(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio on September 9, 2024 at 11:38 A.M.)

(Harrisburg, PA) On Thursday, the Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania decided that Pennsylvania voters can start casting provisional ballots instead of mail-in ballots. The panel, consisting of three members, based this decision on what happened after two provisional ballots in Butler County were counted despite ambiguous laws of the state during the primary election on April 23. These ballots were originally rejected because the two voters got an email which explained that they put a separate blank envelope in the ballot return envelope, and this development could get more voters involved as Pennsylvania could again decide the winner of the Presidential election between Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. 

FILE – An early election ballot completion area is being prepared at a collection location at the North Park Ice Skating Rink Lodge area, Friday, Oct. 9, 2020, in McCandless, Pa. Pennsylvania lawmakers plan to begin voting on legislation Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023, to move up the state’s 2024 presidential primary date, although the dates under discussion may do little to give the state’s voters more say in deciding presidential nominees. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 6, 2024 at 8:50 A.M.)

(Hopewell, PA) September 8, 2024 is the 30th anniversary of a plane that crashed in Hopewell as those residents remember an event that shocked their community in 1994. The USAirFlight 427, a Boeing 737 plane, was reported by a resident flying too low and caused an explosion. Experts believed that a rudder malfunction happened before the plane came towards the Pittsburgh runway. The flight started in Chicago, headed to Palm Beach, Florida, along with stopping by in Pittsburgh for a layover. The accident killed 132 people, and their memorial resides in Sewickley Cemetery. As people that witnessed the Hopewell USAirFlight 427 crash will remember these tragic events on Sunday, the crash is still considered the deadliest air disaster in the history of Pennsylvania.

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 6, 2024 at 8:23 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) An American Airlines flight took a turn to Pittsburgh after a note that threatened that there was a bomb on the plane was spotted in the airplane’s bathroom on Wednesday morning. According to a spokesperson from the FBI Pittsburgh, the plane this took place on was on American Airlines Flight 1603 from Newark, New Jersey to Dallas, Texas. A flight attendant let the pilot know there was writing on the wall indicating there was a bomb on the flight, and FBI agents and police investigated the plane after it landed in Pittsburgh and found no suspicious findings. The flight went by safely afterwards and it arrived in Dallas on Wednesday afternoon. 

FILE – In this Dec. 2, 2020 file photo, an American Airlines Boeing 737 Max jet plane is parked at a maintenance facility in Tulsa, Okla. Paying passengers were scheduled to board a Boeing 737 Max in Miami on Tuesday, Dec. 29 for the first time since safety regulators allowed the plane to fly again after two deadly crashes.
The American Airlines flight is scheduled to land at New York’s LaGuardia Airport with about 100 passengers aboard, according to an airline spokeswoman. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 6, 2024 at 8:17 A.M.)

(Pittsburgh, PA) Hundreds of U.S. Steel employees rallied for the sale of the company to Nippon Steel of Japan shortly after President Joe Biden, according to national reports, announced he will block the sale from happening. The rally happened Wednesday at the plaza outside the U.S. Steel building on Grant Street in Downtown Pittsburgh. U.S. Steel President and CEO David Burritt has previously noted that no deal with Nippon Steel brings up questions about a posssible move of U.S. Steel out of Pittsburgh. 

FILE – A water tower at United States Steel Corp.’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa., is seen, Thursday, May 7, 2020. On Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023, U.S. Steel said that it rejected a $7.3 billion buyout proposal from rival Cleveland Cliffs and was reviewing “strategic alternatives” after receiving several unsolicited offers. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

(Story written by Noah Haswell of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 6, 2024 at 8:13 A.M.)

(Butler, PA) The investigation continues after the attempted assassination of Former President and Republican Presidential Nominee Donald Trump as the task force is looking for both documents and information from local police. Those officers are also being invited to sit down for interviews for more information by the end of September. The leaders of the task force have asked for several reports on the shooter, Thomas Crooks, and they claimed that a subpoena will happen if an agency does not step forward. 

(File) This aerial photo of the Butler Farm Show, site of the Saturday, July 13, 2024 Trump campaign rally, shown Monday, July 15, 2024 in Butler, Pa. On Saturday, Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump was wounded during an assassination attempt while speaking at the rally. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

(Story by Sandy Giordano of Beaver County Radio, Published on September 6, 2024 at 6:58 A.M.)

(Aliquippa, PA) Beaver County Radio News Correspondant Sandy Giordano reports that last Friday at Heinz Field at the Aliquippa Junior and Senior High School, their new Athletic and Academic Center will be joined by a clubhouse and education center in a groundbreaking event. KraftHeinz officials were in attendance for the event. They also dedicated their concession stand, in honor of the late Leon Seaburn, who was both a former Aliquippa school board member and a former Aliquippa Quips football player. The concession stand was named the OX.