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Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
PennDOT urging careful driving in work zones amid busy construction season
As construction season ramps up, PennDOT is advocating for drivers to be on the lookout for those orange and white traffic cones on the roads. And for you to be extra cautious while going through work zones. Nobody loves waiting in traffic when it slows down as you go through a work zone. But the consequences of not doing so are literally life and death. Spring is here and so is PennDOT construction season in NWPA Each year, there are estimated to be more than 1,400 work zone crashes throughout Pennsylvania. In 2024, 22 people were killed in those crashes, and many more were injured. And since 1970, 91 PennDOT employees have died in workzone-related incidents. If people obeyed work zone rules, that number could have been zero. 'As we all know, it just takes a split second for something to happen. Whether that's a piece of equipment backing out in front of you or a worker walking nearby on the side of the road. All it takes is one or two seconds there and that could cost somebody their life,' said Saxon Daugherty, safety officer for PennDOT District 1. Reflecting on the stellar career of legendary Erie DJ Mojo McKay 'We're just asking that they show extra caution, just like they were if they were the worker in the work zone, or their family members were in the work zone, we want them all to go home safely to their families at night,' he continued. When entering a work area, follow the posted speed limit, avoid any distractions, double your following distance, pay attention to all signs and flaggers, and be patient. Violations are taken seriously and even if you don't think police are around to catch you, many areas are photo-enforced. According to pennsylvania state police, if you're caught going just 11 miles per hour or more above the posted speed limit in a work zone, you'll automatically lose your license for 15 days per state law. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Fines for traffic violations are doubled for active work zones and drivers can receive up to five years in jail and additional time if someone is killed in a crash inside the zone. 'Just alone in the northwest corner, we've got 100 projects for our construction season in District 1. Multiply that across all of pennsylvania and that doesn't even include all of our maintenance workers that are out doing minor maintenance work across the summer. You're going to see a lot of work zones as you're out and about in the commonwealth. Just keep those things top of mind as you're traveling,' Daugherty went on to say. Uncertainly lingers for food banks, farmers following federal funding cuts You can look ahead to see where work zones are utilizing 511PA. Plan your route ahead of time, especially if you're unfamiliar with the area you're heading to. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
22-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Reflecting on the stellar career of legendary Erie DJ Mojo McKay
Erie has lost another radio legend. Longtime morning radio DJ Mojo McKay has died. He was the longtime morning man on Rocket 105. For decades, much of Erie woke up to Mojo McKay on Rocket. He had a vast knowledge of rock and roll and he was popular because of his whacky sense of humor, poking fun a most anything, his energetic style and his knowledge of Erie history and politics. He was also known to have fun with live in-studio guests. 'He invited me onto the rocket morning show, and I immediately became a friend of the show, and he had me back a few other times, and he couldn't have been more of a gracious guy,' said Meteorologist and guest Craig Flint. Longtime radio DJ Joe Lang was a Boston Store studio colleague of McKay's for many years. He said McKay shook the local radio market, which at the time was full of what Lang called gentleman DJs. 'They were like 'good morning, 6:35, it's cloudy' but then Mojo came in and it went boom. He did all these wacky stunts, did these things on the air. Everyone knows his story. He proposed to his wife on the air, so it was something we had never seen in Erie before,' Lang recalled. And Lang said McKay was just as popular off the air. 'In a market like this, you can transcend radio. You see them at restaurants, bars, out buying clothes and stuff like that, and when you do, they would always stop and talk. You never wanted to go anywhere with Mojo because you'd never get there,' he continued. Mojo McKay's career ended last August when he was furloughed by iHeart Media in a nationwide layoff. His many radio fans, and those who knew him best, even guests on his show, knew McKay had the talent to work anywhere in the country. But he remained an ambassador for Erie. 'You know a lot of people aspire to move on to these bigger markets, and Moj was like, no, I'm good here, I'm good here,' Lang went on to say. Mojo McKay, whose real name is Michael Sroka, was a native of Olean, NY, and came to the area to attend Edinboro University. He was 62. He is survived by his son, Jack, and a sister, Carol. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
