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Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules that the Pennsylvania Game Commission must have a warrant based on probable cause before entering private property

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A sign on a door at The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania at the Capitol in Harrisburg, Pa., Feb. 21, 2023. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court made a ruling on Tuesday that the Pennsylvania Game Commission must have a warrant based on probable cause before entering private property. 

This ruling was made based on arguments that were presented on April 9th, 2025, by Institute for Justice attorneys for the Punxsutawney and Pitch Pine hunting clubs in Clearfield County. 

According to a statement in a news release about the ruling from Institute for Justice senior attorney Joshua Windham: “Today, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court affirmed that private land is not public property. It’s yours, and that means you get to decide who enters it. If government officials want to invade your posted land without your consent and spy on you, they need to get a warrant. By restoring that foundational protection, the court bolstered the property and privacy rights of millions of Pennsylvanians – and sent a warning to officials across the country who still believe they can invade private land at will: Watch your step.”

Three tornadoes confirmed after recent storms in Pennsylvania, hitting Butler and Lawrence Counties

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Three tornadoes came from Tuesday evening’s severe storms in Pennsylvania and they hit communities in Lawrence and Butler counties. 

National Weather Service Pittsburgh confirmed three separate EF-0 tornadoes came from the storms which swept through western Pennsylvania around 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.

According to the NWS, one of them touched down near Pulaski Township in Lawrence County, and the other two hit Butler County, south of Moraine State Park’s Lake Arthur.

The severe weather prompted multiple tornado warnings in the northern counties of the Pittsburgh region.   

Aliquippa Police address recent social media posts falsely reporting shots fired in the Plan 12 area

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) The Aliquippa Police Department sent out a Facebook post yesterday saying that they were aware of social media posts recently reporting that shots were fired in the Plan 12 area. 

That department did not receive any calls or reports of shots fired in the Plan 12 area or anywhere else within Aliquippa.

Officers responded to and checked the Plan 12 area after becoming aware of these Facebook posts out of an abundance of caution and they found no evidence of shots fired and no suspicious activity. 

Aliquippa Police are encouraging residents to report emergencies or suspicious activity to 911 directly rather than relying completely on social media.  

Report of smoke comes in at Center Township Primanti Bros.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) Center Township Fire Rescue was dispatched before 1 p.m. on Tuesday to Primanti Bros. because of a report of smoke that was coming from the walls.

Fire alarms were received for the Center Township building as the response occurred.

A reportedly partially severed electrical cord for a cooler was discovered during the incident. 

Pennsylvania State Police Beaver conducting sobriety checkpoint in July of 2026 to prevent actions by impaired drivers

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver will be conducting a sobriety checkpoint at an undisclosed location in Beaver County during the month of July in their continuing effort to reduce crashes, injuries and fatalities that are caused by impaired drivers.

Police reminded the public that the blood-alcohol concentration limit is 0.08% for most drivers and 0.02% for drivers that are under 21 years old.

Police also state that people who are operating vehicles should never drive impaired and they encourage them to designate a driver who is sober and to plan ahead.

They also assert that Paul Miller’s Law is in effect in the state of Pennsylvania and it prohibits drivers from using a hand-held interactive mobile device while they are operating a motor vehicle.

Hands-free technology is still permitted in terms of Paul Miller’s Law.

Route 18 Seventh Avenue Bridge Inspections Continue Thursday, Friday in New Brighton and Beaver Falls

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Falls, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that inspection work on the bridge that carries Route 18 (Seventh Avenue) over the Beaver River in New Brighton Borough and the City of Beaver Falls will occur today and tomorrow, weather permitting. 

From 8 A.M. to 4 P.M. each day, single-lane restrictions will occur on the Route 18 bridge in both directions between Third Street in Beaver Falls and Fourth Avenue in New Brighton Borough.  

Inspection activities will be conducted by crews from Michael Baker International. 

Fried allows 1 hit over 5 innings in return from injured list, Yankees beat Pirates 2-0 for doubleheader split

(File Photo: Source for Photo: New York Yankees pitcher Max Fried delivers in the first inning during the second baseball game of a doubleheader against the Pittsburgh Pirates, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

NEW YORK (AP) — Max Fried allowed one hit over five innings in his return from a two-month layoff, Jasson Domínguez and Anthony Volpe drove in runs on consecutive pitches in the seventh and the New York Yankees beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-0 Wednesday night for a doubleheader split.

Pittsburgh won the opener 5-3 in 10 innings.

Bubba Chandler pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-hit ball in his first scoreless outing this year.

Brandon Eisert (2-2), acquired from the Chicago White Sox on July 11, relieved and walked Cody Bellinger. One out later, Domínguez doubled down the left-field line and scored when Volpe singled for his second RBI since June 19.

Fried struck out seven and walked one, inducing 10 swings and misses while throwing 37 of 57 pitches for strikes and retiring his last 12 batters. He had not pitched since May 14 because of a bone bruise in his left elbow and was to have thrown one more minor league rehab start before Tuesday night’s rainout caused the Yankees to change their plans.

He was economical, with 13 pitches in the first, 10 each in the second, third and fourth, and 14 in the fifth. Fried’s four-seam fastball averaged 96.2 mph, 1.5 mph above his season average coming in. He threw his two fastest pitches this year, topping at a 98.5 mph fastball for a called strike against Marcell Ozuna in the second.

Nick Gonzalez singled down the left-field line leading off the game but was throwing out at second trying to stretch by Bellinger in left.

