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• [01-06-2012] New Castle man accused of exposing himself to disabled woman
  
  A New Castle man is accused of exposing himself to a disabled woman inside her apartment last month. According to police, Derek McClendon, 40, was doing house work for a woman on May 13 in an apartment on North Beaver Street. The...
  
  
• [01-06-2012] Gas main break forces Rochester residents out of homes
  
  A gas main break in Beaver County forced several people out of their homes in the middle of the night. Police said the break happened on Virginia Avenue in Rochester Thursday night. Emergency dispatchers said a construction crews hit...
  
  
• [31-05-2012] School bus, truck collide in Lawrence County; Injuries reported
  
  Lawrence County 911 dispatchers said an accident involving a school bus and a truck was reported in North Beaver Township Thursday morning. Dispatchers said the accident happened around 7 a.m. on Route 18. A Channel 11 News crew at the...
  
  
• [31-05-2012] School bus involved in crash with tractor-trailer
  
  Crews are at the scene of a tractor-trailer/school bus crash along Route 18 in North Beaver Township, Lawrence County....
  
  
• [24-05-2012] Man charged with rape at personal care home
  
  A man is charged with raping a woman at a personal care home in Beaver County....
  
  
• [23-05-2012] Tractor-trailer pulls down power lines in Industry causing traffic delays
  
  A tractor-trailer pulled down several power lines Tuesday afternoon in Industry causing traffic backups. Officials said the wires landed on the truck and along Midland Beaver Road. No injuries were reported in the accident. Authorities...
  
  
• [23-05-2012] How parks, courses, teams are prepping for summer's severe weather
  
  Some popular outdoor destinations are getting a game plan in place for protecting visitors from severe weather. Already this year, lightning has killed three people in the United States. Chief meteorologist Stephen Cropper...
  
  
• [22-05-2012] Former Pitt basketball star Carl Krauser arrested
  
  Former University of Pittsburgh basketball star Carl Krauser was arrested after police said he ran from a DUI checkpoint in Beaver Falls....
  
  
• [22-05-2012] Man accidentally hits gas pedal, crashes car into VA hospital in Center Twp.
  
  Officials said two people were injured in a car crash in Beaver County Monday afternoon. Authorities said a car crashed into a VA hospital in Center Township just before noon Monday. Police said the driver was parked in a handicapped...
  
  
• [22-05-2012] Car hits VA clinic in Center Township
  
  A car hit someone outside the VA Primary Care Clinic in Center Township, Beaver County,  then crashed through the front wall of the building....
  
  
• [21-05-2012] Beaver County man accused of raping 4 teens
  
  A Beaver County man was arrested this weekend on charges he committed sex crimes against four teenagers. Roland McAfee Jr., 63, of Hanover Township, faces rape and indecent assault charges. Officers said he assaulted four teens between...
  
  
• [20-05-2012] Man accused of raping 2 teens in Beaver Co.
  
  A man in Beaver County is charged with the rapes of two teenagers....
  
  
• [19-05-2012] Rider trapped under ATV in North Beaver Township
  
  Police located a man trapped under his ATV after it flipped early Saturday morning.The victim called 911 around 4:30 a.m., reporting he had flipped and was trapped underneath the ATV.Officials were able to determine his location by...
  
  
• [18-05-2012] Target 11: Allegheny Co. has given out 2nd most texting while driving citations
  
  Target 11 obtained brand new numbers for texting while driving citations and discovered Allegheny County is nearly leading the state with citations. The ban took effect two months ago and in that time, police have stop 236 drivers...
  
  
• [18-05-2012] Trucker gets prison sentence in plea deal for officers' assault
  
  A truck driver charged with assaulting officers after police said he broke into an Ambridge, Beaver County, home accepts a plea deal of 18-36 months in prison....
  
  
• [17-05-2012] Car hits, kills man on riding mower in South Beaver
  
  A man on a lawnmower is struck by a car and injured. Sky 4 video shows a blue car with damage to the front and windshield, with skid marks behind it....
  
  
• [17-05-2012] High-voltage line shocks worker on Beaver River bridge project
  
  A man was shocked and burned by powerful current from high-voltage lines that pass over a construction site where a bridge is being built over the Beaver River....
  
  
• [16-05-2012] Cops find pot, loaded gun during DUI checkpoint of former Pitt basketball star
  
  A former University of Pittsburgh basketball star was arrested Friday night, accused of trying to run from police at a DUI checkpoint. According to police, officers also found a bag of marijuana on Carl Krauser and a loaded gun in his...
  
