JEFFERSON COUNTY, Pa. – Single-lane, flagger controlled traffic will begin on Route 1008, Rattlesnake Road, next week as part of the Lanes Mills Bridge #4 replacement project in Snyder Township, Jefferson County. Beginning, April 24, the flagger-controlled lane restrictions will be in place to install temporary traffic signals on Route 1008 as part of the project to replace the bridge carrying Route 1008 over Rattlesnake Creek.  The temporary signals will remain in place for the duration of the project. This nearly $1.5 million bridge replacement project is being constructed by Kukurin Contracting, Inc., and is expected to be completed in mid-November. Motorists should slow down and use caution in work zones, and obey flaggers and other traffic control devices. Expect congestion and delays in the project area. Fines are doubled for violations in work zones. Drive responsibly for your safety and the safety of the workers. For more information on projects occurring or being bid this year, those made possible by or accelerated by the state transportation funding plan (Act 89), or those on the department’s Four and Twelve Year Plans, visit www.projects.penndot.gov. Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway 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 850 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. Follow local PennDOT information on Twitter at www.twitter.com/511PAStateColl.

CUMBERLAND CO., Pa. (EYT) – Authorities have released the cause of death for a former Rimersburg man who was found dead on Wednesday at Camp Hill State Correction Institution in Cumberland County while serving state prison time for his role as the ringleader of a methamphetamine ring in Clarion County. FULL ARTICLE