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• A Flip Of The Coin: Sarris Creates Chocolate Coin Stamped With Candidates’ Heads

  26-08-2016 23:55
  
  CANONSBURG (KDKA) — Sarris Candies of Canonsburg is known for its towering chocolate castle and the waterfall of chocolate that covers those irresistible chocolate pretzels.
  A total of 400 employees turn out 50,000 pounds of chocolate a day.
  But politics is pretty much off-limits.Until now.
  “On one side of the coin, you can see, on one side is Hillary Clinton, on the other side is Donald Trump.” KDKA radio host Marty Griffin is broadcasting on location, at the candy store.&ldqu
  
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• Consumer Reports Explores Cheaper EpiPen Alternative

  26-08-2016 23:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The price ­of a lifesaving EpiPen has skyrocketed, and that’s putting people with severe allergic reactions at risk.
  Since the drug manufacturer, Mylan, purchased EpiPen in 2007, the price has gone up more than 400 percent. There is no generic for EpiPen, but doctors can prescribe another kind of auto-injector for epinephrine that can cost hundreds of dollars less.
  The Epinephrine Auto-Injector, also called generic Adrenaclick, uses the exact same drug in the
  
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• Hearing Held For Woman Accused Of Beating Boyfriend To Death

  26-08-2016 23:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Crystal Belle attended a preliminary hearing Friday on charges she brutally beat 19-year-old Kahil Parker to death inside her Jeannette apartment on June 11.
  “The hearing lasted two hours, a normal hearing lasts maybe 10 minutes, so we had the chance to delve into a lot of evidence,” said defense attorney Blaine Jones.
  Law enforcement and paramedics testified Parker was unresponsive as they arrived at the apartment. Entire portions of the young man&rsqu
  
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• Furry Tails: Dog Day Of Summer

  26-08-2016 23:28
  
  They’re called “man’s best friend” for a reason.
  Dogs are our constant companions.They cheer us up when we’re down or even when we’re already happy, they greet us at the door, they’re great playmates, they’re warm and kind, and love us unconditionally.
  That’s why, every year, Aug. 26, is set aside as a day to give them thanks. From service dogs, to search and rescue dogs, to police dogs, to everyday household pets.
  They are all special. Each
  
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• Youth Basketball Coach Accused Of Luring Underage Girls To Apartment, Raping Them

  26-08-2016 23:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A sixth grade girls’ basketball coach from Beaver County is facing multiple sexual assault charges, accused of luring underage girls to an apartment where they were allegedly raped.
  Ralph Ruprecht, 50, was arrested Friday morning outside his home in Freedom.
  “Nauseous, makes you sick in your stomach that something like that could happen,” Donnie Scherfel, of Freedom, said. “I’m glad he’s sitting in jail right now before some other kid
  
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• Basketball Coach Accused Of Having Sex With Underage Girls

  26-08-2016 23:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A sixth grade girls basketball coach is facing multiple sexual assault charges.
  50-year-old Ralph Ruprecht was arrested Friday morning outside his Freedom home.
  Police say he lured at least two underage girls to his Strip District apartment, where they were told they had to have sex with multiple men.
  Linda Jones manages the apartment, and said she was concerned about what was going on inside, noting that she heard disturbing sounds coming from inside. Finally, she
  
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• Basketball Coach Accused Luring Underage Girls To Apartment, Raping Them

  26-08-2016 23:12
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A sixth grade girls’ basketball coach is facing multiple sexual assault charges.
  Ralph Ruprecht, 50, was arrested Friday morning outside his Freedom home.
  Police say he lured at least two underage girls to his Strip District apartment, where they were told they had to have sex with multiple men. According to the investigation, he threatened to tell their parents and physically assaulted them to gain compliance.
  Linda Jones manages the apartment, and said she
  
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• Police arrest suspect in killing near Wilkinsburg Wendy's

  26-08-2016 22:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  A local man has been arrested on charges that he killed a man in Wilkinsburg earlier this week.
  
