by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
9:32 AM
(Rochester, Pa.) PennDOT is announcing bridge inspection activities will be happening on both the East Rochester-Monaca Bridge, The old toll bridge (Route 51) and the Rochester-Monace Bridge (Route 18) over the Ohio River tomorrow, October 21 weather permitting.

Single-lane alternating traffic will occur on both bridges as needed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. as crews from the Larson Design Group conduct inspection activities.

Motorists are advised to use caution, allow extra time, and expect changing traffic patterns when traveling through the area.

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07:23 AM
(Harrisburg, Pa.) Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro, is reporting just over $10 million on hand in his campaign account for the Democratic nomination for Governor ahead of next year’s election. Shapiro’s disclosures come three months before the Jan. 31 deadline for gubernatorial campaigns to report year-end finances. The most a gubernatorial candidate in Pennsylvania has carried into an election year was $12.5 million by Democratic Gov. Ed Rendell in 2006. Shapiro formally declared his candidacy last week. The field of Republicans running for governor is double-digits deep. Shapiro’s campaign didn’t identify its donors, but other political action committee reports reveal that labor unions are the source of over $2 million.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
07:13 AM
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Faculty members at the University of Pittsburgh have voted to unionize.
Seventy-one percent of workers who voted said “yes” to unionize with the United Steelworkers. It comes after more than two years of delays and legal challenges and will now be one of the largest new unions in America, totaling about 3,300 faculty members.

Next they will be negotiating their first contract with the Pitt administration.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
07:00 AM
(New Beaver Borough, Pa.) A unidentified man who was working at Omni Castings in New Beaver Borough was injured yesterday when the front-loader he was operating rolled over, causing him to suffer a head injury. The man was air-lifted to a local hospital.
There is no word on his condition.

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is inviting the public to attend a recruitment event each Wednesday, from October 20 through November 24 to learn about winter maintenance positions the department offers in Beaver County.
The recruitment event will be held at PennDOT’s Rochester Maintenance Building located at 155 Stewart Avenue Rochester, PA 15074 from 8 a.m. to noon each Wednesday, from October 20 through November 24.
Recruiters will be available to discuss current and future openings within the Commonwealth. On the spot applications and interviews will take place for individuals with their CDL license for winter equipment operator positions.
Laptops and staff will be available to assist interested participants navigate the new electronic application system.
PennDOT is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer promoting workforce diversity. To learn more about jobs, please visit www.employment.pa.gov.
Follow PennDOT on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PennDOTNews and like the department on Facebook at www.facebook.com/PennsylvaniaDepartmentofTransportation and Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pennsylvaniadot/.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
06:44 AM
(Ambridge, Pa.) Melissa Miller the Ambridge woman whose 10-month-old daughter ingested heroin and had to be revived with Narcan at their Ambridge home late last month is now facing third-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter charges after her daughter died at Children’s Hospital a couple weeks later from ingesting heroin.

According to court documents, Melissa Miller’s charges were upgraded from endangering the welfare of children, aggravated assault, reckless endangerment and possession.

Miller told police that she was a recovering addict and must have dropped a baggie of heroin. It was found in the girl’s mouth.

09:41 AM
By MIKE SCHNEIDER Associated Press
Some college towns plan to challenge the results of the 2020 census. They claim they were shortchanged because the pandemic forced students to leave campuses. They also complain that the undercount could cost them federal money and prestige. The affected communities include Bloomington, Indiana; Tuscaloosa, Alabama; and State College, Pennsylvania. Dudley Poston is a sociology professor at Texas A&M University. He says off-campus students ran the greatest risk of being missed. An Associated Press review of 75 metro areas with the largest share of residents between 20 and 24 showed that the census results fell well below population estimates in some cases but also exceeded them significantly in others.

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by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio News Correspondent 
09:38 AM
(Ambridge, Pa.) Ambridge Borough Council voted at last week’s council meeting to settle  a lawsuit filed by former female police officers Alexis Korol and Amanda Brown. The lawsuit was filed against the borough and former Police Chief James Mann. The award was for $150,000 and was split between the two officers and their legal counsels.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
07:28 AM
(Wayne Twp., Pa.) Pa State Police in New Castle are reporting that they have charged a 53-year-old unnamed male with harassment and Physical contact after an incident that took place in Wayne Township early Friday morning, October 15, 2021. Troopers stated via release that during the investigation it was learned that a 48-year-old unnamed female from Wampum was struck with an open hand and a slap to the top of her head during a physical altercation with the male suspect. The male suspect received a non-traffic citation. Troopers withheld the names of both parties due to it being domestic violence related.

by Frank Sparks News/Program Director
7:18 AM
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) The Pennsylvania State Police at the Rivers Casino are reporting that 42-year-old Keith Butcher of Aliquippa unknowingly attempted to change out a counterfeit $100 Dollar bill at the Rivers Casino on Sunday afternoon, October 17, 2021. The suspected counterfeit bill was forwarded to the United States Secret Service for additional investigation. Trooper said in the release that Butcher thinks he received the bill several days earlier during a transaction not on casino property.