EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler has proposed ending direct regulation of methane pollution from new and modified oil and gas facilities. Andrea Sears reports…

FREEPORT, Bahamas (AP) — The Georgia Department of Transportation is reporting light traffic on the interstate highway being used as a one-way evacuation route for coastal residents fleeing Hurricane Dorian. State officials Tuesday morning turned all lanes of Interstate 16 into an eastbound route from Savannah on the coast to Dublin about 100 miles inland. The state DOT said in a news release the route was seeing “light traffic” Tuesday afternoon and cars were “running at the speed limit.”

Sen. Bernie Sanders received an adoring welcome at the Islamic Society of North America annual convention in Houston over the weekend, as he stressed the need to forge progressive coalitions and build solidarity between communities in order to defeat President Donald Trump in the election. Sanders, along with former U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Julián Castro, became the first presidential candidates to ever address the nation’s largest gathering of Muslims.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden entered the Democratic primary promising to reject donations from lobbyists, yet a review of campaign finance data by The Associated Press finds he’s accepted roughly $200,000 from employees of major lobbying firms. Biden pledged from the outset to forgo money specifically from federally registered lobbyists. That leaves him free to take donations from state-level lobbyists and those who lobby but do not meet the legal threshold requiring them to register.

After three years of fundraising to reopen the Beaver Falls wave pool, Tyrone Zeigler says he is nearly at his goal. The 41-year-old claims he’s within 80-grand of his half-million-dollar goal while some local businesses pledged labor or materials for the pool’s repairs. The pool closed in 2002 because Beaver Falls officials said the cost of maintaining it was too much.

Several groups of volunteers from Pittsburgh and the surrounding areas are in place to assist in the recovery from Hurricane Dorian. Teams with Pittsburgh Aviation Animal Rescue headed to South Carolina to help clear out shelters for animals before the storm. Also, several specialized ambulance units from Fayette and Washington counties are southbound to help after the storm.

PENN HILLS, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a head-on collision near Pittsburgh claimed the lives of two people and injured a third. Allegheny County emergency dispatchers say the crash was reported just after 5 p.m. Sunday in Penn Hills. Chief Howard Burton of the Penn Hills police department says one vehicle was apparently trying to pass a third car in a no-passing area. Burton says two people in one car were killed and a third person in the other car had injuries not deemed life-threatening.

A suspect who was accused of robbing a Cranberry Township bank late last month was apprehended by police over the weekend. Michael Neppach is accused of robbing the PNC Bank on Route 19 last Wednesday. Officials say that Neppach entered the bank just before 5pm, and was holding a note that said he had a gun. Neppach faces charges including robbery.

A woman is awaiting sentencing after being found guilty last week of killing her boyfriend with her car in Cranberry Township during a domestic dispute in March 2018. Jessica Royall was found guilty by the jury of involuntary manslaughter and other charges in the death of 27-year-old Ryan Minett. Investigators said Royall was drunk and had cocaine in her system when she drove about a half-mile with Minett hanging from the side of her vehicle. Royall’s sentencing date hasn’t been set.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 3RD, 2019

TODAY – SOME CLOUDS THIS MORNING WILL GIVE WAY TO
GENERALLY SUNNY SKIES THIS AFTERNOON.
HIGH – 84.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY THIS EVENING. SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AFTER
MIDNIGHT. LOW NEAR 70.

WEDNESDAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THE MORNING.
HIGH – 77.