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• Eli Rogers On Vontaze Burfict: Never Played Against A Guy Like Him Before

  20-12-2016 23:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Eli Rogers faced Vontaze Burfict for the first time this past week and got to experience first-hand what it’s like taking a big hit from the Bengals linebacker.Rogers joined The Starkey and Mueller Show to talk about that hit, his big game against the division rivals and what it was like being on the field against a player like Burfict.
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• Police: Man Threatens To Kill Girlfriend After She Messages Ex

  20-12-2016 23:22
  
  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — A local man is charged with threatening to kill his girlfriend Tuesday.
  The criminal complaint states that things got heated when the suspect found out his girlfriend sent an old boyfriend a message on Facebook.
  Police say 31-year-old Christopher West drove his girlfriend to several homes in Uniontown searching for her ex, held her against her will and tried to rape her.
  Police say Fayette County 911 got a call from the victim around 9:45 a.m.
  She told dispatchers West w
  
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• Teenager Fatally Shot In Sheraden

  20-12-2016 23:10
  
  SHERADEN (KDKA) — A teenager was fatally shot in Sheraden on Tuesday afternoon.
  It happened in the 2700-block of Glen Mawr Street just before 4 p.m.
  The teenage male victim was found on the porch of a home. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
  Pittsburgh Police spokeswoman Sonya Toler said police do not believe the victim lived at the home where he was found.
  The victim has not yet been identified. Family members told KDKA’s Kym Gable that the victim was 17 years old and an honor stu
  
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• One Fatally Shot In Sheraden

  20-12-2016 23:10
  
  SHERADEN (KDKA) — One person was fatally shot in Sheraden on Tuesday afternoon.
  It happened in the 2700-block of Glen Mawr Street just before 4 p.m.Fatal shooting being investigated in the 2700 block of Glen Mawr Ave pic.twitter.com/U68twuKEVj
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• ‘Presents From Police,’ ‘Shop With A Cop’ Bring Holiday Spirit To Children

  20-12-2016 23:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police officers in the Pittsburgh area are spending this month making sure children enjoy their holidays despite unfortunate circumstances.
  Police officers make their presence felt at Children’s Hospital. Make that, “presents.”
  More than 50 officers from dozens of area departments are taking part in the annual “Presents from Police.” Aspinwall officer David Nemec started the event six years ago.
  “Every present that’s given, it&r
  
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• Pittsburgh Area Officers Deliver Holiday Spirit To Deserving Children

  20-12-2016 23:08
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police officers in the Pittsburgh area are spending this month making sure children enjoy their holidays despite unfortunate circumstances.
  Police officers make their presence felt at Children’s Hospital. Make that, “presents.”
  More than 50 officers from dozens of area departments are taking part in the annual “Presents from Police.” Aspinwall officer David Nemec started the event six years ago.
  “Every present that’s given, it&r
  
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• Pittsburgh's industrial past fuels tech-focused future

  20-12-2016 22:49
  On a 178-acre section of riverfront a few miles south of downtown Pittsburgh, a former steel mill is being reborn into mixed-use development heavy on tech offices and incubation spaces for entrepreneurs. It's a familiar pattern for the city, but given that Almono -a contraction of Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio, the names of the three intersecting rivers that helped shape the city-is the largest undeveloped piece of land in Pittsburgh, the impact could be an order of magnitude bigger than what
  
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• Ex-Football Star Identified As Shooter In Double Slaying

  20-12-2016 22:22
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A man who survived a deadly 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston has identified former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez as the triggerman.
  Prosecutors on Tuesday asked Raychides Sanches to describe the chaotic scene during a hearing in Suffolk Superior Court.
  When asked who the shooter was, Sanches said “Hernandez” and nodded in his direction.
  Sanches made the identification at a pretrial hearing for Hernandez, who is charged in the deaths of Safiro Furtado a
  
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• 9 Non-Fiction Books To Give As Presents This Year