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• Man found in trunk of burned car in Penn Hills identified

  26-08-2016 22:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Allegheny County medical examiner’s office has identified a man found dead in May in the trunk of a car that had been set on fire in a Penn Hills alley.
  
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• Pittsburgh To Celebrate Penguins’ 50th Anniversary

  26-08-2016 22:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Tickets are already on sale for the upcoming season. In less than 50 days, the Pittsburgh Penguins begin their fourth title defense of the Stanley Cup, in what will be the team’s 50th season.
  “Raising that fourth banner is just such an event in itself. It’s going to feel like it did during the AMPA series, during the Sharks series. I am getting chills talking about it right now. It brings you back to what the Spring and Summer were like,” said Pi
  
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• Rankin man found guilty of second-degree murder

  26-08-2016 22:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jury today found a Rankin man guilty of second-degree murder in a 2014 shooting death in Hawkins Village.
  
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• Tribute to Bob O'Connor set for Thursday

  26-08-2016 22:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  City officials will remember the late Pittsburgh Mayor Bob O'Connor on Thursday in a lunchtime tribute on the 10th anniversary of his death from brain cancer.
  
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• Arrest made in fatal Wilkinsburg street shooting

  26-08-2016 21:57
  
  Officers from multiple departments investigated after a shooting victim was found in a medical office parking lot on Penn Avenue.
  
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• DA To Seek Death Penalty In Wilkinsburg Mass Shooting

  26-08-2016 21:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — District Attorney Stephen A. Zappala Jr. announced Friday that he would be seeking the death penalty in the Wilkinsburg mass shooting case.
  Cheron Shelton and Robert Thomas are accused of killing five people and an unborn child during a backyard barbecue on March 9, 2016, in Wilkinsburg.
  Killed in the shooting were 25-year-old Chanetta Powell, who was eight months pregnant, 35-year-old Jerry Shelton, 37-year-old Tina Shelton, 29-year-old Brittany Powell and 26
  
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• Gunshot victim found in crash at McDonald's

  26-08-2016 21:51
  
  A car accident brings emergency responders to a Pittsburgh restaurant on Friday. When they arrive, they find a gunshot victim in critical condition.
  
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• Keidel: Tim Tebow Wants To Play Baseball… Why Do We Care So Much?

  26-08-2016 21:50
  
  By Jason Keidel
  So Tim Tebow is restless. And most people see his audition for MLB teams next week as little more than extension of his athletic boredom, a doomed circus that will waste everyone’s time.
  He’s also cut the line. If any other outsider decided to flex his baseball muscles, there’s no way 20 MLB scouts would attend. That’s all by dint of his stardom, of course. Tebow is more than a failed pro football player. He represents something stark to eve
  
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• Gunshot victim found in crash at Brownsville Road McDonald's

  26-08-2016 21:34
  
  A car accident brings emergency responders to a Pittsburgh restaurant on Friday. When they arrive, they find a gunshot victim in critical condition.
  
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• Man In Critical Condition After Knoxville Shooting

  26-08-2016 21:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man is in critical condition after being shot in the city’s Knoxville neighborhood.
  It happened Friday around 1 p.m. in the 100-block of Rochelle Street.
  A male victim in a maroon sedan was shot twice before driving to McDonalds on Brownsville Road. While entering the parking lot, he struck a white sedan driven, causing a chain-reaction collision.
  The gunshot victim was transported to UPMC Mercy where he is in critical condition.
  Police have not released an
  
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• National Guardsman rushes to help collapsed customer at Greensburg restaurant

  26-08-2016 21:23
  
  A private first class with the Pennsylvania National Guard is being congratulated -- and teased -- by his fellow soldiers for helping a man who collapsed during dinner.
  
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• Man shot while driving in Knoxville

  26-08-2016 21:20 via post-gazette.com
  A man was shot twice this afternoon while driving in Knoxville.
  
