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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Robinson Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release today that an unidentified seventeen-year-old boy from Aliquippa was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Robinson Township on the evening of December 14th, 2025. The teenager was driving on I-376 West in Pittsburgh in the left lane and lost control trying to merge into the right lane at 5:30 p.m. and hit the vehicle of fifty-two-year-old James Pushor of Lake George, New York. The boy also hit the concrete barrier with the driver side rear tire of his vehicle. There were no reported injuries and the vehicles of both the teenager and Pushor were towed from the scene.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) has scheduled a series of ten in-person and telephonic hearings in the middle of January of 2026 to gather public input on the proposed rate increases by Pennsylvania American Water Company (PAWC) for both its water and wastewater service. According to a release in Harrisburg today from the PUC, here is more information about these hearings:

• On December 4th, 2025, the Commission voted 5-0 to suspend and investigate the proposed changes.  PAWC serves approximately 682,000 water customers and 97,000 wastewater customers in 37 counties across the Commonwealth.
• PUC Administrative Law Judges Jeffrey A. Watson and Emily DeVoe will preside over the public input hearings.

In-Person Public Input Hearings

 

A total of eight in-person public input hearings will be held at the following locations and times:
(Note: Preregistration in not required for the in-person hearings)

 

• Tuesday, January 13th, 2026 (Washington County)

Crossroads Center
Meeting Room G-16
95 West Beau Street
Washington, PA 15301
Hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.
Hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.

 

• Thursday, January 15th, 2026 (Lackawanna County)

Scranton University
Brennan Hall, Fifth Floor
320 Madison Avenue
Scranton, PA  18510
Hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.
Hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.

 

• Friday, January 16th, 2026 (Dauphin County)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Keystone Building
Hearing Room #1
400 North Street
Harrisburg, PA 17120
Hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.
Hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.

 

• Tuesday, January 20th, 2026 (Berks County)

Dunn Community Center – Upper Level
4565 Prestwick Drive
Reading, PA 19606
Hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.
Hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.

Telephonic Public Input Hearings

 

Two telephonic hearings will be held on Wednesday, January 21st, 2026, at the following times:
(Note: Preregistration is encouraged for the telephonic hearings)

 

• Wednesday, January 21, 2026Telephonic hearing #1 will begin at 1 p.m.
  Telephonic hearing #2 will begin at 6 p.m.

Participating in the Telephonic Input Hearings

 

The call-in information for the two telephonic hearings is as follows:

Toll-free Conference Number: 866-675-4281

PIN Number:                              85057514

To participate in a telephonic public input hearing, please complete the following:

• You must dial the toll-free Conference number above.
• You must enter the PIN number above when instructed.
• You must speak your name when prompted, and press #.
• Then, the telephone system will connect you to the hearing.

 

• NOTE: Individuals wishing to testify at a telephonic public input hearing are encouraged to pre-register by 4 p.m. on January 19th, 2026. Failure to pre-register could result in you not being called to testify by the PUC Judges.
• To pre-register, please email the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant, Sumathi Jayakumar Raj, at sumjayakum@pa.gov or call the Judges’ office phone at 717-787-4972 and provide the following information:
• Your first and last name.
• The hearing for which you are registering.
• The phone number you will be using to call into the public input hearing.
• A phone number where you can be reached prior to the hearing, if needed.
• Your email address, if you have one.

Assistance with Registration

 

If you need assistance pre-registering to testify, you may have someone register for you, but they will need to provide the PUC Judges with all the information listed above. Additionally, if more than one person in your household would like to testify, one person may pre-register for other individuals in the same household by providing the PUC Judges’ Legal Assistant with the information for each individual planning to testify.

Requests for Interpreters

 

If you require an interpreter, please pre-register as soon as possible.  If you register too close to the hearing date, we may not have enough time to arrange for an interpreter.  If you request an interpreter, we will make every reasonable effort to have one present.

The TTY-based Telecommunications Relay Service number for persons who are deaf or hearing-impaired is 1-800-654-5988.

Hearing Exhibits

 

If you have any hearing exhibits to which you will refer during the hearing, please email them to the Legal Assistant at Sumjayakum@pa.gov. The PUC Judges will forward your exhibits to the active parties.

 

• Exhibits for any in-person public input hearing must be received by the Legal Assistant by Friday, January 9th, 2026.
• Exhibits for the telephonic public input hearings must be received by the Legal  Assistant by Monday, January 19th, 2026.

