(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – A penumbral lunar eclipse is seen from Lahore, Pakistan, on Feb. 11, 2017. Late Friday, May 5, 2023, into Saturday, May 6, stargazers in Asia and Australia were treated to a penumbral lunar eclipse, where the moon got only a bit darker and did not exhibit the hallmarks of a total lunar eclipse. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) Halloween is only two weeks away and as fall continues, there are some attractions around Beaver County and in Pennsylvania where you can go for Halloween scares and fun times. According to the Beaver County Times, here are some places you can go around the state of Pennsylvania to have a spook-tacular time, if you dare… :

• Beastly Haunted Trail, 3394 Brodhead Road, Center Township. Sponsored by the Beaver County Humane Society. Open from 7-10 p.m. on Fridays and Saturdays through October, rain or shine. Along this 1-mile wooded trail, you’ll encounter clowns, demons, zombies, a 3D room, the Mausoleum and more. Children under 10 must be accompanied by an adult. Extra-special Halloween frights are planned for visitors on October 31st. Cash and credit cards accepted. Prices and an online registration form are posted at the Beaver County Humane Society’s website by clicking here.
• Freddy’s Haunts, 192 McCune Road, Independence Township. Open 7:30-10:30 p.m. on October 17th-19th, Oct. 24th-26th and Oct. 31st, rain or shine. Gates open at 7 p.m. A family-owned, immersive, all-enclosed haunted trail celebrating its 32nd season. Order tickets online by clicking here for either general admission, the Midway only (everything but the haunt) or a VIP ticket option that lets you skip the waiting line.
• Karts in the Dark at Three Rivers Karting Entertainment Park, 541 Avenue B, Building 10 in Leetsdale. This is the third year for the park’s “haunted wonderland” on weekend evenings in October, hours are 6-11 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 4-8 p.m. Sundays through November 2nd. Enjoy electric go-kart rides through spine-tingling scenery, with red track lights glowing through the darkness. Some scenes may be frightening to children under 10. Axe throwing, arcade games and food also available. Information and online reservations are posted on the park’s website by clicking here.
• Windmill Haunted Mini Golf, 2142 Brodhead Road, Hopewell Township. Hours are 3-9 p.m. Monday-Friday and 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. This 18-hole mini golf course turns ghostly after dark during October, with new features added this year. Pricing for kids and adults is posted on the website by clicking here. Thursdays are BOGO (buy one game, get one free) at the haunted mini golf course. Also, wear a Halloween costume and get a $1-$2 discount on your snack shop order.
• Zombies of the Corn, 282 Rochester Road, New Sewickley Township. Open from 6:30-11 p.m. on October 17th-19th, October 24th-26th, October 31st and November 1st, rain or shine. Online reservations are recommended; walk-ins are not guaranteed a specific time slot. Board the Zombie Fighting Vehicle, shoot paintballs at zombies and check out the other attractions like Funhouse 3D, the Z-Maze, the ghost storyteller and the Crossroads (food, movies and fun). Admission prices, which can be seen by clicking here, include the entire zombie-fighting experience or the Crossroads Midway pass, which covers only the ghost storyteller, movies, campfire, food and Midway entertainment.
• Phantom Fall Fest at Kennywood, 4800 Kennywood Boulevard, West Mifflin. Open on weekends through November 1st. The haunted houses, scare zones and nighttime rides which you can buy tickets for by clicking here are open from 6-11 p.m. on Fridays, 12-11 p.m. on Saturdays and 12-10 p.m. on Sundays, with an extra admission day offered from 6-11 p.m. on October 23. This year, the park offers its most intense attraction yet: Detached, a terrifying toy store where the Puppet Master strives to build the perfect puppet with parts he collects from people who enter the store. There are also four scare zones, six haunted houses and nearly 200 scare actors who plan to roam the park.
• ScareHouse, 2420 Penn Avenue, Pittsburgh. The company’s website says the attraction is closed for 2025, but has plans to bring it back in some form in the future. You can click here to visit the website for ScareHouse.
• Hundred Acres Manor, 1 Hundred Acres Drive, Bethel Park, with parking listed at 30 Corrigan Drive, Bethel Park. Open from 7-10 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 7-11:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and from 7-10 p.m. Sunday, rain or shine. One mile haunt with five “mind-bending, horrific themes,” according to the website, which can be accessed by clicking here. Considered Pittsburgh’s largest and scariest haunted house and one of the best in the nation.

• Scare Manor, 2801 Ellwood Road, Shenango Township. Open from 6-11 p.m. on October 17th, 18th, 24th, 25th and 31st and November 1st. General admission includes an immersive indoor and outdoor haunt at Scare Manor and a haunted tall grass field behind the historic Hill View Manor. Guided tours of Hill View Manor are offered at a separate cost for general admission but are included with the purchase of a VIP ticket. Purchasing tickets online in advance by clicking here
  is strongly recommended, as walk-ins are not guaranteed admission.

