Senate committee officials are advancing a measure to require drivers to remove ice and snow from their vehicles. The full senate is next for the proposal that would give drivers 24 hours after the storm to get their vehicles clean. This version would fine drivers 75-dollars if police believe the ice or snow on the vehicle poses a threat to other drivers while the current version only targets those who have it fall from their vehicle and strike someone else.

Investigators say they’re charging a Cranberry Township woman with assaulting her husband with a teddy bear. Carolyn Sholosh is accused of hitting her husband with the bear’s hard plastic base during a domestic dispute at their home. The man suffered a gash on his head. The 39-year-old Sholosh is free on bond.

A decision may be coming soon on the plan to open a mini-casino in Big Beaver. State officials could vote on Mount Airy Casino’s plan for the proposed Mount Airy Pittsburgh complex in the Castlebrook Development. The casino would have 750 slots, 30 table games, and three restaurants along with between 400-and-500 full-and-part-time jobs. If approved, it’ll take about 16 months to complete construction.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR TUESDAY, SEPT. 24TH, 2019

TODAY – PARTLY SUNNY. HIGH – 72.

TONIGHT – PARTLY CLOUDY. LOW – 51.

WEDNESDAY – MOSTLY SUNNY SKIES. HIGH NEAR 80.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Police say a man has been arrested on suspicion of providing a white powdery substance tainted with fentanyl at an after-party in Pittsburgh, leading to the death of three men. Pittsburgh Public Safety says Peter Rene Sanchez Montalvo was arrested Monday on federal charges of distributing a controlled substance resulting in death and serious bodily injury. No information on an attorney for him was available.

(Photos of Megan Smith taken by Sandy Giordano)

Hopewell Township’s newest female officer was sworn in last night. Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was there. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham says releasing a transcript of President Donald Trump’s phone call with Ukraine’s new leader “could set a bad precedent.” She tells Fox News that Trump is willing to do it but says lawyers “may have a problem with it.” Trump suggested over the weekend he raised former Vice President Joe Biden and Biden’s son Hunter during the call. Democrats want to investigate whether Trump improperly used his office to try to dig up dirt on a political rival.

UNITED NATIONS (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump says another meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un “could happen soon.” Trump didn’t elaborate Monday at the start of U.N. meetings in New York about a possible fourth summit with Kim over the North’s expanding nuclear program. Nuclear talks have been stalled despite meetings between Trump and Kim. The U.S. president has played down a series of recent weapons tests by the North. Trump meets with South Korean President Moon Jae-in later Monday.

Elizabeth Warren took the lead in Iowa in a new state poll released Saturday, barely dislodging former Vice President Joe Biden from the No. 1 spot in the state, putting the two of them in a statistical tie. Warren has the support of 22% of likely participants in the Iowa caucuses, up 7 percentage points from June. Biden landed in second place with 20%, down slightly from June. Though the result is in the poll’s 4 percentage point margin of error, it’s the first time Warren has led Biden in the Iowa Poll series. Bernie Sanders was in third place at 11% and Pete Buttigieg stayed in fourth place ahead of Kamala Harris, but dropped slightly to 9% of poll respondents. Harris fell 1 percentage point from June to poll at 6%, while Amy Klobuchar and New Jersey Senator Cory Booker both polled at 3%. Billionaire businessman Tom Steyer, Congressman Beto O’Rourke, Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard and businessman Andrew Yang polled at 2%. All other candidates polled at 1% or less. Still, the field is fluid. Nearly two thirds of respondents said they still haven’t made their final decisions and could be persuaded to support another candidate. The Iowa caucuses lead off the nominating contest for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination on Feb. 3.