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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(New Sewickley Township, PA) Glen Eden Road between Route 989 and Zeigler Road in New Sewickley Township reopened yesterday after it closed temporarily. This part of Glen EdenRoad reopened at approximately 2 p.m. yesterday after it was closed because of a tree that fell, which caused multiple utility poles to be pulled down. Duquesne Light was on the scene of this temporary closure.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Rochester, PA) The Community College of Beaver County (CCBC) and Senator Elder Vogel, Jr. invite veterans from the Beaver County area to their Veterans Appreciation breakfast at the CCBC Dome in Monaca on Thursday, November 6th at 9 a.m. According to Vogel, “Our veterans answered the call to serve and protect our nation, and while we will always be indebted to them, this event is a way we can honor their service, show gratitude to their sacrifices and thank them for keeping our country safe.” This event is free for active service members, all veterans and one guest with each veteran and because of limited seating, you must RSVP by Thursday, October 30th. You can register for this event by emailing marketing@ccbc.edu or by calling 724-480-3554.
By Scott Tady
PITTSBURGH — Bands must strategize when booking Sunday night concerts, Mumford & Sons keyboardist Ben Lovett told the 14,000 or so fans who packed PPG Paints Arena last night.
And Pittsburgh proved to be a smart Sunday night choice, he said, explaining to fans, “You don’t make it feel like a Sunday night.”
Indeed, a carefree — don’t have to wake up early and start the workweek — mentality was pervasive throughout a night that felt special, as band and fans strongly connected.
The mixed-ages audience recognized without prompting the right moments to sing along, even for the wordless, ambient bit of “Little Lion Man,” one of Mumford & Sons’ twin signature peaks, trotted out as song No. 4 of a 21-song set that never waned in energy.
Even the brand-new “Rubber Band Man,” scheduled for release this Friday, received a warm and rapt audience response.
Enthusiastic fans stayed out of the way to allow the four primary Mumford men to sprint to the back of the arena’s fully occupied floor for a few lovely, stripped-down songs featuring upright bass guitar.
Outside of standard high-five slapping with their musical hero, fans later let Marcus Mumford do an uninterrupted, much more daring solo romp atop the arena’s lower bowl, an exhilarating stretch where the band’s namesake frontman leaped onto tables, climbed atop hand railings and ran down a flight of steps on the complete opposite end of the arena from his bandmates.
Oh, how did we go seven paragraphs before mentioning Mumford, a dynamo of a singer and thrilling guitar strummer, particularly on acoustic-based songs like the set-launching trifecta of “Run Together,” “Babel” and 2025’s album title track “Rushmere.”
Flanking Mumford, Lovett and bassist Ted Dwane expertly worked the front row of a main stage, with a six-person backline that included banjo and three horns.
Pretty overhead stage lights added visual flair, with Metallica-caliber fire shooting up from the stage, linked to the “there’s a fire in the almost places” line in “Truth.” A shower of sparks waterfalled down to the stage amid “The Wolf.”
Mumford’s vocals rang out with pristine clarity and authentic feeling all night long. A few songs ended with elegant a cappella vocal harmonies.
The London band’s timing was razor sharp, as showcased by members’ dynamic, precision instrument strikes when “White Blank Page” restarted dramatically after slowing to a momentarily stop.
Mumford’s banter spawned smiles, as when he talked about hanging out, viewing American football at Tom’s Watch Bar on the North Side, adding encouraging words about Steelers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (there were a smattering of audience boos.)
Mumford joked that it’s tricky getting 15,000 Americans to remain quiet simultaneously, but he issued a challenge for silence as core band members huddled around one microphone to a cappella sing the encore-launching “Timshel.” For the most part, fans heeded his plea to stay quiet for that song, though impatience and mischievousness eventually spawned a handful of loud “whoos” from concertgoers.
The band’s third of four encore selections brought out the ebullient “I Will Wait,” that other twin peak of Mumford & Sons uplifting magnificence, with banjo and acoustic guitar strummed at supersonic speed and fans dancing along.
Powered by skilled musicianship, catchy songcraft and joyful vibes. the Mumford & Sons live experience was absolutely worth a bleary-eyed Monday morning.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsubrgh, PA) Actors Joe Manganiello and Caitlin O’Connor, who are both natives of the Pittsburgh area, are now engaged. Both of them posted an Instagram photo on Friday with the announcement of their engagement. Manganiello is from Mt. Lebanon and O’Connor is from Uniontown. It was rumored that Manganiello and O’Connor had started seeing each other in 2023 after Manganiello divorced his wfie of seven years, actress Sofía Vergara.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Beaver Falls, PA) According to a release from Aqua Pennsylvania, that company announced on Thursday that it donated a combined $1.25 million to the Beaver Falls Fire Department and the Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls, which is made possible through the company’s Essential Foundation. $1 million went to the Beaver Falls Fire Department and that funding will be used toward purchasing a new aerial fire truck there. An additional $250,000 went to the Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls which will go toward upgrades including bathroom renovations, electrical work, window repairs and additional projects there. An event was held on Thursday at the Beaver Falls Fire Department at 11 a.m. with remarks from local officials, Aqua Pennsylvania President Marc Lucca, Beaver Falls Fire Chief Mark Stowe, Vice Chair of Library Board John Sanderbeck, Mayor Kenya Johns, State Senator Elder Vogel, and State Representative Roman Kozak and the presentation of this check from Aqua Pennsylvania to the Beaver Falls Fire Department and Carnegie Free Library of Beaver Falls. Aqua Pennsylvania provides both bulk transmission and treatment service in
seven nearby municipalities including Big Beaver Borough, Eastvale Borough, North Sewickley Township, Patterson Heights Borough, Patterson Township, West Mayfield Borough and White Township. The donation highlights Aqua Pennsylvania’s commitment that is ongoing to support the communities that it serves through philanthropy.
