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• Donations For Family Hurt In Youngwood Crash

  09-05-2016 23:54
  
  Donations are pouring in for a family of four involved in a serious accident in Westmoreland County over the weekend.
  The Schuler family was driving along Route 199 in Youngwood on their way to church when another car rammed them from behind.
  Will, Vicky, their 2-year-old son Gavin, and 1-year-old son Austin were all taken by medical helicopter to nearby hospitals. They remain in critical condition.
  Nearly $7,000 has been raised so far to help with their medical expenses.
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• New Attractions Based On Recent Blockbusters Coming To Walt Disney World

  09-05-2016 23:45
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (KDKA) — Walt Disney World has some additions and changes this summer, and some of them are based blockbuster hits such as “Frozen” and “Star Wars.”
  Jennifer Robertson and her family from Westmoreland County visit Disney World every year.
  “There’s a new attraction at least every time we come,” said Robertson.
  And there’s quite bit new this year. KDKA’s David Highfield got a sneak peek of what’s about to open soon.
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• Keidel: The Brittle Bradford Bristles

  09-05-2016 23:43
  
  By Jason Keidel
  Even by the super-soft standards of the modern athlete, Sam Bradford is pushing it. If your employer offered you $35 million over the next two years — with $11 million just for signing the contract and $22 million guaranteed — it’s not likely you’d complain about your place on the totem pole.
  Bradford’s reaction? Demand a trade. The Eagles had the audacity to draft a quarterback, presumably to replace Bradford, whenever that time comes. But rath
  
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• Dump truck, school bus crash in Trafford

  09-05-2016 23:42
  
  Five Penn Trafford students are taken to Forbes Hospital as a precaution after their school bus collided with a dump truck.
  
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• Moon Twp. Family Racing Against Clock To Save Son With Brain Cancer

  09-05-2016 23:30
  
  MOON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A year ago Connor Patsilevas was a typical second grader looking forward to baseball season.  Then came the diagnosis of a rare form of brain cancer called DIPG.
  Chris Patsilevas says his son was given only six months to live and so far has beaten the odds, “Pittsburgh has had three of them this year, two are already gone.”
  DIPG is a cancerous tumor in the brain stem and in Connor’s case it was about the size of a quarter when it was disco
  
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• Reinstated officer testifies in trial against city, former mayor

  09-05-2016 23:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh police officer who was suspended with pay for more than three years took the witness stand today in federal court during the first day of a jury trial in her lawsuit against the City of Pittsburgh and former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
  
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• Pennsylvania police widely ignored rape kit backlog mandate

  09-05-2016 22:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — Pennsylvania officials want to know why only about a third of the state’s roughly 1,000 police agencies complied with a new requirement that they tell the state Health Department how many untested rape kits are in their possession.
  
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• Tesla moving from kiosk into showroom at Ross Park Mall

  09-05-2016 22:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Tesla Motors is getting a little more committed to its relationship with Ross Park Mall.
  
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• Rally for Penguins in Market Square on Tuesday

  09-05-2016 22:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  The city and county will be holding a rally Tuesday, hoping all of its positive vibes and good mojo will help the Penguins finish off the Washington Capitals in their best-of-seven series.
  
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• Pa. Rep.’s Bill Would Allow “In God We Trust” In Public Schools

  09-05-2016 22:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – Republican Pennsylvania State Rep. Rick Saccone is pushing a bill that entitles public schools to display the national motto “In God We Trust,” as well as the Bill of Rights, in their buildings.Rep. Saccone joined KDKA-AM host Mike Pintek on Monday to discuss the bill.
  Rep. Saccone says he believes the country is in a “time of division,” and wants people to unite over the anniversary of the national motto “In God We Trust.&rd
  
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• Community Creating Rain Garden In Stanton Heights

