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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) A months-long lane restriction for a safety project on a Cranberry Township roadway is about to start as work between the intersections of Route 228 and Peters Road on Franklin Road starts today and is expected to last through August. PennDOT says there will be multiple intermittent single lane restrictions from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. with flagging operations while the project is ongoing. PennDOT advises drivers to expect delays. This work is for a safety improvement project that according to PennDOT, includes shoulder widening, installation of edge-line rumble strips and sight distance improvements along Franklin Road. The entire project worth $19. 1 million is expected to conclude in November of 2027. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that forty-five-year-old Randall Anderson of Aliquippa was arrested for drug possession in Aliquippa on the evening of February 2nd, 2026. At 4:41 a.m., Anderson was stopped by police during a traffic stop on the 200 block of 3rd Avenue, and before he was arrested, he was found to be in possession of a drug or drugs after the stop. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release on Saturday that thirty-one-year-old Dawn Johnson of East Liverpool, Ohio was charged after a single-vehicle crash in Center Township on the early morning of February 9th, 2026. At approximately 3:30 a.m., Johnson drove off of I-376 West in Aliquippa and into the median that was covered with snow. There were no reported injuries. However, Johnson received charges for DUI, drug possession, and multiple traffic violations, and during the investigation, she was found to be intoxicated and in possession of substances that were illegal. A preliminary hearing for Johnson will be on March 9th, 2026.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) United States Attorney Troy Rivetti announced on Friday that a resident of New Castle pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearm laws. Forty-nine-year-old Daniel Feliciano pleaded guilty to six counts on Thursday. In connection with the guilty plea, the Court was advised that, between October of 2022 and March of 2024, Feliciano conspired with others to distribute cocaine throughout Western Pennsylvania, specifically in the area of New Castle. According to Rivetti, Feliciano could face a maximum total sentence of no less than five years and up to life in prison, an up to a $5 million fine, or both, provided by the law. Feliciano was one of 17 defendants from Lawrence County, Puerto Rico and
Youngstown, Ohio, indicted in March of 2024 in this case that saw members of the conspiracy transporting drugs from Puerto Rico to Western Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere for distribution and he was the last one of the seventeen defendants to plead guilty. Feliciano pleaded guilty to distributing and/or possessing with intent to distribute quantities of cocaine on three different dates, as well as possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes in addition to the conspiracy charge.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A truck burst into flames along a major highway in Pittsburgh yesterday. An Allegheny County 911 dispatcher told WPXI that police and firefighters were sent to I-279 northbound near Exit 4 just after 11 a.m. A WPXI photographer saw a truck fully engulfed in flames and the cause of the fire is unknown at this time.  Traffic remained restricted for about an hour after the blaze was put out. There were no reported injuries. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh police are investigating after a man was found stabbed early yesterday in the 100 block of Forbes Avenue in Market Square. According to police, the victim was found unresponsive in the street just after midnight, suffering from stab wounds to his head and lower back. Medics transported him to a hospital in critical condition, which then upgraded to stable condition later. Investigators confirm that two suspects fled the area in a dark-colored SUV. No further information was immediately released.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A Carnegie Mellon University sign is displayed outside Baker Hall on the university’s campus in Pittsburgh, June 7, 2019. Carnegie Mellon University and the Norman and Ruth Rales Foundation, named for a home-building supplies entrepreneur and his wife who built their fortune despite early struggles, hope a $150 million initiative will support a new generation of students trying to achieve that American dream. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh is one of many top universities across the United States of America that may be blocked by the Pentagon to block military members from using tuition aid there, which was what the Pentagon expressed last week. A statement from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth described the schools as being biased against the U.S. military and sponsoring “troublesome partnerships with foreign adversaries.” The memo that was signed by Hegseth rolled out the new policy impacting over 30 universities and schools, which includes CMU, the University of Pennsylvania, Harvard and MIT. According to a statement from the Pentagon, starting with the 2026-27 academic year, they will discontinue graduate-level professional military education, fellowships, and certificate programs. 

(Photo of Jason Lando Courtesy of Justin Guido/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Jason Lando was sworn in as the new chief of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police in the Steel City on Friday. Lando is a Pittsburgh native who was unanimously approved to be appointed for this position on February 4th, 2026 by the Pittsburgh City Council after spending over twenty-one years as a commander with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. Lando also attended the Tree of Life Synagogue when he was growing up and directed operations there during the worst anti-semitic shooting in United States history on October 27th, 2018.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh International Airport received 443 diverted flights in 2025, which nearly reached its record of 463 that was set in 2018. According to airport officials, the increase in diversion traffic followed intense thunderstorms in June and July that disrupted operations at major East Coast airports. The diversion rate at the Pittsburgh International Airport exceeded its 2018 pace and the five-year average by the end of July of last year.