• Cheeseman Fright Farm, 147 Kennedy Road, Portersville. Open from 7-10 p.m. on October 17th-19th, Oct. 24th-26th, Oct. 31st and November 1st. Offers a haunted hayride, corn maze and walk-through attractions with live actors. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. General admission tickets are available at the farm; cash or card accepted; tickets can be purchased online by clicking here for specific time slots or to skip the waiting line entirely.

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

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that from Monday, October 20th through Friday, October 24th, weather permitting, overnight closures of the southbound Route 65 ramp to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge (I-279) in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. each night from October 20th-24th, 2025, bridge deck and barrier repair work requiring the ramp that carries southbound Route 65 approach to the southbound Fort Duquesne Bridge will close to traffic. Overnight closures of the Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue/Reedsdale Street ramps to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will also occur. Traffic will be detoured and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here are the detour routes during these closures and the roadways in the City of Pittsburgh where single-lane restrictions will occur as needed from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. through late December.

Posted Detours

Southbound Route 65 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       From southbound Route 65, take the ramp to South 19/51 toward the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

Allegheny Avenue/Ridge Avenue to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       Take Ridge Avenue westbound

·       Ridge Avenue becomes Fulton Street

·       Turn left onto Western Avenue

·       Bear left toward South 19/51/North 65 West End Bridge/Ohio River Boulevard

·       Continue straight onto the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

Reedsdale Street to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       Follow Reedsdale Street to Allegheny Avenue

·       Turn right onto Allegheny Avenue

·       Turn left onto Ridge Avenue

·       Ridge Avenue becomes Fulton Street

·       Turn left onto Western Avenue

·       Bear left toward South 19/51/North 65 West End Bridge/Ohio River Boulevard

·       Continue straight onto the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

Single-lane restrictions will also occur each day, as needed, from 7 A.M. to 3 P.M. through late December on the following City of Pittsburgh roadways:

·       West General Robinson Street between Chuck Noll Way and Mazeroski Way

·       Reedsdale Street between Art Rooney Avenue and Tony Dorsett Drive

·       Tony Dorsett Drive between Reedsdale Street and North Shore Drive

·       North Shore Drive between Chuck Noll Way and Mazeroski Way

(File Photo of the McDonald’s Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) McDonalds’ High School Sports Digital Fundraiser Day is a digital fundraiser which will take place on Thursday, October 23rd. This fundraiser will benefit the sports teams of seven high schools in Beaver County, two high schools in Allegheny County and one high school in Venango County by customers placing orders in the McDonald’s app. This is the first year that Pennsylvania schools are participating in this fundraiser, which was created by McDonald’s owner/operators to assist high school sports teams that are in their communities. Each participating McDonald’s restaurant in this fundraiser will donate 10% of all sales that are placed through the McDonald’s app on October 23rd, 2025, with a minimum donation of $250, to a specific high school in their community. Residents who are interested in participating in this fundraiser can download the McDonald’s app on their mobile device through either the Apple App store or the Android Google Play store. The orders for the fundraiser will be counted only if they are placed using the McDonald’s app and they must have the correct store location selected. Those who use the McDonald’s app aside from this fundraiser will also get deals that are exclusive, can both pay and order online and earn points on every order for free menu items from McDonald’s. According to the Beaver County Times, here are the participating McDonald’s restaurants for this digital fundraiser and the schools that the digital fundraiser will benefit:

• Aliquippa: 131 Pleasant Drive, supporting Aliquippa High School; and at 3003 Heights Road, supporting Hopewell Senior High School;
• Baden: 300 Ohio River Boulevard, supporting Ambridge Area High School;
• Beaver: 190 State Street, supporting Beaver Area High School;
• Beaver Falls: 1625 Seventh Avenue, supporting Beaver Falls High School and at 2546 Constitution Boulevard, supporting Blackhawk High School;
• Monaca: 3946 Brodhead Road, supporting Central Valley High School;
• Coraopolis: 1010 Fourth Avenue, supporting Cornell High School;
• Cranberry Township: 7028 US Highway 322, supporting Cranberry Jr/Sr High School;
• Moon Township: 2805 Gracy Center Way, supporting Moon Area High School.

The link to learn more about downloading the McDonald’s app for this fundraiser or in general can be found below:

You can get more information about downloading the McDonald’s app by clicking here: McDonald’s App: Deals, Rewards, Order Pickup & Delivery.

