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(Patterson Twp.) Patterson Police looking for a missing child. 13 year old white female brown hair blue eyes wearing white tank top and black and white pants carrying pink skateboard. If seen, contact 9-1-1.
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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) 29-year-old Melvin Dorsey-Pace, a resident of New Castle, was sentenced by United States District Judge Cathy Bissoon in federal court to 39 months imprisonment followed by six years of supervised release on his conviction of distributing crack cocaine within 1,000 feet of an elementary school while on federal supervised release.
On April 6, 2021, Dorsey-Pace distributed crack cocaine near St. Vitus Elementary School in New Castle, Pennsylvania. He was on federal supervised release at that time. He was previously convicted in 2016 in federal court for conspiring to distribute crack cocaine and was released to supervised release in 2020.
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(Pittsburgh, Pa.) PennDOT District 11 is announcing the first of four southbound weekend closures on the I-79 Neville Island Bridge in Glenfield Borough and Robinson and Neville townships, Allegheny County, will occur Friday night, July 8 through Monday morning, July 11 weather permitting.
A full closure of the I-79 Neville Island Bridge in the southbound direction will occur from approximately 9 p.m. Friday night, July 8 continuously through 5 a.m. Monday morning, July 11 as crews conduct deck and concrete pavement repairs, bridge painting, and steel repairs.
To allow the work to occur, all southbound traffic will be detoured. Beginning at approximately 8 p.m. Friday night, the Pennsylvania State Police will begin a slow roll of southbound I-79 traffic at the Mt. Nebo (Exit 68) interchange and assist the contractor with reducing the roadway to a single lane of traffic between the Mt. Nebo and Emsworth/Sewickley exits. At approximately 9 p.m. Friday night, another slow roll of southbound I-79 traffic will occur from Mt. Nebo interchange. The police and contractor will guide all traffic to the detour route.
Posted Detour
Motorists on northbound I-79 may want to consider using I-279 (Parkway North) to I-376 (Parkway West) to avoid the detour route.
Police will assist motorists at key intersections during peak travel times. Motorists should expect delays.
Work on projects along the detour route will not occur this weekend.
Additionally, a lane closure will occur on northbound I-79 on the Neville Island Bridge during the weekend construction. The northbound lane restriction will be lifted before 6 a.m. Monday.
The $43 million I-79 Neville Island Bridge Rehabilitation Project includes structural steel repairs, full structure painting, bearing and deck joint replacements, deck repairs and overlays, bridge barrier repair, substructure concrete work and drainage improvements. The project also includes concrete roadway reconstruction, guide rail replacement and preservation work on four sign structures. Additionally, preservation work will occur on the I-79 bridge over Deer Run Road, north of the Neville Island Bridge. Motorists will see ramp closures and single-lane and shoulder closures in each direction on I-79 during daylight off-peak and overnight hours. Four southbound weekend closures will occur in 2022. The overall project is expected to be completed in the summer of 2023.
The Trumbull Corporation is the prime contractor.
To help keep motorists informed as work progresses, PennDOT has created an email distribution list for the I-79 Neville Island Bridge rehabilitation including traffic advisories and construction updates. Enroll by sending email addresses to stcowan@pa.gov. Please write “Subscribe – I-79” in the subject line.
Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, 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 twitter alerts accessible on the 511PA website
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(Big Beaver Borough, Pa.) Pa State Police in Beaver are reporting that they conducted a DUI Sobriety Checkpoint on July 1, 2022 along Big Beaver Boulevard in Homewood Borough.
During the Checkpoint Troopers stopped approximately 78 vehicles and four DUI arrests were made along with summary traffic violations.
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(Aliquippa, Pa.) Police are investigating after a serious crash occurred around 2 AM in the southbound lanes of Route 51 in Aliquippa. The southbound lanes were closed near the intersection of highland Ave.
There are no reports of injuries or what caused the crash.
Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano is working to get us more.
(Photo taken by Sandy Giordano of Beaver County District Attorney David Lozier during Wednesday afternoon press conference)
Story by Sandy Giordano, Beaver County Radio
(Aliquippa, Pa.) Beaver County District Attorney David J. Lozier announced at a press conference Wednesday afternoon in front of the Aliquippa Police Department that a criminal complaint was filed Wednesday against 36-year-old Brandon Revis of Aliquippa. He is being charged with criminal homicide arising from the death Sjvantae Gilliam of Aliquippa. According to the criminal complaint ,Gilliam was found dead on the sidewalk in front of 2117 McMinn Street at 5:44 a.m., June 1, 2016. It was determined his cause of death was a .40 caliber gunshot to the back of the head. The investigation at the time put Brandon Revis and John Abmayer in Gilliam’s rental car on the night in question. Witnesses confirmed that Revis was in possession of a .40 caliber handgun. Digital evidence also revealed shows Revis was with Gilliam at the time and location of the murder. In the past week, according to the press release, a confidential source confirmed Revis admitted the homicide, and stealing $1,500 from the victim.
