(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of the Borough of Ambridge, Posted on Facebook on September 17th, 2026) 

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Ambridge, PA) Another recreational amenity was recently added to the Ambridge Borough Park, which is located on 1035 Breitenstein Road. 

Two sets of concrete cornhole boards were installed by the Ambridge Borough Public Works Department next to the fitness court of the park.

The Beaver County Realtor Association place making grant fully funded this project. 

The cornhole boards will be ready for public use after the grass of the surrounding area is planted.

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrence County, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in New Castle reported today that thirty-seven-year-old Krystal Rocco of Wampum was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol/controlled substances on August 18th.

According to police, Rocco was traveling north on State Route 168 in Hickory Township at 3:21 p.m. and then proceeded to make a left turn into the business at 2851 Eastbrook Volant Road, crossing into the oncoming lane of travel without properly checking for traffic.

This caused seventy-one-year-old Gale Gee of Middlebury Center, Pennsylvania to hit the vehicle of Rocco with his vehicle. 

Rocco suffered a possible injury but left the scene of the crash.

Gee stayed on the scene and was not injured.

Police found Rocco away from the scene and she was subsequently arrested for suspicion of DUI. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Beaver Valley Artists)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(New Brighton, PA) The Beaver Valley Artists will now meet on a new time and day.

They will meet at the Merrick Art Gallery in New Brighton on Saturdays from 12 noon to 3 p.m., and the first meeting will be on Saturday, September 26th. 

The first guest artist for the Beaver Valley Artists’ fall season is Ron Thurston.  

Thurston recently won a 2nd place award in the National Watercolor Society’s International Exhibition, which will begin in October of 2026.

He has also won awards in juried annuals, which included the American Watercolor Society, The Pennsylvania Watercolor Society and other national exhibitions.

He is also a graduate of the Art Institute of Pittsburgh and is a past president of the Pittsburgh Watercolor Society.

He is represented by Mark Rengers Gallery in Sewickley.

His painting called “Paint Escape” has been selected for the cover of the 49th edition of Art of Watercolor Magazine including an eight-page feature article.

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) There will be a PA license to Carry a Firearm Satellite Event tomorrow. 

The location of this event is 1520 Roosevelt Road in Pittsburgh and it will be from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  

People should bring $20 cash, a valid identification and a completed application to either get a new license or renew their existing one. 

These events in Ohio Township are part of the effort by Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin Kraus to bring government services to the local community and make it more convenient for people who can not get to the Allegheny County Courthouse during its normal working hours. 

(Credit for Photo: Photo Provided with Release Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) The Pennsylvania Department of Labor & Industry (L&I) released its preliminary employment situation report for August of 2026 today.

The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania was down two-tenths of a percentage point over the month to 3.7 percent in August, which is the lowest rate since May of 2024.

The rate for unemployment in Pennsylvania was four-tenths of a percentage point below the unemployment rate in the United States, which was unchanged over the month at 4.1 percent.

The unemployment rate in Pennsylvania has declined by seven-tenths of a percentage point from its level of 4.4 percent in August of 2025.

The unemployment rate in the United States has declined two-tenths of a percentage point over the past 12 months.

(File Photo of Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) PennDOT District 11 is reminding travelers a 33-day closure of the Route 65 bridge over the Connoquenessing Creek in North Sewickley and Franklin townships will begin on Monday, September 21st weather permitting.

A full closure and detour of Route 65 that is between Country Club Road and Mercer Road (Route 1006) will occur around-the-clock from 6 A.M. on Monday, September 21st through 6 A.M. on Saturday, October 24th.

Crews from Swank Construction Company will complete the demolition of the existing structure and use accelerated bridge construction techniques so they can install the new precast modular concrete structure.

All traffic will be detoured, and the detour routes can be found below, according to a release from PennDOT District 11:

Posted Detours

Car detour

South of the closure

• From Route 65 take Chapel Drive
• Turn left onto Celia Road
• Turn left onto Shadyrest Road
• Turn left onto Route 288
• Continue to intersection with Route 65/River Road
• End detour

North of the closure

• Same detour in the opposite direction

Truck detour

Trucks from south of the closure to north of the closure

• From northbound Route 65, turn left onto Route 588
• Turn right onto the Eastvale Bridge and cross over the Beaver River
• Turn right onto north Route 18
• Turn right onto eastbound Route 351
• Turn left to continue on eastbound Route 351
• Turn left onto Fifth Street
• End detour at intersection with Route 65/Route 288

Truck detour

Trucks from north of the closure to south of the closure

• From Route 288 continue past southbound Route 65
• Turn left onto Fountain Avenue
• Turn left onto Fifth Street
• Turn right onto Spring Avenue
• Turn left onto 6^th Street
• Turn right onto Beaver Avenue
• Turn left onto 8^th Street
• Turn right onto Lawrence Avenue/westbound Route 351
• Turn right to stay on Route 351/Arthur Street
• Turn left onto southbound Route 18
• Turn left onto eastbound Route 588 across the Eastvale Bridge
• Continue to the intersection with Route 65
• End detour

(Credit for Photo: Photo Courtesy of Jim Harris, Pittsburgh Business Times, Caption for Photo: UPMC Children’s Hospital)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The U.S. News and World Report put out a new national listing of top pediatric hospitals in the country. 

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh was on this list, which was an “honor roll” of the 11 best children’s hospitals in the United States. 

This publication evaluated the facilities based on each hospital’s performance across 11 different specialties, including cancer, cardiology, neonatology and neurology.

Here is the rest of this list, with bold indicating hospitals in Pennsylvania:

• Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
• Boston Children’s Hospital
• Children’s Hospital Colorado
• Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
• Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
• Children’s National Hospital (Washington, D.C.)
• Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
• Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus
• Seattle Children’s Hospital
• Texas Children’s Hospital
• UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

UPMC Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh also tied for U.S News and World Report’s title of best pediatric health center in the mid-Atlantic region with the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and Children’s National Hospital in Washington, D.C. 

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that inspection work on the bridge that carries Route 18 (Seventh Avenue) over the Beaver River in New Brighton Borough and the City of Beaver Falls will continue today and Wednesday, September 23rd, weather permitting. 

Single-lane restrictions will occur on the Route 18 bridge between Fourth Avenue in New Brighton Borough and Third Street in Beaver Falls from 8 A.M. to 4 P.M., according to the schedule below courtesy of a release from PennDOT District 11: 

Friday, September 18th 

• Single-lane restrictions will occur in the southbound direction 

Wednesday, September 23rd 

• Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions 

Inspection activities will be conducted by crews from Michael Baker International.

(File Photo of a Road Work Ahead Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that drilling work on Big Beaver Boulevard (Route 18) in Big Beaver Borough and the City of Beaver Falls is underway. 

From 9 A.M. to 3 P.M. weekdays through Friday, October 2nd, single-lane and shoulder restrictions will continue on Big Beaver Boulevard between 8th Avenue and Fairlane Boulevard.

Work will be conducted by crews from All Ways Safe, JMT and Monaloh Basin Engineers.