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• PennDOT Asking For Feedback On Completed Projects

  02-01-2017 23:41
  
  PennDOT wants your feedback on some of its recently-completed projects.
  The work was all done in District 10, which covers Armstrong, Butler, Indiana, Clarion and Jefferson counties.
  If you’re interested, you can take the survey by visiting this link.
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• Construction To Resume In Spring For Liberty Bridge, Tunnel & Parkway West

  02-01-2017 23:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The New Year is here and in a few months, that means new road construction projects.
  For people heading to the South Hills and also west of the city, 2017 will mean more headaches, detours and brake lights.
  Whether Phil sees his shadow or not, expect the orange to start blooming in your path come mid-March.
  Let’s start with the Liberty Bridge, which is heading for another year of work, including getting rid of the wavy ride drivers currently feel.
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• Police Question Man In Death Of Retired Sheriff’s Deputy

  02-01-2017 23:18
  
  BUTLER (KDKA) — Police in Butler County are questioning a man in connection with the death of a retired sheriff’s deputy.
  State police were still processing evidence Monday night at 74-year-old James Martin’s house on Tenth Street in East Butler Township, where he was found shot to death on Saturday. His home was also ransacked.
  Officers are questioning Cody Howard, 25, in connection with Martin’s death.
  Howard was accused of burglarizing Martin’s home in
  
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• Needle & Pin bringing 80-plus gins and Indian food to Dormont

  02-01-2017 23:13 via post-gazette.com
  A gin bar and British-flavored Indian restaurant is coming to Dormont. 
  
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• Hundreds Raise Money For Charity By Taking Icy Dip In Mon River

  02-01-2017 22:30
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) –It’s an annual tradition that will take your breath away.
  Hundreds of people jumped into the Mon River on New Year’s Day as part of the Polar Bear Plunge.
  The annual event raises money for charity and despite the freezing temperatures, some people come back every year.
  “I’m thinking I’m gonna start my 2017 on the lowest possible point. It can only go up from here,” Eric Bowman said.
  That’s one way to look at it.
  Some were in and
  
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• Verona Village Inn closing after 34 years

  02-01-2017 22:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Verona Village Inn, a landmark on Wildwood Avenue at the Penn Hills border that served red-sauce Italian comfort foods for 34 years, has closed.
  
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• After 34 years, Verona Village Inn is closed

  02-01-2017 22:10 via post-gazette.com
  The Verona Village Inn, a landmark on Wildwood Avenue at the Penn Hills border that served red-sauce Italian comfort foods for 34 years, has closed.
  
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• Man Allegedly Choked Daughter Over Explicit Snapchat Pictures

  02-01-2017 21:59
  
  CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. (KDKA) — A father in Tennessee is accused of choking his teenage daughter over explicit pictures she was posting on social media.
  CBS affiliate WDEF reports Christian Amason faces child abuse charges.
  Police were called to the family’s Chattanooga home on New Year’s Day, where the 14-year-old alleged victim detailed the incident. The teen said she and her mother were arguing about pictures she posted to social media, and her mother began to spank her.
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• 10-Month-Old Revived Twice After Being Exposed To Fentanyl

  02-01-2017 20:41
  
  METHUEN, Mass. (AP) – Authorities in Massachusetts say a 10-month-old baby had to be revived twice after she was exposed to fentanyl.
  Police arrived at the Methuen residence early Saturday afternoon after receiving a report of a child not breathing.
  First responders took the child to Lawrence General Hospital, where police say she stopped breathing twice and had to be resuscitated. She was later airlifted to Tufts Medical Center in Boston, where she’s in stable condition.
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• Dunlap: Appreciate The Steelers Coaching Situation Today