DA Lozier said that Revis has apparently fled the area , and came back in recent months The public’s help is needed to locate Revis. If anyone has any information on his whereabouts they are asked to call 9-1-1 or the Aliquippa Police Department 724-375-6682
Thursday’s Teleforum talk program with Eddy Crow starts with Ask the
Commissioners, moves to The Best of Beaver County with Mike
Romigh, and finishes with a visit with Beaver County Times entertainment editor Scott Tady. Listeners will have to put up with Eddy much less than usual too!
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UNIONTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state Rep. Matthew Dowling is removing himself from the ballot following a drunken driving charge filed against him last week. The three-term Fayette County Republican faces charges of misdemeanor driving under the influence and traffic offenses. A spokeswoman for the Department of State says Republicans have until Aug. 25 to nominate a substitute to run against the Democratic candidate, Richard Ringer. Dowling’s blood alcohol content was found to be .27%, which is more than three times the legal limit for driving in Pennsylvania. Dowling said he entered a voluntary, month-long treatment program in a Pennsylvania rehabilitation facility the day after the wreck.
(Illumination Entertainment/Universal Pictures via AP)
By LINDSEY BAHR AP Film Writer
Families went bananas for Minions this weekend at the movie theater. “Minions: The Rise of Gru” brought in an estimated $108.5 million in ticket sales from 4,391 screens in North America, Universal Pictures said Sunday. By the end of the Monday’s July 4th holiday, it will likely have earned over $127.9 million. Second place went to “Top: Gun Maverick” which made $25.5 million in its sixth weekend in theaters, while “Elvis” took third place in weekend two with an additional $19 million. Universal titles “Jurassic World Dominion” and “The Black Phone” rounded out the top five.
(Photo at New Brighton Speedway taken by Frank Sparks)
(Pittsburgh, Pa.) Gas prices are five cents lower in Western Pennsylvania this week at $4.929 per gallon, according to AAA East Central’s Gas Price Report.
This week’s average prices: Western Pennsylvania Average $4.929
Average price during the week of June 27, 2022 $4.
Average price during the week of July 6 , 2021 $3.245
The average price of unleaded self-serve gasoline in various areas:
$4.864 Altoona
$5.030 Beaver
$4.902 Bradford
$4.870 Brookville
$4.961 Butler
$4.906 Clarion
$4.915 DuBois
$4.884 Erie
$4.978 Greensburg
$4.913 Indiana
$4.969 Jeannette
$4.951 Kittanning
$4.989 Latrobe
$4.894 Meadville
$4.956 Mercer
$4.893 New Castle
$4.974 New Kensington
$4.899 Oil City
$4.942 Pittsburgh
$4.888 Sharon
$4.946 Uniontown
$4.901 Warren
$4.936 Washington
Trend Analysis:
The national average for a gallon of gasoline fell to $4.80, down eight cents over the past week but still $1.67 more than a year ago. The primary reason for the decline is lower demand at the pump as fewer people fueled up over the past few weeks (with the exception of the Independence Day weekend). Therefore, the lull could end as more motorists hit the road during the summer driving season.
About 80% of stations are now selling regular for under $5 a gallon. But July is typically the heaviest month for demand as more Americans travel, so this trend of easing prices could be short-lived.
According to the latest Energy Information Administration (EIA) data, gas demand currently sits at 8.93 million barrels per day, which is lower than last year’s rate of 9.11 million barrels per day at the end of June. On the other hand, total domestic gasoline stocks increased by 2.6 million barrels to 221.6 million barrels. These supply/demand dynamics, along with decreasing oil prices, have pushed pump prices lower.
At the close of Friday’s formal trading session, West Texas Intermediate increased by $2.67 to settle at $108.43. The price of crude increased at the end of last week due to market optimism that demand will increase throughout the summer. However, crude prices faced strong resistance amid broad market concern about the potential for economic growth to slow or stall due to rising interest rates and inflation, which could send prices lower this week if market concerns persist. Additionally, EIA reported that total domestic crude stocks decreased by 2.7 million barrels to 415.6 million barrels last week, which is nearly 37 million barrels lower than at the end of June 2021.
Motorists can find current gas prices nationwide, statewide, and countywide at GasPrices.AAA.com.
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