East Rochester-Monaca Bridge (Old Toll Bridge) Inspection this Week

(File Photo)

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT District 11 is announcing inspection activities on the East Rochester-Monaca Bridge (Route 51) in East Rochester and Monaca boroughs, Beaver County will occur Monday through Friday, August 4-8 weather permitting.

A single-lane restriction will occur on the East Rochester-Monaca Bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Monday, August 4, Tuesday, August 5, and Friday, August 8. Flaggers will assist motorists through the work zone. Crews from Mackin Engineering and the Sofis Company will conduct the bridge inspection work.

Please use caution if traveling on the bridge.

Motorists can check conditions on major roadways by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras. 511PA is also available through a smartphone application for iPhone and Android devices, by calling 5-1-1, or by following regional X alerts.

Subscribe to PennDOT news and traffic alerts in Allegheny, Beaver, Lawrence counties at www.penndot.pa.gov/District11.

Information about infrastructure in District 11, including completed work and significant projects, is available at www.penndot.pa.gov/D11Results. Find PennDOT’s planned and active construction projects at www.projects.penndot.gov.

Find PennDOT news on XFacebook and Instagram.

Pittsburgh convenience store worker is in custody for being connected to a double shooting in Lawrenceville which injures one man and kills another man

(File Photo of Police Siren Lights)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Lawrenceville, PA) A Pittsburgh convenience store worker is now in custody and has charges for being connected to a double shooting that occurred in Lawrenceville early on Saturday morning. According to court documents, police were called to a gas station on the 5000 block of Butler Street in Lawrenceville at 3:38 a.m. on Saturday for reports of a shooting. Davon Smith was the victim who died as a result of this incident. Twenty-two-year-old Randall Antonio Tate of Pittsburgh was working on a shift that started at 8 p.m. at the convenience store of the gas station on Friday. Tate was seen in a surveillance video firing shots at Smith and another man.Smith got shot four times in both the back and the chest while the other man got shot in the foot. The unidentified man that got shot in the foot told police he was intoxicated and he just wanted an apology from Tate about an incident in the past that occurred between them. An argument between Tate, Smith and the unidentified man is in a surveillance video, while Smith and the unidentified man followed Tate into the station of the cashier past a secure door that was bulletproof and behind the back of Tate, who pulled a gun from the band of his waist and fired at the duo after turning around. Davon Smith was shot while he was discovered crawling away from the building on his stomach is seen in a separate video. Tate got detained to get questioned by the police. According to a criminal complaint, he told them his disagreement with the victim happened about a year and a half ago, when that man was present at an attempted sexual assault of someone Tate cared about. According to police, Tate said he never saw a weapon on Smith and that Smith never said anything to him, but said the other victim motioned for Smith to do something to Tate with a hand motion. Tate has charges of aggravated assault and criminal homicide.

Fire that started at one home in the Hazelwood nieghborhood of Pittsburgh and spread to three adjacent homes hospitalizes two firefighters and its cause is under investigation

(File Photo of Fire Background)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) A fire occurred in the Hazelwood neighborhood of Pittsburgh on Saturday which caused two firefighters to get taken to the hospital. The cause of this fire is being investigated by the fire investigation unit of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. According to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire, just after 7 p.m., they were called to the 5100 block of Chaplin Way for a fire at a row home. The fire started in one home and then went to three homes that were adjacent to the first home. The fire started back up again on Sunday morning. One firefighter had second-degree burns on his wrists and another firefighter had shortness of breath and smoke inhalation. Both were taken to the hospital. As of Saturday night, the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire believes that as a result of the fire, it is unknown how many residents have been displaced, but they are being assisted by the American Red Cross.

SWAT incident involving gunfire during an escalated argument in Scott Township causes two men to get taken into custody

(File Photo of Handcuffs)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Scott Township, PA) Two people got taken into custody following a SWAT incident that happened in Scott Township on Sunday. According to Allegheny County 911 officials, police were in the 600 block of Carothers Avenue around 9:45 a.m. A release from Scott Township Police confirms that the indication of 911 calls showed that an exchange of gunfire occurred because of an escalation of an argument there by the individuals that were at the scene, which were two men. According to police, one man exited the house shortly after their arrival and was taken into custody without incident and the second man came out peacefully after communication with police. The second man stayed inside, which made the SWAT units respond. Simple assault and terroristic threats were given to thirty-year-old Travis Coles and twenty-one-year-old Ean Strimlan, who are both in custody. It is believed that an apartment on Carothers Avenue was where the two men got barricaded and the investigation into this incident is ongoing. Terroristic threats were also the reason that Coles had an arrest warrant out of the City of Pittsburgh.

Sushi Wa restaurant will open soon and replace the closed New Century Chinese Buffet at the Lowe’s Plaza in Center Township

(File Photo of Open for Business Sign)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Center Township, PA) A new all-you-can-eat sushi restaurant in Beaver County will open in Center Township on a date that is yet to be announced. The restaurant is called Sushi Wa and it will open in the Center Township Lowe’s Plaza. Sushi Wa is nearing its completion and will open to replace New Century Chinese Buffet, which made its business known in that same location in the Lowe’s Plaza in Center Township. New Century Chinese Buffet closed on December 31st, 2024 because of rent prices that were high. 