  02-01-2017 20:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – Black Monday is here.
  Mike McCoy is out in San Diego.
  Chip Kelly’s experiment in the Bay Area is finished; what a dud.
  Gary Kubiak resigned in Denver.
  Jeff Fisher was already gone in Los Angeles. Same with Gus Bradley in Jacksonville and Rex Ryan in Buffalo — done, finished, kaput.
  Who knows if the list will grow? Will Chuck Pagano be shown the door in Indianapolis and/or Bill O’Brien get the boot in Houston in the coming days? Who knows, but t
  
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• Equipment failure at pump caused fire at Washington County gas well

  02-01-2017 20:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A fire that raged at the site of gas well Sunday in Somerset Township, Washington County, was the result of equipment failure on a pump, a spokeswoman with Rice Energy said Monday.
  
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• Bag That Washed Ashore Is From Plane Carrying 6, Police Say

  02-01-2017 20:00
  
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A bag that washed ashore near a private harbor has been confirmed as coming from a small plane carrying six people that disappeared over Lake Erie near Cleveland, authorities said Monday as they resumed a search for the missing aircraft.
  The city said there have been multiple reports of debris washing ashore east of Burke Lakefront Airport, where a plane carrying a family of four and two neighbors departed late Thursday. John T. Fleming, chief executive of a Columbus-based
  
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• Couple Found Dead Near SUV With Kids Inside Had ‘No Obvious Signs Of Trauma’

  02-01-2017 19:51
  
  VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla. (KDKA) — Investigators cannot yet say how a married couple whose bodies were found near an SUV with their children inside died.
  Daniel Kelsey, 32, and Heather Kelsey, 30, of Ormond Beach, Florida were found near the vehicle after a state trooper saw it parked on the side of a road around 2 a.m. Saturday, according to deputies.
  The vehicle had no signs of damage and the couple’s three children, all between 8 months and 4 years old, were unharmed inside, Gary
  
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• Police Nab Person Of Interest In Brackenridge Woman’s Homicide

  02-01-2017 19:37
  
  BRACKENRIDGE (KDKA) — Authorities in West Virginia have apprehended a man wanted in connection with the murder of a 63-year-old woman from Brackenridge.
  Justin Bartlett was arrested Monday afternoon at a Rite Aid in Fairmont, West Virginia, according to WDTV.
  The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office determined that Linda McGinnis, 63, died Friday morning from a chop wound to the head and a stab wound to the neck. She was reported missing Friday, her car was gone, and her b
  
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• The Confidential Musical Theatre Project Returns to Pittsburgh

  02-01-2017 19:29
  On Saturday, January 21, some of the bravest actors in Pittsburgh will take to the stage and perform a musical in its entirety, having met each other only one hour before and having had no group rehearsals. The audience shows up with no knowledge of the show they are about to see.
  
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• Police Searching For Missing 16-Year-Old From Westmoreland County

  02-01-2017 19:21
  
  YOUNGWOOD (KDKA) — Police are asking for help tracking down a 16-year-old boy who has not been seen since for weeks.
  Tristin James Greenwalt left his residence in Youngwood on Dec. 6. and has not returned.
  He is 5’11”, 150 pounds, with brown eyes and brown hair. He has tattoos on his arms, hands, legs and neck.
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• Police seek man for questioning in Brackenridge woman's killing

  02-01-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County Police said today that they want to question a man about the recent killing of a Brackenridge woman.
  
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• Police arrest neighbor of slain Brackenridge woman

  02-01-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man wanted for questioning in a Brackenridge woman’s killing was arrested Monday in West Virginia in an unrelated case.
  
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• Authorities in W. Va. arrest man wanted for questioning in Brackenridge slaying

  02-01-2017 19:04 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man wanted for questioning in a Brackenridge woman's killing was arrested today in West Virginia in an unrelated case.
  
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• 2 arrested after shots fired in South Side

  02-01-2017 18:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police arrested two men on Sunday in the South Side after a report of shots fired near the Burger King on E. Carson Street.
  
