Thursday, March 28, 2013
Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash in the outbound lanes of the Parkway West near the Campbells Run Road exit around 12:30 p.m. Thursday.
Emergency crews responded to a rollover crash in the outbound lanes of the Parkway West near the Campbells Run Road exit. The crash happened around 12:30 p.m. Thursday in the westbound lanes near the township line between Robinson and Collier. PennDOT officials said the left lane was blocked and traffic was moving slowly in both directions. It’s not known if anyone was injured in the crash. Emergency responders removed the vehicle from the roadway around 1:45 p.m. and traffic was moving normally shortly afterward.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
State Troopers said a Moon man was driving under the influence of a controlled substance when he crashed his car.
Pennsylvania State Police arrested a Moon Township man on charges of drunken driving after he crashed his Cadillac onto its roof and attempted to run down Interstate 376 West. Daryl Godfrey, 30, lost control of his 2004 Cadillac SRX at 3 a.m. today near the Banksville Road exit on the interstate, failing to negotiate a left-hand curve and driving his vehicle into a hillside, where it rolled over onto its roof. Godfrey initially ran from the crash, but was captured by state police. He was placed under arrest for suspicion of drunken driving. Godfrey was not injured in the crash and no other vehicles were involved, state police said.
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Gov. Tom Corbett signed into a law the renaming of the interchange.
The traffic interchange at Interstate 376 and Ewing Road will be named after a former member of the Moon Board of Supervisors. Township resident Jack Wise, who was first appointed to the board to fill a vacancy in 1981, served as both a supervisor and founding member of the Moon Transportation Authority and Thorn Run Interchange group. Wise, a former candidate for the state legislature, is credited with cultivating public-private partnerships that lead to intersection improvements in Moon. He continued to sit on the board until 1989, said Moon communications director Alexis Sergeant. Rep. Mark Mustio, R-Moon, introduced a bill during the 2012 legislative season to rename the Ewing Road roundabout as the "Jack Wise Interchange," in honor …
Saturday, October 20, 2012
State police say Richard Schachte ignored their warnings about posting campaign signs along the highway early Saturday.
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Saturday, October 20, 2012
Correction: State Police charged Richard Schachte with depositing waste or other materials on the highway and prohibition in specific places, according to Allegheny County Court records. A state police report initially indicated he was also charged with other offenses. This story has been corrected to reflect the charges. State police in Moon charged a Westmoreland County man with depositing waste or other materials on the highway early Saturday after they said he ignored instructions to stop posting political campaign signs along Interstate 376 in Robinson. Richard Schachte, 52, of New Kensington, also was charged with prohibition in specific places, according to court records. Troopers said they filed the charges after confronting …
Friday, October 12, 2012
A tractor-trailer barreled through the concrete median on I-376 near Carnegie before crashing into cars and causing major traffic back-ups in both directions Friday morning.
Crews have reopened all lanes of the Parkway West four hours after a major crash closed the interstate in both directions near the Carnegie exit Friday morning. A tractor-trailer apparently barreled through the concrete median, crashing into two cars and causing major traffic back-ups in both directions,WPXI-TV reported. The crash happened shortly before 6 a.m. during the morning rush hour commute. It’s not known if anyone was injured in the crash. PennDOT workers could be seen working most of the morning trying to repair the concrete median. All lanes were reopened shortly before 10 a.m. ---- Like Robinson-Moon Patch on Facebook!
Saturday, August 11, 2012
See where PennDOT crews will be the busiest.
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Saturday, August 11, 2012
Ross and West View drivers heading south, east, or west should have few detours from PennDOT this weekend. However, the same cannot be said for the return trip home. Here's this week's orange cone alert: Parkway East (I-376) Squirrel Hill Tunnel Rehabilitation Traffic in the inbound Squirrel Hill Tunnel on the Parkway East will be restricted to a single lane from 9 p.m. to 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday nights for tunnel rehabilitation work. Grant Street Tunnel improvements Inbound Parkway East will be closed between Grant Street (Exit 71A) and the Fort Pitt Bridge/I-279 ramps from 9 p.m. on Friday through approximately noon Saturday. Crews will be performing repairs in the tunnel that carries Grant Street over I-376. The ramp from Grant …
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Moon and Robinson officers arrested a man after a struggle this morning on Interstate 376, according to WPXI.
Officers from Moon and Robinson arrested an unruly motorist following a Parkway West chase early this morning, reports WPXI. 28-year-old Brian Angel, who according to court documents resides in Ambridge, was arrested at 4 a.m. following the chase. He was wanted on drunken driving and drug possession charges in Beaver County, according to court records. WPXI reports that police struggled to arrest Angel, who ran from officers after they approached him while he was changing a tire on the interstate. Police believe the man struck a Parkway guard rail with his vehicle. Angel ran into a wooded area near Moon's exit 57 on the Parkway to evade police. He can be seen on WPXI video fighting officers as they attempt to place him under arrest. …
Friday, June 29, 2012
An October 2013 opening is planned for the regional trading post and grocery store.
The Department of Defense announced Thursday that a $12 million contract has been awarded to a Mississippi construction firm for the long-planned Moon Township military commissary. Carothers Construction Inc. of Oxford, MS will construct the 43,000 square-foot commissary at the corner of the Interstate 376 business route and University Boulevard near the 99th Regional Readiness Command Army Reserve Unit. When completed, it will replace the existing commissary in Oakdale. The commissary will act as a grocery store and trading post exclusively for more than 160,000 military personnel and family members in Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia. The post is expected to be completed by October 2013. Ten firms bid on the project, according to …
Sunday, June 17, 2012
Moon Police are investigating the crash.
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Sunday, June 17, 2012
Friday, June 1, 2012
The longtime owner of a Pittsburgh exotic club says sponsoring a highway was a way to help the state and promote his business.
Albert Bortz says more small business owners should take part in the Pennsylvania Sponsor-a-Highway program. "It benefits the state, which is good, and it's a good marketing tool," Bortz said. "It's inexpensive and gets your business' name out there for people to see." That business' name is Blush, the longtime downtown Pittsburgh strip club Bortz has owned for more than 40 years on Ninth Street. In recent weeks, Blush become one of only two gentlemen's clubs in the state to sponsor a portion of Pennsylvania roadways under the state's Sponsor-a-Highway program. "It's shocking more people don't (take part in the Sponsor-a-Highway program)," Bortz said of the program. "I'd tell them call me and I'll give you the phone number for who to …
Mike Jones
1:42 pm on Thursday, March 28, 2013
The crash has been cleared from the roadway and traffic appears to be moving normally. more ›