 

Offering Testimony at a Public Input Hearing

 

The PUC offers tips on how to participate in a public input hearing, including:

• Prepare what you are going to say beforehand. Even though it is not required, you may want to write out your statement, which can be read.
• Any formal testimony that is offered during the hearing will become part of the record on which the PUC will issue its final decision.
• Understand that parties in the case may want to ask you a question to clarify something you said.

Questions

 

Individuals needing assistance with pre-registration, or having questions about the public input hearing or the company’s application, may contact the Pennsylvania Office of Consumer Advocate toll free at 1-800-684-6560 or by email at consumer@paoca.org.  Small businesses can contact the Office of Small Business Advocate at 717-783-2525 or osba@pa.gov.

Other Ways to be Heard

 

If you want to be heard about the proposed rate increase but do not want or cannot testify at the public input hearings, you may file a formal complaint or comment on the proposed rate increase. Please visit the PUC’s website to use the applicable form available.

Proposed Rate Changes

 

PAWC’s proposes an overall increase of $168.7 million (approximately 14.6%) in total annual operating revenues for water and wastewater service.  As proposed, PAWC customers would have seen the following rate changes:

 

• For a typical residential water customer using 3,263 gallons a month, an increase ranging from $2.73 per month to $27.77 per month, an increase between 9.8% and 41.14%, depending on their service area.

 

• For a typical wastewater customer using 3,164 gallons a month, an increase ranging from $0 per month to $26.29 per month, an increase between 0% and 54.14%, depending on their service area.

 

• For customers with combined stormwater and wastewater systems, an increase of approximately $20 per month.

 

A final PUC decision on PAWC’s rate increase requests is due by August 13th, 2026.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release today that thirty-six-year-old Richard Neely of New Castle was arrested for drug possession in the city of New Castle at 8:32 p.m. on November 28th, 2025. PSP New Castle initiated a traffic stop at that time in the 400 block of Duquesne Street. According to police, upon investigation, Neely was found to be in possession of paraphernalia and a controlled substance. Charges were filed against Neely. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Castle, PA) A woman was taken to the hospital after a house fire occurred in New Castle yesterday. According to Lawrence County 911 dispatchers, emergency crews were called to the 300 block of East Fairmont Avenue around 3:09 p.m. Photos show smoke billowing from a house there with severe damage. Firefighters told WPXI that a woman was taken to the hospital to be treated for smoke inhalation. The American Red Cross is also assisting.

(Photo Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Lottery)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) A convenience store in Moon Township has sold a winning Pennsylvania lottery ticket worth $30,000. The Sheetz at 9002 University Boulevard sold one of six jackpot-winning Pennsylvania Lottery Treasure Hunt tickets for the drawing yesterday. That ticket and the five others matched the five numbers drawn, which were 5,11,13, 25 and 27. Players should check their tickets for this winning ticket, because over 59,700 other Treasure Hunt tickets won prizes in the drawing yesterday.

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Congressman Chris Deluzio spoke on Thursday alongside Democratic Veterans Caucus to make people aware of the VA Healthcare system’s 35,000 job cuts that are happening across the country. There were around 1,180 job cuts in VISN 4, which serves Pennsylvania, and 481 that were in the Pittsburgh VA system listed out in internal VA documents. These jobs cuts included the elimination of critical healthcare jobs like roles for doctors and nurses. According to Deluzio, “our country has a major health-care staffing shortage,” and “our veterans need and have earned fully funded and staffed VA hospitals and clinics. It’s simple. If our VA needs to hire more doctors, nurses, you name it, to meet the health care needs of our veterans, you ought to be hiring them, not slashing thier positions.”

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release today that twenty-four-year-old Calen Suto of McKees Rocks was charged after causing a two-vehicle crash in Allegheny County on Friday afternoon. At approximately 3:15 p.m., Suto was driving on I-79 South near Exit 68 in Sewickley Hills Borough in the left lane and passed the vehicle of forty-seven-year-old Jason Miller of Moon Township. When Suto tried to merge into the left lane, he hit the vehicle of Miller on the passenger side. There were no reported injuries. Suto did not stop and exchange information and the vehicles of Suto and Miller sustained damage that was disabling.

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Moon Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release on Saturday that an unidentified forty-seven-year-old man from Pittsburgh was harassed by an unidentified suspect on Thursday afternoon in Moon Township. At 1:30 p.m., Pennsylvania State Police investigated this incident that happened along 449 McCormick Road. No charges were filed by police.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Thirty-six-year-old Brandon Rumbuagh of Pleasant Hills could have a prison sentence of up to 24 years after pleading guilty to sexually assaulting a thirteen-year-old girl multiple times earlier this year. Rumbaugh also allegedly told the victim to “keep this a secret” until she turned eighteen. The Pittsburgh-area veteran and motivational speakerwill also have to register as a sex offender for the rest of his life.