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• Retired Officer Charged With Receiving Stolen Property

  26-08-2016 21:10
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A former Zone Two police officer was charged Friday with receiving stolen property.
  David Wareham retired at the end of July, after over 20 years with the Pittsburgh Police Bureau. Most recently, he served as Zone Two’s community resource officer.
  Sources told KDKA that Wareham was being investigated by the Office of Municipal Investigations after property from a 30 day hold room at Zone Two was discovered missing.
  Friday, Pittsburgh Police charged Wareham wi
  
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• West Mifflin superintendent sues school board member

  26-08-2016 20:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  It’s been a litigious year in the West Mifflin Area School District, where a fourth lawsuit has now been filed — this one involving the district superintendent and a school board member.
  
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• No jail time in 'vampire' blood-drinking teen sex case

  26-08-2016 20:29
  
  Vandergrift police arrested a man who allegedly had sex with a 14-year-old girl at a church and played a "game" with her and others, in which they cut themselves and drank each others' blood.
  
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• Mom found guilty in 3-year-old daughter's murder

  26-08-2016 19:59
  
  After four days, and nearly reaching an impasse, an Allegheny County jury says Adrienne Williams is guilty of killing 3-year-old Adrionna.
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For 3-Year-Old Girl In Luzerne County

  26-08-2016 19:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — State Police have issued an Amber Alert for a three-year-old girl in Nescopeck Borough, Luzerne County.
  According to CBS Philadelphia, Ava Byrne is described as a white female, with brown hair, and was wearing only a diaper.
  Police say she was last seen on Vine Street in Nescopeck Borough at 12:30 a.m. Friday.
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  Police say she was reported abducted by Robert Byrne, a 24-
  
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• Amber Alert Canceled, Missing 3-Year-Old Girl From Luzerne Co. Found

  26-08-2016 19:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) — State Police say a missing 3-year-old girl, apparently taken by her father in Nescopeck Borough, Luzerne County, has been found in New York City.
  According to CBS Philadelphia, Ava Byrne was wearing only a diaper when she disappeared. An Amber Alert was issued for her.
  Police said she had last been seen on Vine Street in Nescopeck Borough at 12:30 a.m. Friday.
  But the alert was canceled Friday afternoon when she was found with her 24-year-old father, Robert Byrn
  
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• Nordstrom Rack is open: Take a look inside

  26-08-2016 19:47
  A store with discounted Nordstrom merchandise -- the only one of its kind in Pittsburgh -- is now open at a redeveloped shopping plaza on McKnight Road. PITTSBURGH'S ACTION NEWS 4 REPORTER KATE LEN SIKES TELLS IS BREATHING NEW LIFE INTO AN OLD MALL.
  
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• Wilkinsburg mother found guilty in death of 3-year-old daughter

  26-08-2016 19:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  A jury today found a Wilkinsburg mother guilty of third-degree murder in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, Adrionne, whose body was dumped in the woods in Swissvale last year.
  
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• ITT Tech banned from taking new students with federal aid

  26-08-2016 19:04
  
  The Department of Education announced the ban amid a series of measures that could threaten the survival of ITT Tech, which has two locations in the Pittsburgh area.
  
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• Police charge Stowe man with robbing four banks in Pittsburgh, Crafton

  26-08-2016 18:57 via post-gazette.com
  Police have charged a Stowe man with robbing four banks in Pittsburgh and Crafton over the past seven weeks after arresting him Thursday afternoon during what they believe was an attempt to rob a fifth bank in Squirrel Hill.
  
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• Police arrest suspect in Crafton bank robbery

  26-08-2016 18:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Stowe man who detectives said robbed a bank in Crafton was arrested in Squirrel Hill Thursday as he tried to go into another bank with a robbery note and a box cutter, Allegheny County Police said.
  
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• Former WVU football player charged with robbing four banks in Pittsburgh, Crafton

  26-08-2016 18:57 via post-gazette.com
  A former West Virginia University football player was charged with robbing four banks in Pittsburgh and Crafton over the past seven weeks after he was arrested in Squirrel Hill on Thursday afternoon during what police believe was an attempt to rob a fifth bank.
  
