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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Police state that a City of Pittsburgh employee is responsible for scamming over $22,000 from a woman. A handyman named Timothy Terlecki is now facing charges after investigators confirm he was stealing from one of his clients. The victim, who lives in Hazelwood, had Terlecki work on her home in January and wanted to pay him via Venmo. She told Terlecki she was “computer illiterate,” but court documents show that Terlecki stole $22,800 by Venmoing money from her account to himself over the summer.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Tioga, PA) According to a release from PennDOT, PennDOT, along with the Northern Tioga School District and local officials recently announced a new PennDOT-led pilot project at Williamson High School in Tioga that allows students to take their learner’s permit knowledge test at school instead of going to a driver’s license center. This initiative for pilots exemplifies the commitment that the Shapiro Administration has towards government services that are both accessible and people-focused. The program will be piloted, lasting for a period of two years, at Williamson High School and Cowanesque High School in Tioga County, Pennsylvania. 

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Harrisburg, PA) According to a release from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, (PUC), they voted 3-2 yesterday to advance its ongoing review of large-load growth including hyperscale data centers. This will help by a Tentative Order being issued proposing a model tariff statewide in Pennsylvania to guide how large electric customers both connect to the grid and responsibly share costs. According to that same release from the PUC, here is some more information about this tentative order:

Background

• In March 2025, the Commission launched a proceeding to examine the grid impacts of data-center growth and other high-demand electric users, followed by a hearing in April 2025 that brought together utilities, consumer advocates, industry stakeholders, and members of the public.
• The Tentative Order adopted today reflects that input and outlines a model approach that utilities can use to help ensure timely, transparent, and fair interconnection of large loads, while protecting existing ratepayers and preserving long-term system reliability.

Highlights of the Tentative Order

• Defines large-load customers and aligns Pennsylvania’s approach with emerging practices across the PJM region.
• Strengthens protections for existing customers through cost-causation measures — including contributions-in-aid-of-construction, tiered collateral, and minimum contract terms.
• Encourages large-load customers to contribute toward programs that support low-income customers.
• Encourages faster, more transparent interconnections through clustered study timelines, optional independent studies, and limited customer-built upgrades meeting utility standards.
• Incentivizes flexibility by providing rate options for customers willing to accept interruptible or flexible service during peak system demand.
• Invites public feedback to refine these guidelines before a final order is issued.

How to Comment

The Tentative Order will be published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin, triggering a 30-day public comment period. Interested parties may file comments as follows:

• By mail:
  Secretary, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
  Commonwealth Keystone Building, Second Floor
  400 North Street
  Harrisburg, PA 17120

• Electronically:
  Via the PUC’s e-File System

• Courtesy copy:
  Please email a Word-formatted version of comments to

pc-puc-tus-energy@pagov.onmicrosoft.com (attachments ≤ 3MB).

Note: Reply comments will not be permitted.

• A copy of the full Tentative Order along with other information related to the PUC’s study of issues related to large-load customers is available in the PUC public docket for this case: M-2025-3054271

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver reported via release yesterday that forty-seven-year-old Richard Fisher of McKees Rocks was arrested on the early morning of October 13th, 2025 for driving under the influence of drugs in Aliquippa that morning. Fisher was caught by police on the 1200 block of Constitution Boulevard at 1:21 a.m.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Nineteen-year-old Lamar Seymour of Aliquippa was sentenced yesterday to spend nineteen to forty years in jail for killing a fifteen-year-old boy in Aliquippa on July 8th, 2023. Seymour shot the teen, which ended up killing him that day as the victim was leaving a party near Knoll and Main roads in Aliquippa. Both Seymour and the victim were students at Aliquippa High School at the time of the murder and Seymour pleaded guilty to third-degree homicide on September 5th, 2025 in the case in exchange for some other charges being withdrawn.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Beaver County, PA) The United Way of Beaver County has been recently awarded $40,000 in Matching Grants to help food pantries in Beaver County keep up with the rise in need that has been overwhelming. As of now, that company has already raised a total of $8,000 toward this match, but they need your help. You can donate to the United Way of Beaver County to help them match the $40,000 by going to the website below:

Click here to Donate: Donate | United Way of Beaver County

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Allegheny County, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight, weather permitting, overnight ramp closures on the I-376 (Parkway West)/I-79 interchange in Robinson and Collier townships in Allegheny County will continue. According to a release from PennDOT District 11, the ramps that carry eastbound (inbound) I-376 to northbound I-79 (Exit 64A) toward Erie and southbound I-79 to westbound (outbound) I-376 (Exit 59B) toward the Pittsburgh International Airport/Beaver will close for anti-icing system installation work according to the following schedule:

Weekend Ramp Closures

·         6:00 PM to 7:00 AM nightly Friday through Sunday, November 7-9

·         6:00 PM to 7:00 AM nightly Friday through Sunday, November 14-16

·         6:00 PM to 7:00 AM nightly Friday through Sunday, November 21-23

Weeknight Ramp Closures

·         6:00 PM to 5:00 AM nightly Monday through Thursday, November 10-13

·         6:00 PM to 5:00 AM nightly Monday through Thursday, November 17-20

·         6:00 PM to 5:00 AM nightly Monday and Tuesday, November 24-25

Traffic will be detoured as work occurs.

Posted Detour

Eastbound I-376 ramp to northbound I-79

·         From eastbound I-376, take the southbound I-79/Washington (Exit 64A) exit

·         Take the Carnegie (Exit 57) exit

·         Turn left onto West Main Street

·         Take the on-ramp to northbound I-79 toward Erie

·         End detour

Southbound I-79 ramp to westbound I-376

• Continue south on I-79
• Take the Carnegie (Exit 57) exit
• Turn left onto West Main Street
• Turn right onto the ramp to I-79 north toward Erie
• From northbound I-79, take the ramp to 376 West toward the Airport (Exit 59B)
• End detour

(File Photo: Caption for Photo: PennDOT, PSP, PTC, Construction Industry Highlight National Work Zone Awareness Week)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that on Monday, November 17th, weather permitting, the long-term closure of Commercial Street/Forward Avenue and Nine Mile Run Trail in the City of Pittsburgh will begin. Commercial Street/Forward Avenue will close to traffic between Whipple Street and Summerset Drive continuously around-the-clock until Friday, January 30th, 2026 starting at approximately 7 A.M. on Monday, November 17th, 2025. The Nine Mile Run Trail will close continuously around-the-clock to all bicycle and pedestrian traffic between the Nine Mile Run parking lot on the Swisshelm Park side and the Frick Park Commercial Street Parking lot on the Squirrel Hill side during this time. Motor vehicle traffic will be detoured, and according to PennDOT District 11, here are the detour routes for this closure as well as more information about this work:

Posted Detour

From Commercial Street on the Swisshelm Park side

·         From Commercial Street, turn onto Whipple Street

·         Turn left onto Monongahela Avenue

·         Turn left onto S Braddock Avenue

·         Turn left onto Forbes Avenue

·         Turn left onto Beechwood Boulevard

·         Continue to Forward Avenue

·         End Detour

From Forward Avenue on the Squirrel Hill side

·         Same detour in the opposite direction

 

• Crews continue to construct the new Commercial Street Bridge structure, requiring the transportation of cranes, lifting of beams, and relocating other heavy material over the roadway and trail. For the safety of the public, roadway and trail must be clear of vehicle, bicycle, and pedestrian traffic as through the work zone as these operations occur overhead.

(Photo Courtesy of the Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Caption for Photo: Kristin Butterworth at the Lautrec dining room in 2018. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) Chef Kristin Butterworth, a three-time semi-finalist for the James Beard award, was called up to be the Executive Chef for the new Italian restaurant Cork & Crust, which will be the newest dining spot at the Oaklander Hotel in Pittsburgh coming soon. This hotel in the Steel City picked Butterworth because of her previous experience, which includes working at the restaurant Lautrec at Nemacolin Resort in Farmington, Pennsylvania. Butterworth became the first female chef in the United States of America to have her work elevate a restaurant to both a Forbes Five Star restaurant and a AAA Five Diamond Restaurant at the same time for her work at Lautrec.