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• Report: Pittsburgh Gaining More Residents From Philadelphia Area

  02-01-2017 18:33
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Come on over!
  The latest United States census data shows the Pittsburgh metropolitan area is getting a big influx of folks from the Philadelphia area, according to our partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
  Not so long ago this trend was in reverse, with more Steel City residents moving out east.
  Though, people are moving much less than in previous years. Slightly more than 11 percent of Americans moved in 2016, which is the lowest annual percentage ever reported by t
  
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• Under 3 Weeks Left: Obama In Closing Stretch Of Presidency

  02-01-2017 18:01
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) – His last vacation behind him, President Barack Obama is entering the closing stretch of his presidency, an eleventh-hour push to tie up loose ends and put finishing touches on his legacy before handing the reins to President-elect Donald Trump.
  Obama returned to Washington midday Monday from Hawaii with less than three weeks left. His final days will largely be consumed by a bid to protect his endangered health care law, a major farewell speech and the ongoing handover of
  
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• Man Banned From Starbucks For Asking 16-Year-Old Barista On Date Claims Ageism

  02-01-2017 17:46
  
  SPOKANE, Wash. (KDKA) — A 37-year-old Washington man is lashing out after he says he was banned from a Starbucks for asking a 16-year-old barista on a date.
  CBS affiliate KREM reports the man, who is not identified because he has not been charged with a crime, said he was at Starbucks in Spokane last week and wrote a note asking out a barista.
  “I was flirted with by a barista. For some reason she thought I was funny. Said I was funny. So I gave her a note to see if she’d be int
  
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• U.S. attorney's office in Northern W.Va. brought $3M in fiscal 2016

  02-01-2017 17:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  The U.S. attorney's office for northern West Virginia said today that it brought in more than $3 million in civil and criminal actions in fiscal 2016, a number typical for that office.
  
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• 10 central Pa. restaurant openings you'll be talking about in 2017

  02-01-2017 17:29
  The Federal Taphouse is headed west. The restaurant will bring its menu favorites such as pizza, house made charcuterie and eastern shore seafood with an extensive beer list to the former Appalachian Brewing Company at 3721 Market St. in Hampden Township.
  
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• Female Officer Sues Pennsylvania Town, Claims Firing Over Gender

  02-01-2017 17:16
  
  RIVERSIDE, Pa. (AP) – A police officer has filed suit against a central Pennsylvania town, claiming she was fired because of her gender.
  Jennifer Alexander sued Riverside borough in federal court. She seeks unspecified damages.
  Her suit alleges police Chief Kerry Parkes treated her differently than her male counterpart on the force. Alexander says Parkes constantly yelled at her, denied her requests for training and failed to inform her of meetings.
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• Slain Pa. Trooper’s Funeral Arrangements Announced

  02-01-2017 17:10
  
  MARTINSBURG, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania State Police trooper who was slain on duty will be laid to rest this week.
  Twenty-three-year-old Trooper Landon Weaver was shot and killed while responding to a domestic complaint Friday night in Huntingdon County, in central Pennsylvania. State police shot and killed the suspect in Weaver’s death after an overnight manhunt.
  Weaver graduated from the police academy last summer and was assigned to the Huntingdon barracks. Gov. Tom Wolf plans to v
  
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• Slain Pennsylvania trooper's funeral arrangements set this week in Altoona

  02-01-2017 16:07 via post-gazette.com
  
  MARTINSBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania State Police trooper who was slain on duty will be laid to rest this week.
  
