PennDOT will hold an informal event today to highlight infrastructure investments occurring this year in Beaver, Lawrence and Allegheny counties. District 11 Executive Cheryl Moon-Sirianni, along with other PennDOT representatives, will present projects planned for the 2019 construction season for Beaver and surrounding counties. The information will be presented in a meeting set for today at the PennDOT Engineering District 11 Office on Thoms Run Road in Bridgeville.

PennDOT District 11 is announcing lane restrictions on Route 65 (Ohio River Boulevard) in Freedom Borough will begin today, weather permitting. Single-lane restrictions will occur in both directions of Route 65 in the area of the 3rd Avenue Bridge to southbound Route 65 and the southbound Route 65 Bridge to 3rd Avenue as crews conduct inspection activities. Restrictions will occur from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. weekdays through Thursday, March 28. Additionally, narrowing will occur on ramps in this location.

Prosecutors will call more witnesses to the stand in the trial of a white former East Pittsburgh police officer charged in the fatal shooting of an unarmed black teenager. Michael Rosfeld’s trial continues Thursday in a Pittsburgh courtroom. The first two days of testimony included compelling statements from witnesses and neighbors, one of whom said he heard Rosfeld panicking, repeatedly saying “I don’t know why I shot him. I don’t know why I fired.” The trial is expected to take a week or more.

Citizens and lawmakers gathered in Harrisburg to call for improvements in pipeline safety procedures and to increase oversight in pipeline construction and maintenance. Don Rooney has more…

A package of bills designed to bolster career and technical education and increase the number of family sustaining jobs in the Commonwealth have been approved by the Pennsylvania House and are on their way to the Senate for consideration. The Good Jobs for PA initiative is designed to help students prepare for the changing job market, while offering employers an avenue to help develop educational programs that will yield workers who have the skills Pennsylvania businesses need. State Representative Aaron Bernstine says this legislation will create a collaboration between business and education…

The mother of a slain and dismembered 14-year-old Pennsylvania girl has testified that she told her daughter she had no interest in helping her as she was being attacked. When her daughter Grace looked at her for help as Jacob Sullivan punched her in the face, Sara Packer said she told her, “I can’t help you anymore. This is your life now.” Sara Packer said she wanted her daughter dead. She testified Wednesday at a sentencing hearing near Philadelphia for Sullivan, her boyfriend.

THE ALIQUIPPA SCHOOL BOARD HAS APPROVED A  3-YEAR SPECIAL EDUCATION PLAN. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS DETAILS. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 21ST, 2019

 

TODAY – CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS WITH OCCASIONAL
RAIN SHOWERS. HIGH – 48.

TONIGHT – OVERCAST. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. LOW – 34.

FRIDAY – SNOW DURING THE MORNING WILL TAPER OFF
DURING THE AFTERNOON…BUT IT WILL REMAIN
CLOUDY WITH INCREASING WINDS. SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE INCH. HIGH
NEAR 40.

SATURDAY – SOME CLOUDS IN THE MORNING WILL GIVE
WAY TO MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES FOR THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 43.

SUNDAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 52.

The Best of Beaver County is easy to discover; it’s right on your radio!  Tune in this and every Thursday from 11 to 11:30 am  for “the Best of Beaver County”, a new show on WBVP and WMBA presented by St. Barnabas. The show is hosted by Jim Roddey and is dedicated to shining light on the great things going on right here in your neighborhood, and the people that are making it happen.  This Thursday, enjoy conversation and insight with Dr. Joseph Maroon, renowned neurosurgeon, clinical professor and vice chairman of the Department of Neurological Surgery and Heindl Scholar in Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.  Dr. Maroon is also a sports medicine expert, health and nutrition expert, and Ironman triathlete.

You can also watch a live video stream of the show on the WBVP-WMBA Facebook page, plus the radio broadcast will be replayed each Sunday from 11:30 am to Noon on Beaver County Radio.

As the special counsel investigation into Donald Trump’s presidential campaign winds down, a new poll finds that most Americans are at least moderately confident that Robert Mueller’s probe has been fair and impartial. The poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research also finds that most Americans have some concern that Trump’s campaign had improper connections to Russia, though fewer than half say the president has done something illegal in his ties to Russia.