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• Man Sentenced For Having Sex With Minor & Making Girls Drink Blood

  26-08-2016 18:48
  
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP/KDKA) – A Pennsylvania man who had sexual contact with a 14-year-old girl as part of a vampire role-playing game that included drinking her blood must spend 10 years on probation.
  Twenty-two-year-old Jonathan Ryan Davis of Vandergrift will be confined to his home during the first two years of his sentence, imposed by a judge on Thursday. He previously pleaded guilty to statutory sexual assault for an incident with the girl in a church stairwell after both had been drink
  
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• Staff, Faculty At University Of Pittsburgh Get Transgender Benefits

  26-08-2016 18:42
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Faculty and staff members at the University of Pittsburgh now receive transgender benefits, including behavioral health support, medications and surgery.
  The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports officials say the change, which was sent to employees last week, is meant to bring the university into compliance with federal rules on sex discrimination in employment.
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• 'Continuing course of conduct' led to young man's killing

  26-08-2016 18:37
  
  A missing 21-year-old man from Allegheny County is found dead in a wooded area of Washington County. Police are investigating it as a homicide.
  
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• U.S. wants to force lower speed limit on truck, bus drivers

  26-08-2016 18:32
  
  A nationwide limit would be imposed via an electronic device that prevents drivers from going too fast. The government says that will result in fewer fatal crashes involving large trucks.
  
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• Giant Eagle looking to hire 400 employees in Pittsburgh region

  26-08-2016 18:14
  
  According to announcement made on Friday, Giant Eagle is looking to fill more than 400 full and part-time positions across Pittsburgh-area Giant Eagle and Market District locations.
  
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• Four plead guilty in Pittsburgh-area retail theft ring

  26-08-2016 17:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Four suspects have pleaded guilty to their role in a retail theft ring that involved more than 60 incidents targeting nearly a dozen stores in the Pittsburgh area.
  
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• Baby sitter jailed in death of her ex's 2-year-old

  26-08-2016 17:30
  
  A toddler dies at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh. Police say she went limp in her teenage babysitter's arms. Doctors concluded that the girl had been shaken violently.
  
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• Man Arrested In Crafton Bank Robbery

  26-08-2016 17:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police have arrested a man accused of robbing a Crafton bank.
  Officers say 32-year-old Cleo Kevin McLee, Jr. tried to walk into First Niagara Bank on Murray Avenue around 4:15 p.m. Thursday.
  Police, acting on a tip, were waiting for McLee.
  He was reportedly in possession of a box cutter knife and a robbery note. He was also wearing makeup over his tattoos, sunglasses and a baseball cap.
  McLee was arrested and charged with robbery, terroristic threats, and rece
  
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• PA: Pittsburgh Laurels & Lances

  26-08-2016 17:23
  
  Laurel: To the new Route 51. The northbound lanes of West Carson Street -- from the West End Circle to Stanhope Street -- have reopened after a more than three-year rehabilitation project. The highway closed in July 2013 for a project that was supposed to take two years.
  
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• Mother Found Guilty Of 3rd-Degree Murder In 3-Year-Old’s Death

  26-08-2016 17:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – A woman has been found guilty in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a western Pennsylvania ravine last year.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Adrienne Williams is charged in Allegheny County in the June 2015 death of Adrionna Williams. Prosecutors said the girl was asphyxiated and left in a wooded area in Swissvale.
  Today, the jury found her guilty of third-degree murder, tampering with evidence and abuse of a corpse.
  This was the fourth day of jury d
  
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• Jury Deliberations Enter Fourth Day In 3-Year-Old’s Death

  26-08-2016 17:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Jury deliberations were entering a fourth day Friday for a woman charged in the death of her 3-year-old daughter, whose body was found in a western Pennsylvania ravine last year.
  Twenty-seven-year-old Adrienne Williams is charged in Allegheny County in the June 2015 death of Adrionna Williams. Prosecutors said the girl was asphyxiated and left in a wooded area in Swissvale.
  Jurors asked the judge to re-explain several legal concepts on Wednesday.
  On Thursday, jurors
  
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• Liberty Bridge, Tunnel closed this weekend; new phase of construction starts Monday

  26-08-2016 17:16
  
  New restrictions will be in place as a construction project on the Liberty Bridge moves into its next phase. Drivers should be aware of these changes in traffic patterns.
  