Rahaman Ali, a former heavyweight professional boxer and the younger brother of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, dies at 82

(Photo Courtesy of Bettmann/Getty Images: Caption for Photo: Heavyweight champion of the world Muhammad Ali meets with the press after defeating challenger Smokin’ Joe Frazier in the 14th round by TKO. Next to Ali is boxing promoter Don King (right), and Ali’s brother Rahaman (left).

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Louisville, KY) According to the Muhammad Ali Center of Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday, a former boxer and the younger brother of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, Rahaman Ali, has died at 82 on Friday, August 1st, 2025. His cause of death has not yet been released. Rahaman Ali was born as Rudolph Arnett Clay and followed his famous older brother by becoming a heavyweight professional boxer from 1964 to 1972. Rahaman Ali looked up to Muhammad Ali and followed him into his profession. The two liked to play basketball, wrestle and play cards in their small pink house in the west end of Louisville, Kentucky and Rahaman Ali was younger than Muhammad Ali by a year and a half.

When the death of Muhammad Ali occurred in 2016, Rahaman Ali recalled his older brother as “a really sweet, kind, loving, giving, affectionate, wonderful person.” The Muhammad Ali Center noted that after he went through retirement from boxing, Rahaman Ali often trained and traveled with his older brother.

A book released by Rahaman Ali called “That’s Muhammad Ali’s Brother! My Life on the Undercard” in 2014 with H. Ron Brashear, a columnist and boxing writer as the co-author of that book. A second book by Rahaman Ali was written in 2019 called “My Brother, Muhammad Ali – The Definitive Biography.”

DeVone Holt, President and CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center said in a statement that: “You can’t tell Muhammad’s story without mentioning Rahaman. He was one of the most constant sources of support for Muhammad during this career and their relationship was a true example of what it means to be ‘my brother’s keeper.'” “Rahaman was his brother’s biggest supporter,” the nonprofit’s statement said.

The Muhammad Ali Center of Louisville, Kentucky also commented that a later date will be when the funeral arrangements for Rahaman Ali are going to be announced.

Ongoing investigation occurring involving aggravated assault incident in Aliquippa that included shots fired which injured two men

(File Photo of a Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Badge)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Aliquippa, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver report that an ongoing investigation is occurring after an incident of aggravated assault happened in Aliquippa on Saturday. The Aliquippa Police Department went to the 1000 block of Main Street after they got a call for shots fired. There were no suspects or victims located that day. However, the barracks from Pennsylvania State Police in Beaver got a notification that two people that suffered from gunshot wounds arrived at Heritage Valley Hospital Beaver Campus. The victims are a twenty-three-year-old Black male and a twenty-five-year-old Black male. If you have any information regarding this incident, please call 724-773-7400. The investigation into this incident is ongoing and members of the Pennsylvania State Police Troop D Criminal Investigation Unit are investigating this incident.

Ukrainian drone attack sets Russian oil depot on fire as Zelenskyy announces prisoner exchange

(File Photo: Source for Photo: Rescuers work at a damaged city hospital that was hit by a Russian guided air bomb in Kharkiv, Ukraine, Friday, July 25, 2025. (AP Photo/ Andrii Marienko)

(AP) An overnight Ukrainian drone attack on an oil depot near Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi sparked a major fire, Russian officials said Sunday, as the two countries traded strikes and the Ukrainian president announced a prisoner exchange.

More than 120 firefighters attempted to extinguish the blaze, which was caused by debris from a downed drone striking a fuel tank, Krasnodar regional Gov. Veniamin Kondratyev said on Telegram. Videos on social media appeared to show huge pillars of smoke billowing above the oil depot.

Russia’s civil aviation authority, Rosaviatsia, temporarily stopped flights at Sochi’s airport.

Farther north, authorities in the Voronezh region reported that four people were wounded in another Ukrainian drone strike.

Russia’s Defense Ministry said its air defenses shot down 93 Ukrainian drones over Russia and the Black Sea overnight into Sunday.

Meanwhile, in southern Ukraine, a Russian missile strike hit a residential area in the city of Mykolaiv, according to the State Emergency Services, wounding seven people.

The Ukrainian air force said Sunday Russia launched 76 drones and seven missiles against Ukraine. It said 60 drones and one missile were intercepted, but 16 others and six missiles hit targets across eight locations.

The reciprocal attacks came at the end of one of the deadliest weeks in Ukraine in recent months, after a Russian drone and missile attack on Thursday killed 31 people, including five children, and wounded over 150.

The continued attacks come after U.S. President Donald Trump last week gave Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — Aug. 8 — for peace efforts to make progress. Trump has threatened to impose new economic sanctions on Russia if progress is not made, while expressing doubt about how effective they would be.

“You know, they’re wily characters, and they’re pretty good at avoiding sanctions, so we’ll see what happens,” Trump said Sunday evening of the Russians.

He said his special envoy Steve Witkoff may travel to Russia on Wednesday or Thursday, the final days before his new deadline.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday that Ukraine and Russia have agreed to exchange 1,200 prisoners following their latest round of negotiations in Istanbul in July.

