Update: Missing 13 Year-old Found.

(Photo of Maliyah Streit provide by Patterson Twp. Police)

(Patterson Twp., Beaver County, Pa.)  Patterson Township Police Department have located a 13-year-old white female named Maliyah Streit.  Police sent out a release early Thursday morning stating that Striet’s was last seen in the Patterson Township / Beaver Falls Area on 07/06/2022 at 9:00pm and that she was possibly endangered.

Police said late Thursday afternoon said via release that she was located and is safe.

No other information about the incident has been released.

 

New Part-time Police Officer Hired in Aliquippa

(Photo and Story by Sandy Giordano)

Aliquippa Police Chief announced the hiring of Bruce Tooch, a  resident of Beaver County to work as a part time police officer in the city. Tooch is the city’s second part timer hired by the city.

Aliquippa City Council issues proclamation for Summer Learning Week

(Photo and Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio)

(Aliquippa, Pa.) Aliquippa City Council issued a letter  of support to nonprofits working with youth this summer at Wednesday night’s meeting.  Summer Learning Week is July 11-15, 2022

In other business Council  agreed to  have the police try out  a  program  called Beta to collect  information on vehicles. Police Chief John Lane informed  council and residents about the cold case   in the criminal homicide  of Svajantae .Gilliam who’s birthday was on Wednesday. Gillaim was found dead  on June 1,2016 on a sidewalk in front of 2117 McMinn Street.  Thirty-six year old Brandon Eugene Revis is being  sought by the police. The county detectives  and Aliquippa Police  and its citizens  are credited by the DA  for their support and cooperation in the investigation.
Mayor Dwan Walker  advises parents , “it’s two months until school starts  and  know where your kids are  and what they are doing.” Several complaints about inappropriate behavior has been reported , and some parents expressed concerns at Wednesday night’s meeting.

Friday Teleforum with Larry!

The Friday version of the Teleforum talk program with Eddy Crow will begin with a visit from Larry! Larry Kelly of the law group Luxenberg, Garbett, Kelly and George- After a visit from Larry, what happens after that is anybody’s guess! The Teleforum program is on the air from 9 till noon every weekday on am1230, am1460, fm99.3 and fm95.7, all presented by St. Barnabas!

Chippewa To Hold Its Community Day On July 9

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)
(Photo/Beaver County Radio Files)

A big event is returning to Chippewa Township in 2022.

The township will be hosting its Community Day from 4:00-8:00 PM on Saturday, July 9 at the Wright Fields at Veterans Park (located on the corner of 37th Street Extension and McKinley Road). Parks and Recreation director Lauren Doyle spoke about the event with Matt Drzik on the July 7 edition of A.M. Beaver County.

“We have a car show, we have food trucks, games, giveaways, inflatables, live music,” Doyle spoke in regards to the events taking place on Saturday for Community Day; the two bands playing will be Jukebox and The Granati Brothers for 90-minute sets. Along with the aforementioned elements, the McKinley Schoolhouse will also be open to the public during Community Day–a free event to the public, as well.

Doyle said that the bands played a key role in the planning for this year’s event: “We’ve had the bands locked in for almost a year, and everything else kind of takes shape after Christmas. We start really planning what we want to do and add and change and…adjust year after year.”

For more information about this year’s Community Day, you can check out the Township’s website, or email the Parks & Recreation Department. To listen to the interview with Lauren Doyle, click on the player below!

Patterson Twp. Police Looking for Endangered 13-year-old Girl

(Photo of Maliyah Streit provide by Patterson Twp. Police)

(Patterson Twp., Beaver County, Pa.) Patterson Township Police Department are looking for an endangered 13-year-old white female named Maliyah Streit.  Striet was last seen in the Patterson Township / Beaver Falls Area on 07/06/2022 at 9:00pm.  She was last seen wearing a black tank top, black and white pants and is described as 5’4”, 120lbs light brown hair and blue eyes.    If seen call Beaver County 911 Center or Patterson Township Police 724-775-0883.

New Castle Man Sentenced in Federal Court for Selling Drugs Near Elementary School

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 29-year-old Melvin Dorsey-Pace, a resident of New Castle, was sentenced by United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon in federal court to 39 months imprisonment followed by six years of supervised release on his conviction of distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of an elementary school while on federal supervised release.
On April 6, 2021, Dorsey-Pace distributed crack cocaine near St. Vitus Elementary School in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He was on federal supervised release at that time. He was previously convicted in 2016 in federal court for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and was released to supervised release in 2020.

This Weekend is First of Four Southbound I-79 Neville Island Bridge Weekend Closure

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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) PennDOT District 11 is announcing the first of four southbound weekend closures on the I-79 Neville Island Bridge in Glenfield Borough and Robinson and Neville townships, Allegheny County, will occur Friday night, July 8 through Monday morning, July 11 weather permitting.

A full closure of the I-79 Neville Island Bridge in the southbound direction will occur from approximately 9 p.m. Friday night, July 8 continuously through 5 a.m. Monday morning, July 11 as crews conduct deck and concrete pavement repairs, bridge painting, and steel repairs.

To allow the work to occur, all southbound traffic will be detoured. Beginning at approximately 8 p.m. Friday night, the Pennsylvania State Police will begin a slow roll of southbound I-79 traffic at the Mt. Nebo (Exit 68) interchange and assist the contractor with reducing the roadway to a single lane of traffic between the Mt. Nebo and Emsworth/Sewickley exits. At approximately 9 p.m. Friday night, another slow roll of southbound I-79 traffic will occur from Mt. Nebo interchange. The police and contractor will guide all traffic to the detour route.

Posted Detour

  • From southbound I-79, motorists will exit at the Route 65 Emsworth/Sewickley (Exit 66) interchange
  • Turn left onto Glenfield Road
  • Glenfield Road becomes Kilbuck Street
  • Turn right onto the ramp to North 65 toward Sewickley
  • From northbound Route 65, turn left onto the Sewickley Bridge
  • Turn left onto southbound Route 51 (University Boulevard) toward Coraopolis
  • From southbound Route 51, take the ramp to South 79 toward Washington
  • End detour

Motorists on northbound I-79 may want to consider using I-279 (Parkway North) to I-376 (Parkway West) to avoid the detour route.

Police will assist motorists at key intersections during peak travel times. Motorists should expect delays.

Work on projects along the detour route will not occur this weekend.

Additionally, a lane closure will occur on northbound I-79 on the Neville Island Bridge during the weekend construction. The northbound lane restriction will be lifted before 6 a.m. Monday.

The $43 million I-79 Neville Island Bridge Rehabilitation Project includes structural steel repairs, full structure painting, bearing and deck joint replacements, deck repairs and overlays, bridge barrier repair, substructure concrete work and drainage improvements.  The project also includes concrete roadway reconstruction, guide rail replacement and preservation work on four sign structures. Additionally, preservation work will occur on the I-79 bridge over Deer Run Road, north of the Neville Island Bridge.  Motorists will see ramp closures and single-lane and shoulder closures in each direction on I-79 during daylight off-peak and overnight hours. Four southbound weekend closures will occur in 2022. The overall project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2023.

The Trumbull Corporation is the prime contractor.

To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for the I-79 Neville Island Bridge rehabilitation including traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – I-79” in the subject line.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, 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 twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website

DUI Checkpoint in Big Beaver Yields Four Arrests

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(Big Beaver Borough, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they conducted a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint on July 1, 2022 along Big Beaver Boulevard in Homewood Borough.
During the Checkpoint Troopers stopped approximately 78 vehicles and four DUI arrests were made along with summary traffic violations.