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HARRISBURG – State Rep. Roman Kozak (R-Beaver) announced the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development awarded $148,500 to the Beaver Falls Community Development Corporation (CDC). This funding was awarded through the Neighborhood Assistance Program, which provides tax credits to businesses that contribute to nonprofit organizations’ efforts to revitalize communities.

This money will fund a project aimed to combat the decline of homeownership in Beaver Falls. The CDC plans to provide financial literacy seminars and ongoing support to homebuyers, as well as rehabilitate a home at 219 18th St.

TriState Capital Bank, McDanel Advanced Ceramics Technology, First National Bank of PA and Chester C. & Sherry L. Whelpley Inc. contributed to the project.

“The Neighborhood Assistance Program is a great example of efficient state governance,” Kozak said. “Rather than using taxpayer money to fund projects that don’t necessarily benefit each taxpayer, this initiative offers our businesses the chance to help our nonprofits and receive tax credits in return. It’s more direct, more transparent, and, in my opinion, more effective.”

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Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on University Boulevard (Route 3109) in Moon Township, Allegheny County will begin on Wednesday, January 15 weather permitting.

Gas line installation work will occur on Rosemont Drive at the intersection with University Boulevard weekdays from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. through late June. Minor restrictions will occur on University Boulevard at the intersection as needed as the bulk of the work will occur on Rosemont Drive. Both roadways will remain open during the work.

Please use caution if traveling on this roadway. Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.

PennDOT is not involved in this work and is providing this information as a public service announcement only. For additional information contact Rick Cater at 412-552-0588.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.

Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

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Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) An Aliquippa man was jailed after hitting and choking a one-year-old female juvenile on Monday. Police went to the Eleanor Roosevelt Apartments on 740 Sheffield Avenue at 10:18 a.m. where sixty-year-old Darrell Watkins of Aliquippa assaulted the child. The guardian of the child called the police. Watkins tried to fight officers at the police station after refusing their orders. Watkins also caused damage to both a computer and a wall when he was in the Aliquippa police station. There was also a hole in the wall of the same police station. Watkins is in the Beaver County Jail and faces seven charges, including simple assault.

(File Photo of the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Planning closures were announced by the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium on Monday. According to zoo officials, on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from January 14th through February 26th, the zoo grounds will close. However, Thursdays through Mondays will be normal operation days. These closures are because of construction to improve the facility. Zoo officials from the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium also stated that both a new trail and front entrance are planned for projects.

(Photo taken and provided by Beaver County Radio’s Curtis Walsh)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Sewickley Township, PA) A shooting that occurred in North Sewickley Township on Sunday evening left a family of four dead. Bill and Michelle Hunt, along with their two sons were the victims of a shooting that occurred at Shaffer Road at about 8:30 p.m. The nineteen-year-old son shot the other three and then died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. All four have died as a result of gunshot wounds.

(File Photo of Raccoon Creek State Park)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The safety of Raccoon Creek State Park is now being questioned as a local woman who was walking her three dogs there last week saw one of them step into a trap. Valerie Plummer noted that her dog Shiloh tried to release her paw that was caught. The dog broke a few teeth in the process and then bit the arm of Plummer. An assistant manager of the park confirmed to Plummer that a legal trap was put in the area for hunting. Plummer has already stated that she is not returning to the park.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on stage during his walk-through on the third day of the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, July 17, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

(Reported by Danielle Smith of Keystone News Service)

(Harrisburg, PA) An environmental group is voicing concerns about the current nominee to lead the federal Office of Management and Budget. President-Elect Donald Trump has tapped Russ Vought, a co-author of Project 2025, to head this office, although Trump has long claimed he has no knowledge of the conservative playbook. David Kieve with EDF Action says in the previous Trump administration, Vought delayed resources and funding relief to states during weather disasters. Kieve is convinced Vought’s confirmation would jeopardize Pennsylvanians’ economic well-being. Vought’s confirmation hearing is set for January 15th. Kieve notes that Vought has expressed a desire to “traumatize” career civil servants at the EPA, and cut the agency’s funding to limit energy industry regulation. House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington, a Texas Republican, and the Partnership for Public Service have praised Trump’s choice of Vought to lead the OMB.

(File Photo of an Open Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry, PA) Wegmans announced on Monday that a new store will be located in Cranberry on Cool Spring Drive close to the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. According to Wegmans, the new store will sell food,a big wine and beer selection, bakery goods, deli products and produce. Wegmans also confirmed that about four hundred to five hundred employeeswill work in the 115,000 square foot store. The opening and construction dates for the new store have not yet been confirmed.

(File Photo of Interstate 79 state sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) PennDOT is looking for suggestions from the public about specific design details to improve the interchange of Wexford on I-79 this week. According to PennDOT Manager Zachary Kamnikar, PennDOT has made an online survey to vote on colors of paint and the texture of the concrete through January. The removal of both a traffic light and two ramps will also occur on lanes for driving on I-79. This project will begin around August and the new ramps will be open in 2027.