00:00Paul Rasmussen, the National Weather Service is extending a flood watch through tomorrow morning.
00:05Repetitive rounds of precipitation through tonight will raise flash flood potential in Allegheny, Beaver, Westmoreland, Washington, Fayette, and Greene Counties.
00:14Flags are at half-staff today, marking one year since the deadly U.S. Steel Clareton Coke Works explosion.
00:20News Radio Katie Kaye's Tamara Rush has the story from the newsroom.
00:23Paul, employees across U.S. Steel's Mon Valley Works are pausing today to remember Timothy Quinn and Stephen Menefee, who
00:29were killed in the explosion one year ago.
00:32Eleven others were injured when a valve failure caused coke oven gas to ignite.
00:37Just yesterday, the U.S. Chemical Safety Board released its final report, finding the blast should never have happened.
00:44Investigators pointed to ineffective safety procedures and said the company has since strengthened several safety protocols.
00:50In the newsroom, Tamara Rush, NewsRadio KDKA.
00:53Sherwin-Williams is paying a civil penalty of almost $125,000 for violating the Air Pollution Control Act at its
01:01plant in Rochester, Beaver County.
01:03That is part of a consent order with the Department of Environmental Protection after residents complained about chemical odors, both
01:09outside and inside their homes.
01:11In January, D.E.P. said Sherwin-Williams failed to install a thermal oxidizer as an air pollution control device
01:18designed to eliminate harmful volatile organic compounds.
01:22A company spokesperson says that thermal oxidizer is expected to be installed by the end of October.
01:27D.E.P. says Sherwin-Williams will also be fined $1,000 a day per violation if it does not
01:34meet deadlines to resolve several other issues.
01:38A man walking near some railroad tracks was fatally struck by a locomotive last night in Westmoreland County.
01:43The coroner's office says the man was hit by a Norfolk Southern train in Hempfield Township a few minutes before
01:499 p.m.
01:50Officials are asking for help in identifying the man who was not carrying an I.D.
01:55He is white, 5'10", weighs 190 pounds, has brown eyes and brown hair, did not have tattoos, and was
02:01not wearing jewelry.
02:02Anyone with information can call state police in Greensburg.
02:05Some details were emerging about an elaborate deception to protect President Donald Trump from an Iranian threat.
02:13A Washington Post report says the president was departing the NATO summit in Turkey last month, but the plane he
02:19was seen boarding took off without him.
02:22Here's ABC's Karen Waugh.
02:23According to the Washington Post, Trump boarded the older Air Force One in front of the cameras, waving from the
02:29stairs,
02:29and then slipped out a door on the other side of the plane into an airport catering truck, which then
02:35drove him to a smaller military jet.
02:38Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth reportedly flew with him, boarding separately to make the flight look routine.
02:44KDKA Sports, the Pirates are back in action at Miami tonight.
02:47Paul Skeens is the Bucs' starter.
02:49The game starts at 6.40.
02:51At Steelers training camp, quarterbacks Rodgers and Rudolph are developing a funny relationship.
02:56With that story, here's KDK Radio's Jeff Hathorne.
03:00From early last year, Mason Rudolph and Aaron Rodgers built a strong relationship, one that Mason says includes pranks.
03:07He put some bumper stickers on some guy's cars without their knowledge, and it was about a month or so,
03:13and some funny things that I won't repeat, but hilarious stuff.
03:18I put one on his car.
03:20Yeah, you'll have to ask him about the piece of art that I got him for Christmas sometime.
03:26Ask him about my Christmas gift.
03:27In all seriousness, Rudolph credits Rodgers in part for his recent improvements.
03:32With the Steelers in La Trobe, Jeff Hathorne, News Radio KDKA.
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