Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026:<\/p>\n
Allegheny River boat fire<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh River Rescue and firefighters were dispatched shortly before 1 a.m. Wednesday for reports of a boat on fire in the Allegheny River, according to Pittsburgh Public Safety.<\/p>\n
The boat, located between the Andy Warhol and Rachel Carson bridges, was fully engulfed in flames when responders arrived, Public Safety said. The fire was extinguished around 1:15 a.m., and the boat has since sunk.<\/p>\n
River Rescue crews said they did not find anyone on the boat or in the water nearby.<\/p>\n
Pittsburgh police identified video showing a person boarding the boat and fleeing shortly before the fire occurred. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission has been notified.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information can call 412-782-7646 to reach the city\u2019s fire investigative unit.<\/p>\n
Car seat safety event<\/p>\n
Pennsylvania State Police will conduct a car seat safety event next week at the turnpike\u2019s Oakmont Plum Service Plaza in honor of National Child Passenger Safety Week.<\/p>\n
The event is scheduled to run from 3 to 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the service plaza, located around milepost 49 eastbound, according to state police. Troopers will help install car seats and inform parents and caregivers of how to use child safety seats.<\/p>\n
Registration is not required.<\/p>\n
I-70 traffic restrictions<\/p>\n
Single-lane restrictions will be in place Friday along a section of Interstate 70 in Rostraver, according to the state Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n
Traffic along I-70 westbound \u2014 between exit 43 in Fayette City and exit 46 in Rostraver \u2014 will be restricted to one lane from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. During this time, crews will repair temporary guiderails, widen pavement and place temporary concrete pavement.<\/p>\n
The work is part of the I-70 at Arnold City interchange project, which connects Route 3011 and Daugherty Lane to the interstate. The project aims to improve safety and traffic flow at the interchange and along the interstate.<\/p>\n
The $89 million project will include widening the median from 4 feet to 10 feet and outside shoulders from 10 feet to 12 feet. The interchange will be reconstructed into a diamond shape.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026: Allegheny River boat…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74],"class_list":["post-287233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=287233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}