00:00Giant Eagle is giving Market District a makeover as competition in Pittsburgh's grocery market heats up.
00:06News Radio Katie Case, Tamiro Rush has the story from the newsroom.
00:09Well, the company is giving its upscale Market District store a major rebrand,
00:13rolling out a new Discover Great Taste campaign aimed at making the store a more approachable source for food, inspiration,
00:20and new ideas.
00:22The Pittsburgh Business Times reports the move comes as Aldi expands,
00:25Wegmans prepares to open in Cranberry Township, and Meyer enters the market.
00:31While Giant Eagle also nears a finalized merger with Kroger next year.
00:36In the newsroom, Tamiro Rush, News Radio KDKA.
00:39A forecast with temperatures in the 90s is the reason Pittsburgh Public Schools students in 35 buildings will be learning
00:45remotely Tuesday through Thursday.
00:47News Radio KDKA's Rob Taylor has details.
00:50Some of the 35 buildings affected include Alderdice, Carrick, Perry, and Westinghouse High Schools.
00:55Other schools include Schiller, Spring Hill, and Woosler.
00:58Pittsburgh usually doesn't see 90-degree temperatures in September.
01:02The last time it reached the 90-degree mark in Pittsburgh in September was September 6, 2023.
01:07That day it reached 91.
01:08Pittsburgh hasn't reached the 90-degree mark this summer since July 15th.
01:13Rob Taylor, News Radio KDKA.
01:15Also, all Ligonier Valley School District buildings are closed today after positive mold tests at Mellon Elementary,
01:20and also concerns about indoor air quality in other buildings, including the middle and high schools.
01:26The district says students and staff will not return until remediation and testing are complete.
01:32For the first time in weeks, the U.S. and Iran are trading missile strikes, and the war in control
01:38of the Strait of Hormuz continues.
01:40ABC's Mary Bruce is in Washington.
01:42According to Central Command, the U.S. hitting two Iranian rocket launchers that were preparing to launch sea mines into
01:48the Strait of Hormuz,
01:49just days after the Pentagon said they had completely demined the critical waterway.
01:54Iran quickly responding, firing eight missiles at U.S. bases in Jordan.
01:59And today, the United Arab Emirates says its air force has intercepted an Iranian drone over its waters.
02:05A Westmoreland County man accused of killing his mother Sunday morning surrendered to police last night after returning to the
02:11crime scene.
02:11Jacob Korber allegedly murdered Kristen Hamilton at her home on Hermione West Newton Road in Sewickley Township.
02:20And this is neighbor Connie Underwood.
02:22There has always been something wrong with him.
02:24A source told KDKA-TV Jacob was schizophrenic.
02:27State police have yet to say how Hamilton was killed.
02:30And Korber is being held at the Westmoreland County Prison.
02:34Three people are missing after a recreational boat collided with a tugboat last night on the Mon River in Greene
02:39County.
02:40It happened around 9 p.m. near Rice's Landing.
02:42The smaller boat capsized, and the crew on the tug helped two of the five people on board get to
02:47safety.
02:48They were both flown to a hospital in critical condition.
02:51Jim Bittner with Greene County's Swift Water Rescue Team talked with KDKA-TV about the search for the missing.
02:57Right now we have divers that are going to be entering the water to check the wreckage and look for
03:02any type of victims or anything that they can recover.
03:05We've been doing air searches as well.
03:07We've also been doing some side-scan sonar on the river.
03:11KDKA Sports, the Steelers traded running back Caleb Johnson to the Packers and released to Landon Roberts.
03:17Kept all four quarterbacks as the team cut their roster to 53 players.
03:21And Mount Lebanon's Eli Heidenreich made the team.
03:24Former Pitt great Aaron Donald is returning to the L.A. Rams, ending his retirement after two and a half
03:29years.
03:30The Pirates beat the Cardinals 5-4 on Sunday.
03:32Braxton Ashcraft allowed two runs on six hits.
03:35Braxton Ashcraft allowed two runs on six hits.