(File Photo: Source for Photo: This Wednesday, March 1, 2023 photo shows a vial of Eli Lilly’s Humalog insulin in New York. Eli Lilly will cut prices for some older insulins later this year and immediately give more patients access to a cap on costs they pay to fill prescriptions. The moves announced March 1, 2023 promise critical relief to some people with diabetes who can face annual costs of more than $1,000 for insulin they need in order to live. Lilly’s changes also come as lawmakers and patient advocates pressure drugmakers to do something about soaring prices. (AP Photo/Pablo Salinas)
Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Allegheny County, PA) A lawsuit against some drug companies and pharmacies filed within the past week by the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office alleges that companies artificially inflated the cost of insulin prices, all while production costs remained stable. Allegheny County District Attorney Stephen Zappala stated in the filing that while some costs for both goods and services have gone up less than twice more, some medications for diabetes have increased ten times more. According to Zappala, some people are spending thousands of dollars a month on insulin when it’s costing companies as little as $2 per vial to make. The lawsuit from Zappala names companies like CVS, Eli Lilly and United Healthcare and getting this case before a jury in federal court is the next goal for those involved in this lawsuit.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Findlay Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release yesterday that twenty-six-year-old Summer Cartrette of Aliquippa died after causing a two-vehicle crash early yesterday morning on I-376 Parkway West in Findlay Township. Cartrette was traveling east in the westbound lanes, which was the wrong direction, and crashed head-on with another vehicle at 1:18 a.m. The unidentified driver and unidentified passenger of the vehicle that Cartrette hit were taken to the hospital to receive treatment for their injuries. Cartrette was taken to Allegheny General Hospital by North West EMS, which is where she died because of her injuries she suffered from this crash. This crash is being investigated by Pennsylvania State Police.
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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News
(Pittsburgh, PA) Safety officials confirmed on Saturday that a recent FBI Pittsburgh-led operation resulted in nineteen wanted fugitives getting arrested from an operation called “Summer Heat”, which is a nationwide initiative from the FBI targeting crime that was violent. These arrests were ultimately made after the individuals were identified with a collaboration between the FBI Pittsburgh office, the United States Marshals Service, the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office, and the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Fugitive Apprehension Unit between October 6th through October 10th, 2025. Officials also stated that these arrests were made as far as Kansas and North Carolina, even though the“Summer Heat”operation mostly focused on the western Pennsylvania region. According to a media release from FBI Pittsburgh, those arrested were wanted for offenses such as drug trafficking, firearms possession, sexual battery of a child, rape of children, terroristic threats, and human trafficking.
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PARIS (AP) — In a minutes-long strike Sunday inside the world’s most-visited museum, thieves rode a basket lift up the Louvre ’s facade, forced a window, smashed display cases and fled with priceless Napoleonic jewels, officials said.
The daylight heist about 30 minutes after opening, with visitors already inside, was among the highest-profile museum thefts in living memory and comes as staff complained that crowding and thin staffing are straining security.
The theft unfolded just 250 meters (270 yards) from the Mona Lisa, in what Culture Minister Rachida Dati described as a professional “four-minute operation.”
One object, the emerald-set imperial crown of Napoleon III’s wife, Empress Eugénie, containing more than 1,300 diamonds, was later found outside the museum, French authorities said. It was reportedly recovered broken.
Images from the scene showed confused tourists being steered out of the glass pyramid and adjoining courtyards as officers closed nearby streets along the Seine.
A lift — which officials say the thieves brought and which was later removed — stood against the Seine-facing façade, their entry route and, observers said, a revealing weakness: that such machinery could be brought to a palace-museum unchecked.
Around 9:30 a.m., several intruders forced a window, cut panes with a disc cutter and went straight for the glass display cases, officials said. Interior Minister Laurent Nunez said the crew entered from outside using a basket lift via the riverfront facade to reach the hall with the 23-item royal collection.
Their target was the gilded Apollon Gallery, where the Crown Diamonds are displayed, including the Regent, the Sancy and the Hortensia.
The thieves smashed two display cases and fled on motorbikes, Nunez said. No one was hurt. Alarms brought Louvre agents to the room, forcing the intruders to bolt, but the theft was already done.
