The upcoming primary and general elections in Pennsylvania were the focus of a hearing of the state Senate Majority Policy Committee. A number of election law reforms were enacted in 2019, committee members had questions for state and county officials. The changes included funding for new voting systems, the ability for any voter touse a mail-in ballot, and the registration deadline now 15 days before election day.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A monument honoring voting rights for African American men and women will soon be built on Pennsylvania’s Capitol grounds. The monument will also commemorate former residents of the Old Eighth Ward, a black community in Harrisburg that was demolished to make way for the state Capitol Complex. The multi-purpose monument, called “A Gathering at the Crossroads,” will feature four bronze life-size statues of abolitionists and orators who fought for equal rights. The groundbreaking for the $400,000 monument will be held on March 25 and the dedication is scheduled for June 15. About $290,000 has been raised to date.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, JANUARY 28TH, 2020
TODAY – CLOUDY SKIES. A FEW FLURRIES OR SNOW
SHOWERS POSSIBLE. TEMPS NEARLY STEADY IN
THE MID-30‘S.
TONIGHT – CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. A FEW FLURRIES
OR SNOW SHOWERS POSSIBLE. LOW – 25.
WEDNESDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 36.
Final Score from CCBC:
CCBC 147, Butler sCC 61.
Yazid Powell scored 81 points for CCBC in honor of the late Kobe Bryant. Powell left the game early in the second half.
End of First Half at CCBC:
CCBC 77, Butler CC 23.
Yazid Powell scored 75 points for CCBC.
Final Score from CCBC:
CCBC Women: 49.
Butler CC Women: 39.
Butlere led 28-16 at halftime. In the second half, CCBC exploded for an 18 to 4 run to gain a lead they would not relinquish.
Alabama fire chief: At least 8 died in marina boat dock fire
By JAY REEVES Associated Press
The fire chief in Scottsboro, Alabama, says at least eight people were killed in an explosive fire that consumed at least 35 vessels at a marina along the Tennessee River. Chief Gene Necklaus said all eight people who were known to be missing are confirmed dead, and “that number could go up,” because they don’t know how many were on boats that sank. At least seven people were sent to hospitals suffering from exposure to the water or flames. The fire quickly consumed the dock as people were sleeping, cutting off their escape routes and raining debris into the water.
School district closed after online word of potential threat
A Pittsburgh-area school district has closed all schools Monday following a potential threat of violence received over the weekend. Plum Borough police say the “non-specific” potential threat against Plum School District came Sunday from an online system for reporting anonymous tips run by the state attorney general’s office. Police say the decision to close all district schools was made “in an abundance of caution.” Police chief Lanny Conley told the Tribune-Review that it was a “generalized threat to shoot up the school.” The district was closed after a threat in 2018. Six threats in spring 2017 resulted in charges against several students.
Investigators work scene of Kobe Bryant’s chopper crash
By STEFANIE DAZIO Associated Press
Investigators and coroner’s personnel are working on a rugged hillside outside Los Angeles where a helicopter carrying Kobe Bryant and eight others crashed in foggy conditions considered dangerous enough that local police agencies grounded their choppers. About 20 investigators are on the scene Monday in Calabasas were Bryant’s helicopter crashed Sunday with an impact that scattered debris over an area the size of a football field and killed everyone aboard. The coroner’s office says three bodies were recovered Sunday afternoon. The accident unleashed an outpouring of grief from admirers of the basketball great who spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers.
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump is dismissing a claim by his former national security adviser that could play a major role in his impeachment trial as patently “false.” John Bolton writes in his forthcoming book that Trump told him that he wanted to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars in aid from Ukraine until it helped secure investigations into former Vice President Joe Biden. Trump and his legal team have repeatedly rejected that claim. A lawyer for acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney slammed the allegations Monday as having “more to do with publicity than the truth.”