(Photos taken by Sandy Giordano)

BREAKING NEWS: The rainy weather forecast has prompted several municipalities in Beaver County and beyond….to postpone trick or treating times. The latest just called in this morning: Koppel has changed its trick or treat time to 1 to 3 on Saturday. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has the rest of the updated list. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WEATHER FORECAST FOR HALLOWEEN: FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31ST, 2019

 

** WIND ADVISORY FOR BEAVER COUNTY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 10 AM EDT FRIDAY…MEANING GUSTY WINDS COULD BLOW AROUND UNSECURED OBJECTS. TREE LIMBS COULD BE BLOWN DOWN AND A FEW POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT…SO PLEASE USE EXTRA CAUTION WHEN DRIVING. **

TODAY – PERIODS OF RAIN. HIGH NEAR 70.

TONIGHT – RAIN AND SNOW SHOWERS THIS EVENING.
CLOUDY AND WINDY OVERNIGHT. LOW – 34.

FRIDAY – CLOUDY SKIES IN THE MORNING, FOLLOWED BY
SUNSHINE IN THE AFTERNOON. HIGH – 46.

SATURDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 50.

SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 44.

Work zone speed cameras about to be deployed in Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Cameras to detect speeding in Pennsylvania’s roadway work zones will begin limited operation next week ahead of their use statewide early next year.
Two cameras will be deployed, one in the Pennsylvania Turnpike system and one on another Pennsylvania roadway, but for 60 days violators won’t be issued warnings or tickets.
There will eventually be 17 cameras deployed in the state.
There were more than 1,800 work zone crashes in Pennsylvania last year, and 23 people died.
The law calls for cameras to record license plates of anyone going more than 11 miles per hour above the limit while workers are present.
Violators will get a written warning the first time, followed by fines of $75 and $150 for subsequent offenses.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is asking the Army secretary for a briefing on what he’s doing to protect Alexander Vindman, a lieutenant colonel detailed to the White House who testified Tuesday in Democrats’ impeachment inquiry. Schumer wrote Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy after Democrats in Vindman’s closed-door deposition said they pushed back on Republican attempts to reveal the identity of a whistleblower who filed a complaint about President Donald Trump’s dealings with Ukraine.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The second highest ranking official at the State Department faced off with senators demanding to know why he didn’t know more about the Trump administration’s backchannel diplomacy with Ukraine and the dismissal of the former U.S. ambassador to Kyiv. Both issues are at the heart of the impeachment inquiry into the president. Deputy Secretary of State John Sullivan was questioned Wednesday during his confirmation hearing.

SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) — A wind-driven wildfire burning northwest of Los Angeles has grown to 1,300 acres. The Ventura County Fire Department says the blaze is threatening 6,500 homes. The fire erupted before dawn Wednesday between the cities of Simi Valley and Moorpark and has been spread by strong Santa Ana winds. Flames have approached the hilltop Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, but a spokeswoman says no damage has occurred.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A state House investigative committee says Pennsylvania’s lobbyist disclosure law should be overhauled so that lobbyists, rather than the entities they’re working for, have to report meals, gifts and other spending meant to influence government. The House Government Oversight Committee report released Wednesday also recommends changes to how lobbyist spending reports are audited.

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Economic information is showing manufacturing jobs vanishing in Rust Belt states critical to the reelection prospects of President Donald Trump. In his 2016 campaign, Trump won such states and more in part with promises of a revival in the coal and steel industries. A year ahead of the 2020 election, both sectors are faltering. On Tuesday, another major mining firm, Murray Energy, filed for bankruptcy, sparking new worries in communities in Ohio, West Virginia and Kentucky.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Sean Parnell, a Fox News contributor, says he’ll run for Congress in Pennsylvania, confirming what President Donald Trump announced during an appearance last week in Pittsburgh. Parnell said Wednesday that he’ll run for Pennsylvania’s politically divided 17th District, which runs from Pittsburgh’s suburbs through Ohio River towns to the Ohio border. The seat is held by freshman Rep. Conor Lamb, a Democrat who beat third-term Republican Keith Rothfus last year by 12 percentage points.

Ohio teenagers hoping to get behind the wheel will have to wait a bit longer under a bill that will undergo a full House vote. The Ohio House Transportation and Public Safety Committee voted 11-to-4 on Tuesday to advance a bill that would raise the minimum age to get a probationary driver’s license from 16 to 16 1/2. The current eligibility age for a learner’s permit will remain at 15 ½ but the new bill will require the individual to hold that permit for one year before they can get their license, instead of six months. Under the new law, a new driver will be able to bypass the probationary license process when they turn 18. A similar bill was introduced in November 2017 but failed.