(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of DataWrapper: Caption for Photo: Pittsburgh Regional Transit light-rail stops on the “T” between Library station in South Park and Lytle station in Bethel Park will be out of service next week as crews are doing electrical work on the Silver Line.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) People who use the Silver Line to ride the “T” in and out of Pittsburgh from the South Hills should know that electrical work will be disrupting service taking place next week. According to Pittsburgh Regional Transit (PRT), service on the Silver Line will be temporarily suspended in parts of South Park and Bethel Park so that crews can replace and reinforce overhead electrical lines. The Silver Line will not be running between Library and Lytle stations between 10 a.m. on Monday and 3 p.m. on Friday. PRT confirmed that nine stops between the two stations will be out of service and that shuttle buses will be running to take riders to Lytle station, which is where they can get on a Silver Line train towards Washington Junction and the city of Pittsburgh.

(File Photo of a Fire Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) A fire broke out in a home in Ohio Township early this morning. It was reported on the 400 block of Nicholson Road shortly before 3:30 a.m. According to Allegheny County 911 dispatchers, no one was taken to the hospital from the scene. 

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: (File Photo: Caption for Photo: police car lights at night in city with selective focus and bokeh background blur, Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Getty Images/iStockphoto/z1b)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Two people were attacked by a dog in Pittsburgh yesterday. According to Pittsburgh Police, Animal Care and Control officers were called to the 8400 block of Dersam Street in East Hills at 2:30 p.m. for reports of the attack. A man who was the dog’s owner was bitten in the hand and a female neighbor was also bitten by the same dog. She was taken to a hospital by an ambulance and the owner drove himself to a hospital. Police confirm that neither of the people who were bitten suffered life-threatening wounds. The dog was taken to an emergency veterinary facility and police state that it will be euthanized. Another dog which lived with its owner who was hurt was taken to Humane Animal Rescue of Pittsburgh. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Three of the four Pittsburgh police officers that were involved in an off-duty bar fight in Pleasant Hills during the first weekend of February are now back on the job. A Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson confirmed yesterday that three of the four officers had been cleared and returned to duty, which leaves one of them still on leave. According to sources, the officers, who were off duty at the time, are members of the violence prevention unit and were out celebrating an officer’s promotion.  City officials confirmed on February 12th, 2026 that three of the four officers were placed on leave after more information about the incident came to light.   

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro speaks at the United Neighborhood Centers of Northeastern Pennsylvania Oppenheim Healthy Aging Campus in Scranton, Pa., on Thursday, May 25, 2023. After a top aide to Gov. Shapiro was accused of sexual harassment earlier this year, the governor’s office settled with the complainant for $295K last month, according to documents released by the administration Friday, Oct. 20, through an open records request. (Christopher Dolan/The Times-Tribune via AP, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro recently slammed the plans of the Department of Homeland Security to open two immigration detention facilities in the state, accusing the agency of disregarding how the centers would impact residents who live nearby. Shapiro claimed that plans to open centers in Berks and Schuylkill counties would threaten local infrastructure, threaten water and sewer functions in the surrounding areas, and “deprive local communities of critical tax revenue” in a letter sent to DHS Secretary Kristi Noem on February 12th, 2026. U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement finalized the purchase of properties in Tremont and Upper Bern Township in the early part of February. 

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of Allegheny Health Network)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Zelienople, PA) According to a release from Allegheny Health Network, Allegheny Health Network Pharmacy announced the opening of its new, state-of-the-art central fill and distribution center today. This 20,000 square-foot facility is situated in Jackson’s Pointe Commerce Park in Zelienople and it represents an investment of $10 million and will serve as the central hub for the comprehensive pharmacy operations of Allegheny Health Network. Pharmacy leaders and network officials will gather this afternoon at 1 p.m. for a ribbon cutting event to officially mark the opening of this first-of-its-kind facility for the region. The facility is equipped with the latest technologies for a more automated and streamlined prescription fulfillment across the footprint of Allegheny Health Network and it is staffed by approximately forty pharmacy professionals. The center is designed to significantly improve the efficiency, safety and timeliness of medication dispensing. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: American rapper Wiz Khalifa poses for a photo at the “Spinning Gold” file premiere at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles, March 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) — A Romanian court on Thursday rejected an appeal by American rapper Wiz Khalifa to annul his nine-month jail sentence handed down for drug possession in the Eastern European country.

