(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that today through Friday, weather permitting, single-lane restrictions on Route 4003 (McKnight Road) in the City of Pittsburgh and Ross and McCandless townships in Allegheny County will occur. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. today through Thursday, a single-lane restriction on McKnight Road in each direction will occur as needed between Venture Street and Perrymont Road as tree trimming operations will be conducted by crews there. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that continuing tonight through Thursday night, weather permitting, lane restrictions on I-279 (Parkway North) for high friction surface treatment work in Ohio Township of Allegheny County will occur. The work began yesterday and will continue from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. each night through Thursday night and single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions on I-279 between the I-79 split and Camp Horne Road (Exit 8) near Arndt Road. High Friction surface treatment work there will be conducted by crews from PLP Company. 

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – This April 2, 2021, file photo shows bridges spanning the Allegheny River in downtown Pittsburgh. Republicans in Congress are making the politically brazen bet that it’s more advantageous to oppose President Joe Biden’s ambitious rebuild America agenda than to lend support for the costly $2.3 trillion undertaking for roads, bridges and other infrastructure investments. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that today through Friday, weather permitting, inspection activities on the Smithfield Street Bridge which carries Route 3027 over the Monongahela River in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day, crews from Gannett Fleming will conduct the inspection work there requiring lane restrictions on the Smithfield Street Bridge and during this work, that bridge and all ramps will stay open to traffic. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from Pennsylvania House Republican Leader Jesse Topper’s office, Topper said on Friday that the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority provisionally approved $793 million in broadband expansion projects across Pennsylvania pending federal approval. The vote from Friday also lets public comment for a period of seven days on the projects before their federal submission. The link to the proposal for a draft of the projects and the link to submit a comment publicly about them on the Pennsylvania Broadband Development Authority website can be found at these website addresses below:

https://dced.pa.gov/download/bead-final-proposal-for-public-comment-draft/?wpdmdl=127493

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=QSiOQSgB1U2bbEf8Wpob3qD50183yK5Og8hdMIGSwNVUOFoxWlZFNExHQTdDSk1OUlE2MDUzUzU3US4u

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) A Spirit Halloween store has opened in the Walmart plaza off Route 18 in Center Township on Saturday, August 16th, 2025. It is in the former location of the McKinney’s Furniture and Mattress Direct in that same plaza in Center Township to sell items like Halloween decorations and pop-up retail Halloween costumes. In 2024, a Spirit Halloween store was behind the Beaver Valley Mall in the spot where the Planet Fitness store there used to be located. A Spirit Halloween store was inside the Beaver Valley Mall in 2023. According to USAToday, Spirit Halloween opened its first pop-up store in 1983 and was purchased by Spencer Gifts in 1999. in 2024, more that 1,500 seasonal locations of Spirit Halloween opened across the United States. Customers can buy items online on www.spirithalloween.com throughout the year while the Spirit Halloween stores are only seasonal.

(File Photo of Road Construction Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tomorrow night through Wednesday night, weather permitting, nightly single-lane restrictions on Route 4003 (McKnight Road) in Ross and McCandless Townships and the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. on Saturday night each night through Wednesday night, a single-lane restriction will occur as needed on McKnight Road in each direction between Perrymont Road and Roseland Avenue as guide rail installation work there will be conducted by crews. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Coraopolis, PA) The driver of a tractor-trailer hit a man in Coraopolis yesterday which ended up killing him later that day. A 911 dispatcher confirmed to WPXI that police, fire and medics were called to 5th Avenue and Main Street at 3:10 p.m. yesterday. The man that was killed was a pedestrian who was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash and has not been identified yet. According to Coraopolis Police Chief Jason Stewart, surveillance video shows the tractor-trailer stopped at a red light. The driver pulled into the intersection when the light turned green and hit the man. It is not clear at this time if charges will be given to the driver. This is the second time this month that a hit-and-run crash occurred in Coraopolis, because an unidentified suspect is in ICE custody for killing sixty-one-year-old Ulises Montalvo of Coraopolis on 4th Avenue in Coraopolis near the Citgo gas station there on August 3rd, 2025. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) An ongoing investigation is being held by Pittsburgh police for some recent reported incidents of sexual assaults reported in the North Side of Pittsburgh during the hours of early morning at those times. According to Pittsburgh Police Zone 1, which covers the North Side, six sexual assaults have been reported in August of 2025 and police confirm that the description of the suspect is a white man that is smaller in stature driving a pickup truck that was white. Police also have the belief that this unidentified male suspect may be a repeat offender and these sexual assaults may be connected. Police in the area of the North Side of Pittsburgh are letting people know that extra precautions should be taken by calling 911, staying alert in spaces that are public and traveling with a group. Call 412-323-7800 if you have information about an incident that is similar to this incident. 

(File Photo of the Pennsylvania Lottery Logo and a Television Broadcast from a Pennsylvania Lottery drawing)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) $550,974.31 was recently won by an unidentified person from Allegheny County from a Pennsylvania Lottery online game. This money was won on the Big Winners Club game in Allegheny County and the VIP jackpot of that game starts at $150,000. A mobile device, computer, or tablet can be used to play the Big Winners Club game that is a game of connect-style gameplay. When someone plays the Big Winners club game, there are chances to add to a win to a win that is existing or to create a win through a symbol that is wild, unlock games that are free, multiply the amount of their prizes up to ten times, and attempt to activate a bonus game.