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• Dog Named ‘Scarface’ Attacks Family Trying To Dress It In Sweater

  02-01-2017 15:44
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (AP) – Police in Florida say an angry dog sent three people to the hospital after one tried to put a sweater on it.
  Tampa police say the pit bull mix named Scarface bit a 52-year-old woman who was trying to dress him on Friday and her husband was attacked while trying to pull the dog off of her.Police say the couple’s 22-year-old son was attacked while trying to stop the dog by stabbing it in the neck and head.
  The three people escaped the house and left the dog in the ba
  
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• Crocodile Bites French Tourist Posing For Photo At Thai Park

  02-01-2017 15:39
  
  BANGKOK (AP) – A French tourist who tried to have her picture taken with a crocodile in Thailand was injured when the reptile snapped at her when she got too close.
  The woman, who is in her 40s, suffered a severe bite wound to her leg Sunday at the Khao Yai National Park, said Thanya Netithammakul, head of the National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department.
  She had been squatting next to the animal, posing for a picture, but she tipped over and the crocodile snapped, the officia
  
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• Hazelwood man arrested after police standoff

  02-01-2017 15:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Hazelwood man was arrested after the SWAT team was called to his home during a standoff with police on New Year’s Day.
  
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• College Basketball’s Top 10 Conference Games To Watch in 2017

  02-01-2017 15:00
  
  By Andrew Kahn
  College basketball fans were treated to some great non-conference matchups to start the season: Duke-Kansas, Carolina-Kentucky, Louisville-Kentucky, to name three. Now it’s time for league play. Here are 10 of the best games, listed chronologically, to watch this season.
  Note: All stats and records reflect games played through Tuesday, Dec. 27.
  Villanova at Butler, Jan. 4
  The Wildcats are currently No. 1 in the country and haven’t lost since March 12, in the Big East c
  
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• Debris washes ashore Lake Erie amid search for small plane carrying 6 near Cleveland

  02-01-2017 14:38 via post-gazette.com
  
  CLEVELAND — Debris washed ashore near an airport where a small plane carrying six people took off shortly before it vanished over Lake Erie near Cleveland, the city said Sunday.
  
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• One treated after Beaver County house fire

  02-01-2017 14:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  At least one person was injured in a house fire in Beaver County this morning.
  
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• Dick Clark Productions Rejects Mariah Carey’s Sabotage Claim

  02-01-2017 13:47
  
  NEW YORK (AP) – Dick Clark Productions is hitting back against Mariah Carey’s claim it sabotaged her live performance on its “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special.
  Carey’s disaster during the annual New Year’s Eve special in Times Square made international headlines: The superstar vocally stumbled through her short set, failing to sing for most of it despite a pre-recorded track of her songs playing in the background.
  Carey was visibly upset during the
  
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• Report: Pennsylvania Could Lose 1 Or 2 House Seats

  02-01-2017 13:30
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A new report says Pennsylvania could lose one, and possibly two congressional seats after the 2020 census.
  Virginia-based Election Data Services, a political consulting firm, named Pennsylvania as one of nine states that stand to lose at least one seat in the House.
  Pennsylvania also lost a seat after the 2010 census.
  Congressional seats are apportioned based on population. A Philadelphia Inquirer analysis of census data shows that Pennsylvania lost nearly 7,700 resi
  
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• PTL Links: Jan. 2, 2017

  02-01-2017 13:03
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  Career Training Academy
  Animal General
  Animal Friends
  Junior Achievement Golden Meal Ticket Raffle
  LeMont Restaurant
  LeMont Steak Diane Recipe
  412 Food Rescue
  Barron Whited’s Website
  
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• LeMont Steak Diane Recipe

  02-01-2017 12:57
  
  LeMont Restaurant Executive Chef Robert Vargo stopped by PTL to show off a delicious steak recipe to start 2017 off in style!
  Ingredients (Serves Two)
  Four (4) – 5 ounce medallions of beef tenderloin
  1 ounce olive oil
  1 ounce minced garlic
  1 ounce minced shallots
  1/8 ounce fresh rosemary leafs chopped
  4 ounce sliced white mushrooms
  2 ounce brandy
  4 ounce burgundy wine
  8 ounce espagnole sauce (for home use, substitute brown gravy)
  Directions
  1. Heat olive oil. Sauté beef medallions,
  
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• Couple killed in head-on crash in Somerset County identified

  02-01-2017 12:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  State police have identified the victims in a head-on collision Friday night in Somerset County.
  