(File Photo of the Community College of Beaver County Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) The Community College of Beaver County recently released 359 names of their full-time and part-time students who achieved either the President’s List or Dean’s List honors for its fall 2025 semester in Monaca. Students must have completed at least 12 hours of credit-bearingcourses and have received a 3.75 grade-point average or above for the semester to be named to the President’s List. Students must have completed at least 12 hours of credit-bearing courses and have received a 3.25 to 3.74 grade-point average for the semester to be named to the Dean’s List.

According to a recent release in Monaca from CCBC, the following full-time students were named to the President’s List:

Sophia Adams
Jaelynn Anderson
Sydney Anderson
Shreya B K
Teagan Baker
Nathan Baskar
Joseph Beaver
Mohammed Beqqi
Chase Blackburn
Mia Blakeslee
Johnathan Brady
Chandler Brendel
Empress Cain
Maria Callaghan
Isabella Campbell
Matthew Caratelli
Lillian Carreon
Anthony Carter
Carmyn Catley
Matthew Chirico
Troy Clark

Ella Clerici
Kaiden Cribbs
Cammie Crouse
Laina Cusato
Jessica Davis
Nikkia Dawson
Amanda DeDominicis
Danielle Densmore
Gianni Dietz
Luke Dimerling
Hannah DoVidio
Carter Dyke
Declan Eaton
Nevaeh Faytak
Katelyn Ferguson
Armando Ferri
Evangeline Fogle
DeLana Fox
Olivia Galusha
Faith Ganoe
Rialy George

Alivea Gimbus
Leah Godwin
Noah Goetz
Thaddeus Gonzalez
Aleena Gray
Franklin Grayson
Julia Grove
Catessa Guadagnoli
Dennis Habrle
Lilly Hartley
Stone Hartline
Olivia Henderson
Tyler Hepler
Jocelyn Herda
Moises Hernandez
Ruben Hernandez
Segarra
Noah Hilliker
Zoe Hilton
Brianna Huntington
Alexa Hupp

Reyad Jaber
Jonathan Janicki
Isaiah Jeter
Brendan Jones
Chelsey Joseph
Ryan Kelly
Baylee Kirkham
Baylor Kirsch
Annabelle Komlos
Preston Korol
Taylor Kosinski
Nikita Kotuba
Cameron Kriberney
Shawn Kristophel
Logan Kryder
Carlie Kuga
Matthew Kwok
Maggie Laemmle
Myckenzie Laneve
Rylee Lavelle
Heather Lawrence

Vincent Lazzaro
Lindsey Lehman
Dominick Lightner
Dallyn Love
Kimberly Malatesta
Elizabeth Martin
Will Martin
Sage Kylie Mateer
Ella McCormack
Brooke Menegon
Jacob Mersing
Mya Mitchell
John Montini
Dylan Myers
Ryan Neils
Nathan Norton
Charles Nourigat
Jacqueline Ohl

Jeffrey Palmer
Julia Patrisian
Branden Plowman
Remington Pond
John Porter
Joseph Pruszenski
Gianna Rankin
Rylee Reynolds
Jah’Nauri Riggins
Sharin Robb
Emil Rodriguez
Sanchez
Curtis Runyan
Josie Russell
John Samosky
Jiovonni Santella
Nolan Saxe
Nathan Scarpone
Lucas Scheidemantle

Jessica Schriner
Nathan Sciaretta
Jacee Serak
Kira Shakespeare
Willie Simmons
Arielle Simonds
Aashna Sinha Roy
Logan Smith
Jacob Snatchko
Jack Stablow
Cliff Stobart
Kodiak Stobart
Abigail Stowe
Helgalie Suh
Annette Thomas
Victoria Tomei
Annamarie Vitale
Nicole Vo

Ryan Vukovcan
Colton Wayne
Liam Welge
Logan Wells
Carl Wendt
Jenna White
Allie Williams
Robert Wilson
Danae Woods
William Wright
Joseph Yarosz
Sean Yates
Rebecca Zemaitis
Laura Zeranick

and the following full-time students were named to the Dean’s List:

Vincent Adams
Batule Altahawi
Riley Balco
Kenneth Beatty
Raelyn Boyer
Zachary Bucka
Logan Butter
Ryan Cain
Lexie Carpenter
Zachary Casto
Domenic Catanzarite
Darcell Cleckley
Ryleigh Clyde
Ethan Colvin
Carly Condes
Landon Connolly
Michael Croswell
Joel Cunniff
Kayden Curcio
Lillyanna Davis
Jacquelynn Demacio
Kora Eaton
Carson Emerick