  09-05-2016 22:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It once was a weed-filled median between Stanton Heights and Lawrenceville, but that’s all changed.
  “This is the first step of what we hope is going to be a rain garden and eventually a really beautiful sign. We are repainting the steps. We are planting hops to cover up a wall that is sort of crumbling a little bit. We really are trying to make this a more attractive space that tells people ‘this is our neighborhood, we are really proud of our neighbor
  
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• This Week In Golf: Hahn Bests The Big Names At Wells Fargo

  09-05-2016 22:29
  
  By Sam McPherson
  Many big names appeared on the leaderboard late in the fourth round of the Wells Fargo Championship. So it was surprising to see American James Hahn emerge victorious on the first playoff hole over fellow countryman Roberto Castro. Hahn’s four-foot putt for par on the 18th green made the difference, as Castro managed only bogey.
  Both Hahn and Castro tied at 9-under, holding off strong Sunday charges from multiple golf notables and fan favorites to advance to a pl
  
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• 5 injured, including 2 kids, in violent crash near Shop 'n Save

  09-05-2016 22:27
  
  Police are investigating why a truck hit a car and pushed it into a field, where it rolled, then hit vehicles in a Shop 'n Save parking lot before coming to a stop.
  
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• Dan’s Top 5 List: Most Unique Hair in Baseball

  09-05-2016 22:23
  
  In honor of John Jaso who is capturing the hearts of Pittsburgh fans, The Fan wants to know who you think has the most unique hair in baseball.
  Select 5! The results to Dan’s Top 5 List will be revealed on Saturday, May 14th, brought to you by Coldwell Banker Real Estate. List your home with Coldwell Banker.Take Our Poll
  
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• Pennsylvania Stepdad Gets 5-10 Years For Beating 6-Year-Old Boy

  09-05-2016 21:56
  
  INDIANA, Pa. (AP) – A western Pennsylvania man will spend five to 10 years in prison for beating his 6-year-old stepson so severely doctors said it appeared the boy was in a car accident.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Brandon Green, was sentenced Monday by an Indiana County judge.
  Green, of White Township, pleaded guilty to aggravated assault in February to avoid on attempted homicide and other charges.
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• Penn-Trafford School Bus Involved In Crash

  09-05-2016 21:51
  
  TRAFFORD (KDKA) — A Penn-Trafford school bus was involved in a crash Monday.
  Emergency dispatchers say it happened around 3 p.m. on Forbes Road.
  Several individuals were taken to the hospital. It is not clear if the people injured were students.
  Officials have not said what led to the crash.
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• Stepdad gets prison for beating 6-year-old boy

  09-05-2016 21:35
  
  A man will serve prison time for beating his young stepson so severely doctors said it appeared the boy was in a car accident.
  
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• Judge: No juvenile trial for Franklin Regional stabbing suspect

  09-05-2016 21:28
  
  A young man accused of stabbing classmates and a security guard in his Murrysville school at 16 will be tried as an adult, a Westmoreland County judge rules Monday.
  
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• Teen Accused In Franklin Regional Stabbing Attack To Be Tried As An Adult

  09-05-2016 21:03
  
  MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) — A teenager accused in an April 2014 knife attack at Franklin Regional High School will be tried as an adult.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Common Pleas Judge Christopher A. Feliciani denied a petition from defense attorney Patrick Thomassey to move Alex Hribal’s case to juvenile court.
  Hribal is accused of injuring 20 classmates and a security guard with two kitchen knives, slashing and stabbing people in the first-floor hallway before the beginning of
  
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• Treasury Working To Return Unclaimed Property To People In Beaver Co.

  09-05-2016 20:47
  
  BEAVER CO. (KDKA) — People and businesses in Beaver County may have recently seen their names among those owed some of the $2.5 billion in unclaimed property available statewide, State Treasurer Timothy A. Reese said Monday.
  The Pennsylvania Treasury receives millions of dollars in unclaimed property, items such as abandoned bank accounts, forgotten stocks, uncashed checks and contents of safety deposit boxes.
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• Teen accused in Franklin Regional attack to be tried as an adult

  09-05-2016 20:28 via post-gazette.com
  
  The teen accused in the April 2014 knife attack that left 20 classmates and a security guard injured at Franklin Regional High School should be tried as an adult, a Westmoreland County judge has decided.
  
