Long-term lane restrictions on Route 65 between Conway and Rochester began this morning. PennDOT says the restrictions are in place between Crows Run Road in Conway and the Monaca-Rochester Bridge in Rochester. In addition, a single-lane restriction is taking place on Northbound Route 65 from the Monaca-Rochester Bridge to the Route 51 North/ Route 68 West Off-Ramp.

Three presidential candidates will make campaign stops in the Pittsburgh area today, one day before the Pennsylvania primary election. Democratic candidates Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders, as well as Republican presidential candidate John Kasich are all in the area today. Sanders will hold an event at 2:30 p.m. at the Fitzgerald Field House on the University of Pittsburgh campus. At the same time, Clinton will hold a rally at Westmoreland Community College in Youngwood. Kasich will hold a town hall meeting at Montour High School at 7 p.m.

A Fayette County woman has been jailed on charges she pointed a gun at a man who gave her the finger after she cut him off in traffic. Jesse Blackburn told Uniontown police that 32-year-old Lindsey Diehl tracked his vehicle and confronted him outside his house on Friday night. Police say Blackburn caled 9-1-1 to report Diehl pointing a gun at him, during which she got out of her car and hit him with her cellphone. Police say Diehl denied pointing either of two guns they found in her car at Diehl. Police say Diehl was upset because Blackburn wouldn’t apologize for the hand gesture. She faces a preliminary hearing May 10th on charges of simple assault and reckless endangerment.

Police say an 18-year-old man has been shot and killed in Philadelphia in retaliation for the death of a 21-year-old man who was shot while talking to a candidate for the Pennsylvania House. Officials say a man was shot in the head Sunday afternoon while speaking to Democratic candidate Chris Rabb. Later Sunday, an 18-year-old man was killed in a drive-by shooting.

The Blackhawk School Board has postponed its Thursday meeting another week. Items on the agenda of this meeting included an employee layoff vote and discussions on a bond to finance renovations on Northwestern Primary School. The announcement did not give any explanation for the delay, but board members have since said that not every member was able to attend the originally scheduled meeting, and they felt each member should have a say in these important decisions. The meeting is now  re-scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on April 28th in the high school library.

The Aliquippa School Board approved two programs at last night’s meeting to help students k-3 to transition into the next grade level. This is according to Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano. She says that Dr. Pete Carbone says the program Jumpstart is targeted for k-1. It begins in August and ends August 11th. No services will be held on Friday. The k-3 program is for reading and math and begins Monday, June 6 and ends June 30. Funding is from the Kto program for both elementary teachers. Mrs. Debbie Frank, Mrs. Renee Bufalini and Mrs. Pam Owen, elementary teachers, will attend the KtO conference in Hershey June 20-23.

Today…people all around the world celebrated the 46th Earth Day. Beaver County was no exception. New Brighton borough partnered with some local businesses to celebrate. The borough, the New Brighton Area School District and Campbell Laboratory and Waste Management united to bring Earth Day celebrations to our area. Doug Campbell – owner of Campbell Laboratory – tells Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak that more than 130 students and adults represented by the elementary, middle and high schools from the New Brighton Area School District – banned together this morning to clean up the community by picking up litter.