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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

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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.

(File Photo of Congressman Chris Deluzio)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Washington, D.C.) According to a release today from Congressman Chris Deluzio’s office, Deluzio (PA-17) announced today that his Public Service Worker Protection Act is gaining momentum and now has 50 co-sponsors, including his Republican co-lead on the measure, Pennsylvania Republican Brian Fitzpatrick (PA-01). This bill seeks to give an expansion to the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) to include all workers in the public sector under its defined safety protections on the job. The milestone of this legislation acheiving fifty co-sponsors is also occurring during the shutdown of the federal government of the United States of America, which is leaving federal workers totaling tens of thousands either working without pay or furloughed.

After more than five decades of electrifying performances, chart-topping hits, and timeless anthems, the iconic rock band Journey is saying goodbye the only way they know how — with a thunderous, full-throttle Final Frontier Tour spanning cities across North America, including Pittsburgh.

The Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will entertain March 2 at PPG Paints Arena, promising to play global hits, including “Don’t Stop Believin,” “Any Way You Want It,” “Faithfully,” “Lights“ and more in a celebration of legacy, love and the fans who made it all possible. All dates will be A Special Evening With.

Citi is the official card of the tour and cardmembers will have access to presale tickets beginning 10 a.m. Tuesday. The general public on sale is 10 a.m. Friday.

A limited number of exclusive VIP Packages will be available offering premium reserved tickets, custom merchandise and more.

Journey features founder Neal Schon (lead guitarist), Jonathan Cain (keyboards, backing vocals), Arnel Pineda (lead vocals) Jason Derlatka (keyboards, vocals), Deen Castronovo (drums, vocals) and Todd Jensen (bass). Schon is a three-time Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and the Grammy Hall of Fame. Cain is a recipient of two BMI songwriter awards and was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Journey.

“This tour is our heartfelt thank-you to the fans who’ve been with us every step of the way — through every song, every era, every high and low,” Schon said. “We’re pulling out all the stops with a brand-new production — the hits, the deep cuts, the energy, the spectacle. It’s a full-circle celebration of the music that’s brought us all together.

“As its founding member, I carry the Journey torch to this day, wherever I go. The sentiment and spirit of the band will always remain,” Schon added. “While this marks a farewell to one powerful chapter of the Journey we’ve shared, I want everyone to know I’m not done. Music is still burning strong inside me, and there are new creative horizons ahead. This tour is both a thank-you and the beginning of what’s next.”

“It’s been an incredible ride,” added Cain, “We’ve shared our music with millions and this tour is about gratitude, connection and one last chance to feel that magic together.  We wouldn’t want it any other way.”

“I’m honored to be part of this legacy and I’m grateful for having been welcomed with such open arms,” Pineda said. “Every night on stage has been a dream come true.”

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Monaca, PA) Tiny Sprouts Daycare Center in Monaca is now hiring for both full-time and part-time day care center positions. The benefits for this business are both free child care and a family-like environment. You can send any questions and/or a résumé to tinysproutsdc@gmail.com.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) PennDOT District 11 announced that tonight and tomorrow night, weather permitting, the overnight closures of the I-279 (Parkway North) ramp to the Fort Duquesne Bridge in the City of Pittsburgh will occur. From 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. on both of those nights, the ramp that carries southbound I-279 to the Fort Duquesne Bridge will close as crews conduct bridge deck and barrier repairs there. Ramp traffic will be detoured, and according to a release from PennDOT District 11, here are the detour routes for this work:

Posted Detour

I-279 (Parkway North) to the Fort Duquesne Bridge

·       From southbound I-279, take the ramp to North 65 toward Ohio River Boulevard

·       From northbound Route 65, take the ramp to South 19/51 toward the West End Bridge

·       Turn left onto the West End Bridge

·       Cross the West End Bridge

·       Continue straight onto southbound Route 19/51 (Saw Mill Run Boulevard)

·       Take the ramp to West 376/South 19 toward Carnegie/Pittsburgh International Airport

·       Bear left toward South Truck 19/51 Uniontown

·       Stay left to East 376/South 51

·       Merge onto eastbound (inbound) I-376 (Parkway West)