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• Girl Hospitalized After Her Hair Gets Caught In Carnival Ride

  09-05-2016 20:06
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – The mother of an 11-year-old girl whose hair got caught in a spinning carnival ride says her daughter underwent surgery to repair her scalp and remains in a Nebraska hospital.
  Virginia Cooksey tells the Omaha World-Herald her daughter didn’t suffer any fractures or brain trauma but could have vision problems or need more surgery.
  Police say the girl was taken to Nebraska Medicine after the incident Saturday afternoon at a Cinco de Mayo festival in Omaha. Witnesses
  
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• Detective says suspect in Wolfe sisters' killing similar to man on surveillance

  09-05-2016 19:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh detective said Monday that he recognized homicide suspect Allen Wade as the same man he’d seen in a gas station surveillance video after the 2014 slaying of two sisters in East Liberty.
  
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• Detective said suspect in Wolfe sisters killing similar to man on surveillance

  09-05-2016 19:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  A detective said today that he recognized accused killer Allen Wade as the same man he'd seen in a gas station surveillance video that he had been examining after the 2014 slaying of two sisters in East Liberty.
  
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• Market Square Farmers Market

  09-05-2016 19:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s that time of year. The start of Spring brings farmers markets back to the area.
  The first of the season in Downtown’s Market Square is Thursday.
  To mark the occasion, the Western Pennsylvania Conservancy will give away thousands of daffodil bulbs and trees.
  There will be 10 new vendors this year in Market Square, along with some returning favorites.
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• Munchkin Recalls 180,000 Pacifiers Due To Choking Hazard

  09-05-2016 19:07
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Munchkin is recalling about 180,000 pacifiers because of concerns they could become a choking hazard.
  The specific items involved are the LatchTM lightweight pacifiers.
  According to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, there have been ten reports of the clip cover detaching from the pacifier clip, but no injuries have been reported.
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• Dunlap: There Is No Goaltender Discussion

  09-05-2016 19:00
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Where are these people coming from?
  On which planet do they reside?
  The talk is so, so bizarre that I’m starting to fear for their sanity just a little bit.
  And I’m not talking about some run-of-the-mill Joe just spouting some puck opinion down at a bar in Brookline or Brentwood or Oakmont or Oakdale, either.
  Not the opinion of some fella half-bent on Iron who wants to tell you all about how he could have starred in the Patrick Division because he on
  
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• Salem meeting set to address residents' concerns about pipeline safety

  09-05-2016 18:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  Salem Township supervisors, Spectra Energy representatives and emergency management officials will answer questions about the local impact of the April 29 transmission line explosion at a town hall on Wednesday night.
  
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• Ex-Riverhounds Star Apologizes For Kicking Incident

  09-05-2016 18:31
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A former star of the Pittsburgh Riverhounds is apologizing for his actions during a match this weekend.
  Romeo Parkes kicked New York Red Bulls II defender Karl Ouimette in the back late in the second half of a 3-1 loss on Saturday.
  In the following hours, the team terminated his contract, saying his actions did not represent what the team stands for.
  “It was something that was detrimental to the team and it was something that we felt we needed to act swiftly on an
  
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• Couple Found Squatting In Vacant Home, Officials Investigating ‘Meth Lab Activity’

  09-05-2016 18:30
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) — A couple is behind bars after being found living in an abandoned home in Butler.
  Ronald L. Tejchman, 33, and Nikki Jo Haynes, 33, are in the Butler County Prison, charged with trespass.
  The pair was arrested last Thursday after they made themselves at home inside a house on Third Avenue.
  The owner of the property told police that when they visited the house, they found fresh food in the refrigerator. When police entered the property, they found Tejchman and Haynes in t
  