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• Man Strips, Drives Pickup Into Southwest Plane In Nebraska

  26-08-2016 17:15
  
  OMAHA, Neb. (AP) – Authorities say a man wearing only boxer shorts stole a pickup and drove it into a Southwest Airlines plane at an airport in Omaha, Nebraska, causing minor injuries to three people on board.
  Eppley Airfield Police Chief Tim Conahan says an officer spotted the man outside the terminal Thursday evening, screaming that people were trying to kill him. When officers approached, the man ran, climbed a fence into the gate area, undressed and stole an airline pickup. He drove in
  
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• FDA Advises Zika Screening For All US Blood Centers

  26-08-2016 17:02
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Food and Drug Administration wants all U.S. blood banks to start screening for Zika virus, a major expansion intended to protect the nation’s blood supply from the mosquito-borne disease.
  The new advisory means all U.S. states and territories will need to begin testing blood donations for Zika. Previously, the requirement was limited to areas with active Zika transmission, such as Puerto Rico and two Florida counties.
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• Pennsylvania Babysitter Jailed In Death Of Ex’s 2-Year-Old

  26-08-2016 16:53
  
  WOODLAND, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania woman has been jailed on charges she killed her ex-boyfriend’s 2-year-old daughter while babysitting the girl nearly three years ago.
  Twenty-one-year-old Jennifer Medzie was arrested Thursday on criminal homicide and other charges in the November 2013 death of Sophia Hoffman-Lauder.
  Police say Medzie was watching the girl at a Bradford Township home on Nov. 15, 2013 when she reportedly went limp in Medzie’s arms, only to have doctors later co
  
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• 33rd Annual KDKA Spaghetti Breakfast presented by DelGrosso Foods

  26-08-2016 16:50
  
  It’s time for the 33rd Annual KDKA Spaghetti Breakfast presented by DelGrosso Foods!
  Join us at Heinz Hall Garden Plaza on Friday, September 9th (yes it’s early this year) from 5-9AM with a live broadcast of the KDKA Morning News with Larry and John and FREE PASTA!Don’t miss this unique event started in the early 1980s by the legendary John Cigna.
  Meet some KDKA personalities serving the pasta!
  Pittsburgh artist Johno will be onsite with 3 prints which he will auction off to th
  
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• Witness Describes ‘Deafening Roar’ Of Tornado In Butler Co.

  26-08-2016 16:27
  
  BUTLER (KDKA/AP) – Officials have confirmed that an EF0 tornado touched down in Butler County Thursday night.
  According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was located near Renfrew.Our NWS Survey team has confirmed that an EF-0 Tornado occurred near Renfrew, Butler county PA last evening. More details to come. #pawx
  — NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) August 26, 2016
  A tornado warning was issued for parts of Butler County around 9:45 p.m.
  When the alert was issued, a severe th
  
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• National Weather Service Confirms EF0 Tornado In Butler Co.

  26-08-2016 16:27
  
  BUTLER (KDKA/AP) – Officials have confirmed that an EF0 tornado touched down in Butler County Thursday night.
  According to the National Weather Service, the tornado was located near Renfrew.Our NWS Survey team has confirmed that an EF-0 Tornado occurred near Renfrew, Butler county PA last evening. More details to come. #pawx
  — NWS Pittsburgh (@NWSPittsburgh) August 26, 2016
  A tornado warning was issued for parts of Butler County around 9:45 p.m.
  When the alert was issued, a severe th
  
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