  20-12-2016 21:25
  
  Finding great gifts for everyone on your list can be as simple as stopping by your nearest bookstore. From music lovers and to aspiring entrepreneurs, to science buffs and movie-goers, these bestsellers from our sister company, Simon & Schuster, are sure to make it to the top of many holiday wish lists this year.
  Photo Courtesy of Simon & Schuster
  Born To Run
  by Bruce Springsteen
  For seven years, Bruce Springsteen devoted himself to writing his memoir, Born to Run. Now, fans of the Boss
  
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• Feds want 'Dance Moms' star to lose $120K in currency case

  20-12-2016 21:17 via post-gazette.com
  
  “Dance Moms” reality TV star Abby Lee Miller should forfeit $120,000 worth of Australian currency she brought into the country without reporting it, federal prosecutors said today.
  
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• GNC rebranding strategy calls for Super Bowl buy

  20-12-2016 20:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  No matter what happens in the NFL playoffs, Pittsburgh will have a presence in the Feb. 5 broadcast of Super Bowl LI in Houston.
  
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• GNC counting on a winning Super Bowl ad

  20-12-2016 20:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  No matter what happens in the NFL playoffs, Pittsburgh will have a presence in the Feb. 5 broadcast of Super Bowl LI in Houston.
  
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• Pittsburgh sets up affordable housing trust, but how will it be funded?

  20-12-2016 20:25 via post-gazette.com
  Capping months of public debate, Pittsburgh City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to establish a dedicated trust fund for affordable housing.
  
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• Pittsburgh council approves affordable housing fund

  20-12-2016 20:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  With a 7-0 vote, Pittsburgh City Council agreed today to establish a trust fund for affordable housing.
  
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• Pittsburgh City Council housing fund needs income source

  20-12-2016 20:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  Capping months of public debate, Pittsburgh City Council voted 7-0 Tuesday to establish a dedicated trust fund for affordable housing.
  
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• Man To Stand Trial For Allegedly Sexually Abusing Girl For 3 Years

  20-12-2016 20:05
  
  DELMONT (KDKA) – A man will stand trial for allegedly sexually abusing his girlfriend’s young daughter over a three-year period.
  Bryan Harrold, 48, was held for trial after a hearing Tuesday morning.
  Watch the KDKA-TV News at 5 p.m. to hear what he had to say after the hearing.
  During an interview with police in February, the girl stated that the abuse started when she was 10 years old and continued until she was 13.
  According to the criminal complaint, the abuse started during the c
  
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• Pennsylvania's population declined between 2015 and '16

  20-12-2016 19:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pennsylvania is one of eight states that lost population in the past year, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates released today.
  
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• Port Authority Board Unanimously Approves 4-Year Union Contract

  20-12-2016 19:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Drivers, mechanics and supervisors with the Port Authority of Pittsburgh ratified their contract earlier this week, but they had to wait on the board to approve it this morning.
  With full support of Port Authority CEO Ellen McLean, the board unanimously voted to approve it.
  Now, drivers and mechanics have a four-year contract that bumps wages by 11.25 percent over four years.
  “It has been a real partnership from the very beginning. It was tough at various times th
  
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• Obituary: Rex Timko / Nine-year-old battled brain disease

  20-12-2016 18:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Although he couldn’t walk or see, and though he could barely talk, Rex Timko knew the name of every character in Disney’s “Cars” movies.
  
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• Obituary: A 9-year-old with rare brain disease takes his final lap

  20-12-2016 18:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Though he couldn’t walk or see, and though he could barely talk, Rex Timko knew the name of every character in Disney’s “Cars” movies.
  
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• Obituary: 9-year-old lived happily despite insurmountable odds

  20-12-2016 18:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  Though he couldn’t walk or see, and though he could barely talk, Rex Timko knew the name of every character in Disney’s “Cars” movies.
  
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• Man convicted in 1979 Pittsburgh murder asks Pa. Supreme Court to guide resentencings of juvenile lifers

  20-12-2016 18:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh man imprisoned for life as a teen for a 1979 murder — but recently granted the possibility of parole because of changes in how the country handles so-called juvenile lifers — wants the state Supreme Court to take jurisdiction over his case and all others like it.
  
