HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP HOSTED ITS FIRST ANNUAL LIGHT-UP NIGHT OVER THE WEEKEND. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO WAS THERE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

PennDOT District 11 is announcing traffic stoppages on the Koppel Bridge (Route 351) in Koppel Borough and North Sewickley Township will begin today, December 3 weather permitting. Traffic stoppages of 15 minutes or less will occur weekdays from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Koppel Bridge through Tuesday, January 15. Crews from will conduct steel erection for the new bridge from the existing structure. Motorists should expect delays.

A memorial service for Staff Sgt. Dylan Elchin, 25, a native of Beaver County, will be held on Thursday afternoon. Elchin is one of three service members killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province last Tuesday. Elchin was a 2012 graduate of Hopewell High School. According to the William Murray Funeral Home, friends are invited to visit with Elchin’s family Thursday from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Impact Christian Chapel (The Landing), 330 Hookstown Grade Road, Moon Township. A memorial service will be held there at 4 p.m. the same day. Elchin will be laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery.

A LANDMARK BUILDING IN ROCHESTER – CONSTRUCTED BACK IN 1920 – IS BEING AUCTIONED OFF THIS WEEK. THE ONLINE AUCTION OF THE BEAVER VALLEY BOWL BUILDING – WHICH STANDS ALONG THE OHIO RIVER IN ROCHESTER – STARTS TODAY AND WILL END WEDNESDAY. THE SEVEN-STORY HISTORICAL BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 25 NEW YORK AVENUE. SEVERAL MOVIES LIKE “KINGPIN” AND “WONDER BOYS” HAVE BEEN FILMED THERE. “KINGPIN” STARS WOODY HARRELSON AND BILL MURRAY REPORTEDLY HAVE SIGNED THEIR NAMES ON A PILLAR INSIDE THE BOWLING ALLEY. THE BIDDING WILL START AT 150-THOUSAND DOLLARS…AND ANYONE PARTICIPATING IN THE AUCTION MUST PAY A FIVE-THOUSAND-DOLLAR PARTICIPATION DEPOSIT.

AN INDEPENDENCE TOWNSHIP MAN WILL FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES AT A HEARING LATER THIS MONTH…ON POSSESSING A WEAPON ON SCHOOL PROPERTY AND DISORDERLY CONDUCT CHARGES. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS THE STORY. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

PennDOT is announcing single-lane restrictions on Route 65 in Conway, Freedom, East Rochester, and Rochester boroughs will occur today and Tuesday, December 3-4 weather permitting. Crews will conduct centerline joint sealing operations on Route 65 between Crows Run Road and the Route 18 Rochester-Monaca Bridge from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day.  To allow the crews to conduct the work, single-lane restrictions will occur in each direction of Route 65 for the slow-moving, mobile operation. Motorists should use caution when traveling through the corridor.  According to PennDOT, work zone safety is everyone’s responsibility.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 3RD, 2018

 

TODAY – CLOUDY WITH OCCASIONAL SHOWERS. COOLER.
HIGH – 42.

TONIGHT – RAIN AND SNOW THIS EVENING. LOW – 28.

TUESDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. HIGH – 34.

In a new step forward, NASA announced Thursday that nine companies in the United States are eligible to bid on $2.6 billion worth of contracts over the next 10 years to deliver services to the moon.

The companies include a Pittsburgh-based company Astrobotic Technology which was founded in 2008 by Carnegie Mellon University professor Red Whitaker, and is developing robots to operate on the moon and other planets.

Earlier this year, NASA awarded Astrobotic a $10 million grant to create a precision landing system for their spacecraft, Peregrine.

“Potentially, this spacecraft could be the first thing to show that we can produce water fuel from the moon and potentially turn the moon into a refueling station for spacecraft to go deeper and deeper into space,” said John Thornton, CEO of Astrobotic.

A caller reported to Aliquippa police on Monday that 2 men were seen dragging a woman into an apartment. When officers arrived they stopped a car leaving the scene with a woman driving and 2 men in the back with a woman between them.
Drugs were seen immediately and after being taken into custody, the two men from Michigan were found to have large amounts of cash, multiple packs of heroin and crack cocaine, a digital scale, sandwich bags, sleeping pills and more.
The two failed to post the $400,000 bond and are charged with kidnapping, robbery, unlawful restraint, possession with intent to deliver, possession of controlled substances, resisting arrest, providing false identification and possession of drug paraphernalia. The driver of the vehicle was not charged.