News out of Pittsburgh that’s making national headlines this morning….Kraft Heinz is disclosing an investigation by federal regulators and will slash the value of its Oscar Mayer brands by a $15.4 billion. Shares plunged 20 percent before the opening bell today with the company posting a $12.6 billion loss for the fourth quarter.
WEATHER FORECAST FOR FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND, 2019
*** THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN PITTSBURGH HAS ISSUED A HIGH WIND WATCH FOR BEAVER COUNTY, WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 7AM SUNDAY MORNING THROUGH 7AM MONDAY MORNING. STRONG WINDS MAY BLOW DOWN LIMBS, TREES, AND POWER LINES. SCATTERED POWER OUTAGES ARE POSSIBLE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF AT LEAST 40 MPH, OR GUSTS OF 58 MPH OR STRONGER MAY OCCUR. ***
TODAY – CLOUDY SKIES. HIGH – 44.
TONIGHT – CONSIDERABLE CLOUDINESS. LOW – 31.
SATURDAY – CLOUDY EARLY WITH SHOWERS FOR THE
AFTERNOON HOURS. HIGH – 46.
SUNDAY – RAIN SHOWERS EARLY, THEN REMAINING
OVERCAST AND WINDY LATER IN THE DAY.
MORNING HIGH OF 55 WITH TEMPS FALLING
TO NEAR 40.
In game two of WBVP doubleheader it was number one seed Lincoln Park taking on Beaver Falls. The Leopards jumped out to a big lead early and never looked back. Beaver Falls fought back and cut into the lead before the Leopards took over and never looked back. Leading by as much as 25 and ended up winning the game 82-54. The leopards advance in the 3A playoffs and Beaver Falls needs Lincoln Park to win Monday to qualify for the state playoffs.
1460 WMBA’s Tom Hays and Bruce Frey have the call from Moon High School of this 2019 WPIAL Class 4A Quarterfinals high school girls basketball playoff game as the Cougars battle the Scotties.
If you can’t tune into the broadcast on 1460 WMBA and want to hear the broadcast streaming live over the Trib-Live High School Sports Network click on the logo below at 7:30 p.m. for for the pre-game. Tip-off is scheduled for 8:00 p.m……….
A Colombian cardinal has warned fellow Roman Catholic bishops at a Vatican summit they could be imprisoned for covering up crimes if they don’t properly deal with clergy sex abuse cases. In a remarkable speech at the abuse prevention summit, Cardinal Rubén Salazar Gómez on Thursday also denounced how bishops tend to believe priests over people reporting abuse allegations.
Federal authorities say a Coast Guard officer who espoused white supremacist views and dreamed of mass murder drew up a computer-spreadsheet hit list of Democratic politicians and TV journalists. Lt. Christopher Paul Hasson, who worked at Coast Guard headquarters in Washington on a program to equip the agency with advanced new cutters, faces a federal court hearing Thursday on gun and drug offenses.
Syracuse men’s basketball coach Jim Boeheim says he is “heartbroken” after striking and killing a man standing along an interstate late Wednesday night. Syracuse police say Boeheim struck 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez as he stood on the side of the road after the car he was in hit a guardrail. Boeheim was trying to avoid hitting the disabled vehicle in the middle of I-690 in Syracuse.
Authorities say an Upper St. Clair church administrator stole $1.2 million that he and his wife used to pay for vacations, sports tickets and other personal expenses. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office says David Reiter of South Park is charged with theft, forgery and receiving stolen property. His wife, Connie Reiter, faces two counts of receiving stolen property. Officials say the money was taken from the Westminster Presbyterian Church in Upper St. Clair over the course of about 17 years.
Authorities say a four-year-old boy was killed when a glass-framed photo fell from a wall at his family’s Philadelphia home, spraying the room with chards that struck him in the abdomen. The accident occurred Wednesday afternoon. The boy’s mother was home at the time. Authorities say the boy and his older sister were upstairs playing when the frame fell, though it’s not clear why that happened.
A longtime Walmart greeter who has cerebral palsy is afraid he’ll be out of work after store officials changed his job description to add tasks that he’s physically unable to do. Adam Catlin uses a walker and is legally blind. He says he was told by store management in Pennsylvania that he needs to be able to lift 25 pounds (11 kilograms), stand for long periods and read receipts. Walmart calls Catlin a “valued member of the team” and says it’s looking for a way to keep him on.
