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• Steelers Sign RB James Conner To 4-Year Contract

  11-05-2017 23:53
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – James Conner is officially a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers.
  The former Pitt running back who has overcome cancer signed a four-year deal with the Steelers on Thursday. Pittsburgh selected Conner in the third round of the draft last month.
  Conner, who set Atlantic Coast Conference records for total touchdowns (56) and rushing touchdowns (52), will wear No. 30 with the Steelers.We have signed our third-round selection, RB James Conner.
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• Men Arrested For Cell Phone Theft After Viewer Sees Them On KDKA

  11-05-2017 23:47
  
  BELLE VERNON (KDKA) — Featured on KDKA just a few days ago, a video from inside a Belle Vernon Walmart shows two young men walking in on the way to harvest some Apple gear.
  “They walk around the store a little bit, the taller male distracts the clerk, the shorter male pries open the display case and removes three iPhones and one iPod,” Rostraver Police Chief Greg Resetar said.
  The one suspect who allegedly pried open the cases is 24-year-old Richard Terrell Miller. The tal
  
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• Burgettstown man, 79, dies in Washington County crash

  11-05-2017 23:25 via post-gazette.com
  
  A Burgettstown man died Thursday in a car crash in Washington County, officials said.
  
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• Police Search For Man Accused Of Shooting At Crowd In Lincoln-Lemington

  11-05-2017 23:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A warrant was issued Thursday for a man police say fired multiple shots into a crowd of people attending a cookout in Lincoln-Lemington, including several children.
  It happened just before 5 p.m. Wednesday afternoon in the 7200 block of Everton Street at the Homewood North Apartments.
  Witnesses say Terrell Lineburg, 28, fired shots from behind a dumpster.
  “It’s still under investigation as to who the intended target might have been or what the motive was,&rd
  
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• 79-Year-Old Man Killed In Washington County Crash

  11-05-2017 23:07
  BURGETTSTOWN (KDKA) — A 79-year-old man was killed Thursday in a Washington County crash.
  It happened around 1 p.m. in the 1300 block of Smith Township State Road in Burgettstown.
  Benjamin Strain was operating a vehicle traveling northbound. The vehicle cross the center line, striking another vehicle head-on.
  Strain was pronounced dead at 2:30 p.m.
  It is not clear if anyone else sustained injuries.
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• Latest Sandusky Appeals Hearing Focuses On Victim Memories

  11-05-2017 22:46
  BELLEFONTE, Pa. (AP) – Jerry Sandusky is arguing his former defense lawyers didn’t properly represent him and wants a do-over of the 2012 trial that produced a 45-count conviction for child sexual abuse.
  A judge in central Pennsylvania on Thursday heard more testimony in the former Penn State assistant football coach’s multi-hearing appeal.
  The latest witnesses include one of the victims who testified against Sandusky. He says his memories of the abuse changed in part because o
  
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• County Officials Weighing Disincorporation Proposal To Help Struggling Municipalities

  11-05-2017 22:41
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County officials and state representatives joined Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald Thursday morning, to explain a report that would help municipalities struggling financially.
  “You have hundreds of other little communities that will never be able to change their tax base, they’re simply not growing like the City of Pittsburgh with a lot of opportunities and they need a mechanism other than being a ward of the state,” James Roddey, a
  
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• Critics say 'neigh' to horsemeat at Lawrenceville restaurant

  11-05-2017 22:11 via post-gazette.com
  
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• Bullet Found Lodged In Elementary School Ceiling

  11-05-2017 21:47
  ALVERTON (KDKA) — State police are investigating an incident of criminal mischief at an elementary school in Alverton.
  On May 10, a small hole was discovered in a window at Southmoreland Primary Center. First, it appeared that a projectile from a lawn mower had hit the window.
  That same evening, a custodian noticed damage to a light fixture.
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  Investigators determined that the damage to the wind
  
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• High Levels Of Radon Found In Pennsylvania Water Wells

