Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 6:46 AM
(Sewickley, Pa.) Lane restrictions on Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Sewickley Borough began yesterday.
Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of Route 65 between the Chestnut Street/Bank Street and River Street/Broad Street intersections from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through Tuesday, December 21. Restrictions will not occur in both directions simultaneously. Crews will perform signal head installation and signal pole foundation drilling work.
Work on this $3.03 million project includes milling and paving, guide rail and drainage upgrades, inlet adjustments, base repairs and ADA curb ramps improvements, signal updates, and other miscellaneous construction. Work on this project will be coordinated with other construction activities in the area including the I-79 Neville Island Bridge project.
Lindy Paving is the prime contractor.
Please use caution when traveling through the project corridor. Work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.

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Story by Frank Sparks, News/Program Director
(Ambridge,Pa.) Motorist in the Ambridge and Aliquippa area will be jumping for joy after THE AMBRIDGE/ALIQUIPPA BRIDGE reopened yesterday ahead of schedule. An ecstatic Ambridge Council president Mike Mikulich contacted Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano and told her of the reopening that took place just before noon. The bridge underwent 4 weeks of necessary repairs that resulted in detours for motorists using the span and was scheduled to reopen on Saturday.
The Ambridge/Aliquippa Bridge is a major artery in the southern end of Beaver County and the closure caused people to have to either utilize the Sewickley or East Rochester Bridges causing major delays throughout the area during peak hours of travel.
The bridge was closed on November 8, 2021 for emergency repairs after safety concerns were raised by citizens who were concerned for their safety on the bridge.

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Wednesday, December 1, 2021 at 6:24 AM
By MARK SCOLFORO Associated Press
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania’s high court says that for now, an order requiring masks inside Pennsylvania’s K-12 schools and child care facilities will remain in place. The state Supreme Court said Tuesday that could change again after it hears oral argument next week in Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s appeal of a lawsuit that has overturned the mandate. If the justices hadn’t acted, the mask mandate would have ended on Saturday. A Commonwealth Court majority said earlier this month that acting Health Secretary Alison Beam lacked authority to require masks. The lower court said Beam didn’t comply with state laws about reviewing and approving regulations and that the mandate was adopted without an existing disaster emergency.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:57 AM
By LARRY NEUMEISTER and TOM HAYS Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) — A prosecutor says Ghislaine Maxwell and the late Jeffrey Epstein were partners in crime in the sexual abuse of teenage girls. Assistant U.S. Attorney Lara Pomerantz told the New York jury in opening statements Monday at Maxwell’s sex trafficking trial that she is accused of recruiting and grooming girls for the financier to abuse from 1994 to 2004. Defense lawyer Bobbi Sternheim countered in an opening statement that the 59-year-old British socialite was being made a scapegoat after Epstein killed himself two years ago. Maxwell used to date Epstein and has been jailed in Brooklyn since her arrest. She says she is innocent.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:54 AM
(Connoquenessing Boro, Pa.) Pa State Police in Butler are reporting that hey have charged 52-year-old Dale Huggins of Evans City with disorderly conduct after they were dispatched to 180 Main Street in Connoquenessing Boro at 10:05 PM last night for a report of a dispute between two home owners. Through investigation and witness testimony it was determined that Huggins was acting irate and disorderly during a Home Owners Association meeting. Troopers charged Huggins and the case is pending a preliminarily hearing.

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Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:51 AM
(Pine Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in Gibsonia are reporting that they were called to the scene of an accident on the Pennsylvania Turnpike east bound at mile marker 33.7 in Pine Twp. at 5:53 last Wednesday night, November 24, 2021.
Upon arriving on the scene and investigating Troopers reported via release that48-year-old Kellie Walsh was operating a 2021 Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck east bound when unknown vehicle traveling westbound lost one of its dual tires. The tire bounced across the concrete center barrier and struck the front of Walsh’s vehicle causing the truck to become disabled. The unknown vehicle continued traveling west bound and Walsh was not injured in the accident as her vehicle had to be towed from the scene.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 7:00 AM
By DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) — Decorations unveiled for Joe and Jill Biden’s first White House Christmas honor frontline workers who persevered during the COVID-19 pandemic. Nurses, doctors, teachers, grocery store workers and others who stayed on the job are recognized in this year’s Gingerbread White House. It was made into a gingerbread village with the addition of a school, police, fire and gas stations, a hospital, a post office, a grocery store and a warehouse. Volunteer decorators trimmed 41 Christmas trees and hung some 6,000 feet of ribbon and more than 10,000 ornaments for the holidays.

Tuesday, November 30, 2021 at 6:55 AM
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Gas prices are one cent lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $3.573 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.

This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average                $3.573
Average price during the week of November 22, 2021                            $3.582
Average price during the week of November 30, 2020                            $2.557

The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:      

$3.621      Altoona
$3.559      Beaver
$3.631      Bradford
$3.559      Brookville
$3.569      Butler
$3.596      Clarion
$3.566      DuBois
$3.596      Erie
$3.523      Greensburg
$3.560      Indiana
$3.563      Jeannette
$3.537      Kittanning
$3.556      Latrobe
$3.584      Meadville
$3.641      Mercer
$3.526      New Castle
$3.557      New Kensington
$3.599      Oil City
$3.554      Pittsburgh
$3.499      Sharon
$3.588      Uniontown
$3.628      Warren
$3.565      Washington

Trend Analysis:

The national average price of gasoline today is $3.39, which is a penny less than one week ago and $1.27 more than a year ago. Prices in Pennsylvania are the same as last week at $3.59.

Upon news of the COVID-19 Omicron variant on Friday, crude oil prices fell by $10.24 to settle at $68.15 (West Texas Intermediate). Global prices fell on demand concerns and travel restrictions announced in America and elsewhere. With little known about the new variant, it’s unclear at this point what long-term impact it may have on crude prices.

Before news of the new variant, the Energy Information Administration’s weekly report revealed domestic crude supply increased by 1 million barrels to 434 million barrels.

Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.

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