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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A fire occurred in the Middle Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh late last night. It was reported on the 100 block of Wooster Street shortly after 11:55 p.m. The cause of this fire is unknown at this time. Multiple firefighters were called to help out at the scene and there were no reported injuries.

(Photo of Dr. Maria Gioia Provided with Release Courtesy of Allegheny Health Network)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network (AHN), yesterday, they are proud to announce that Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Maria Gioia, will be honored with the Nathaniel Bedford Primary Care Award by the Allegheny County Medical Society (ACMS) at its 2025 Distinguished Awards Celebration. Dr. Gioia was honored at Acrisure Stadium in Pittsburgh yesterday evening and the award she was given recognizes a primary care physician for their care of patients that is described as exemplary, compassionate, comprehensive and dedicated. Dr. Gioia serves as the medical director at Allegheny Health Network Forbes Family Medicine in Monroeville and as the associate program director for its residency program.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pentagon is now involved in the investigation of fifty-seven-year-old Eric T. Gillespie of Pittsburgh, who was accused of using an online chat platform to attempt to solicit sexual contact with a pre-teenage girl from Lebanon County. Gillespie tried to make attempts to arrange a meeting with the girl after he engaged in a conversation with a Pennsylvania Office of Attorney General agent posed as an adult in an online chat platform often utilized by offenders attempting to arrange meetings with children. WPXI confirms that the Pentagon is looking into both his security clearances and his arrest. Gillespie received four felony charges as well as multiple counts of unlawful contact with a minor for his charges. A spokesperson for Govini, the company that he works for on Butler Street told WPXI that the company placed Gillespie on administrative leave as soon as it learned of the charges he is facing.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An unidentified man has died, and another unidentified man was detained by police after a stabbing occurred in the Hill District of Pittsburgh yesterday evening. According to police, officers were called to the 2700 block of Webster Avenue just before 6 p.m. for reports of “two males” fighting. One of them had a stab wound to his torso and was pronounced dead at the scene. The second one was taken to police headquarters for questioning  after being detained and after he was evaluated at a hospital.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Brighton, PA) Classes at the New Brighton Middle School are cancelled for today as a result of a recent water main break that occurred on Penn Avenue. They will have a virtual learning day. The water is back on as of now, but the break caused a temporary closure of Penn Avenue in that area. Beaver Falls Municipal Authority was performing repairs that resulted in water service interruptions to many Borough residents. New Brighton School District bus schedules were also impacted.

 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Sen. John Fetterman, D-Pa., participates in a debate, June 2, 2025, in Boston. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Fetterman had what his office says was a “ventricular fibrillation flare-up” that caused him to feel light-headed and fall during an early morning walk Thursday.

Fetterman was doing well and hospitalized in Pittsburgh, his office said. He sustained minor injuries to his face and was under “routine observation” at the hospital while doctors fine-tune his medication regimen, his office said.

Ventricular fibrillation is the most serious form of abnormal heartbeat and can lead to cardiac arrest — when the heart suddenly stops beating — and sudden cardiac death, according to the American Heart Association.

Ventricular fibrillation occurs in the heart’s lower chambers, and the heart association says its causes include cardiomyopathy, which Fetterman was diagnosed with in 2022. Cardiomyopathy can impede blood flow and potentially cause heartbeats so irregular they can be fatal.

Fetterman, 56, disclosed that he was diagnosed with cardiomyopathy and another type of abnormal heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, after he suffered a stroke on the 2022 campaign trail.

Fetterman has said the stroke was caused by a blood clot triggered by atrial fibrillation, or a-fib, which affects the heart’s upper chambers.

Fetterman underwent surgery after the stroke to implant a pacemaker with a defibrillator to manage the condition.

The lingering effects of his stroke include diminished auditory processing speed, called auditory processing disorder, which makes it harder to speak fluidly and quickly process spoken conversation into meaning.

Weeks after joining the Senate in 2023, Fetterman checked himself into the hospital for clinical depression. He was released six weeks later and has since urged people who are depressed to get professional help.

Post-stroke depression is common and treatable through medication and talk therapy, doctors say.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that beginning tonight, weather permitting, restrictions on Interstate 79 and the Wexford Interchange ramps in Franklin Park Borough and Marshall Township in Allegheny County will occur. These restrictions will be part of the I-79/Route 910 Wexford interchange project and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here is the schedule for this work and more information about it:

Friday, November 14th

• There will be a single-lane restriction Friday night from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. Saturday morning on northbound I-79 at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange off-ramp for attenuator and barrier removal work

Monday through Friday weeknights, November 17th-21st

• There will be a single-lane restriction weeknights from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on northbound I-79 from just north of the I-79/I-279 split to Mingo Road for milling and paving operations of the temporary northbound I-79 off-ramp to Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) as well as barrier placement work

Monday through Friday weekdays, November 17th-21st

• There will be single-lane restrictions and flagging operations weekdays from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. at the intersection of Wexford Bayne Road and Nicholson Road to allow crews to continue temporary signal installation and roadway widening work.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) State Representative Roman Kozak recently spoke on the Pennsylvania state budget finally being passed yesterday after just over four months. This budget is for the 2025-2026 fiscal year and is worth $50.1 billion, and it was passed 135 days late. The initial deadline for it was June 30th, 2025. Kozak stated yesterday: “As a first-year legislator to see the process unfold the way that it did, this budget vote today had a lot of really good things in it and also had some things in it that I’m really concerned about.” Kozak thinks that the budget was worth too much money. However, Kozak stated that people are going to see the growth of the economy through some of the measures passed through the Pennsylvania state budget, like the greenhouse gas initiative which expands energy and shows the importance of consumer costs. Another advantage that Kozak saw through the budget was benefit integrity. Kozak concluded his statements yesterday by saying: “We have to look forward into the years ahead and make sure that we are growing this economy in Pennsylvania, making sure that we pass policies that will continue to do so, and be really mindful so that we don’t have to raise taxes or cut services in the years ahead.”