MARSHALLTOWN, Iowa (AP) — Bernie Sanders insists he feels better than ever less than a month after heart surgery, but his return to the campaign trail this week sparked new questions about the unusually old age of the Democratic Party’s leading 2020 presidential candidates. The 78-year-old Sanders and 76-year-old Joe Biden suggest their age isn’t a major issue, but voters aren’t so sure. Gordon Lundberg is a 71-year-old retired Lutheran pastor from Ames, Iowa, and says candidates’ health is a key issue for him.

CHICAGO (AP) — Questions about what motivated an abortion doctor to keep over 2,000 sets of fetal remains at his Chicago-area home may never be fully answered. The remains were discovered stacked in Urlich Klopfer’s garage after he died at age 79 on Sept. 3. Was he a hoarder? Was he trying to save on disposal costs? Or was he hoping to torment his enemies after his death? He may have taken the answer to his grave.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Philadelphia police say a man who was shot 15 times walked into a hospital emergency room and is expected to survive. The shooting unfolded early Friday in the city’s Kensington section. Police found 23 spent shell casings on the scene, but no victim. That’s when word came about a gunshot victim at a hospital. Police Chief Inspector Scott Small says the 27-year-old is in critical condition, but is expected to survive. Small says it’s “pretty miraculous.” No arrests have been made.

A Pittsburgh man is charged in the sexual assault of a 10-year-old Ambridge girl. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details…

This Saturday is National Drug Take back day, citizens across the United States can bring any unwanted medicine to their local police station. Beaver County radio news intern Alex D’Itri has more…

CHARLEROI, Pa. (AP) — Investigators claim a retired state police sergeant admitted to taking $2,500 from the Pagan’s Motorcycle Club’s national sergeant at arms to offer hush money to the victim of an assault and the man’s wife. The Washington Observer-Reporter said 57-year-old James “Bear” Baranowki is accused of offering Troy and Michele Harris financial support and protection from harm for life. Baranowski left the state police in 2003 after 17 years.

The Pennsylvania House has begun to move a package of bills designed to help reinforce Pennsylvania’s ailing volunteer fire and emergency medical services companies. The Helpers and Heroes Package addresses an alarming decline in emergency services volunteers over recent years. State Representative Bob Brooks – who represents the 54th Legislative district, spanning portions of Allegheny and Westmoreland Counties – says emergency volunteers deserve more…

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Community service projects, an overseas concert and a virtual remembrance are among multiple ways the deadliest attack on Jews in U.S. history will be commemorated. Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the shooting at the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh that killed 11 worshippers and injured seven. Stephen Cohen is co-president of New Light, one of three congregations present the day of the shooting. He says the key to the commemoration is remembering those who were lost.

The Aliquippa School Board has accepted a teacher’s resignation. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

The family of a man who was found dead in a bathroom at PPG Paints Arena wants to know why his body went undiscovered for more than 40 hours. During the Oct. 5th game at the arena featuring the Penguins and the Blue Jackets, Tim Helbig — a sound technician working for AT&T Sportsnet — complained of severe pain and told co-workers he needed to leave. It would be the last time anyone would see or speak with him. Two days later — in a check before Oct. 7’s Black Keys concert — Helbig’s body was found inside a locked family bathroom on the arena’s third-floor concourse. He had been in that bathroom — undiscovered — for more than 40 hours. Detectives say there was no sign of foul play.  It is not known when Helbig died, and medical experts say it is very difficult to determine a time of death in these cases.