PennDOT District 11 is announcing the newly constructed Freedom Road has opened to traffic in New Sewickley Township. Crews from Independence Excavating, Inc. have completed reconstruction work on Crows Run Road and relocated Freedom Road to follow the corridor between Route 65 in Conway Borough and Park Quarry Road in New Sewickley Township. Additionally, crews have conducting utility and stream relocation, wetland mitigation, intersection improvements at Route 65, bridge and culvert replacement, and roadway widening. The project enhances safety and addresses substandard roadway features. Construction related activities requiring restrictions will continue through the spring of 2019, however no full closures are anticipated. The roadway will continue to be posted at 10 tons until the next phase of the overall project is complete.

ELECTION DAY 2018 IS BEHIND US…AND VOTER TURNOUT WAS GOOD IN BEAVER COUNTY. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE TURNOUT NUMBERS…AND THE ELECTION RESULTS:

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, NOV. 7TH, 2018

 

TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 52.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLEAR. LOW – 31.

THURSDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 47.

IT’S BEEN A PRETTY BUSY ELECTION DAY IN BEAVER COUNTY SO FAR. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS AN UPDATE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE HAVE PROVIDED A DESCRIPTION OF A THIEF IN CONNECTION WITH AN ACCIDENTAL SHOOTING IN ALIQUIPPA. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

 

 

Authorities are identifying the body of a 38-year-old Ambridge man discovered last month in the Ohio River. The body of Gerald Payne was found near the Montgomery Locks and Dam in Industry Tuesday morning by tug boat operators from Industry Terminal and Salvage. There’s no word yet on the cause of death.

Investigators are charging two Beaver County women with welfare fraud. Aundria Shriver of Beaver Falls is accused of lying about the number of children living with her to increase her benefits. Cherelle Burks of Rochester allegedly didn’t report she had a job to her caseworker during a six month span from late 2017 to April of this year.

A Beaver County child is the latest to be hospitalized with a rare, polio-like illness in Western Pennsylvania. Allegheny County health officials say the child is being treated at UPMC Children’s Hospital for a suspected case of acute flaccid myelitis (AFM). The Beaver County case is not linked to a similar case in Washington County, nor five others in the region.

The Beaver County Humane Society is trying to find as many shelter cats as it can a new home. The organization is offering all approved adopters a cat at half the normal adoption rate now through November 8th at their Brodhead Road shelter. Anyone who adopts a cat six-months-old or older while wearing their I Voted sticker tomorrow will not be charged the adoption fee.

Auditor General Eugene DePasquale today said he will monitor Tuesday’s election as part of his efforts to protect the security and integrity of Pennsylvania’s voting system, both now and heading into the 2020 election cycle….