Paul Blackburn (3-1) pitched two hitless innings, escaping a runners-at-the-corners jam in the seventh by striking out Ryan O’Hearn and Ozuna.

Will Warren, who was to have started Tuesday, allowed Nick Gonzales’ single starting the ninth and a two-out walk. Tim Hill retired O’Hearn on a groundout that was upheld in a video review for his first save since June 30, 2021, for San Diego at Cincinnati.

Up next

Pirates: RHP Jared Jones (2-1, 4.05 ERA) will be on the mound Friday against the visiting Chicago Cubs, who start LHP Matthew Boyd (6-1, 4.15).

Yankees: RHP Cam Schlittler (9-6, 2.20) starts Friday’s series opener at Philadelphia against LHP Jesús Luzardo (9-4, 3.43).

Grants, new website among topics discussed at most recent Commissioners’ work session

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver, PA) Several topics were discussed at yesterday morning’s Beaver County Commissioners’ work session at the County Courthouse.

David Thompson, the Assistant Director for the Beaver County Planning Commission, announced during the department head report of the session that the county was awarded $8 million last week across seven projects for grants in 2025 “on the side of the redevelopment authority.”

Specifically, Bet-Tech, the Center Township Police Department and Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, Inc. were received on the redevelopment authority’s side and Thompson said that the other four will be reached out to for about their funding.

County Solicitor Garen Fedeles mentioned some highlights of the forty-two resolutions that are scheduled for today.

These included the agreements between local drug task forces and emergency care units, and New Sewickley Township and Center Township are included for today’s resolution and for a new county website.

Fedeles noted that this new website “probably won’t be implemented until the beginning of next year.” Even though C-CAP is the provider for it, Fedeles confirmed that that provider will not be doing and hosting websites, which means they have to go to another entity. This website will also save the Commissioners $1,000 this year.

Fedeles also noted that another resolution has to do with the project involving the liner of the Old Economy Park pool in Baden because it is an agreement with the YMCA to continue to run it. He said that “you can expect an announcement” today regarding that project and that the pool “is going to open.”

The others were about HVACs at the Beaver Falls Library and for Youngblood Paving, Inc. to conduct paving work in August on the intersection of Dutch Ridge Road and Friendship Ridge.

Commissioner Jack Manning thanked County Recreation and Tourism Director during the Commissioners’ report for his contribution to the ribbon cutting event at the Brady’s Run Dog Park which involved the Rainbow Bridge.

Manning also let the audience of the session know that the Commissioners were at the Community College of Beaver County yesterday, and they noted that CCBC has had “six straight semesters of enrollment increases.”

Manning also acknowledged the Vietnam Veterans’ Moving Wall event in Patterson Township that ended on Monday which was a replica that is half the size of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial in Washington, D.C. that honored over 58,000 local veterans that gave their lives in the Vietnam War.

Triolo, Mangum lift Pirates over Yankees 5-3 in doubleheader opener after Cole strikes out 11

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Pirates pitcher Carmen Mlodzinski reacts after giving up a three-run home run to New York Yankees’ Ben Rice in the seventh inning during the first baseball game of a doubleheader, Wednesday, July 22, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Adam Hunger)

NEW YORK (AP) — Jared Triolo and Jake Mangum hit run-scoring singles against Fernando Cruz in the 10th inning, Jacob Gonzalez and Nick Gonzales homered off Gerrit Cole and the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the New York Yankees 5-3 Wednesday in the opener of a day-night doubleheader.

Ben Rice tied the score with his 30th home run, a three-run drive in the seventh inning off Carmen Mlodzinski.

Triolo and Mangum drove in runs off Cruz (4-4), who allowed two hits and two walks while getting just one out.

Mason Montgomery (3-3) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings and Gregory Soto got three straight outs for his 13th save in 18 chances.

Cole retired his first 14 batters before allowing Nick Gonzales’ single and Jacob Gonzalez’s two-run homer. Nick Gonzales added a solo homer in the seventh off Cole, who in his previous start gave up Max Muncy’s two-run, eighth-inning homer that lifted the Los Angeles Dodgers to a 2-1 win.

Cole struck out 11, his most since Aug. 25, 2023, and extended his Yankees record for double-digit strikeouts games with 29. He allowed three runs and four hits with no walks.

Pittsburgh starter Mitch Keller gave up three hits in five scoreless innings.

New York went 1 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Yankees hitting coach James Rowson was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing after José Caballero was called for a pitch clock violation for not for engaging Mlodzinski with more than eight seconds remaining. Caballero took an inning-ending called strike and Yankees manager Aaron Boone continued arguing with plate umpire Quinn Wolcott during the break.

Brent Headrick struck out the side in the eighth and extended his home scoreless streak to 35 innings, the longest for the Yankees since Allie Reynolds’ 36 innings from Sept 16, 1953, to June 2, 1954, according to STATS.

Up Next

New York LHP Max Fried (4-3) and Pittsburgh RHP Bubba Chandler (3-8, 4.77) were to start the night game.

Congressman Chris Deluzio Celebrates $720,000 for Sewer Upgrades in Bellevue Borough

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) Congressman Chris Deluzio (PA-17) announced today that the Borough of Bellevue is receiving $720,000 for upgrades to their sewer infrastructure.

That funding will pay for improvements to sanitary sewer infrastructure along Straw Avenue in Bellevue, which is a move that is important for public health as well as safety and the longevity of the wastewater system.

The funding for sewer improvement is appropriated by Congress and is granted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) through the State and Tribal Assistance Grants’ (STAG) Clean Water State Revolving Fund.