WE'RE ENTERING THE SECOND WEEK OF OCTOBER AND ACCU-WEATHER'S DEAN DEVORE SAYS IT WILL CERTAINLY FEEL LIKE IT BEGINNING SUNDAY WHEN IT'S RAINY AND CHILLY WITH ONLY A HIGH OF 51. IN FACT, DEVORE SAYS TO THE NORTH OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, THEY MIGHT GET A VERY SMALL TASTE OF WINTER. "WE'RE ALSO THINKING IT'LL BE COLD ENOUGH LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND SUNDAY NIGHT UP IN THE POCONOS THAT THEY'LL SEE SOME WET SNOWFLAKES," DEVORE SAYS. AFTER GETTING UP TO AROUND 80 DEGREES FRIDAY AFTERNOON, DEVORE FIGURES SATURDAY WILL SEE THE HIGH DROP TO 69 BEFORE SUNDAY'S BIG DROP DOWN TO A HIGH OF 51.
ALLENTOWN POLICE SAY NICHOLAS CACCAPPOLO WAS ARRESTED THURSDAY FOR THE SEPTEMBER 18 KILLING OF ANTHONY OTERO, WHO WAS SHOT TO DEATH INSIDE AN APARTMENT AT 905 CHEW STREET. POLICE SAY CACCAPPOLO KILLED OTERO, WHO HAD BEEN SELLING HIM MARIJUANA. HE'S IN LEHIGH COUNTY PRISON WITHOUT BAIL.
NEW JERSEYANS WILL PAY LESS TO HEAT THEIR HOMES WITH NATURAL GAS THIS WINTER. THE STATE BOARD OF PUBLIC UTILITIES SAYS AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF NATURAL GAS IS TRANSLATING TO PROJECTED DECREASES IN THE PURCHASE COSTS FOR UTILITIES. BPU PRESIDENT BOB HANNA SAYS THE AVERAGE CUSTOMER'S BILL HAS DROPPED 38% ON AVERAGE SINCE 2008. THE BPU SAYS THE TYPICAL PUBLIC SERVICE ELECTRIC AND GAS CUSTOMER WILL SAVE $38 A YEAR. NEW JERSEY NATURAL GAS CUSTOMERS CAN EXPECT A NEARLY $15 SAVINGS AND RATES FOR SOUTH JERSEY GAS CUSTOMERS WILL BE NEARLY $7 LOWER.
A POLL SHOWS STRONG SUPPORT AMONG NEW JERSEY VOTERS FOR TWO PUBLIC QUESTIONS THAT WILL BE ON BALLOTS STATEWIDE IN NOVEMBER. THE POLL FINDS 70 PERCENT OF REGISTERED VOTERS SURVEYED SUPPORT A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE LEGISLATURE TO REQUIRE JUDGES TO PAY MORE FOR THEIR BENEFITS. EIGHTEEN PERCENT ARE OPPOSED AND 12 PERCENT ARE UNDECIDED. SIXTY-TWO PERCENT BACK A PROPOSED $750 MILLION BOND ISSUE FOR NEW ACADEMIC BUILDINGS AND TECHNOLOGICAL UPGRADES AT THE STATE'S COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES. THE STATE SUPREME COURT HAS RULED THAT ITS MEMBERS AND OTHER JUDGES DON'T HAVE TO PAY MORE FOR THEIR BENEFITS BECAUSE THEY'RE SHIELDED FROM PAY CUTS BY THE STATE CONSTITUTION.
PENN STATE FOOTBALL COACH BILL O'BRIEN SAYS TODAY'S HOMECOMING GAME AGAINST NORTHWESTERN IS A BIG CHALLENGE AND HE IS CALLING ON FANS TO RESPOND. "IT IS BY FAR THE BIGGEST GAME FOR US SO FAR THIS YEAR. WE'RE PLAYING A 5-0 NORTHWESTERN TEAM. WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE DOING SOME GOOD THINGS. WE NEED ALL THOSE STUDENTS IN THE STANDS AT NOON FOR THAT KICKOFF. THESE GUYS FEED OFF OF THAT, THE CROWD NOISE AND THE STUDENT SECTION," O'BRIEN SAYS. AFTER LOSING THEIR FIRST TWO GAMES, THE NITTANY LIONS HAVE WON THREE IN A ROW. PENN STATE LEADS THE ALL-TIME SERIES 12-3 AND HAS BEATEN NORTHWESTERN FIVE STRAIGHT TIMES. TODAY'S KICKOFF IS AT NOON ON WAEB.
WHEN THE EAGLES VISIT PITTSBURGH TOMORROW AFTERNOON, HEAD COACH ANDY REID SAYS HIS DEFENSE CAN NEVER ASSUME A PLAY IS OVER WITH BEN ROETHLISBERGER AT QUARTERBACK FOR THE STEELERS. "THAT GUY KEEPS EVERY PLAY ALIVE, SO EVERY SECONDARY PLAYER BETTER CONTINUE COVERING YOUR PLAYER UNTIL THE PLAY IS HISTORY, UNTIL IT'S OVER OR ELSE HE'LL MAKE YOU PAY FOR IT," REID SAYS. PITTSBURGH COMES IN AT 1-AND-2 AFTER A BYE WEEK. THE EAGLES HAVE WON THREE OF THEIR FIRST FOUR GAMES. KICKOFF IS 1 O'CLOCK ON FOX SPORTS LEHIGH VALLEY AM 1470.