  11-05-2017 21:19
  (AP) — High levels of cancer-causing radon have been found in some Pennsylvania water wells, adding to the much bigger threat faced by homeowners from airborne sources of the radioactive gas.
  Radon is the second-leading cause of lung cancer after smoking. It’s a serious problem in Pennsylvania, where about 40 percent of households have indoor radon levels high enough to warrant taking action to vent the harmful gas.
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• ‘Pittsburgh Shorts’ Submissions

  11-05-2017 20:50
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — “Film Pittsburgh” is accepting submissions for its short film festival called “Pittsburgh Shorts.”
  A $1,000 prize will be awarded to best narrative, best documentary, and best animated films.
  The festival will be held from October 25-29.
  Screenings and events will be at the August Wilson Center.
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• AG Shapiro Joins 20 State Attorneys General In Pushing For A Special Prosecutor

  11-05-2017 20:10
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pennsylvania state Attorney General Josh Shapiro joined 20 of his colleagues in asking U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to appoint a special counsel to investigate the relationship, if any, between President Trump, his campaign, and Russians in the 2016 presidential election.
  “The president’s action just a couple days ago in firing [FBI director] Jim Comey have led to people questioning our justice system,” Shapiro told KDKA political editor
  
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• 20 Attorneys General Call For Independent Probe Into Russia

  11-05-2017 20:10
  
  BOSTON (AP) – A group of 20 attorneys general, all Democrats, is calling for the appointment of an independent special counsel to continue the investigation into Russian interference in last year’s presidential election.
  The group led by Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey called Republican President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey during the ongoing investigation a “violation of public trust.”
  The group said in a Thursday letter to Deputy
  
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• Police Searching For Man Accused Of Stabbing Woman In McKeesport

  11-05-2017 20:00
  
  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) — Police are searching for a man accused of stabbing a woman in McKeesport.
  On May 3, officers were called to a home in the 800 block of Soles Street for a panic alarm.
  Upon arrival, they found a woman suffering from multiple stab wounds she sustained during a domestic dispute.
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  The suspect was identified as Datwon Daviston and a warrant has been issued for his arrest.
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• Dunlap: Guentzel’s Improbable Story Is Incredible

  11-05-2017 19:46
  
  PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) – They searched and searched and searched.
  I mean, how many times have we heard it through the years, the continuous refrain: “The Penguins need to get a winger for Sidney Crosby.”
  If I heard it once, I heard it 200,000,000,000 times.
  “Sid needs to play with a winger who can keep up with him.”
  And when someone says, “keep up with him” they mean matching his footspeed, his hockey acumen and his ability to see a play and the entir
  
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• Area Evacuated Due To Gas Leak In Braddock

  11-05-2017 19:39
  
  BRADDOCK (KDKA) — An area of Braddock has been evaluated due to a gas leak.
  It is happening in the area of Talbot Avenue and 1st Street.
  The area has been shut off while crews work to control the leak.
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• Authorities plug gas leak that forced evacuation of senior residence in Braddock

  11-05-2017 19:36 via post-gazette.com
  
  Braddock Mayor John Fetterman said Thursday afternoon that a natural gas leak that led to the evacuation of a multi-block section of the borough has been plugged, allowing people to return to businesses and homes in the affected area.
  
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• Attorneys Say 8-Year-Old Was Bullied Before Killing Himself

  11-05-2017 19:24
  CINCINNATI (AP) — School officials never told the mother of an 8-year-old Ohio boy who killed himself that another student had thrown him against the wall two days earlier and knocked him unconscious in an attack recorded by a surveillance video, attorneys for the boy’s mother said Thursday.
  The 8-year-old hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati home on Jan. 26. School officials called the boy’s mother the day her son was bullied and said he had fainted,
  
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• Taz On Braun Strowman Injury: ‘Not A Big Deal’

  11-05-2017 19:19
  By Chuck Carroll
  It’s an interesting time for WWE. Then again, it always is after WrestleMania. It’s not because of sizzling storylines. This is the time of year when WWE creative has to get, well, creative. There were so many weeks of hype leading up to WrestleMania that there was really no way to sustain the momentum. It’s just impossible not to dip after such a large climax.
  The roster shakeup has worked well to retain some of the audience and give writers an opportunity to
  
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• County officials present plan to let municipalities disband

  11-05-2017 19:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Present and former Allegheny County leaders proposed a plan Thursday aimed at struggling municipalities, offering them a potential chance to voluntarily disband their local government and have the county take over all services.
  
