Pirates top pitching prospect Paul Skenes to begin 2024 season in Triple-A

 Posted on May 22, 2024  |  2 minutes  |  219 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

PITTSBURGH (WJAC) — Pittsburgh Pirates top pitching prospect Paul Skenes will reportedly begin the 2024 season with the organization's Triple-A affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians, team GM Ben Cherington told reporters Monday. Earlier this month, the team announced that Skenes would begin the season in the minor leagues, but did not specify whether it would be in Double-A or Triple-A. Skenes was drafted by Pittsburgh last year as the number one overall pick in the MLB amateur draft, just weeks after he helped guide the LSU Tigers to a collegiate National Baseball Championship. [Read More]

Planters nuts recalled over discovery of potentially fatal contamination

 Posted on May 22, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  155 words  |  Brenda Moya

UNDATED (WKRC) - Certain Planters nuts have been recalled over the discovery of a potentially fatal contamination. According to the FDA, Hormel Foods Sales, LLC has voluntarily recalled a limited number of two PLANTERS products: PLANTERS Honey Roasted Peanuts PLANTERS Deluxe Lightly Salty Mixed NutsThe organization said that the products, which were produced at one of its facilities in April, were potentially contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes. According to the Cleveland Clinic, the symptoms of Listeria, a potentially deadly infection, include the following: [Read More]

Route 422 Fatal Crash

 Posted on May 22, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  99 words  |  Delta Gatti

EBENSBURG - One woman is dead after a two-vehicle crash late Monday night in Cambria Township. Cambria County Coroner Jeff Lees said the accident happened just after 10 p.m. on Route 422 near the Route 219 interchange. A woman in her 60s was transported to Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in Johnstown, where she later died in the emergency room, Lees said. The woman's name has not been released pending notification of the family. [Read More]

At least 1 killed in crash on Route 220 near Maryland state line

 Posted on May 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  31 words  |  Brenda Moya

At least 1 killed in crash on Route 220 near Maryland state line

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Inflation slows for first time in 2024 after rocky start pushed back interest rate cut

 Posted on May 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  803 words  |  Delta Gatti

WASHINGTON (TND) — Inflation slowed for the first time in 2024 last month after a hot start that pushed back the timeline for the Federal Reserve to begin cutting rates and raising concerns about prices staying higher for longer and requiring even higher interest rates to bring it under control. The decline was modest, falling to 3.4% from 3.5% the year prior. On a month-to-month basis, prices increased by 0.3%. Core prices, which strip out volatile food and energy categories, reached the lowest level since April 2021 at 3. [Read More]

investigation underway after human remains found in Erie County

 Posted on May 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  117 words  |  Delta Gatti

ERIE COUNTY, Pa. — State police have launched a death investigation after human remains were found in Millcreek Township, Erie County, Friday morning, a press release states. According to state police, Belle Valley Fire Department responded to a brush fire on I-90, mile marker 30, at 2:30 a.m. A press release states that human remains of a white female were found at the shoulder of the interstate when emergency officials arrived on scene. [Read More]

Nittany Minit Mart to close Sunday night, relocating down the street

 Posted on May 21, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  55 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

CENTRE CO, Pa (WJAC) — The Nittany Minit Mart on West College Avenue, in Ferguson Township, is permanently closing Sunday night.

The owners say that they did not renew their lease.

Store employees are directing customers to their newly reopened location at the corner of Atherton Street and West College Avenue in State College.

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Woman opts out of girl's trip because she doesn't want to talk about marriage, babies

 Posted on May 21, 2024  |  4 minutes  |  748 words  |  Barrett Giampaolo

A reddit user said she decided to forgo a 3-day trip with eight of her friends from school because she is interested in topics aside from marriage or children. Remarkable_Lake410, who is a 27-year-old woman, asked other reddit users if she was being too honest by telling her friends the reason she opted out of the vacation. At first, she said she didn't tell them why. But she said she was later asked by one of the women, who is pregnant, so she told her the truth. [Read More]

'Sad Papaw' is hosting cookout and everyone's invited

 Posted on May 20, 2024  |  1 minutes  |  142 words  |  Merlyn Hunt

The internet's favorite sad grandpa broke the hearts of thousands with a single photo but this story has a happy ending. The social media frenzy began after an Oklahoma college student shared a photo of her "Papaw" appearing to be sadly eating a burger. According to Kelsey Harmon's tweet, she and her five cousins were invited to Papaw's for dinner but she was the only one that showed up. The tweet quickly spread across social media with nearly 200,000 retweets. [Read More]