trombone Shorty; July 10: Louis Tomlinson; July 23: O.A.R.; Aug. 2: Black Keys; Sept. 1: Sierra Ferrell; Sept. 23: Rainbow Kitten Surprise; Sept. 25: Caamp; Oct. 10: Sugar.
PETERSEN EVENTS CENTER
April 4: B2K, Bow Wow
April 11: Bailey Zimmerman
April 25: Jeezy
June 7: Teddy Swims; Aug. 21: Koe Wetzel; Sept. 17: Phil Wickham.
PALACE THEATRE
April 19: Kenny Wayne Shepherd
May 3: The Jaggerz, Chuck Blasko’s Vogues, The Skyliners, The Marcels and Pure Gold; May 19: ZZ Top; June 5: Cinderella’s Tom Keifer; July 22: Stewart Copeland; July 23: Air Supply; Oct. 15: Micky Dolenz
BYHAM THEATER
April 18: David Spade.
TIMBER ROCK AMPHITHEATER
April 17: Gov’t Mule
May 28, Jo Dee Messina; May 29: Gary Allan; June 12: Niko Moon; June 19: Brantley Gilbert; June 20: Umphrey’s McGee and moe.; July 17: Blackberry Smoke; July 31: Jeff Foxworthy; Aug. 28: Travis Tritt.
Jam band Gov’t Mule heads to Western Pennsylvania.
HEINZ HALL
April 11: Lake Street Dive with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
June 2: St. Vincent with the PSO; July 3: Derek Hough; July 22: Harry Connick Jr.
ROXIAN THEATRE @ CITIZENS
April 4: Our Lady Peace and the Verve Pipe
April 7: Ally and AJ
April 14: Snarky Puppy
April 21: Band of Horses
April 24: Soulja Boy
April 26: Steel Panther
May 14: Sevendust; May 18: Altar Bridge; May 27: The Toadies; June 3: Corinne Bailey Rae; June 16: Jinjer; June 25: String Cheese Incident; July 16: Trampled by Turtles; Aug. 12: Courtney Barrett; Sept. 29: Public Image Limited.
Ally & AJ have a show in Pittsburgh.
BENEDUM CENTER
April 8: CeCe Winans
April 10: Anne Wilson
April 11: The Temptations & The Four Tops.
CARNEGIE OF MUSIC HOMESTEAD
April 9: Colin Mochrie & Brad Sherwood
April 19: Terri Clark
April 30: Jim Breuer
May 5: Melissa Etheridge; May 8: Gino Vannelli; May 28: Airplane! Live With Julie Hagerty and Robert Hays; June 7: Napoleon Dynamite – A Conversation with “Napoleon Dynamite’s” Jon Heder, Efren Ramirez, & Jon Gries; June 9: Ben Folds; June 19: Patton Oswalt; June 27: Christopher Cross; July 6: The Church; July 11: Taj Mahal; July 18: Mike Campbell & The Dirty Knobs; Oct. 13: Bruce Hornsby.
CITY WINERY PITTSBURGH
April 13: Soul Asylum acoustic
April 14: Rufus Wainwright
April 21: BBMak
April 22: Lloyd Cole
April 24-25: Vanessa Carlton
April 29: Melissa Manchester
May 10: Willie Nile.
THUNDERBIRD CAFE
April 11: Kashus Culpepper
April 16: Whitney
April 23: Walter Trout
May 2: Bahamas; May 12: Marc Broussard; May 22: Southern Culture on The Skids; June 23: S.G. Goodman.
PPG PAINTS ARENA
May 5: Bring Me The Horizon; May 19: Bruce Springsteen; May 23: Don Toliver; June 11: 5 Seconds of Summer; June 16: Megan Moroney; June 23: Alex Warren; June 30: Lionel Richie with Earth, Wind & Fire; July 11: Meghan Trainor; July 20: Zayn; July 30-31: Nate Bargatze; Aug. 13: Zac Brown Band; Oct. 28: “Worlds Collide Concert Tour” featuring stars from the “Descendants,” “ZOMBIES” and “Camp Rock” films; Dec. 21: Andre Bocelli.
MR. SMALLS THEATRE
April 7: Madison Cunningham
May 2: Afghan Whigs; May 7: Pete Thorn; May 22: Donna The Buffalo; July 30: Cat Power; Sept. 26: Ben Harper.
OAKS THEATER
May 7: Al Di Meola; Aug. 7: BoDeans.
CRAFTHOUSE GRILL
May 18: Powerman 5000; May 31: Adelitas Way.
ACRISURE STADIUM
June 5-6: Morgan Wallen; Aug. 29: Bruno Mars.