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• Juvenile lifer asks Pennsylvania high court to take case

  20-12-2016 18:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Pittsburgh man sent to prison for life as a teen for a 1979 murder — but recently resentenced to serve 20 years to life — wants the state Supreme Court to take jurisdiction over his case and all others like it.
  
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• Snyder Of Berlin Issues Potato Chip Recall Over Salmonella Concerns

  20-12-2016 18:24
  
  BERLIN, Pa. (KDKA) – Snyder of Berlin is recalling some of its potato chips because one of its spices may be contaminated with salmonella.
  The recall involves Snyder’s Buffalo Blue Kettle Potato Chips, but only the 8-ounce bags.
  They were sold in nine states, including Pennsylvania, Ohio and West Virginia.
  So far, there have been no reported illnesses.
  Consumers are being asked to throw the product away or return them for a refund.
  For more information about the recall, visit the FDA
  
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• Laurel Mountain ski area to open Wednesday

  20-12-2016 18:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  For the first time in more than a decade, Laurel Mountain will open for skiing and snowboarding at noon Wednesday, thanks to a combination of machine-made and natural snow that helped it overcome last weekend‘s wet weather.
  
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• Laurel Mountain ski area opens today

  20-12-2016 18:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  For the first time in more than a decade, Laurel Mountain will open for skiing and snowboarding at noon today, thanks to a combination of machine-made and natural snow that helped it overcome last weekend‘s wet weather.
  
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• Steelers’ Foster: Ravens Are Our ‘Number One’ Rivals

  20-12-2016 17:32
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – The Pittsburgh Steelers, fresh off their fifth win in a row in a 24-20 victory over the Cincinnati Bengals, go from one rivalry game to the next week.
  It’s Baltimore Ravens week and this one may determine the season for both teams. Baltimore comes in 8-6 on the year and a game back of the Steelers at 9-5. But, a Ravens win would mean a season series sweep of Pittsburgh and would win them the division, barring a setback against Cincinnati in Week 17.
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• Roethlisberger: Even Burfict’s Teammates ‘Can’t Stand’ The Way He Plays

  20-12-2016 17:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The FAN) – The Steelers came out of Cincinnati last week with a big 24-20 victory over the Bengals, but it’s not truly a Steelers-Bengals rivalry game without some Vontaze Burfict controversy, and that’s where things started on this week’s edition of “The #1 Cochran Ben Roethlisberger Show.”
  At one point during Sunday’s game, Burfict threw Ben to the ground and the two exchanged words following a Burfict headbutt. Ben said Burfict didn&r
  
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• Top 5 NBA Plays Of 2016

  20-12-2016 17:10
  
  By Rahul Lal
  This year has been one of the most memorable in NBA history. Legends like Kobe Bryant, Tim Duncan and Kevin Garnett retired in 2016. LeBron brought a championship home to Cleveland. And the first unanimous MVP, Steph Curry, recruited former MVP Kevin Durant to join him in The Bay Area.
  Oh yeah, and some pretty amazing basketball gave us plenty of highlights. Here are the top five NBA plays of 2016 and why they matter.
  5. 2016 NBA Slam Dunk Contest
  Okay, okay. I know this i
  
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• Best Bars In Pittsburgh To Ring In 2017

  20-12-2016 17:00
  
  By Janelle Sheetz
  For many of us, 2016 was a long, tumultuous year with a seemingly endless stream of celebrity deaths and tense politics — but we made it through, and it’s all about to come to an end. New Year’s celebrations are being held all over the Pittsburgh area, from affordable parties to fancier affairs with great food, drinks, and live music. There’s a lot to choose from and a little something for everyone, but we’ve narrowed it down to five of the best t
  
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• Board of State System of Higher Education approves faculty contract

  20-12-2016 16:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The board of governors of the State System of Higher Education today approved new contracts with unions representing faculty, coaches and nurses at the 14 state-owned universities, capping off a semester that marked the first time teaching staff went on strike. 
  