·       Continue through the Fort Pitt Tunnel

·       End detour

(File Photo of a Police Siren Light)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(North Sewickley Township, PA) Pennsylvania State Police in Gibsonia reported via release today that fifty-two-year-old Marlo Boyd of Alexandria, Virginia had his charges withdrawn by police after causing a two-vehicle crash in North Sewickley Township on the morning of September 22nd, 2025. At 9:53 a.m., Boyd was driving on I-76 West and was unable to maintain his lane, crossing over into the left lane when twenty-four-year-old Justin Hardwick of New Tazewell, Tennessee was trying to pass Boyd on that road. The rear drivers side trailer of the vehicle of Boyd struck the front passenger side of the vehicle of Hardwick. Hardwick hit a concrete barrier off the left side of the roadway with his vehicle on the drivers side. Tow Tegrity and PTC Maintenance assisted on the scene of this crash.

SCOTT TADY

MOON TWP. — Thirty songs — most of them hits, and performed with supreme skill — was the treat classic-rock band Chicago delivered to fans Wednesday at UPMC Events Center.

“We’re gonna do our best to get to each and every song you came to hear,” saxophonist Ray Hermann promised after the band’s opening salvo of 1967 Album One/Side One/Song One “Introduction” then the hopeful-in-times-of-chaos “Dialogue,” a well-known 1972 song with lyrics as timely as ever.

The three-man horn section, including founding member Lee Loughnane on trumpet and flugelhorn, gave the sound precision and punch, plus visual fun when they’d stand in a triangle facing each other with trombone and sax in full swing.

Guitarist Tony Obrohta fired off clean, stinging and satisfying licks on picks like “Searchin’ So Long,” which went next level when the three-part vocal harmonies kicked in.

Neil Donell achieved the biggest wows of the night with his towering vocals, including a lengthily held note in “You’re My Inspiration” that earned a post-song standing ovation.

Dividing the show into two sets with a 20-minute intermission, the 10-man band expertly worked the crowd. Chicago members moved around regularly, giving spectators on both sides of the arena scenery changes and photo ops.

The band’s swift pace and relentless energy convinced a few dozen floor-seated spectators to create an impromptu dance floor in front of the stage, which security guards allowed. Front-row, center-stage was Brighton Township’s Bob Trimble sporting a Chicago Bears Gayle Sayers jersey.

Their dancing reached an apex for 1971 chart-topper “Beginnings,” and didn’t wane for a cover of Jackie Wilson’s “(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher,” which Loughnane prefaced with a reminder there was a time (58 years ago) when Chicago had yet to score any hit songs and they were just another bar band playing Motown covers.

Chicago’s hard-driving rendition of Spencer Davis Group’s “I’m a Man” kept the thrills going, leading to an entertaining double drum solo from Ray Yslas and Walfredo Reyes Jr. At one point mid-solo, and without interruption, the drummers switched kits, as Reyes took over the Latin hand percussion and Yslas whacked away with sticks on the traditional rock ‘n’ roll drums. With hand and facial gestures, they enticed the crowd into extra cheers and played with a passion that sparked an eventual Standing O.

Huge hits “Hard to Say I’m Sorry” and “Saturday in The Park” plus the familiar “Feelin’ Stronger Every Day” with the horn section in full glory kept fans in the feel-good vibe.

 

While not a sellout, it was still a good-sized turnout for a band still playing at a supreme level.

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Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The newly elected Pittsburgh mayor Corey O’Connor started building his administration today when he announced this morning that he not only named Dan Gilman will be his chief of staff but also announced his intention to nominate Sheldon Williams as his Director of Public Safety. O’Connor, a forty-year-old Democrat and the son of the late former Pittsburgh mayor Bob O’Connor, will take office in January of 2026 after defeating Republican Tony Moreno in a mayoral election on Tuesday. Gilman is serving currently as the Chief of Staff to the President of Duquesne University, Ken Gormley, after Gilman served in several city government positions prior to his current role. Williams has spent 13 years with the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police and he was both a member of the SWAT team and bomb squad with an expertise in tactics and explosives during his career in law enforcement. Williams is also only one of a few officers to achieve certification in all areas of public safety, including fire, hazmat, and EMS.