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Ambridge borough council recognized the Marine JROTC from Ambridge High School at this week’s meeting. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

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Several Democratic presidential candidates – including Elizabeth Warren, Bernie Sanders and Kamala Harris – are vowing to ban fracking if elected. But they wouldn’t be able to do so under a bill introduced by Republican U-S Senator Pat Toomey. Toomey has introduced a resolution re-affirming that presidents cannot unilaterally ban fracking on state and private land. Last month, Democratic Senator Bob Casey and Democratic Congressman Conor Lamb said that the Democratic contenders should reconsider their threats to ban fracking if they ever hope to win over Western Pennsylvania voters.

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — There is at least one Pennsylvania county that is signaling that it won’t go along with Gov. Tom Wolf’s insistence that counties buy new voting systems as a security measure in 2020’s election. Dauphin County Commissioner Mike Pries said Wednesday that he’s comfortable with the county’s old machines, particularly after hearing about problems in other counties last week. Wolf began pressing counties last year to get new voting machines that have an auditable paper backup.

ENOLA, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania state lawmaker a charge of driving under the influence after being stopped two months ago in suburban Harrisburg. Police say 26-year-old Democratic Rep. Brandon Markosek of Allegheny County was going 53 mph in a 35 mph zone when he was pulled over. The affidavit says Markosek smelled slightly of alcohol and told an officer he’d had two drinks at a nearby restaurant. Police say his blood test indicated an alcohol level of 0.058%, below the state’s limit for driving of 0.08%.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A New Jersey man who bought an illegal tiger skin rug years after being told it was a crime to do so has been sentenced to one day in jail. The U.S. attorney’s office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania said Wednesday that 62-year-old Loren Varga was also sentenced to two years’ of supervised release and is required to pay a $1,500 fine. Varga had traveled across state lines to buy the tiger rug, which authorities say he knew was from an endangered species. He pleaded guilty in July.

A plea hearing for an Ambridge man charged with animal cruelty and property violations…is scheduled for December. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano has more. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

Participants in this year’s Beaver Light-Up Night Parade are being discouraged from throwing candy to children. Officials with the borough and the Beaver Chamber of Commerce have asked parade participants to refrain from throwing candy to children watching along the sidelines. Beaver police are calling it a safety concern…and will be monitoring the crowd that night. They say anyone throwing candy will not be issued a citation, but they are strongly discouraged from doing so.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Authorities say a shooting in a Pittsburgh neighborhood has left two people dead. The victims _ a man and a woman _ were found in a car around 10:30 p.m. Wednesday by police responding to reports of shots fired. The man was pronounced dead at the scene, while the woman later died at a hospital. Their names and further details about their injuries have not been disclosed. Authorities say the shooting remains under investigation.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR THURSDAY, NOV. 14TH, 2019

TODAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 41.

TONIGHT – CLEAR SKIES. LOW – 23.

FRIDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH – 41.

SATURDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 36.

SUNDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 44.