Pennsylvania launches online application for mail-in ballots
By MARC LEVY Associated Press
Pennsylvania is launching the website where voters for the first time can request the newly legalized mail-in ballots ahead of the state’s April 28 primary election. Beginning Tuesday, someone applying online must supply a driver’s license number or an identification card number from a card issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, as well as their name, address, phone number and email address. The mail-in ballots, part of an election reform law signed in October by Gov. Tom Wolf, now allow all voters to vote by mail for any reason.

The Pennsylvania attorney general’s office sued electronic cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs Inc. on Monday over how its products are marketed and sold to teenagers. Josh Shapiro, a Democrat, said in a statement that Juul “knowingly targeted young people with tactics similar to the tobacco companies’ playbook. There is no proof these e-cigarettes are safe and until there is, we need to get Juul products off shelves and out of the hands of young people.” There have been 61 confirmed and 59 probable cases of vaping products associated lung injury in Pennsylvania.

The Beaver County Humane Society is calling for dog owners in the county to have their dogs and puppies vaccinated against parvovirus…as the shelter received a second stray puppy who tested positive in recent months. Beaver County Radio newsman Pat Septak spoke with the Humane Society’s Susan Salyards. She says they’re concerned because the Parvovirus can be deadly…

She says they’re concerned because a 2nd stray puppy has come down with the virus in recent months…

She explains why dog owners need to get your pets vaccinated against this virus…

She talked about the vaccination itself…

I asked her what are the symptoms of the Parvovirus?

Salyards says there is no outbreak at the shelter, but they’re urging dog owners to get their pets vaccinated just as a precaution.

A Detroit man has been arrested in Ambridge on drug charges. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on play to hear Sandy’s report…

An Aliquippa woman has pleaded guilty in federal court in Pittsburgh to drug charges. 30 year old Carlisha Williams pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl. Authorities allege Williams provided other suspects an address to receive packages of fentanyl shipped from overseas. Sentencing is set for May. Williams faces up to 40 years in prison a five million dollar fine or both.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Jurors return Tuesday to resume deliberations in the trial of the remaining defendant in the slayings of five people and an unborn baby at a Wilkinsburg cookout almost four years ago. Closing arguments were delivered Monday in the Allegheny County trial of 33-year-old Cheron Shelton, who is charged with first- and third-degree murder in the March 2016 slayings in Pittsburgh’s Wilkinsburg suburb. Charges were dismissed earlier against Shelton’s co-defendant, 31-year-old Robert Thomas. Prosecutors have said they will seek capital punishment in the event of a first-degree murder conviction. Defense attorneys have cited a lack of physical evidence.

Crews responded to a house fire in Ambridge early this morning. Quick work by firefighters prevented serious damage to the home on Maplewood Avenue. The fire started in the basement of the home next to the furnace. After putting out the fire, which consisted more of smoke than flames, firefighters aired out the home with fans. Two people who were inside the home at the time were able to get out safely without injury.

(Photos taken by Frank Sparks)

A fire in Rochester left four people injured last night. The fire broke out a little before 9 p.m. inside a home in the 500 block of Jefferson Street. Three people were taken to the hospital with burns and one was taken to the hospital with smoke inhalation. In total, seven people were displaced by the fire. The Red Cross is assisting the people who were affected. The Rochester Fire Department is looking into the cause of the blaze.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH, 2020

TODAY – SOME MORNING FOG. OTHERWISE, MOSTLY
CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 41.

TONIGHT – MOSTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 27.

WEDNESDAY – CLOUDY WITH PERIODS OF SNOW DURING
THE AFTERNOON. SOME SLEET MAY MIX IN.
SNOW ACCUMULATIONS LESS THAN ONE
INCH. HIGH NEAR 40.