The Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano recently visited the Beaver County Career and Technology Center and filed this report…

Health officials are warning people about a listeria outbreak that has left one person dead and hospitalized at least eight people across the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said listeria infections have been reported in New Jersey, Michigan, New York…and right here in Pennsylvania. The CDC said people who fell ill ate different types of deli products, including meats and cheeses. Listeria has been identified in samples taken from several stores. Officials haven’t named the company that supplied the deli products involved. Listeria infection symptoms include muscle aches, diarrhea, fever, headache, confusion and convulsions.
It can be treated with antibiotics, but is of special concern to pregnant women since it can cause miscarriage or stillbirth. Senior citizens and those with weak immune systems are also at risk.

Authorities say two assailants kidnapped a man from an Allegheny County car wash, then released him when they realized they had the wrong guy. Penn Hills police say the men accused the victim of being someone he wasn’t, and didn’t believe him at first when he told them they were mistaken. The assailants allegedly bound the man with zip ties and drove off with him. The Tribune-Review reports he was eventually let out of the vehicle unharmed, but his cellphone was taken.

A tractor-trailer brought down wires and damaged a pole this morning in Coraopolis. Police say part of Main Street was closed at Fifth Avenue after the accident, which was reported about 4:30 a.m. Fifth Avenue was closed as well, but traffic is now getting through. Authorities said there were live wires, and people were urged to avoid the area.

WEATHER FORECAST FOR GOOD FRIDAY, APRIL 19TH, 2019

 

TODAY – RAIN SHOWERS THIS MORNING WILL EVOLVE INTO
A MORE STEADY RAIN FOR THE AFTERNOON.
A THUNDERSTORM POSSIBLE. HIGH – 68.

TONIGHT – OCCASIONAL RAIN. LOW – 54.

SATURDAY – A STEADY RAIN. HIGH – 63.

EASTER SUNDAY – RAIN SHOWERS. HIGH – 58.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Attorney General William Barr says a version of special counsel Robert Mueller’s report with fewer redactions will be made available to a small group of lawmakers. In a letter to Congress on Thursday, Barr says the second version of the report would be given to the “Gang of Eight,” the top-ranking House and Senate lawmakers from both parties who can view sensitive classified information. Democrats want the full report released.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Even before the world got a glimpse at the redacted version of the special counsel’s report, President Donald Trump was trying once more to frame the moment as a political victory. The report does include an account of how the president attempted to seize control of the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and force out Robert Mueller. But Trump’s taking a public victory lap, saying he’s having “a good day.”

PARIS (AP) — A French judicial police official said investigators think an electrical short-circuit most likely caused Notre Dame Cathedral fire. The official, who spoke anonymously about the ongoing investigation, said investigators still don’t have the green light to work in the cathedral and search in the rubble for safety reasons.

MCKEES ROCK, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man sleeping in a dumpster was tossed into the back of a garbage truck as the trash was being emptied, causing him to lose his prosthetic leg. WPXI-TV reports the incident occurred early Thursday in McKees Rocks. The truck driver heard the man yelling and called 911. While he was in the back of the truck the man realized his prosthetic lower leg was missing. He searched for it for about 30 minutes before police ordered him to stop. The man didn’t appear to be injured.

THE ALIQUIPPA FOOTBALL TEAM HAS RECEIVED ITS 2018 PIAA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP RINGS. BEAVER COUNTY RADIO NEWS CORRESPONDENT SANDY GIORDANO HAS MORE. Click on ‘play’ to hear Sandy’s report…