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February 11, 2026

Riverside High School Honor & High Honor Rolls For 2nd Quarter 2025-26

The Riverside Beaver County School District announced the honor and high honor rolls for its 2nd Quarter of the 2025-26 school year. View more school news and info at www.riverside.k12.pa.us HIGH HONOR ROLL 12th Grade: TONI L. BAKER SUSANN A. BISHOP KELSEY A. BUSH JOSEPH D. CHILL RYLEIGH M. CLYDE ABIGAIL M. COOK JOCILENE A. CUMMINGS MIKIYAH M. DABNEY BRADEN M. DENGEL CORRINA N. FREED NATHANIEL W. GOFF LUKE T. GRODSON ELLIOT I. HARDY HANNAH J. HART KIERSTEN A. KANZLEITER MOLLY E. LINVILLE SEAN LOVE ALEXANDER B. LUCARELLI JOSEPH MCCORMISH EMMA I. MONTES DAHLIA MUNIZ SOFIA MUNIZ LUKE W. NELSON WILLIAM…

February 10, 2026

PLAYOFFS!! Three Local Basketball Teams Qualify For WPIAL Playoffs

The Ellwood City boys basketball team returns to the WPIAL Playoffs as a 9-seed while the Riverside Panthers boys basketball team earned a 14-seed in the 2026 WPIAL Class 3A Championships. Ellwood City and Riverside split their two rivalry contests during the regular season and will now each eye non-section opponents in the WPIAL Playoff opening round. #9 Ellwood City (12-10 Overall) will travel to face #8 South Allegheny (13-8) on Tuesday, February 17th at 7 p.m. [BUY TICKETS] South Allegheny features Trib HSSN Preseason Player of the Year, senior guard Drew Cook while Ellwood City features junior guard Kaleb…

February 10, 2026

Lincoln High School Honor & High Honor Rolls For 2nd Quarter 2025-26

The Ellwood City Area School District has announced its Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for 2025-26 school year quarter two (2nd nine weeks) at Lincoln High School. The district would like to recognize the hard work and dedication of the students. View more news and information at www.ecasdk12.org. HIGH HONORS ROLL: 12th Grade: Devyn Adkins Chelsea Baker Kyree Beachem Alexis Beck Olivia Beebe Gunnar Bennett Lucas Bleakney Geordan Bokor Caden Charmo Paxton Christofferson Peyton Confer Izabella Contino Ava Dausman Drake Davis Nicklas DePaoli Frank Durr Kennedy Eichler Braden Freed Aubrey Hewitt Chloe Hineman Jordan Keller Aaron Lake Kiley LeViere Andy…

February 10, 2026

ELLWOOD Increases 2026 Industrial Maintenance Scholarship To $20,000

ELLWOOD Group is proud to announce applications are open for its 2026 Industrial Maintenance Scholarship program. This year, multiple students pursuing a degree or certification in Industrial Maintenance or a related field, will each receive a scholarship up to $20,000 and the unique opportunity to launch their careers with ELLWOOD through its Industrial Maintenance Development Program. Industrial Maintenance is a field of engineering that merges mechanical engineering, electrical engineering and computer science. This discipline specializes in robotics, control systems and electromechanical systems and is an essential vocation in manufacturing. The initiative is part of ELLWOOD’s larger commitment to developing the…

February 7, 2026

Ellwood City Public Library Activities For Week Of February 9th

The Ellwood City Area Public Library offers a variety of weekly activities. Information is available by calling the library at 724-758-6458. HOURS Hours are Monday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m., Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday 10:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., Friday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. and Saturday 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please remember no one is available to take your calls unless it is in the hours listed above. Activities taking place this week include. MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. – “Interactive Play,” children can play hands-on with various items. 1:00 p.m. – “Afternoon Adult Book Group,”…

February 7, 2026

PHOTOS: Wolverines Lose To Aliquippa On Senior Night

The Ellwood City boys basketball team was defeated 67-52 by Aliquippa at home Friday evening as part of its senior night. Kaleb Servick scored a game-high 19 points while Aaron Lake delivered a double-double (10 points, 15 reboounds) in defeat. Aliquippa (13-5 Overall, 9-2 Class 3A-1) raced out to an early 19-9 lead and 34-21 lead at halftime. Javarri Carter finished with a team-high 17 points for the Quips. Ellwood City wraps up its regular season with a record of 12-9 (7-4 Class 3A-1) and will be one of four teams represented from the MAC Conference in the 2026 WPIAL…

February 6, 2026

PHOTOS: Lady Wolverines Fall To Quaker Valley On Senior Night

The Lady Wolverines fell 58-25 to Quaker Valley on Thursday night at Lincoln High School on its senior night. Sophomore Jadyn Allwine led all Ellwood City scorers with seven points. Teegan Patterson and senior Ava Lucarelli each scored six points in defeat. Mimi Thiero poured in a game-high 20 points for Quaker Valley (15-6 Overall, 12-2 Class 3A-1) who led 30-14 at halftime. The Ellwood City girls basketball teams completes its regular season with a record of 3-19 (2-12 Class 3A-1). Sophomore Cara Kreitzer finished the season with 290 points (13.2 average) and compiled two games during the regular season…

February 6, 2026

POLICE: Weekly Police Blotter

THEFT: Gary Weir, 41, of Sharon is charged with Theft after an incident on November 21, 2025. According to a criminal complaint, and at approximately 7:00 p.m., a female victim reported several items of her personal property were stolen from her residence on Wayne Avenue. The victim explain her residence had caught fire and she was staying in a hotel but related that a shed on the property had an older model Kawaski ATV, a bicycle, and other miscellaneous items. She was later notified by that individuals hired by the property management company removed the property from the shed and…

February 5, 2026

Lady Panthers Clinch Playoff Berth Behind A Pair Of Emmas

The Riverside girls basketball team has clinched a playoff berth and wrapped up its regular season Thursday with a 52-13 victory over New Brighton. A pair of Emmas will now lead the charge for the Lady Panthers as they forge their way in to the WPIAL Class 3A Playoffs. “Emma Meyer is a tireless worker and Emma Stockman just comes up big game after game,” says first year head coach John Fruehstorfer. Emma Meyer knocked home 26 points on Monday in a 60-17 rout of Sto-Rox and is no stranger to 20-point efforts. Meyer is closing in on 300 points…

February 4, 2026

Riverside Lions Club Community Updates

The Riverside Lions Club continues its community support through various programs and donations. The club offers a series of updates below spotlighting their recent efforts: To start things off the club made a donation to the Ellwood City Library Used Book Sale in the form of gift certificates to be given to any teacher asking for them. The club passed out 80 certificates for the sale. This is the third year we’ve supported the book drive. Increasing the certificate amount each year. The sale is a great opportunity to catch up on you reading for a very reasonable price. The…