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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) PennDOT recently announced that all its driver license and photo centers, including its full-service center in Harrisburg, will be closed on Thursday, December 25th, 2025, in observance of the Christmas holiday. Customers can still go online at PennDOT’s Driver and Vehicle Services website by clicking here to obtain a variety of driver and vehicle products and services, including all forms, publications, and driver training manuals.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A Pittsburgh-area veteran and motivational speaker has now pleaded guilty to raping a thirteen-year-old girl. According to police, 34-year-old Brandon Rumbaugh had sex with the teenager multiple times earlier this year. Rumbaugh also allegedly told the victim to “keep this a secret” until she turned 18. Rumbaugh is facing up to 16 years in prison as well as three years of probation. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An investigation is ongoing after a man was found dead following a reported assault of a woman in the Banksville neighborhood of Pittsburgh yesterday morning. Pittsburgh Police were called to a home in the 2600 block of Winchester Drive at around 9:45 a.m. for a woman who was being assaulted. Authorities arrived and found the woman inside a home with lacerations to her face and other injuries. She was taken to a hospital where she was in critical condition. According to Pittsburgh Public Safety, while police were performing a protective sweep of the home, they found a man with a gunshot wound to the head. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The identities of those involved in this incident have not been released. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Thousands of letters are going out to residents of Allegheny County to let them know their medical debts have been paid thanks to the fundraising efforts of over 100 churches in Pittsburgh Presbytery. They raised nearly $75,000 over the past few months as part of a campaign with Undue Medical Debt, a national nonprofit group that buys medical debt for pennies on the dollar. The money raised is enough to eliminate over $14 million in outstanding bills. Even though you can not apply for it or request it, but an estimated 12,500 people in Allegheny County will be surprised to find out in their mailbox that their medical debts have been paid. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Two men were arrested after police say a man brandished a rifle at a maintenance worker in Downtown Pittsburgh. According to police, officers from the Downtown Public Safety Center were called just before 9 a.m. yesterday for reports of a man brandishing a rifle at a maintenance worker on Penn Avenue near 6th Street. Officers who responded to the scene discovered a man that had a rifle and a “significant quantity” of drugs after a short foot pursuit. He was taken into custody near 6th Avenue and McCrea Way. Another man was also arrested after he was found in a convenience store. Police confirm that both men are facing charges. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to police, two people are dead after being shot in the Carrick neighborhood of Pittsburgh early yesterday evening. Police responded to Linnview Avenue near Brownsville Road at about 5:15 p.m. for a 12-round ShotSpotter alert. Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson Eliza Durham stated two men who had been shot in the chest were found on the sidewalk. Both of the unidentified men, ages 23 and 27, were pronounced dead at the hospital.  Durham noted that an actor escaped on foot down Nobles Lane and at the scene, two guns were found. Police are continuing to investigate this incident. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Brighton, PA) The New Brighton Fire Department announced yesterday on Facebook that they have been awarded $57,404 to purchase a new utility vehicle to serve as a vital command unit for its department. The funding was made possible through a 2024 Local Share Account (LSA) grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development. Pennsylvania State Representative Roman Kozak and State Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. assisted in the grant application process. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) Rochester Borough police are now investigating a deadly overnight shooting in the borough of Rochester. Dispatchers confirmed to KDKA-TV that the county coroner was requested following a shooting that happened just after midnight early this morning along New York Avenue. Officers were going in and out of the Juliet Apartments building at the corner of New York Avenue and Harmony Avenue around 3:30 a.m. this morning. According to dispatchers, one person was killed in the shooting. That person was a man in his mid-twenties who was found dead at the Juliet Apartments. It is unclear at this time if any arrests have been made regarding this incident or what led up to the shooting. Police believe this was an isolated incident. If you have any information or surveillance video from the area, Rochester Police are advising you to call them at 724-775-1100.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Middletown, PA) An unidentified person in Pennsylvania recently won $1 million from a winning Powerball ticket even though there was not a winner in the Powerball drawing on Wednesday. It is unknown at this time where in Pennsylvania the ticket was sold, but the winning numbers were 25, 33, 53, 62, 66 and the Powerball was 18. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Hershey, PA) The Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) will officially unveil its newly constructed horse stable today at the PSP Academy in Hershey at 10 a.m. This modern facility marks the first completed structure in a project that is comprehensive to upgrade and modernize that Academy’s 65-year-old training facilities. The 21,000-square-foot stable makes accommodations for up to 30 horses in a well-designed, modern environment. Each spacious stall offers some ample room for horses to turn, lie down, and move comfortably, which promotes their comfort, safety, and well-being. The horses can graze across 60 acres of newly developed pasture, with much of it visible to travelers on East Hersheypark Drive to offer a scenic reminder of PSP’s proud equestrian tradition. The event will take place at 175 Hersheypark Drive in Hershey and people need to use the museum entrance at Swatara Road and Laudermilch Road.