PNC PARK
July 3: Noah Kahan
PAVILION AT STAR LAKE
June 10: MGK; June 14: Mumford & Sons; June 17: Chris Stapleton; June 20: Kid Rock; June 23: Godsmack; June 26: Riley Green; July 3: Jack Johnson; July 17: Motley Crue; July 18: Tim McGraw; July 24: Dave Matthews Band; Aug. 1: “Weird” Al Yankovic; Aug. 2: Ne-Yo & Akon; Aug. 7: Five Finger Death Punch; Aug. 8: Parker McCollum; Aug. 14: Goo Goo Dolls; Aug. 24: TLC, Salt-N-Pepa; Aug. 25: Kesha; Aug. 29: Rob Zombie & Marilyn Manson; Sept. 3: Rufus Du Sol; Sept. 15: Breaking Benjamin.
YOUNGSTOWN FOUNDATION AMPHITHEATER
July 10: Jason Aldean; July 11: Eric Church; Aug. 9: Joe Bonamassa and Gov’t Mule.
CITIZENS LIVE AT THE WYLIE
Oct. 2: Wiz Khalifa
Oct. 3: Styx
Oct. 6: Two Door Cinema
Oct. 9: Chelsea Handler
Oct. 16: Boyz II Men
Oct. 20: Tedeschi Trucks
Nov. 7: Sting
Nov. 15:Wyatt Flores
Dec. 2: Steven Wilson Jr.
Dec. 3: Sabaton
Others
April 22: Rev. Horton Heat, Preserving Underground, New Kensington
June 27: Dustin Lynch, Beaver County Boom on The Bridge, Bridgewater.
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 29, 2026 11:23 A.M.
(Center Township, Pa) A popular sporting goods chain will soon be closing their Beaver County location.
Dick’s Sporting Goods announced they are closing their Beaver Valley Mall location next month.
The official closing date for the location is set for April 25th, 2026.
The Coraopolis headquartered chain is advising customers to visit their other nearby locations in Robinson and Cranberry for future purchases, or by visiting their website.
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published March 28, 2026 4:45 P.M.
(New Brighton, Pa) Numerous fire departments responded to a house fire Saturday afternoon. The fire occurred at a home on 2nd Street of the Oak Hill neighborhood in New Brighton roughly around 3:30pm.
Beaver County Radio witnessed crews fighting the blaze while power lines sparked next to the structure.
The entire roof and upper half of the home appeared to be destroyed by the fire. It is currently unclear if surrounding homes also sustained damage.
According to a statement made by the City of Beaver Falls Fire Department, one of their fire fighters was “transported to the hospital with dizziness after being struck in the head with a piece of wooden siding.” The fireman has since been released.
No other injuries were reported.
We have not yet received word on the cause of the fire.
Mercer Road was temporarily closed between 4th Street and North 2nd Street.
Crews remained working at the scene as of 4:30pm Saturday.
(Ambridge, PA) State Representative Rob Matzie announced in Ambridge today that state grant funding of $225,000 will deliver new resources to bolster projects, public works and police services in Beaver County. Matzie confirmed that five separate grants which were approved through the state Department of Community and Economic development will help municipalities keep projects and operations running more smoothly. According to a release from Matzie’s office, the funding includes:
$75,000 to the city of Aliquippa to purchase public works equipment.
$50,000 to Hopewell Township for playground upgrades and renovations.
$50,000 to the Rochester Police Department for a new vehicle.
$25,000 to the Center Township Police Department for new equipment.
$25,000 to Monaca for planning initiatives for economic development.
(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that inspection activities on the Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) in the City of Pittsburgh will continue this Sunday, weather permitting. From 9 P.M. to 5 A.M. nightly through Thursday night, inspection activities will occur on the southbound (lower deck) Fort Duquesne Bridge between the southbound I-279 (Parkway North) on-ramp and the southern end of the structure. Single-lane restrictions will occur as crews from GFT will conduct the inspection work.
(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of KDKA Photojournalist Gerome Williams, Caption for Photo: A memorial prayer service was held Thursday night at the Sutersville Primitive Methodist Church to remember the four Yough High School students who were killed in a crash last weekend.)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Sutersville, PA) A memorial service was held last night in Sutersville, Pennsylvania to remember the four Yough High School students who were killed in a fiery crash on Saturday. The Sutersville Primitive Methodist Church had invited the community to come there to honor the lives of the teenagers who passed away and have a time of healing, prayer, and reflection in the wake of the crash. This crash was reported near Creek Road in Sewickley Township of Westmoreland County just before 3:30 a.m. State police confirm that the vehicle left the roadway before hitting a tree and becoming covered in flames. The victims were identified on Sunday. Eighteen-year-old Rocco Zugai, along with a sixteen-year-old girl, a fifteen-year-old girl and a fifteen-year-old boy, were killed as a result of this crash. A community candlelight vigil to honor them is also being held at the Crabapple Community Park in Sewickley Township tonight at 7 p.m. The investigation into the deadly crash is still underway, but Pennsylvania State Police have confirmed that speed was a factor in it. Troopers expressed earlier this week that they are working to make a timeline of what led up to this crash, and anyone with information about it is asked to contact the Pennsylvania State Police at 724-832-3288.
