HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvanians who prefer not to be identified as male or female will soon have a gender-neutral option on their state-issued driver’s licenses. The Daily Item of Sunbury reported PennDOT expects to have the new procedure in place by the middle of next year. It will let motorists use “X” as a third option to indicate gender.

President Donald Trump could be left off the primary ballot in California next year if he does not release five years of his tax returns, because of a new law that Gov. Gavin Newsom signed Tuesday. California is the first state to require presidential candidates to release their tax information, though lawmakers in at least 25 states have introduced similar legislation since Trump won the presidency. Although not required to do so, Trump was the first presidential candidate in more than 40 years not to release his taxes, and he has continued to refuse to reveal them as president. The law is likely to face legal challenges, but Newsom said his state is “well within its constitutional right”.

 

WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. (AP) — UPDATE: Authorities say a woman suspected of urinating on potatoes at a Walmart in Allegheny County has turned herself in. West Mifflin police say 20-year-old Grace Brown is facing multiple charges including criminal mischief, open lewdness and public drunkenness. Brown turned herself in Tuesday after learning that authorities were looking for her. Authorities had posted surveillance photos of the incident on their Twitter account.

EAGLEVILLE, Pa. (AP) — Former Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane is expected to be released from jail after serving less than a year for a grand jury secrecy violation. The 53-year-old Kane is scheduled to get out of the Montgomery County Correctional Facility in the Philadelphia suburbs on Wednesday morning.

HARRISON CITY, Pa. (AP) — Rescuers have freed a man who was trapped after a tree fell on his home in western Pennsylvania. The tree hit the home on Deer Run Road in Westmoreland County around 2:45 a.m. and the man was removed around 4:10 a.m. He was taken to a hospital. There is no word on his condition.

A Beaver Falls man accused in the shooting death of a 17 year old outside a pizza shop in New Castle waived his right to a preliminary hearing. 41-year-old Michael D’Biagio is charged with criminal homicide and aggravated assault in the shooting death of Derran Jevcak back on July 19th. Authorities say D’Biagio claimed Jevcak had introduced his daughter to cocaine and other drugs. His being held without bond in the Lawrence County Jail.

The former General Motors plant in Lordstown Ohio could soon be rebooted. Vice President Mike Pence told reporters yesterday in Columbus that electric vehicle-maker Workhorse has the funding it needs to start production at the factory. Published reports last month indicated the company was far from having the financing needed to reopen the plant that closed in March.

Beaver County’s new voting machines are now in house. The 145 large scanners and adaptive voting machines arrived this week at the county’s Department of Public Works building in Patterson Township. Elections workers are unpacking the boxes and making sure the machines are ready for November’s general election.

(Matt Drzik/Beaver County Radio)

Recently, Brady’s Run Park had issues with water getting from its main source to all of the shelters in the area. Public Works Director Dan Colville spoke about the issues, as well as the repairs, at the Commissioners’ work session on Wednesday.

 

Colville also mentioned that he’d like to see any new water lines installed to be smaller in size; from 4 inches down to 2.

He also got into a somewhat lively discussion with the Commissioners over the road construction that needed done at Marion Township. The discussion arose when Commissioner Sandie Egley had mentioned that a for-profit organization was looking to install a dog park up at Brush Creek; and though Commissioner Tony Amadio agreed, he felt that the deteriorated roads near the park needed fixed. When Colville was asked about possible solutions, he said that any patching would fall apart just as quickly as it was built and that a tar-and-chip solution would be more suitable if time-consuming. Colville also mentioned that he would need to find out a cost estimate for these solutions first.

On a more positive note, Commissioner Amadio spoke highly of the possibilities for Beaver County Residents as the new Amazon building moving “next door” in Findlay Township (Allegheny County) was announced Tuesday:

 

The Commissioners’ next work session is scheduled for August 7 at 10:00 AM.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 31ST, 2019

 

TODAY – MOSTLY CLOUDY. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON. HIGH – 84.

TONIGHT – A FEW CLOUDS. LOW – 63.

THURSDAY – SUNSHINE AND CLOUDS MIXED. HIGH – 84.