The widow of the late Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., is running for his vacant seat in the upcoming special election to replace him. Maya Rockeymoore Cummings told The Baltimore Sun of her plans to enter the race. The deadline to file for the Feb. 4 special election primary is Nov. 20. The election is slated for April 28. Rockeymoore Cummings also is resigning as chairwoman of the Maryland Democratic Party as she kicks off her campaign. She unsuccessfully ran for Maryland governor in 2018. Cummings died at age 68 after a battle with cancer on Oct. 17.

A Beaver County-based company has been nationally recognized for its role in employing veterans. The U-S Department of Labor has awarded the HIRE Vets Medallion to 28 companies from Pennsylvania for recruiting, employing and retaining America’s veterans. The nationwide award recipients hired more than 52-thousand veterans since 2017. Monaca-based Leaf Enterprises Inc. – a pest control company serving the greater Pittsburgh region – was the only Beaver County company to win a platinum-level award.

An Ohioville man accused of sexually assaulting a teenage girl at his own wedding last year…has been acquitted of all charges. Borough police charged 27-year-old Stephen Moon in April with aggravated assault, indecent assault, corruption of a minor and unlawful contact with a minor. According to the criminal complaint, the girl was attending Moon’s wedding at his home on July 7th, 2018 when he allegedly took her into a bedroom and said they were going to “make a pretend baby”. A jury found Moon not guilty of all four charges yesterday afternoon in Beaver County Court.

An animal cruelty case out of Aliquippa…is going to trial. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has details. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

County officials will begin discussions on final decisions on what turn out to be a tumultuous 2020 budget tomorrow. Financial consultant Corey Trautman is expected to unveil the first look at what the county is dealing with financially in 2020. The biggest unknown that remains for the county commissioners is the court-ordered property reassessment. They will have to determine if they will take on additional debt for the project, raise taxes, use a portion of its reserve funds…or a combination of all of the above. Those final decisions will be made during the coming weeks.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, NOV. 12TH, 2019

TODAY – SNOW SHOWERS. SOME MIXED WINTER
PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE. SNOW ACCUMULATING
1 TO 3 INCHES. HIGH – 32.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES. NEAR RECORD LOW
TEMPERATURES. LOW – 18.

WEDNESDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. HIGH – 34.

Trump kicks off Veterans Day tribute in NYC
NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump kicked off New York City’s Veterans Day Tribute on Monday by saying the nation’s veterans “risked everything for us. Now it is our duty to serve and protect them every single day of our lives.”
Trump spoke at the opening of the 100th annual parade organized by the United War Veterans Council in Madison Square Park. He is the first sitting president to accept the group’s invitation to speak at the event.
As Trump spoke, more than 100 protesters gathered and could be heard with whistles and booing. Some chanted “lock him up” and “shame, shame, shame.”
Trump told the crowd that the nation’s veterans often came face to face with evil and did not back down.
“You returned from war and you never forgot your friends who didn’t return,” Trump said. “But your greatest tribute of all is the way you lived your lives in the years since.”
Trump also used the event to tout the strength of the U.S. military and the death of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, saying “al-Baghdadi is dead. His second in charge is dead. We have our eyes on number 3.”
Trump has been a longtime supporter of the parade. The New York Times reported that during the 1990s he pledged $200,000 and offered to raise money from friends in exchange for being named the parade’s grand marshal.
Trump is a lifelong New Yorker but recently changed his official residence to Florida , complaining about his treatment by the heavily Democratic city’s elected officials.

WASHINGTON (AP) — New York Rep. Peter King says he will not seek reelection in 2020. The 14-term Republican congressman says in a Facebook post Monday morning that the “prime reason” behind his decision was the commute. At least 20 House Republicans have announced they will not seek reelection. Three other GOP lawmakers have resigned.

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine awarded a potentially huge oil and gas contract to two political supporters of Energy Secretary Rick Perry just weeks after he recommended one of them as an adviser to Ukraine’s new president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Perry endorsed his friend from Texas while representing the Trump administration at Zelenskiy’s inauguration. Perry’s nod and the contracting decision came as the alleged quid pro quo at the center of the impeachment proceedings against President Donald Trump was taking shape.

NEW YORK (AP) — President Donald Trump kicked off New York City’s Veterans Day Tribute on Monday by saying the nation’s veterans “risked everything for us. Now it is our duty to serve and protect them every single day of our lives.” Trump spoke at the opening of the 100th annual parade organized by the United War Veterans Council in Madison Square Park.