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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Midland Borough, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that an unidentified person got taken to Heritage Valley Beaver for a blood test after driving under the influence of drugs in Midland Borough on Friday. This incident occurred on the 100 block of Midland Avenue that day and police stopped the suspect during a traffic stop there. After the suspect got field sobriety testing, a determination was made that a controlled substance was what caused the suspect to be driving under the influence.  

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Sixty-eight-year-old Gary Hill of Aliquippa is on state parole for a charge of a previous homicide and is in the Beaver County Jail after being accused of allegedly stabbing another man on Saturday in Aliquippa near Linmar Terrace. A group of teenagers flagged a patrol sergeant from the City of Aliquippa Police Department that evening and told the officer that a male victim was covered in blood, a man got stabbed and they saw a fight. Footage on video shows a man unprovokingly stabbing the victim and getting physical with the victim when the victim was heading to his apartment in Aliquippa. According to Aliquippa police, charges of obstruction and tampering with evidence are also pending against a woman who was on the scene of this incident who has not been identified yet. The victim got taken to a hospital in an ambulance with stab wounds to his arm, his face and under his ear that are all non-life threatening. Hill is charged with felony charges of attempted homicide and aggravated assault. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) A report of a burglary and criminal mischief was reported to the City of Aliquippa Police Department on September 4th, 2025. Aliquippa police went to a business that was closed in the 300 block of Franklin Avenue in Aliquippa. Twenty-nine-year-old Taniya Pugh was identified as the offender. Pugh was found in front of Towne Towers shortly after by Aliquippa Police and was then taken into custody. Pugh was also identified as being homeless. The charges filed against Pugh were misdemeanor charges of criminal trespass and criminal mischief and a felony charge of burglary. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harmony, PA) A recent concern has been irking parents from Seneca Valley School District in Harmony, Pennsylvania. The Cool Spring Drive and Riebold Road intersection bus stop has been the main point of concern because parents have been emailing Seneca Valley School District for two years to make that intersection there safer for kids to safely cross. There is also a construction site there that busses do not travel through. Hidden Acres Drive and Pumpkin Patch Lane are where residents and parents want this bus stop to be in the future. A recent statement form Seneca Valley School District says: “Because this is an active construction site, we have been and will continue to reassess the stop based on changing conditions, and we are committed to working with our families and First Student, our transportation provider, throughout this process.” According to Forward Township, it is aware of the problem and is in contact with the bus company of First Student.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Darlington Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that two separate drivers of a two-vehicle crash in Darlington Township on Friday have been charged after causing that crash. Fifty-eight-year-old William Sichak of Darlington did not stop at a stop sign on the intersection of East Palestine Road and Valley Road that day and was hit by the vehicle driven by seventy-four-year-old Richard Veon of East Palestine, Ohio. There were no injuries that were reported from this crash. According to police, Sichak was charged for not stopping at a stop sign and Veon was charged for his restraint systems and having a passenger in his vehicle that was under eighteen years old. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) A house fire occurred yesterday morning in a home in Rochester. This fire that started on the back porch of a home on the 400 block of New York Avenue caused that house that initially caught fire to be destroyed and another house to be damaged. According to Rochester Fire Chief Michael Mamone, crews were called to the 400 block of New York Avenue in Rochester around 11 a.m. yesterday, five people were sleeping in the home at the time and there were no reported injuries. These people were able to escape the home that initially caught fire after they were alerted by Rochester police. The other house that caught fire had slight damage and was also melting slightly. The cause of the fire is unknown at this time but the house that got destroyed is being assisted by the American Red Cross organization.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) A Dutch Ridge Elementary School teacher got put on administrative leave recently after getting over 200 counts of charges for intercepting communications and invasion of privacy. A letter on Thursday from the Beaver Area School District to families of that district confirmed that Adam Stover, who teaches sixth grade at Dutch Ridge Elementary School will be put on administrative leave for his alleged actions. According to court documents, Stover is facing 129 felony counts of intercepting communications and 129 misdemeanor counts of invasion of privacy after police said he put hidden cameras in his house. According to Beaver Area School District, the crimes of Stover are unrelated to his employment and don’t involve any students or staff, but Stover is being placed on administrative leave “in an effort to provide a distraction-free learning experience.”

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hopewell Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that thirty-five-year-old Xinhua Chen of Brooklyn, New York was apprehended for stealing approximately $102,000 from a female resident of Aliquippa in Hopewell Township on Friday. This theft occurred on Green Garden Road that morning and according to police, Chen had met with the victim in secret on two prior occasions, extorting money from the victim. Chen is in the Beaver County Jail and there is an ongoing investigation into this incident because it is believed that more money from the victim might have been extorted.

(Photo of the late Stephen Williams of Pittsburgh Courtesy of Pittsburgh Public Safety)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office recently listed the death of forty-two-year-old Stephen Williams of Pittsburgh as a homicide while that office confirmed on Friday that cause of his death was drowning. The body of Williams was pulled from the Ohio River close to the 700 block of Casino Drive in Pittsburgh near the Rivers Casino in Pittsburgh on Tuesday. Police in Pittsburgh confirm that Williams previously got reported missing and was last seen on September 5th, 2025 at 11:15 p.m. in Downtown Pittsburgh exiting the Downtown Wyndham hotel that day. The investigation into the death of Williams is ongoing for the death of Williams as a homicide.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that starting today, weather permitting, lane and shoulder restrictions on northbound Interstate 279 (Parkway North) in Ross Township of Allegheny County will occur. Starting today and going from 9 A.M. to 4 P.M. on weekdays through mid-October, single-lane and shoulder restrictions will occur on northbound I-279 at the Jacks Run Road Bridge located between Cemetery Lane and Bellevue Road as bridge repair work there will be conducted by crews from Pugliano Construction Company, Inc.