The Constanta Court of Appeal’s decision came after Khalifa, whose real name is Cameron Jibril Thomaz, filed an appeal last month against the December conviction. The sentence came after Khalifa was stopped by Romanian police in July 2024 after allegedly smoking cannabis on stage at the Beach, Please! Festival in Constanta County.

Prosecutors said the rapper was found in possession of more than 18 grams of cannabis, and that he consumed some on stage.

The court convicted Khalifa of “possession of dangerous drugs, without right, for personal consumption.”

The appeals court on Thursday rejected as inadmissible Khalifa’s appeal to annul the sentence, and ruled as unfounded a request to suspend the sentence.

The Associated Press contacted Khalifa’s representatives via email to request a comment on the latest legal developments, but has not yet received a response.

That December conviction came after a lower court in April issued Khalifa a criminal fine of 3,600 lei ($830) for “illegal possession of dangerous drugs,” but prosecutors appealed that decision and sought a higher sentence.

Romania has some of the harsher drugs laws in Europe. Possession of cannabis for personal use is criminalized and can result in a prison sentence of between three months and two years, or a fine.

It isn’t clear whether Romanian authorities will seek to file an extradition request, since Khalifa is a U.S. citizen and doesn’t reside in Romania.

(Source for Headline Photo and Photo Below: Photo Courtesy of Pittsburgh Police, WPXI, WPXI)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Pittsburgh Police are looking for a missing woman who has dementia and does not speak English. Officers are considering sixty-seven-year-old Marie Alphonse of Haiti to be endangered. Investigators say that Alphonse will respond to her name even though she does not know English. According to police, she was last seen on Lawndale Street in the Homewood North neighborhood of Pittsburgh near the Penn Hills border. Alphonse was reported to be wearing a brown or tan Carhartt jacket, pants, sneakers and a large tan hat with a big brim at the time of her recent disappearance. She has grey hair, weighs around 90 pounds and is 5 feet, 5 inches tall. Anyone with information about her is asked to either call 911 or call 412-323-7141, which is the phone number for Pittsburgh Police SVE detectives. Her picture can be found below:

(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that the closure of the northbound Route 837 ramp under the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge in the City of Duquesne will begin on Monday, March 2nd, weather permitting. Northbound Route 837 will close to traffic at the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge daily from 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. through Sunday, March 8th. All of the northbound Route 837 traffic will be detoured onto the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge, and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, this is the posted detour for this work:

Posted Detour

·       From northbound Route 837 take the left-hand ramp onto the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge toward McKeesport

·       Cross the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge

·       Continue straight to North 148/30

·       Merge onto northbound Route 148 (Fifth Avenue)

·       Turn left onto US 30 (Greensburg Avenue)

·       Turn left onto Navy-Marine Corp Way

·       Turn right onto East Pittsburgh McKeesport Boulevard

·       Turn left on to Braddock Avenue

·       Braddock Avenue becomes Kenmawr Avenue

·       Turn right onto the ramp to the Rankin Bridge

·       Cross the Rankin Bridge to Route 837

·       Turn left onto Route 837 to return to the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge

·       End detour

Crews from Duquesne Light Company will replace poles and connect a new temporary service as part of the McKeesport-Duquesne Bridge project.

(File Photo of the Vitalant Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The nonprofit Vitalant is holding several blood drives this March in Beaver County and anyone who donates has a chance to win $10,000. Every blood type and platelets are needed to help patients, which include cancer patients, that need them, but O blood is needed the most. You can make an appointment today by either going to vitalant.org by clicking here, downloading the Vitalant app, which you can find out more about by clicking here or by calling 877-25-VITAL (877-258-4825). According to a release from Vitalant, here are the dates, times and locations for their upcoming Beaver County blood drives this March:

Aliquippa

Tuesday, March 3

Raccoon Township Municipal Building – Meeting Room

1234 State Route 18

1 P.M. – 5 P.M.

Ambridge 

Thursday, March 19th

Ambridge Area High School

909 Duss Avenue

8 A.M. – 12:30 P.M.

Beaver Falls   

Thursday, March 5th

Concord United Methodist Church – Bethany Hall

285 Concord Church Road

2 PM – 6 PM

Monaca 

Friday, March 27th

Beaver Valley Mall – Unit 344

570 Beaver Valley Mall

12:30 P.M. – 5:30 P.M.