  
• [16-05-2012] Bridgewater crane worker shocked along Beaver River
  
  A man was shocked and burned by powerful current from Duquesne Light high-voltage lines that pass over a bridge construction site along the Beaver River....
  
  
• [16-05-2012] Worker pinned when steel rolls off truck at Beaver County plant
  
  A worker was hurt late Tuesday night after a load of steel rolled off of a truck and pinned him against a loading dock. Beaver County 911 dispatchers said the accident happened at Koppell Steel in Ambridge. Emergency workers said the man...
  
  
• [16-05-2012] Worker rescued after being pinned by steel that fell on him at Koppel Steel Plant
  
  A worker remained in the hospital Wednesday after being rescued from a pile of steel that fell on him at a Beaver County plant....
  
  
• [16-05-2012] Car, lawnmower collide in Beaver County; At least 1 person hurt
  
  A collision between a lawnmower and a car in Beaver County left at least one person hurt on Tuesday. Chopper 11 flew over the scene of the accident in South Beaver. Police said the car was traveling in the wrong lane when the accident...
  
  
• [16-05-2012] Man taken to hospital after Chippewa Township house fire
  
  Police said a man intentionally set his house on fire overnight in Chippewa Township, Beaver County....
  
  
• [15-05-2012] Coal truck overturns, driver injured on Route 30 in Independence Twp.
  
  A coal truck overturned along Route 30 in Independence Township on Tuesday. Police said the truck spilled its load near DJ's Quick Stop. The driver was taken to Beaver Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries....
  
  
• [15-05-2012] Investigators searching for cause of Beaver County house fire
  
  Fire investigators are looking for the cause to an overnight house fire in Beaver County....
  
  
• [15-05-2012] Target 11 investigates high radon levels
  
  A Target 11 investigation has uncovered thousands of homes filled with unsafe levels of a gas that causes cancer. We're talking about radon, a colorless, odorless radioactive gas. Target 11 Consumer Investigator Robin Taylor...
  
  
• [13-05-2012] Abandoned house destroyed in fire
  
  An abandoned Beaver County home was destroyed in a fire early Sunday, fire officials said....
  
  
• [12-05-2012] 1 hurt in Beaver Falls shooting
  
  Police were called to Beaver Falls Friday afternoon for a shooting on Third Avenue. Investigators said the shooting happened near The Beauty Academy and Providence Hospital. The victim was flown to a Pittsburgh hospital. There is no...
  
  
• [11-05-2012] Suspicious Beaver County house fire kills 1
  
  Authorities are calling a Beaver County fire that killed a man Friday morning suspicious. Officials said the fire started in the dining room at a home along North Avenue in Baden just before 6 a.m. Friday. Firefighters said they tried...
  
  
• [09-05-2012] Magazine: Mt. Lebo, Upper St. Clair among 10 best state high schools
  
  Two South Hills schools made the top 10 in U.S. News & World Report's ranking of the best high schools in Pennsylvania, and were the highest-ranked schools in this region according to figures released today. Mt. Lebanon High School ranked...
  
  
• [08-05-2012] Route 65 shut down after tractor-trailer accident
  
  At least two people were hurt Tuesday morning when a tractor-trailer and a car crashed on Route 65 in Beaver County. Beaver County 911 dispatchers said all lanes of the roadway in that area were shut down while crews worked to clear the...
  
  
• [04-05-2012] Center Twp. man made more than $1.3M smuggling gun parts to Philippines
  
  A Beaver County man has pleaded guilty to smuggling military-style rifle parts to people in the Philippines for more than $1.3 million. Federal prosecutors said 38-year-old Jack Michaluk smuggled M-16 and M-14 parts and ammunition by...
  
  
• [03-05-2012] Non-emergency phone lines down for Beaver County call center
  
  Beaver County Emergency services experienced a phone outage at the 911 call center. Officials said the outage involved non-emergency phone lines for police and the fire department. If the public has a non-emergency, officials...
  
  
• [03-05-2012] Ohio woman gets prison for dropping New Brighton toddler
  
  NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. (AP) -- An Ohio woman will spend five to 10 years in prison for dropping a friend's toddler out a third-story window at a New Brighton apartment complex after the child accidentally knocked a crack cocaine pipe out...