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• New Penguins Rally Towels Prepared For Eastern Conference Final

  11-05-2017 18:58
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A huge batch of rally towels are being prepared for fans as the Pittsburgh Penguins work to repeat last year’s success.
  Pro Towels, headquartered in Pittsburgh, began production of 36,000 new yellow towels Wednesday night at 10:15 p.m. so they could be ready when the Penguins take on the Ottawa Senators Saturday at PPG Paints Arena.
  Photo: Jennifer Gambrell
  Photo: Jennifer Gambrell
  No doubt, fans will be proudly waving the towels when the puck drops at 7 p.m.
  
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• Monticello: using the remains of history to illuminate slavery, daily life in Jefferson's world

  11-05-2017 18:46 via post-gazette.com
  
  CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – In dirt-caked jeans, a white hardhat and rosy pink nail polish, Crystal Ptacek spends her days piecing together scraps of forgotten history and wrestling with how to interpret a past that Thomas Jefferson preferred to keep hidden.
  
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• Like so many things, EpiPens last past expiration date, study finds

  11-05-2017 18:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  People in the midst of a severe allergic reaction shouldn’t hesitate to use an expired EpiPen if that’s all they have, a new study indicates.
  
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• “I Had No Intention Of Telling Anybody That I Had It [Legacy Advantage].” ‘Survivor’ Castoff Sierra: Post Elimination Q&A

  11-05-2017 18:27
  CBS Local – CBS aired Season 34, Episodes 12 of Survivor: Game Changers, and we had the chance to interview the most recent castoff, Sierra Thomas. Here’s her unique perspective (as told to CBS Local’s Adam Bloom and Samantha Bennet) on being voted off, the fate of her legacy advantage and her regrets playing the game.
  Castoff: Sierra
  SB: When Brad won immunity, what was your first thought? Did you think your time was up?
  S: Yes, like I said at tribal council &nd
  
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• Primanti Brothers Puts New Twist On ‘Ovechkin Drink’ Joke

  11-05-2017 18:22
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An annual joke at the expense of a certain Washington Capitals player is getting new life thanks to an iconic Pittsburgh restaurant.
  Pens fans (and Caps fans for that matter) are well aware that Alexander Ovechkin has never made it to the Conference Final, let alone won a Stanley Cup.
  The Pittsburgh Penguins helped keep that tradition alive with a 2-0 victory in Game 7 Wednesday night.
  Since the win, social media has been flooded with memes and jokes at the Caps’
  
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• Watch: Kangaroo Grabs, Bites 9-Year-Old Girl At Animal Park

  11-05-2017 18:21
  HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (AP) – A woman says her 9-year-old daughter was attacked by a kangaroo at an animal park in Alabama, and she’s got video to prove it.
  Jennifer White says the animal grabbed her daughter Cheyenne and bit her on the head during a visit Saturday at Harmony Park Safari near Huntsville, Alabama.A safari park in Alabama is facing a federal complaint after a kangaroo grabbed a 9-year-old girl and bit her: https://t.co/3S5BA4oWPy pic.twitter.com/WWe8bXoY4m
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• ABC’s “Downward Dog” surprisingly proves not all talking animal shows are silly fluff.

  11-05-2017 18:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  Smart, clever and punctuated with moments of warmth that avoid treacle, ABC’s “Downward Dog” (9:30 p.m. Wednesday, WTAE) delivers delightful comedy thanks to an angsty canine character with a psyche that is more human than mutt.
  