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• Fire Destroys Home In Armstrong County

  02-01-2017 11:19
  
  PARKS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Fire destroyed a home in Armstrong County.
  The flames staretd around midnight Sunday night in a mobile home in the 1100 block oif Penn Avenue in Parks Township. The couple that lives in the home were putting away Christmas decorations when the fire started. Within seconds the home was consumed by flames and filled with smoke.
  The husband and wife were able to escape along with their pet cats. The woman was taken to Allegheny Valley Hospital in Natrona Heights. Early
  
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• Diana Nelson Jones' Walkabout: Artist at work is a sign of Homestead's resurgence

  02-01-2017 07:32
  Two slender feathers, ruddy tan, lie on a windowsill of Edward Eberle's ceramics studio in Homestead with seashells, a barren honeycomb, a dried thistle head and small clay pieces - a bowl, an urn, a figurine. Mr. Eberle sits nearby, concentrating, with classical music on low volume.
  
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• Philadelphia to Pittsburgh: A moving trend

  02-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Bred in the Philadelphia suburbs, Jake Sam crossed to the opposite end of the state to attend college, knowing little about this area but for the passion of Steelers Nation.
  
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• People find other reasons to flock to North Shore during meaningless Steelers game

  02-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Early Sunday afternoon, Shelley and Sean McMahon of Moon were visiting the Fred Rogers statue on the North Shore with their three children: Alina, 6, Mac, 2, and 5-month-old Maddox.
  
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• Obituary: Joseph Stotlemyer / Longtime Pittsburgh homicide detective

  02-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  For more than two decades, Joseph Stotlemyer was a well-respected Pittsburgh homicide detective and sought-after polygraph examiner.
  
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• Historic population loss could weaken Pennsylvania's political clout

  02-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  HARRISBURG — The numbers aren’t looking good for Pennsylvania.
  
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• Diana Nelson Jones' Walkabout: Artist at work is a sign of Homestead’s resurgence

  02-01-2017 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Two slender feathers, ruddy tan, lie on a windowsill of Edward Eberle’s ceramics studio in Homestead with seashells, a barren honeycomb, a dried thistle head and small clay pieces — a bowl, an urn, a figurine.
  
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• Fire Breaks Out At Somerset Township Gas Well Pad

  02-01-2017 01:58
  
  SOMERSET TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Heavy smoke and flames were seen at a gas well pad in Somerset Township on Sunday afternoon.
  It happened around 4 p.m. at the Rice Energy Papa Bear well pad on Lusk Road.
  In a video from KDKA viewer Randy Lutz, heavy black smoke can be seen.
  According to the Observer-Reporter, authorities at the scene said a pump caught fire and spread to a fuel tank and vehicles. The fire was under control around 4:30 p.m. No injuries were reported.
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• Pittsburgh Ushers In 2017 With Highmark First Night Celebrations

  02-01-2017 01:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Crowds flocked downtown to enjoy the celebrations at Highmark First Night and usher in the New Year on Saturday night.
  Festivities started early Saturday evening, with plenty of family-friendly activities and a special early fireworks show so the kids who may not be able to stay up until midnight were still able to enjoy the show.
  Hundreds lined the streets for the FedEx Ground Parade and headed to the outdoor stage for a performance from the Nigel Hall Band, while othe
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Team Grades: Steelers Defeat Browns In Overtime

  02-01-2017 00:56
  
  By Danny Cox
  As expected, most of the starters for the Pittsburgh Steelers sat out of the season finale against the Cleveland Browns since their playoff positioning was already determined. They were not going to risk an injury to anyone with the postseason right around the corner, but there may be concern regarding their backups since their play was not impressive.
  The Steelers picked up a 27-24 victory, but it took overtime to lock in a win over a team that won just a single game all season. Wi
  
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