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• Couple Found Living In Vacant Home Charged With Trespass

  09-05-2016 18:30
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) — A couple is behind bars after being found living in an abandoned home in Butler.
  According to the Butler Eagle, Ronald L. Tejchman, 33, and Nikki Jo Haynes, 33, are in the Butler County Prison, charged with trespass.
  The pair was arrested last Thursday after they made themselves at home inside a house on Third Avenue.
  The owner of the property told police that when they visited the house, they found fresh food in the refrigerator. When police entered the property, they foun
  
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• Pennsylvania's oldest woman, age 113, dies in Westmoreland County

  09-05-2016 18:26
  
  Born in 1903 in Italy, Irene Ciuffoletti came to New Kensington as a child. She's survived by one of her sons, 11 grandchildren, 13 great grandchildren and 6 great-great grandchildren.
  
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• 3-Alarm Millvale Row House Fire Displaces 17

  09-05-2016 18:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Red Cross is helping several families after a section of row houses caught fire in Millvale Sunday morning.
  The fire started in the 400 block of Sample Street around 8 a.m. It quickly spread and affected nine families.
  It took hours to get the fire under control. By the time it was out, several homes were damaged and a firefighter was hurt.
  It didn’t take more than a half hour for the fire to spread.
  “We had a total of five houses on fire at one time,&rd
  
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• Muslim Student Wrongly Identified In Yearbook As ‘Isis’

  09-05-2016 17:55
  
  RANCHO CUCAMONGA, Calif. (AP) – A Muslim high school student says she’s saddened and hurt after being identified in her California high school’s yearbook as “Isis Phillips.”
  Bayan Zehlif has posted a photo on Facebook of what she says is her picture with the name “Isis Phillips” underneath it in the Los Osos High School yearbook. She writes in the post that she’s “extremely saddened, disgusted, hurt and embarrassed.” She says the school
  
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• State police ID 3 adults victims after pickup rear-ends car in Youngwood

  09-05-2016 17:41
  
  State police release three adult victims' names as they investigated how and why a pickup truck rear-ended a car carrying a family of four -- all who were critically injured.
  
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• U.S. Sues North Carolina Over Transgender Bathroom Law

  09-05-2016 17:40
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – A potentially epic clash over transgender rights took shape Monday when the U.S. Justice Department sued North Carolina over the state’s bathroom law after the governor refused to back down.
  In unusually forceful language, U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch said North Carolina’s law requiring transgender people to use public restrooms and showers corresponding to the gender on their birth certificate amounts to “state-sponsored discrimination”
  
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• North Carolina Sues Justice Department Over ‘Bathroom Bill’

  09-05-2016 17:40
  
  RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina Gov. Pat McCrory’s administration sued the federal government Monday in a fight for a state law that limits protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
  The lawsuit seeks to keep in place the law, which the U.S. Justice Department said last week violated the civil rights of transgender people against sex discrimination on the job and in education.
  The Justice Department had set a Monday deadline for McCrory to report whether he wo
  
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• Suspect In 2013 Murder Outside Elk’s Club Turns Self In

  09-05-2016 17:34
  
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) — The suspect sought in a 2013 murder outside the Elk’s Club in Beaver County is in custody.
  Officials say Eric Washington, 34, turned himself in on Saturday.
  Washington is accused of opening fire outside the Elk’s Club in April 2013, killing Jerome Goosby and wounding Wally Pickens.
  “Eric Washington was known to be a friend of Jerome Goosby, the deceased, but he had a dispute with Wally Pickens,” said District Attorney David Lozier.
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• Suspect In 2013 Murder Outside Elk’s Club Turns In Self

  09-05-2016 17:34
  
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) — The suspect sought in a 2013 murder outside the Elk’s Club in Beaver County is in custody.
  Officials say Eric Washington, 34, turned himself in on Saturday.
  Washington is accused of opening fire outside the Elk’s Club in April 2013, killing Jerome Goosby and wounding Wally Pickens.
  “Eric Washington was known to be a friend of Jerome Goosby, the deceased, but he had a dispute with Wally Pickens,” said District Attorney David Lozier.
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• Long-suspended cop's suit against city goes to trial; Ravenstahl to testify

  09-05-2016 17:32
  
  A police officer kept off the job for three years claims she was a whistleblower who testified before a federal grand jury into alleged corruption by the administration of former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl.
  