Alexander Espenship
Aiden Fattore
Camten Fazzino
Sarah Firich
Tianyao Gao
Chloe Garing
Mackenzie Gould
Jordan Grant
Raelynn Harris
Annaray Hatt
Joshua Hatton
Taylor Hazlett
Brady Hess
Maxwell Hill
Ethan Hunt
Heba Iham
Rebecca Jennings
Javon Johnson
Allison Kalcevic
Nataley Keefer
Kole Kerestes
Ava Kernaich
Anna Kosol

Braya Kramer
Kasaya Krause
Validus Lauzon
Evanna Lay
Cornell Lee
Noah Lovett
Zaynah Makowiecki
Joey Malia
Hannah Malingowski
Victoria Mann
Angelina Martin
Samwise Mason
Lainey Mayer
Elizabeth McDonald
Shaelyn McDonald
Jaden McMeekin
Robert McNear
Gianna Merulli
Alexandra Mikolajczak
Amber Miles
Lucas Moore
Alicen Mosura
Cameron Mulica

Maria Mundy
Zachary Neel
Preston Norman
McGinnis O’Shea
Orlando Ortega
Tristan Oudit
Nathan Paliwoda
Allison Parrish
Kilian Perkins
Logan Pettibon
Louis Rabatin
Roman Reichart
Rylee Ringhoff
Sheldon Rini
Omar Rivera
Rachel Sabat
Cristiana Schaefer
Nehemiah Seifert
Ava Sellers
Madison Sherlock
Anastasia Smith
Tysheal Smith
Catherine Spiker

Elizabeth Spilsbury
Louis Suh
Logan Sullivan
Camryn Thomas

Shane Tillia
Anthony Tuschong
Simone van der Ham
Jacob Weiman

Skylar Westerman
James Wetzel
Chloe Wijnen-Riems
Sarah Windsheimer

Abigail Winterhalter

and the following part-time students were named to the President’s List:

Jacob Albanese
Brianna ArnoldBesiso
Caden Beringer
Ashliann Brenner
Hayden Burrell
Joshua Carr
Lily Ceriani
Ethan Clark
Caroline Clow
Hannah Cornelius
Mary Cropps
Brandie DeNelle
Brandon Downs
Daegan Duffy

Elizabeth Elias
Domanic Francis
Gwendolyn Fritz
Marc Galante
Joel Garcia Crego
Shawn Geisinger
Graecyn Gibbons
Marin Glomb
Stacey Goff
Aubrey Grater
Brandon Hansen
Ethan Herstine
McKenna Houser
Christina Ion

Timothy Jakubek
Joshua Lanzoni
Jakob Lee
Abbigail Lyon
Mackenzie Maga
Melanie Maldonado
Brian McCabe
Zachary Nemec
Lily Parish
Matthew Park
Braden Pechart
Emily Peroni
Aaron Pfeifer
Sara Powell

Ella Quatman
Colby Ramirez
Amy Rectenwald
Vivian Riggins
Vance Rooke
Rachel Sledzianowski
Sarah Smith
Kirsten Sokolovich
Breanne Steiner
Leanne Suhoney
Trinity Will
Breonna Wissinger
Shelby Young

and following part-time students were named to the Dean’s List:

Maya Abt
Marianne Ansa
Elijah Ansell
Carly Arbes
Demetrius Bridges
Ella Brunton
Sara Burgos-Negron
Madilyn Burket
Christian Burrell
Tyler Byer
Ella Ceriani
Kylee Dean

Emily DeMaiolo
Laura Dennis
Tessa DeSanzo
Delaney Dixon
Ebony Dorsett
Lily Geweth
Samantha Gutierrez
Diana Hernandez
Morgan Hochschild
Annica Jones
Jada Lahita
Emma Leonard

Olivia Logue
Keaton Matteson
Mikenzi McBride
Kayleigh McCabe
Myari McCracken
Josephine McKenna
Brittney Megyesy
Tori Miller
Emma Mrkonja
Ava Novajosky
Kirstin Pantaleo
Annamarie Price

Rose Pyles
Breanna Reynolds
Makayla Sanko
Niko Santarelli
Ilgaz Sevinc
Aubrey Stamm
Zoi Waite
Allison Ware
Olivia Warren
Maura Watterson
Selby Willmorth
Dominic Yoho