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• Pittsburgh-filmed series ‘Downward Dog’ debuts Wednesday on ABC

  11-05-2017 17:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allison Tolman is allergic to her co-star.
  
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• Fred Rogers monument on North Shore off limits this summer for repairs

  11-05-2017 17:40 via post-gazette.com
  
  If you're planning to visit the Fred Rogers “Tribute to Children” monument on the North Shore, you better hurry.
  
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• Police: Half-Naked Driver Crashes Car Into Store To Get Beer

  11-05-2017 17:17
  ROCKY RIVER, Ohio (AP) – Police in suburban Cleveland say a half-naked man intentionally crashed his car into a closed convenience store to get beer, injuring himself and a store employee.
  Rocky River police say the 45-year-old driver was wearing nothing from the waist down when he crashed through a store wall early Sunday and told the worker he needed beer.
  Police say the man barricaded himself in a beer cooler and told police to shoot him, but they subdued him with a stun device.
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• Parents Warned About Dangerous ‘Blue Whale Game’

  11-05-2017 17:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials have a strong warning for parents about a new app which may have deadly consequences.
  Students who take the “Blue Whale Challenge” are encouraged to harm themselves for 50 days and then commit suicide.
  Participants often use social media to invite others to try the game.
  Officials think the challenge originated in Russia, but it is quickly spreading.
  The app has already been removed from Apple’s iOS store and the Google Play store.
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• Pittsburgh police ID driver who fled, crashed with kids, heroin in car

  11-05-2017 17:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police found heroin in a car that sped away from them and crashed Wednesday in Carrick, injuring the driver and sending three young children in his car to the hospital, police said Thursday.
  
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• Baldwin Police Searching For Missing Man Believed To Be Under ‘Emotional Distress’

  11-05-2017 17:04
  
  BALDWIN (KDKA) — The Baldwin Borough Police Department is searching for a man believed to be “under significant emotional distress.”
  Chandra Bahadur Prasai, 39, was last seen April 28 in Baldwin Borough.
  His family reported him missing when he didn’t arrive at work.
  On May 6, the Forward Township Police Department recovered Mr. Prasai’s vehicle along Bunola River Road.
  An extensive search was conducted but the man was not found.
  Anyone with information is urged to c
  
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• U.S. attorney in Pittsburgh discusses how to solve heroina

  11-05-2017 16:43
  Conor Lamb, assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, speaks May 10 about the opioid epidemic facing the region during a presentation organized by the Upper Saint Clair Youth Steering Committee. The next step to fighting the opioid addiction exploding through southwestern Pennsylvania is civic involvement, an assistant U.S. attorney from Pittsburgh told a crowd gathered in Upper St. Clair to discuss the issue.
  
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• Sabres Name Botterill As New General Manager

  11-05-2017 16:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A member of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ front office is heading to Buffalo to become the next general manager of the Sabres.
  According to the Sabres’ website, they have named Jason Botterill as their new general manager.
  Botterill has spent the past 10 years in the Penguins’ front office, where he most recently served as the associate general manager.
  Botterill helped construct the Penguins’ Stanley Cup champion rosters in 2009 and 2016.
  “We a
  
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• Shooter opens fire at children, adults during Lincoln-Lemington cookout

  11-05-2017 16:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  A man drove by a cookout in Lincoln-Lemington and opened fire with both a revolver and a shotgun Wednesday afternoon, sending children and adults running for cover.
  
