Deer hunters are being warned to watch out for tuberculosis. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning just ahead of deer hunting season which is starting across the country. The CDC believes a man who diagnosed with the disease in 2017 came into contact with a deer that had a bacteria and was spread to him, causing TB. Doctors say the bacteria was inhaled after the deer was killed. Hunters are advised to wear protective equipment while field-dressing.

Joe Biden, courting donors at a fundraiser in California on Thursday, began his remarks by reading directly from a whistleblower’s complaint that President Donald Trump sought foreign interference in the 2020 election. As Trump faces an impeachment inquiry over his demands that his Ukrainian counterpart investigate Biden, his top Democratic rival is striving to turn the growing political crisis to his advantage, raking in donations and taking to national television to make his case to voters that he is the Democrat best able to beat Trump next year. The controversy has allowed Biden to portray himself as Trump’s top target, bolstering his long-standing argument that he is the candidate the president fears most.

Vermont’s governor has become the first Republican chief executive to support impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump but cautions that he wants to know more before any further actions are taken. Gov. Phil Scott said at a news conference Thursday that he wasn’t surprised by the allegations that Trump repeatedly urged Ukraine’s president to “look into” Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden because he’s “watched him over the years.”  Other moderate Republican governors have yet to weigh in on an impeachment inquiry. When pressed by reporters, Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday he was withholding judgment. Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker and Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan have yet to comment. Scott has been a frequent critic of the president.

State leaders are encouraging people convicted of non-violent marijuana-related crimes to apply for pardons. Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman announced earlier this week that the Board of Pardons is expediting the application process to be pardoned for marijuana-related charges. The decision comes after the call for legalization of recreational marijuana across the state which is being supported by Governor Wolf.

Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf believes he has the public’s support in backing plans to legalize recreational marijuana. The governor talked up plans to make pot legal yesterday during a visit to Monongahela. Wolf says the time is right to offer marijuana to all adults and to issue pardons to people who are in jail for possessing small amounts of the drug. Local police chiefs say legalization will allow them to focus on other crimes and more serious drug problems.

Midland Municipal Authority officials are having a forensic audit done on its finances. The move is being made in the wake of what the authority calls false rumors and incorrect assumption about the potential mismanagement of funds. At a council meeting earlier this month, some members floated the idea of dissolving the authority and expressed distrust toward its leaders.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — A Pittsburgh mom has been sentenced in the death of her toddler daughter, which authorities say was due to the narcotic fentanyl found in the child’s pink sippy cup. Jhenea Pratt was sentenced Wednesday to five to 10 years in state prison. The 24-year-old Pratt was convicted in June of involuntary manslaughter and child endangerment. Two sippy cups were seized from Pratt’s apartment, one of which tested positive for fentanyl. Pratt said she had “no clue” how the drug ended up in the cup.

ELIZABETH, Pa. (AP) — PennDOT says the Elizabeth Bridge near Pittsburgh has been closed to traffic after a structural support bracket failed. The department released a statement saying the Route 51 bridge in Allegheny County is “indefinitely” closed as of 10 p.m. Thursday. Motorists will be detoured. Associated ramps at the bridge will remain open to traffic.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2019

 

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 82.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. A STRAY SHOWER OR
THUNDERSTORM IS POSSIBLE. LOW – 67.

SATURDAY – PARTLY CLOUDY IN THE MORNING FOLLOWED
BY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE
AFTERNOON. HIGH – 87.

SUNDAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH AROUND 80.