(Monaca, PA) According to a release from Kristen Doerschner, Director of Campus Relations for Penn State Beaver, the Penn State Extension office in Beaver County moves from Third Street in Beaver to Monaca in the Penn State Beaver campus. Jeffrey Hyde, director of Penn State Extension and associate dean in the College of Agricultural Sciences hopes that the new location will help those who live, work, and promote agriculture in Beaver along with the areas that are close to the county. Doerschner notes that the Ross Administration Building holds the new office on the lower floor and can be accessed off University Drive by parking in Lot F. An open house will also be held on Tuesday, November 18th from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. to find out more about programming for extensions and to view the new part of the community. Doerschner also asserts that Penn State Extension programs for over one hundred years have been providing solutions and information involving science without bias to workplaces, residents, and neighborhoods of Pennsylvania.  

Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio. Published November 4, 2024 11:33 P.M.

(Pittsburgh, Pa) Both candidates for the 2024 Presidential Election made time to rally in Pittsburgh Monday for Election Eve. Donald Trump held an event at PPG Paints Arena, while Kamala Harris used the Carrie Blast Furnace site. Harris originally intended on using Point State Park but the location was changed due to safety concerns.

PPG Paints Arena was surrounded by lines of Trump supporters Monday afternoon prior to the campaign event. The doors for the event were originally scheduled to open at 2pm but didn’t do so until around 3:30pm. People in lines were still waiting to get in at 5pm.

Trump began a lengthy speech to the audience around 7:30pm,an hour and a half past schedule. One of his featured guests included Roberto Celemente Jr.

At the Harris event, rally goers shuttled in from the Kennywood parking lot to the Carrie Blast Furnace site. The event featured guests including Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey, Senator John Fetterman, Pop Star Katy Perry, and introducing Harris was Comedian Cedric the Entertainer.

During the rally, following a speech by Fetterman, there was around 45 minutes of downtime as music played and Tim Walz was piped in from a rally in Milwaukee. The cause of the delay appeared to be caused by a late arrival by Harris. Harris went on to make a short speech around 9pm followed by a performance by Katy Perry. Leaving the event was hectic, as the crowd was forced to wait to exit as the motorcade left and rally goers were forced to deal with narrow walkways and extremely slow moving traffic.

Both candidates had one thing in common: they both believe they are the best candidate for 47th President of the United States.

​Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT is announcing that all major roadwork has been suspended in Allegheny County on Monday, November 4, to assist with traffic flow associated with recently announced events in the county.

(Pittsburgh, PA) A scam using fake QR codes on parking meters is now catching the attention of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority. These false QR codes that scammers use have a distinctive feature that is different from the QR codes that the Pittsburgh Parking Authority uses, which can help people identify whether to activate or avoid them. David Onorato, the executive director of the Pittsburgh Parking Authority, asserts that the parking kiosks of his company’s program have stickers, so ignore the QR code if it is not part of that sticker. Parkers in Pittsburgh have not been victim of this scam yet, but Onorato is intent on getting both staff and officers to keep an eye out for parking meters without legitimate QR codes. 

(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano, Published on November 4th, 2024 at 10:08 A.M.)

As of 8:30 a.m. today, Monday, November 4, 2024, 22,000 mail-in ballots have been received, and more than 80% of the county’s voters are expected to go to the polls to cast their vote in the highly contested  race for the next President of the United States,  Both state and federal races are up for grabs in this election.

 (Aliquippa, PA) On Saturday, two siblings, Rocco and Remi Patrick used their generosity to warm people up in Aliquippa after their free winter coat giveaway at the Little Free Library between Main Street and Franklin Avenue in Aliquippa. Roni and Remi gave away 720 winter coats, along with hats, gloves, socks, and scarves. In preparation for Thanksgiving, blankets and non-perishable food were also donated. The leftovers also went to a good cause as Adoption Connection, PA in Beaver received the undonated food. The duo that started the Little Free Library increased the total number of sweaters given to those who needed them this year from last year by three hundred and ten.  

Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt encouraged Pennsylvania voters on Monday, November 4th to educate themselves about their voting rights before voting in person on Nov. 5. The top priorities of the Shapiro Administration are ensuring that our elections are conducted freely, fairly, and securely and that every eligible voter can make their voice heard.

“It’s important that voters know their rights and are informed about how to cast their ballot and make their voice heard,” Schmidt said. “They can find a wealth of useful information at the Department of State’s voter information website, vote.pa.gov.”

Source for Photo: FILE – Chester County, Pa., election workers process mail-in and absentee ballots at West Chester University in West Chester, Pa., Nov. 4, 2020. Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, approved a bill long-sought by counties seeking help to manage huge influxes of mail-in ballots during elections in the presidential battleground state and to avoid a repeat of 2020’s drawn-out vote count. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

(Monaca, PA) Officials welcomed a new fire department in Monaca Borough on Saturday during a groundbreaking ceremony. Thanks to a grant of $1.5 million being given on Friday, the brand-new facility will turn three former stations into one collective building. $2.3 million went towards the project, and Rep. Rob Matzie, County Commissioner Tony Amadio and Monaca Borough Manger Dave Kramer joined on Pacific Avenue to celebrate the achievement of the project. The 27,000 square-foot fire department will be used to store emergency vehicles, as well as for police, fire, and administrative needs. According to the Monaca Newsletter, the time when the building can be expected to open is in the fall of 2025. 

(Pittsburgh, PA) Both presidential candidates will make their final cases this evening in the swing state of Pennsylvania as Vice President Kamala Harris and Vice President Donald Trump will stop in Pittsburgh for opposing rallies. The Carrie Blast Furnaces will host a rally for Harris starting at 5 p.m. The rally for Trump will be at PPG Paints Arena with the doors opening at 2 p.m., while the former president will start speaking at 6 p.m. 

Source for Photo: This combination of file photos shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaking during a campaign rally in Kalamazoo, Mich., Oct. 26, 2024, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump, right, speaking during a campaign rally Oct. 22, 2024, in Greensboro, N.C. (AP Photo)

(Rpeorted by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

Ahead of Election Day, a new survey shows voters across the country and in the battleground state of Pennsylvania overwhelmingly support labor-law protections and would oppose cuts that affect teachers and other public-sector workers. The survey focused in part on the Heritage Foundation’s conservative playbook known as Project 2025, quizzing voters about whether they’d approve of dismantling the U-S Department of Education. 57-percent said ‘no.’ Arthur G. Steinberg, who heads the American Federation of Teachers in Pennsylvania, thinks that would not only devastate public education, but affect the local economy.