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• Five things to know today, and business incubator accepting applications

  20-12-2016 16:40
  
  Here are five things to know today for Tuesday, Dec. 20, five days before Christmas: Incubator accepting applications East Liberty-based Ascender on Monday began accepting applications for its 2017 cohort with a deadline of Feb. 3. Ascender, which was previously known as Thrill Mill, supports entrepreneurs through its incubation program and ... (more)
  
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• Police: Woman, 24, Made ‘Lewd’ Jail Visit In Front Of Child

  20-12-2016 16:33
  
  BUTLER, Pa. (AP) – County detectives say a 24-year-old woman performed lewd acts in front of a child while visiting a man at a western Pennsylvania jail.
  That’s why Butler County detectives have charged Adelina Burke, of New Eagle, with indecent exposure and corruption of minors.
  Detectives say the visit occurred Nov. 21, but they wanted to review surveillance video before filing the charges.
  The visit occurred about 2 p.m. A jail guard intervened after seeing the woman dropping her
  
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• Butler County dad charged after toddler found on snowy roof last month

  20-12-2016 16:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  The father of a 3-year-old girl found by a neighbor on a snowy roof in Butler County last month has now been charged with endangering the girl.
  
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• Obama Pardons Sala Udin, Three Others For Past Crimes

  20-12-2016 15:47
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – President Obama just delivered a Christmas gift to former Pittsburgh councilman and civil rights activist Sala Udin.
  “Oh my god.I could not believe it,” Udin told KDKA political editor Jon Delano on Tuesday. “It was such an elation.”
  What did Udin receive?
  “A full, unconditional pardon,” he said.
  It’s a unique power of the President — to pardon anyone convicted of a crime or to commute or reduce their sentence in prison.
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• Ex-Pittsburgh Councilman Sala Udin Pardoned By Obama

  20-12-2016 15:47
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – President Barack Obama pardoned a former Pittsburgh city councilman’s 46-year-old federal gun charge.
  Seventy-three-year-old Sala Udin says he filed a formal request for clemency four years ago and had given up hope when he was surprised on Monday.
  The civil rights advocate served seven months of a five-year sentence on charges of illegally transporting firearms and untaxed alcohol.
  Udin was driving to Pittsburgh from Mississippi, a state he first visited as a Freed
  
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• Port Authority contract reflects fiscal strength

  20-12-2016 15:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  What a difference four years can make.
  
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• Port Authority approves contract with bus drivers, mechanics

  20-12-2016 15:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Port Authority board of directors this morning unanimously approved a new four-year contract with about 2,200 bus drivers and mechanics.
  
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• Ex-Nanny For Penguins Player Gets 5-Year Federal Sentence

  20-12-2016 15:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The former nanny of Pittsburgh Penguins player Chris Kunitz has been sentenced to five years in federal prison on charges that she set fire to her rental residence and then filed fraudulent insurance claims for the contents.
  Twenty-eight-year-old Andrea Forsythe unsuccessfully sought a term running concurrently to one she’ll receive next month for ripping off the Penguins player. She was also ordered to pay more than $179,000 restitution.
  In the other case, Alleghen
  
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• Ex-Nanny For Penguins Player Faces Fed Arson Sentence

  20-12-2016 15:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – The former nanny of Pittsburgh Penguins player Chris Kunitz is set to be sentenced by a federal judge on charges she set fire to her rental residence then filed fraudulent insurance claims for the contents.
  The attorney for 28-year-old Andrea Forsythe is seeking a five-year prison term that will run concurrent to one she’ll receive next month for ripping off the Penguins player.
  In that case, prosecuted in state court in Allegheny County, Forsythe allegedly stole $1
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Opponent Profile: Week 16 Match-up With Ravens Could Decide AFC North