(Photo Courtesy of Commonwealth Media Services)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Philadelphia, PA) Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor Austin Davis joined officials including Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt on Wednesday at Philadelphia’s election warehouse for an event that day with the main topic being voting in Pennsylvania. The speakers of this event also reminded Pennsylvanians that are eligible to vote that the deadline to register to vote in the November 4th, 2025 municipal election in Pennsylvania is on Monday, October 20th. This election will be from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. that day. The speakers of this event also used this event as an opportunity to learn about the satellite election offices in Philadelphia, which are open seven days a week through November 4th to help voters. According to Davis in his comments on Wednesday: “The Shapiro-Davis Administration is committed to making sure every Pennsylvania voter has the opportunity to make their voice heard and ensure that every eligible vote can be counted. The City of Philadelphia has opened satellite election offices in each council district, and election workers are ready to help eligible residents get registered ahead of the October 20th deadline and can provide mail ballots on demand, if voters want to request, complete and return their ballot in one visit.” Schimdt also stated in his comments on Wednesday: “The November 4th election is coming up in less than three weeks. Now is the time to register to vote if you’re eligible and decide whether you want to vote by mail ballot or in person. Your voice matters because you will help choose your local officials, who make decisions every day – on your behalf – that shape your communities.” Schmidt also stated that October 28th is the last day to apply by mail before the November 4th municipal election in Pennsylvania.

(Photo Courtesy of Noah Thomas (justnoah.t) from video on Instragram, Posted on September 22nd, 2025, Courtesy of KDKA, Posted on Facebook on October 17th, 2025)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Nineteen-year-old Noah Thomas of Ohio is now facing several felony charges in connection with an incident in which police say he jumped over a fence of an elephant enclosure at the Pittsburgh Zoo and went face to face with an elephant. This incident occurred on September 21st, 2025, which also was Thomas’ nineteenth birthday, and the video of this incident from the self-proclaimed influencer was posted on Instagram the following day. Thomas is seen in the video jumping over the fence and into the enclosure when the elephant he encountered approaches him, rams the gate and raises its trunk at him. Thomas was one of two people to trespass into the Pittsburgh Zoo when this incident occurred. According to police, Thomas and another person entered the zoo through a temporary exit without purchasing tickets and made their way to the elephant barn. Police confirmed that Thomas then exited the area, but was later approached by security, and Thomas refused to identify himself before security escorted him out. An arrest warrant has been issued for both Thomas and Adrianna Marsco, who was with Thomas at the zoo at the time of this incident. Thomas faces filed charges which include causing or risking catastrophe, criminal trespassing, creulty to animals and reckless endangerment.

(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Cranberry Township, PA) A project to make Freedom Road in Cranberry Township wider is now almost complete. This project is a portion of the bigger Gateway 228 project in Butler County. The Gateway 228 Project is a project worth $100 million which improves the connection between Beaver County and Butler County through municipalities like Cranberry Township, Mars and Seven Fields. According to Cranberry Township Supervisor Bruce Hezlep, those working on this project are “probably 95% complete with the project.”

(File Photo of the Duquesne Light Company Logo)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Duquesne Light Company recently unveiled the building for its Watson Substation in the Bluff neighborhood of Pittsburgh. This building is a facility worth $237.4 million that is designed to enhance and improve resiliency of energy during volatile weather for the Golden Triangle of Downtown Pittsburgh. This substation features items in it like a 130-rooftop solar panel, a robust stormwater management system, and numerous network circuits. Another goal of this new facility is meeting growing demands for energy. The Watson Substation is scheduled for completion by December. Brief power outages might potentially be caused when power transfer at the Watson Substation is planned for on October 28th and October 29th, 2025. The alternate dates for this two-phase power transfer are November 18th and November 19th, 2025 and Duquesne Light Company has notified their customers and stakeholders who will be impacted by it. The Watson Substation is part of the revitalization efforts of Downtown Pittsburgh, which includes preparations for the 2026 NFL Draft in Pittsburgh from April 23rd-25th, 2026, and this facility will join the Brunot Island and Forbes substations that Duquesne Light Company has in supplying power to the community of Downtown Pittsburgh.

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Luigi Mangione is escorted into Manhattan state court in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Blair Township, PA) A judge ruled yesterday that the trial in Pennsylvania for Luigi Mangione, the suspect accused of killing United Healthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York on December 4th, 2024, is now effectively on hold. The reasons for this trial being on hold are because Mangione refuses to appear remotely and he remains in custody on federal and state charges in New York. The judge that ruled that Mangione’s trial will be on hold gave Mangione and his defense attorneys two weeks to reconsider appearing remotely or to file a formal request for a hearing in-person. November 7th, 2025 was when Mangione was supposed to be in a court in Blair Township, Pennsylvania, but that hearing was canceled because the defense team of Mangione asserted his right to appear for his court hearings in-person.