(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that overnight restrictions on Interstate 79 in Marshall Township and Franklin Park Borough in Allegheny County will begin on Monday, November 9th, weather permitting.

The following restrictions are expected to occur for removal of overhead forms utilized for work on the new fly-over ramps, according to the schedule listed below courtesy of a release from PennDOT District 11:

• Southbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on the following dates:
  • Monday through Wednesday nights, November 9th-11th

• I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic in both directions between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on the following date:
  • Thursday, November 12th

• Northbound I-79 will be reduced to a single-lane of traffic between the off and on-ramps at the Route 910/Wexford (Exit 73) interchange from 7 P.M. to 6 A.M. on the following dates:
  • Friday, November 13th
  • Monday through Wednesday nights, November 16th-18th

These restrictions could be lifted earlier if this work is completed sooner.

(File Photo of the Borough of Ambridge Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) State Representative Rob Matzie and other community leaders joined Ambridge Borough yesterday to flip the switch on their new rooftop solar system at the Ambridge Municipal Complex, which was facilitated through the Rural Innovation through Solar Empowerment (RISE) project in partnership between nonprofits RiverWise, The PA Solar Center, and New Sun Rising to accelerate solar adoption in communities throughout Beaver County.

The RISE Project started as a two-year initiative that was funded by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energizing Rural Communities Prize.

EIS Solar installed the 130.9-kilowatt solar system for Ambridge, which was paid for in part by an Environmental Mitigation Community Fund grant.

Ambridge Borough was also able to leverage a federal renewable energy tax credit of 40 percent for the project.

The solar panels will offset approximately 100 percent of the combined annual energy consumption of Ambridge Borough facilities located at 600 11th Street and 533 Merchant Street.

EIS Solar estimates that the solar array will save taxpayers in Ambridge about $509,000 over the next 25 years.

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Beaver County Emergency Services (BCES) previously reported that there was police activity involving someone barricaded in a home in the area of Route 51 and Taggart Road in Darlington Township today.

Authorities have taken the male individual into custody after he came out of the house peacefully and the incident has been cleared.

BCES is currently investigating the cause of this incident and why an Emergency Alert System update was disseminated to the public.

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Darlington Township, PA) Beaver County Emergency Services is reporting that there is police activity involving someone barricaded in a home in the area of Route 51 and Taggart Road in Darlington Township.

Authorities are asking everyone to remain indoors in that area until 1 p.m. today. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Allegheny County Police Department, Posted on Facebook on November 5th, 2026)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Allegheny County Police recently charged a man from Glen Dale, West Virginia after Transportation Security Administration officers discovered a handgun in his carry-on bag at Pittsburgh International Airport. 

TSA officers noticed the firearm at the airport security checkpoint yesterday at 2:20 p.m. 

Police charged twenty-seven-year-old Andrew Holiday with carrying a firearm without a license after determining that he did not possess a valid concealed carry permit. 

Allegheny County Police notified the FBI after this gun was discovered at the checkpoint.

Passengers that carry firearms to airport security checkpoints face federal civil penalties which are enforced by the TSA.

First-time offenders face fines which are up to $12,210, while repeat offenders can be fined up to an amount of $17,062.

(File Photo; Source for Photo: FILE – Comedian and actor Russell Brand is reflected in a car window as he leaves Southwark Crown Court in London, Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, where he is charged with counts of rape and sexual assault against six women.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali, File)

LONDON (AP) — Russell Brand, the risqué comic who bragged for years of his sexual exploits, was convicted Thursday of raping one woman and sexually assaulting three others on allegations dating back years.

The British actor-comedian faces a “significant” prison term when he is sentenced Monday, Judge Joel Bennathan said. Brand had been free, but he was taken into custody after the judge rejected a bail request to let him see his kids because of the possibility he might flee.

“I regret the hardship caused to the children, of course,” the judge said. “But the hardship has been caused by serious criminal offending by their father.”

Brand was a ruthless, calculating, manipulative “sexual predator,” prosecutor Riel Karmy-Jones said at trial.

The 51-year-old father of three denied the charges and testified that he was obsessed with sex as a young man and once led a promiscuous life but had never forced anyone to do something against their will.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: This undated image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Feb. 4, 2015, shows an electron microscope image of a measles virus particle. (Cynthia Goldsmith/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, via AP, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Department of Health (DOH) confirmed on Wednesday that an unvaccinated resident of Jefferson County tested positive for measles and has died.  

This is the sixth confirmed measles-associated death in Pennsylvania in 2026.

That death was reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and it was added to the state of Pennsylvania’s measles dashboard, which you can access by clicking here. 

These people that passed away from the six measles-associated deaths in the state of Pennsylvania were two residents from Jefferson County, three residents from Lancaster County and one resident from Mifflin County. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of McDonald’s)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Chicago, IL) Monday, November 9th is National Fried Chicken Sandwich Day and McDonald’s is offering fans in Pennsylvania their favorite McCrispy Sandwich on that day only for just $2.

Fans can get their $2 regular McCrispy chicken sandwich or spicy McCrispy chicken sandwich only in the McDonald’s App just one time per customer.

McDelivery is where this offer can be available and MyMcDonald’s rewards is where customers need to opt in to get this offer. 

This offer is also available at participating restaurants, for pick-up, at the drive-thru or via McDelivery.

These sandwiches were first introduced in 2021 at McDonald’s restaurants nationwide  as the Crispy Chicken Sandwich.

The McCrispy became a fan favorite quickly and it earned its official “Mc” name in 2023.

It features a crispy and juicy, all-white meat chicken fillet which is topped with crinkle-cut pickles and it is served on a buttered, toasted potato roll.