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• Lin-Manuel Miranda On ‘Hamilton,’ Success, Weird Requests

  09-05-2016 17:27
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — The last year has proven to be an incredible journey for “Hamilton” creator Lin-Manuel Miranda, culminating with a record-breaking 16 Tony nominations. It has also produced a best-selling cast album, and there’s a huge tour planned for 2017. The Tony-Award winner for “In the Heights” sat down with The Associated Press to talk about his “wild ride” and a weird request.
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• Butler County woman killed in crash in Slippery Rock

  09-05-2016 17:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  A woman was killed after losing control of her vehicle in Slippery Rock Township, state police said.
  
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• Pennsylvania’s Oldest Woman Dies At 113

  09-05-2016 17:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pennsylvania’s oldest woman passed away this weekend.
  Irene Ciuffoletti was 113. She died Saturday of old age at St. Anne Home in Greensburg, according to our partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  She spent most of her life in Arnold.
  Irene was believed to be the fifth oldest person in the United States, and one of just 53 people worldwide over the age of 110.
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• Constant Vigilance Is How You Win Your Fantasy Baseball League

  09-05-2016 17:11
  
  By Sam McPherson
  It’s almost mid-May, and the euphoria from fantasy baseball draft day has long faded. The excitement from snagging the hometown team’s best player in the first round has morphed into sadness as that player isn’t producing the kind of stats he did last year. The realization that fantasy baseball season lasts six months is slowing creeping into the mind of every team owner.
  Most fantasy baseball team owners experience a lull in their interest levels during the lo
  
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• Pittsburgh-area gasoline hits $2.40 a gallon

  09-05-2016 16:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  Gasoline prices around Pittsburgh rose 2 cents a gallon in the last week to $2.40 a gallon, according to GasBuddy.com, a price-tracking website that averages prices from more than 700 stations in southwestern Pennsylvania. 
  
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• Suspended Pittsburgh Police Clerk’s Lawsuit In Federal Court

  09-05-2016 16:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – A Pittsburgh police clerk reinstated last month after a three-year suspension is set to have her civil rights lawsuit heard by a federal court jury.
  Tonya Montgomery-Ford contends she was a whistleblower who testified before a federal grand jury into alleged corruption by the administration of former Mayor Luke Ravenstahl. She claims she was pressured by a police commander to grant variances that helped a valet parking business owned by a politically connected friend of R
  
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• Teen, 16, charged as adult in Marshall-Shadeland shooting

  09-05-2016 15:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  A 16-year-old Pittsburgh boy has been charged as an adult in the shooting of a man during an apparent robbery attempt in Marshall-Shadeland.
  
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• Police: Boy asks men if they want drugs, then shoots driver

  09-05-2016 15:57
  
  A 16-year-old Pittsburgh boy is arrested and charged as an adult with shooting a man during an apparent robbery attempt.
  
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• Boy, 16, charged as adult in Marshall-Shadeland shooting

  09-05-2016 15:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police say a 16-year-old boy charged as an adult in an attempted homicide Saturday night in Marshall-Shadeland, shot the victim three times in the abdomen after trying to get the man to buy drugs from him, and then tried to rob the man.
  
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• Trial begins for man accused of escaping from jail, killing woman

  09-05-2016 15:36
  
  A man charged with strangling a woman he knew after escaping from Armstrong County Jail won't face the death penalty when he stands trial.
  
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