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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on southbound Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Ambridge Borough, Allegheny County will occur Friday, June 27 weather permitting.

A single-lane restriction will occur on southbound Route 65 for the inspection of the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge located between 12^th Street and 9^th Street. The lane closure will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday.

Crews from Mackin Engineering and the Sofis Company Inc. will conduct the routine inspection activities.

Motorists should be prepared for changing traffic patterns. Please use caution when driving through the area.  Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.

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(Reported by Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano)

(Aliquippa, PA) The Aliquippa City Council approved several motions at their monthly work session Wednesday night. City Administrator Samuel L.Gill was approved to be the Pennsylvania Municipal League Liaison. Council also approved the Community Days Event at Jesse Bell Walker Park from noon to 8 p.m. on both Saturday, July 5th and Sunday, July 6th. It was also announced that Kingdom Week will be held from July 14th-18th sponsored by the Mt. Carmel Organizers at Ms. Redd’s Park in Aliquippa. That park will be a staging and logistics area. A Community Foam Party Event will also be held at Lefty Cepull Field in Aliquippa on July 11th from 6 a.m. to 10:30 p.m. San Rocco’s Cultural Committee also requested at the session to have an event from August 8th-10th at St. Elijah Serbian Orthodox Church’s Center in Aliquippa from 4-10 p.m. Councilman Donald Walker also reminded residents that “no fireworks are permitted on any city street!” The next time that the Aliquippa City Council meets in regular session will be on Wednesday, July 2nd at 7 p.m.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Rochester, PA) One man died and three men got injured after being shocked by a wire at Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rochester on Wednesday morning. According to police, the metal ladder they were moving tipped backward and struck a 23,000-volt power line. All four worked for Bucco’s Roofing. One had burns and the other three went into cardiac arrest. The three men who went into cardiac arrest went the Heritage Valley Hospital and then went to UPMC Mercy Hospital on a flight to get advanced treatment. The man who had burns got taken to the hospital as well and was conscious. Twenty-eight-year-old Victor Garcia of Coraopolis passed away. Police have called this incident an accident. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Little Food Pantries can help you give to Beaver County locals suffering from food insecurities. According to the Little Food Pantry website, there are seven locations for these pantries. The Aliquippa locations are the Aliquippa Fire Department, the House of Prayer Evangelical Lutheran Church and the Uncommon Grounds Cafe. Christ Church in New Brighton, New Life PCA Church in Hopewell Township, 22 Beaver Street in Ambridge and St. Andrew Lutheran Church in Moon Township have these pantries.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to officials, a man died after he fell multiple stories in an open stairwell at a Downtown Pittsburgh apartment building on Wednesday afternoon. Public information officer Emily Bourne confirms Pittsburgh police went to Allegheny Apartments at 429 Forbes Avenue. Bourne also noted the man went through “extensive trauma” when he fell from the nineteenth-floor stairwell. The man has an unknown identity at this time and his death is being investigated.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – United States Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa. is shown on Feb. 26, 2019. U.S. Steel, the Pittsburgh steel producer that played a key role in the nation’s industrialization, is being acquired by Nippon Steel in an all-cash deal valued at approximately $14.1 billion. The transaction is worth about $14.9 billion when including the assumption of debt. Nippon, which will pay $55 per share for U.S. Steel, said Monday, Dec. 18, 2023 that the deal will bolster its manufacturing and technology capabilities. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to Nippon Steel Vice Chairman Takahiro Mori, Nippon Steel is eager to return the Mon Valley region to the forefront of global steelmaking. This statement comes from a letter Mori wrote to the Mon Valley region that was published in the Pittsburgh Post Gazette this week. A deal was done last Wednesday for the Japanese steelmaker to combine with Pittsburgh-based U.S. Steel even though a proposal was made worth $14.9 billion in December of 2023.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(McKeesport, PA) A former detective and police union finance officer from McKeesport pleaded guilty on Tuesday to embezzling $1,067,160 that was missing from his other officers. Fifty-six-year-old Joseph Osinski will get a sentence on September 18th for four counts of felony, including receiving stolen property and theft by deception. An investigation confirms Osinski stole from union members when he maxed out their credit card and stole checks to be deposited from them. Expenses were then paid at Puzzler’s Restaurant & Lounge in McKeesport, which is the business of Osinski. This business closed in 2024. Osinski also payed financing for Harley Davidson, utility bills and personal expenses. A memorial fund for McKeesport Officer Sean Sluganski was also set up by Osinski. Sluganski was killed in February of 2023. Osinski took $890 that was donated to the memorial fund by FOP Butler Lodge 32. Osinski has retired from the McKeesport Police Department.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) According to an announcement from the Pittsburgh Zoo on Wednesday, they received their biggest gift yet after getting ten million dollars from anonymous donors. According to their president and CEO, Dr. Jeremy Goodman, the zoo will use the money to build a new giraffe barn with space to start a breeding program and design a new exhibit. The exhibit called Exhibition Indonesia will feature orangutans, tapirs and siamangs in a habitat with multiple levels located at the highest point of the zoo. The giraffe barn will give people the chance to see the giraffes throughout the winter along with a catwalk for VIP experiences.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Marshall Township, PA) According to ICE officials, ICE agents arrested fourteen people during an operation at a Mexican restaurant in Allegheny County on Wednesday. A spokesperson for ICE told KDKA that “immigration violations” were committed by fourteen migrants that were undocumented at Tepache Mexican Kitchen and Bar. The spokesperson also confirmed that all fourteen people got taken into custody and the FBI and Drug Enforcement Administration assisted in these arrests.