(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tomorrow, weather permitting, single-lane restrictions on Interstate 79 in Robinson and Kennedy townships of Allegheny County will occur. From 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. tomorrow, crews will conduct pothole patching and single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of I-79 between the I-376 Airport/Pittsburgh (Exit 59 A/B) interchange and approximately one-half mile north of the Route 60 Moon Run/Crafton (Exit 60 A/B) interchanges to let this work be done. Work may also occur on Thursday and additional information will be provided in advance of any upcoming work.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Sandra Donovan)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Beaver County native and Moon Township resident Kathleen Madonna-Emmerling was sworn in as the newest member of the Allegheny County Council on Friday in the Allegheny County Courthouse to be in that council’s District 1 seat, which includes 15 municipalities in western and northwestern Allegheny County. Newly sworn-in Common Pleas Judge Matthew V. Rudzki administered the oath to Madonna-Emmerling, a senior development association at the University of Pittsburgh’s Division of Philanthropic and Alumni Engagement. She grew up in South Heights and graduated from Ambridge Area High School.

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Pittsburgh reported via release today that twenty-three-year-old Juan Rivera Perez of Ambridge was charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Allegheny County on the afternoon of December 30th, 2025. Rivera Perez was driving on Ohio River Boulevard in Glenfield Borough at 2:09 p.m. and lost control of his vehicle before subsequently striking a concrete barrier multiple times on the Route 65 road. 

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Car)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported via release today that thirty-two-year-old Samantha Alwardt was not charged after causing a single-vehicle crash in Lawrence County late on Friday night. At 11:38 p.m., Alwardt was driving west on Shaffer Road in Slippery Rock Township and lost control of her vehicle because of road conditions and then hit a tree. Alwardt was not wearing her safety beat when the crash occurred and she refused EMS transportation even though she had a suspected minor injury. 

(Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Steve Mellon/Post Gazette (Pittsburgh) Caption for Photo: Sam Bigham, 23, who may become the state’s youngest mayor when he takes over as mayor of the Pittsburgh surburb of Carnegie, on the borough’s East Main Street on Monday, Dec. 29, 2025.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Carnegie, PA) The new mayor of Carnegie is making history because Sam Bigham, who turns 24 years old next week, is the youngest mayor ever to serve in Carnegie Borough and is the youngest mayor that is currently serving in Pennsylvania. Bigham has spent time as a junior councilperson in Carnegie and has also interned for both Carnegie borough and state Representative Anita Kulik. The twenty-three-year-old was sworn in to his position last night. 

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A Pittsburgh Police officer was injured in a crash early yesterday during a search for a domestic violence suspect who escaped from police. This crash happened just after midnight at the intersection of Arlington Avenue and Josephine Street in the South Side Slopes neighborhood of Pittsburgh. The officer lost control of his vehicle and struck a pole when the airbags were deployed. According to public safety officials, he was originally unresponsive when the other officers found him, but regained consciousness and was speaking with medics on scene. He was transported to a hospital in stable condition. The Collision Investigation Unit was called to investigate this incident. 

(File Photo of two City of Pittsburgh Police Cars with two businesses in the background and a bystander walking in the Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An aggravated assault investigation is underway and is ongoing after a man was found stabbed in Pittsburgh early on Sunday morning. According to a Pittsburgh Public Safety spokesperson, officers were sent to the 4000 block of Butler Street in Lawrenceville around 4:15 a.m. after a man walked into a business to call police and that man suffered a “small puncture wound” to his ribcage. He was taken to an area hospital in stable condition. Police do not know exactly where the man was stabbed at this time. 

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) The Duquesne City School District announced yesterday that a Duquesne City student was allegedly grazed by a bullet following a shots-fired “incident” in Allegheny County. Allegheny County officials first told WTAE that officials were on the scene near Auriles Street after 2:30 p.m. following reports of shots being fired. According to a statement from the Duquesne City School District following response by police, Superintendent Sue A. Mariani said an “incident” happened during bus dismissal involving high school students. Officials on scene later told them the incident began after shots were fired near South Seventh Street earlier in the afternoon and they also stated that the situation has since been resolved, and there is no threat to the community. However, twenty-one-year-old Jamar Saunders of Turtle Creek, has now been charged with multiple offenses including attempted homicide in relation to the incident. 

(Credit for Photo: Courtesy of Kelly Nardone/Kelly Nardone Photography, Caption for Photo: Lincoln Kretchmar is sworn in Dec. 15 by Beaver County judge Deborah Lancos DeCostro as the new mayor of Beaver.)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver Borough, PA) Lincoln Kretchmar was officially sworn in as the mayor of Beaver Borough, which followed a closely contested election in which he defeated 21-year incumbent Tom Hamilton by a 13-vote margin. Judge Deborah Lancos DeCostro conducted a formal swearing-in ceremony for him at the Beaver County Courthouse on December 15th, 2025. His family owns Kretchmar’s Bakery in Beaver.

(Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of AAA East Central)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Gas prices are six cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at about $3.10 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report. As the new year begins, the national average for a gallon of gas fell by a penny over the past week to $2.81. The report states that the average price for a gallon of gas in Western Pennsylvania was around $3.40 and the average price that you can expect for a gallon of gas here in Beaver County is about $3.14. According to a release from AAA East Central and AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report, here are the average prices of unleaded self-serve gasoline this week in various Pennsylvania areas:

$3.084      Altoona
$3.142      Beaver
$3.405      Bradford
$2.931      Brookville
$3.079      Butler
$3.070      Clarion
$2.970      DuBois
$3.021      Erie
$2.981      Greensburg
$3.087      Indiana
$3.101      Jeannette
$3.256      Kittanning
$3.004      Latrobe
$3.036      Meadville
$3.166      Mercer
$3.006      New Castle
$3.078      New Kensington
$3.056      Oil City
$3.099      Pittsburgh
$2.955      Sharon
$3.062      Uniontown
$3.547      Warren
$3.057      Washington