“There is an agreement to exchange 1,200 people,” he wrote on X, saying that the lists of individuals to be swapped were being worked on and that they were working to “unblock the return of our civilians.”

There was no immediate comment from Russia.

Zelenskyy also said he discussed with top Ukrainian officials “the negotiation track – specifically, the implementation of the agreements reached during the meetings with the Russian side in Istanbul, as well as preparations for a new meeting.”

Each of the three rounds of talks between the countries this year has resulted in prisoner exchanges but yielded no breakthrough in reaching a ceasefire.

Popular 1980s actor Loni Anderson of the hit TV series “WKRP in Cincinnati” dies at 79

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Loni Anderson arrives at the 17th Costume Designers Guild Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2015, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Loni Anderson, who played a struggling radio station’s empowered receptionist on the hit TV comedy “WKRP in Cincinnati,” died Sunday, just days before her 80th birthday.

Anderson died at a Los Angeles hospital following a prolonged illness, said her longtime publicist, Cheryl J. Kagan.

“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of our dear wife, mother and grandmother,” Anderson’s family said in a statement.

“WKRP in Cincinnati” aired from 1978 to 1982 and was set in a flagging Ohio radio station trying to reinvent itself with rock music. The cast included Gary Sandy, Tim Reid, Howard Hesseman, Frank Bonner and Jan Smithers, alongside Anderson as Jennifer Marlowe, whose good looks were matched by her intelligence.

As the station’s receptionist, the blonde and high-heeled Jennifer routinely deflected unwanted business calls for her boss, Mr. Carlson. Her efficiency often kept the station running in the face of others’ incompetence.

The role earned Anderson two Emmy Award nominations and three Golden Globe nominations.

Anderson starred on the big screen alongside Burt Reynold s in the 1983 comedy “Stroker Ace,” and the two later married and became tabloid fixtures before their messy breakup in 1994.

Their son, Quinton Reynolds, was “the best decision that we ever made in our entire relationship,” she said during the unveiling of a bronze bust at Reynolds’ Hollywood grave site in 2021.

“I think back to the beginning of our relationship, it was so, oh, gosh, tabloidy. We were just a spectacle all the time. And it was hard to have a relationship in that atmosphere. And somehow, we did it through many ups and downs,” Anderson told The Associated Press.

Anderson detailed their tumultuous marriage in the 1995 autobiography, “My Life in High Heels,” which she said was about “the growth of a woman, a woman who survives.”

“I think if you’re going to write about yourself, you have to do it warts and all,” Anderson told the AP while promoting the book. “You may not even tell the nicest things about yourself, because you’re telling the truth.”

She married four times, most recently to Bob Flick in 2008.

Anderson was born Aug. 5, 1945, in St. Paul, Minnesota. Her father was an environmental chemist, and her mother was a model.

Her first role as an actress was a small part in the 1966 film “Nevada Smith,” starring Steve McQueen. Most of her career was spent on the small screen with early guest parts in the 1970s on “S.W.A.T.” and “Police Woman.” After “WKRP,” Anderson starred in the short-lived comedy series “Easy Street” and appeared in made-for-TV movies including “A Letter to Three Wives” and “White Hot: The Mysterious Murder of Thelma Todd.”

In 2023 she co-starred in Lifetime’s “Ladies Of The 80s: A Divas Christmas” with Linda Gray, Donna Mills, Morgan Fairchild and Nicollette Sheridan.

“I am heartbroken to hear of the passing of the wonderful Loni Anderson!” Fairchild wrote on X. “The sweetest, most gracious lady! I’m just devastated to hear this.”

Anderson is survived by Flick, her daughter Deidra and son-in law Charlie Hoffman, son Quinton Anderson Reynolds, grandchildren McKenzie and Megan Hoffman, stepson Adam Flick and wife Helene, and step-grandchildren Felix and Maximilian.

A private family service is planned at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, Kagan said.

Law enforcement video shows Bryan Kohberger in traffic stop months before Idaho murders

(File Photo: Source for Photo: FILE – Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, leaves after an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. Nearly two months after four University of Idaho students were killed near campus — and two weeks after a suspect was arrested and charged with the crime — the picturesque school grounds are starting to feel a little closer to normal. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, Pool, File)

MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) — An Idaho sheriff’s office has released body-worn camera footage showing Bryan Kohberger during a traffic stop that occurred months before he killed four University of Idaho students in 2022.

The video was released by the Latah County Sheriff’s Office on Tuesday. The video shows an August 2022 traffic stop when Deputy Darren Duke pulled Kohberger over for speeding on a highway that runs between Moscow, Idaho, and Pullman, Washington. Kohberger is driving the same white Hyundai Elantra that police say he drove on Nov. 13, 2022, when he killed Ethan Chapin, Xana Kernodle, Maddie Mogen and Kaylee Goncalves in a rental home near the University of Idaho campus.

The deputy ticketed Kohberger for not wearing a seat belt before sending him on his way.

Some of the law enforcement agencies that worked on the murder case have announced that they will release documents related to the investigation now that Kohberger has been sentenced to life in prison.