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• Crime Stoppers: Police Seek Help In February Murder Investigation

  11-05-2017 15:31
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police are asking for the public’s help with a murder investigation.
  Raghib Dolphin, 24, was shot and killed back in February in Brighton Heights.
  His family says Dolphin was out with friends celebrating a new job he was supposed to start the next day.
  Police say he was shot while walking near Zangaro’s bar.
  “Multiple gunshots were heard, the victim actually returned back to his car. He was shot several times and transported to the hospital by his frie
  
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• PTL Links: May 11, 2017

  11-05-2017 14:59
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guest & topics:
  IKEA Pittsburgh
  Carnegie Science Center
  Science On The Road Special Events
  Science On The Road Parties
  Science On The Road Education Events
  Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership’s Market Square Farmer’s Market & Night Market
  Doug Oster
  Kidsburgh
  Next Pittsburgh
  
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• He broke rocks with his head and hypnotized men, chickens

  11-05-2017 14:55 via post-gazette.com
  
  When Dewey Deavers died at 73, his short obituary noted only that he’d introduced hypnotism to Western Pennsylvania. Perhaps the same obituary scribe would identify Leonardo da Vinci as an engineer. Click here to read more!
  
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• Car plunges into pool in Fayette County

  11-05-2017 14:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Emergency crews responded to a report of a vehicle that veered off the road and plunged into a pool in Fayette County Thursday morning.
  
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• Pittsburgh floodgate network passes full-system test

  11-05-2017 14:13 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh’s chronically problematic floodgates on Washington Boulevard in Highland Park passed a full-system test early Thursday morning.
  
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• Ex-deputy charged with using old badge to skirt speeding ticket

  11-05-2017 14:08 via post-gazette.com
  
  A former Westmoreland County sheriff’s deputy has been charged with impersonating a public servant for allegedly using her old badge to try to get out of a speeding ticket.
  
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• Vehicle Submerged In Residential Pool, Emergency Crews Called

  11-05-2017 14:01
  
  NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Emergency crews have been called after someone drove a vehicle into a pool in Fayette County.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened in the 200 block of Rolling Hills Estate Road in North Union Township around 7:30 a.m.
  Initial reports indicated the vehicle is submerged in the pool.
  There are no reports of entrapment.
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• Homeowner Frustrated After Vehicle Crashes Into Yard, Lands In Pool

  11-05-2017 14:01
  
  NORTH UNION TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – A car went off the road and ended up in a swimming pool in Fayette County Thursday morning.
  According to emergency dispatchers, the incident happened in the 200 block of Rolling Hills Estate Road in North Union Township around 7:30 a.m.
  Police say the driver of a Dodge Neon lost control on a slippery road, went down over a hill and crashed into the pool.
  Meanwhile, the homeowner said this is not the first time a vehicle has careened onto their property.
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• Lawmakers Looking To End ‘Lunch Shaming’

  11-05-2017 13:11
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Lawmakers are working to take action aimed at ending the practice known as “lunch shaming.”
  This issue made headlines in our area after a school cafeteria worker quit her job claiming she was forced to take hot meals away from students with unpaid lunch bills.
  State Sen. Jay Costa has introduced a bill that would prohibit lunch shaming. The senator calls the practice unconscionable.
  Senate Bill 709 would require school districts to serve meals to all childre
  
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• Police look for suspect in gas station robbery in Moon

  11-05-2017 12:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Moon police are searching for a suspect in a robbery early Thursday morning at a BP Gas station.
  
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• TRAFFIC: NB Route 65 remains closed in Ambridge; Liberty Bridge to close this weekend

  11-05-2017 11:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Northbound Route 65 remains closed Thursday in the area of the Ambridge-Aliquippa Bridge for water line repairs after a truck hit the span, damaging a line on Tuesday.
  
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• TRAFFIC: Liberty Bridge to close this weekend

  11-05-2017 11:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Liberty Bridge and inbound Liberty Tunnel will be closed this weekend for ongoing deck reconstruction work.
  
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• Workers Test Washington Boulevard Flood Gates

  11-05-2017 11:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Part of Washington Boulevard in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood was closed early Thursday morning to test the flood gates.
  Washington Boulevard closed from Negley Run to Allegheny River Boulevard at 4 a.m. Highland Drive at Lemington Avenue was also closed. The roads reopened around 5:15 a.m.
  “Three tests were conducted,” said Pittsburgh Chief Operations Officer Guy Costa. “One manually, operating from Zone 5 police station. The second
  
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