Eight objects were taken, according to officials: a sapphire diadem, necklace and single earring from a matching set linked to 19th-century French queens Marie-Amélie and Hortense; an emerald necklace and earrings from the matching set of Empress Marie-Louise, Napoleon Bonaparte’s second wife; a reliquary brooch; Empress Eugénie’s diadem; and her large corsage-bow brooch — a prized 19th-century imperial ensemble.
“It’s a major robbery,” Nunez said, noting that security measures at the Louvre had been strengthened in recent years and would be reinforced further as part of the museum’s upcoming overhaul plan. Officials said security upgrades include new-generation cameras, perimeter detection, and a new security control room. But critics say the measures come far too late.
The Louvre closed for the rest of Sunday for the forensic investigation to begin as police sealed gates, cleared courtyards and shut nearby streets along the Seine.
Daylight robberies during public hours are rare. Pulling one off inside the Louvre with visitors present ranks among Europe’s most audacious in recent history, and at least since Dresden’s Green Vault museum in 2019.
It also collides with a deeper tension the Louvre has struggled to resolve: swelling crowds and stretched staff. The museum delayed opening during a June staff walkout over overcrowding and chronic understaffing. Unions say mass tourism leaves too few eyes on too many rooms and creates pressure points where construction zones, freight routes and visitor flows meet.
Security around marquee works remains tight — the Mona Lisa sits behind bulletproof glass in a climate-controlled case — but Sunday’s theft also underscored that protections are not uniformly as robust across the museum’s more than 33,000 objects.
The theft is a fresh embarrassment for a museum already under scrutiny.
“How can they ride a lift to a window and take jewels in the middle of the day?” said Magali Cunel, a French teacher from near Lyon. “It’s just unbelievable that a museum this famous can have such obvious security gaps.”
The Louvre has a long history of thefts and attempted robberies. The most famous came in 1911, when the Mona Lisa vanished from its frame, stolen by Vincenzo Peruggia and recovered two years later in Florence. Another notorious episode came in 1956, when a visitor hurled a stone at her world-famous smile, chipping paint near her left elbow and hastening the move to display the work behind protective glass.
Today the former royal palace holds a roll call of civilization: Leonardo’s Mona Lisa; the armless serenity of the Venus de Milo; the Winged Victory of Samothrace, wind-lashed on the Daru staircase; the Code of Hammurabi’s carved laws; Delacroix’s Liberty Leading the People; Géricault’s The Raft of the Medusa. The objects — from Mesopotamia, Egypt and the classical world to Europe’s masters — draw a daily tide of up to 30,000 visitors even as investigators now begin to sweep those gilded corridors for clues.
The heist spilled instantly into politics. Far-right leader Jordan Bardella used it to attack President Emmanuel Macron, weakened at home and facing a fractured parliament.
“The Louvre is a global symbol of our culture,” Bardella wrote on X. “This robbery, which allowed thieves to steal jewels from the French Crown, is an unbearable humiliation for our country. How far will the decay of the state go?”
The criticism lands as Macron touts a decade-long “Louvre New Renaissance” plan — about €700 million ($760 million) to modernize infrastructure, ease crowding and give the Mona Lisa a dedicated gallery by 2031. For workers on the floor, the relief has felt slower than the pressure.
Forensic teams are examining the site of the crime and adjoining access points while a full inventory is taken, authorities said. Officials have described the haul as of “inestimable” historical value.
Recovery may prove difficult. “It’s unlikely these jewels will ever be seen again,” said Tobias Kormind, managing director of 77 Diamonds. “Professional crews often break down and re-cut large, recognizable stones to evade detection, effectively erasing their provenance.”
Key questions still unanswered are how many people took part in the theft and whether they had inside assistance, authorities said. According to French media, there were four perpetrators: two dressed as construction workers in yellow safety vests on the lift, and two each on a scooter. French authorities did not immediately comment on this.
Investigators are reviewing CCTV from the Denon wing and the riverfront, inspecting the basket lift used to reach the gallery and interviewing staff who were on site when the museum opened, authorities said.
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STILLWATER, Okla. (AP) — An argument at a private off-campus party escalated into a shooting outside an Oklahoma State University residence hall early Sunday, wounding three people including a student, school police said.
Two victims were hospitalized in stable condition after surgery and the third was treated and released, university police Chief Michael Beckner told reporters.
No arrests have been made, but he said said police have “some solid leads” and are asking for the public’s help. Investigators do not believe there’s an ongoing threat to the campus or public.
The shooting erupted in an outdoor hallway at the Carreker East student apartments and spilled into a parking lot and nearby street, Beckner said, following a “disagreement between several people” at the party.
Officers responded after a report of a person collapsing from injuries at a McDonald’s restaurant and calls of shots on campus, he said. When officers arrived on campus at about 3:40 a.m., no victims remained at the scene. Officers secured the area and took about 20 people present to a secure location for their safety and to begin interviews, the chief said.
The university is located in the city of Stillwater, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) northeast of Oklahoma City.