  20-12-2016 15:20
  
  By Danny Cox
  The AFC North title is on the line and could be decided in week 16 if the Pittsburgh Steelers win. However, if the Baltimore Ravens end up sweeping the Steelers on the season, they keep hope alive that they can win the division in the final week of the season. With postseason implications at stake, this divisional matchup has all the makings for a fantastic game.
  Baltimore Ravens Season Record: 8-6
  The Ravens have won three of their last four games. Their last loss was a tough one t
  
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• Tupac Shakur, Pearl Jam, Yes To Be Inducted Into Rock Hall

  20-12-2016 14:37
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – The late rapper Tupac Shakur and Seattle-based rockers Pearl Jam lead a class of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees that also include folkie Joan Baez and 1970s favorites Journey, Yes and Electric Light Orchestra.
  The rock hall also said Tuesday it would give a special award to Nile Rodgers, whose disco-era band Chic failed again to make the cut after its 11th time nominated.
  Baez will be inducted only months after her 1960s paramour, Bob Dylan, was awarded the Nobel Priz
  
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• PTL Links: Dec. 20, 2016

  20-12-2016 13:38
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Trend Report/Mall At Robinson
  Allegheny County Bar Association Lawyer Referral Service
  Peoples Gas Holiday Market
  Fabulous Homemade Cookies
  Carnegie Museum Of Art
  What’s New Dr. Frank?
  More information on the products featured by Dr. Frank:
  Dynazap Extendable Insect Zapper
  Samsung “Smart Things” Home Monitoring Kit
  Dyson V8 Motorhead Vacuum
  Vitamix 5200
  Anson Belt
  Harmony Elite Companion Remote Control By Logit
  
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• After 2 Years, Experts Say MH370 Likely North Of Search Area

  20-12-2016 12:43
  
  SYDNEY (AP) – For two years, a handful of ships have diligently combed a remote patch of the Indian Ocean west of Australia in a $160 million bid to find Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. On Tuesday, investigators made what was surely a painful admission: They have probably been looking in the wrong place.
  The latest analysis by a team of international investigators concluded the vanished Boeing 777 is highly unlikely to be in the current search zone and may instead be in a region farther nort
  
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• TRAFFIC: Mon Wharf to remain closed Wednesday

  20-12-2016 11:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Mon Wharf is closed today and Wednesday for flood cleanup, according to the Parking Authority of Pittsburgh.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Mon Wharf remains closed to parking this morning; West Carson lane restrictions

  20-12-2016 11:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Mon Wharf is closed today for flood cleanup, the second day the Parking Authority of Pittsburgh has blocked off the parking area to commuters.
  
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• State Jobless Center Workers Laid Off In Funding Fight

  20-12-2016 11:15
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Hundreds of state employees caught in an unemployment compensation program funding dispute between Democratic Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration and Senate Republicans now qualify for jobless benefits themselves.
  About 520 people are being laid off less than a week before Christmas from the state Department of Labor and Industry’s unemployment compensation call centers.
  Wolf’s administration is cutting jobs and closing unemployment compensation call cen
  
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• Mt. Lebanon Office Furniture & Interiors still going strong after 50 years

  20-12-2016 08:43
  Jim Droney was a young college graduate aiming to build a career in sales in Boston when his father asked him to return to his Pittsburgh hometown to help run an office supplies company. That was 1976 and Mr. Droney and his wife, Rosemary, a fellow English major at Boston College whom he met in a poetry class, made a deal with James Droney Sr.: they would stick around for a year because his business partner was ill.
  
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• Whitehall man goes on trial for allegedly threatening school board members

  20-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  A Whitehall man accused of making threatening phone calls to three Baldwin-Whitehall school board members testified Monday that he made the calls because he was frustrated by the board having him removed from a public meeting and forbidding him from attending in the future.
  
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• Pitt, city schools, CCAC team up to clear path to college

  20-12-2016 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  Three city educational institutions will formalize a partnership today to expose some Pittsburgh Public Schools students to college earlier and produce “Panthers in waiting” on a path to higher education.
  
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