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• Pitcairn Couple, On The Run From Police, Now In Custody

  09-03-2018 23:46
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  PITCAIRN (KDKA) — A Pitcairn couple, on the run from police and accused of hiding drugs and bomb-making material in their apartment, are now in police custody.
  David Klein, 30, and Allison Ober, 27, were taken into custody on Friday.
  (Source: Allegheny County Police)
  Last month, police arrested the couple after finding Ober overdosed inside the couple’s 2nd Street apartment with a 4-year-old boy also at home. Drug-making materials were found through
  
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• Teen Convicted In 13-Year-Old’s Shooting Death To Be Released

  09-03-2018 23:38
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  MT. PLEASANT (KDKA) — A teenage boy who pleaded guilty to killing his friend two years ago is being released, and the decision isn’t sitting well with the victim’s parents.
  A juvenile court judge ruled Friday that 17-year-old John Burnsworth, the young man who shot and killed J.R. Gustafson in Mt. Pleasant several years ago, is rehabilitated and will be rejoining society.
  Gustafson’s parents, however, are not happy about it.
  “There
  
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• Deputies Arrest 5 In Drug Seizure While Searching For Wanted Man

  09-03-2018 23:22
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  MCKEESPORT (KDKA) — Allegheny County sheriff’s deputies ended up arresting five people in a drug seizure Friday when they were searching for a man wanted on a Family Division warrant.
  The Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office says 20-year-old Troy Brown, of McKeesport, and 26-year-old Evander Williams, of the Hill District, were both wanted on bench warrants from the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas Family Division for failing to appear at s
  
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• Actions Of North Versailles Officer Questioned After Arrest Video Goes Viral

  09-03-2018 23:06
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  NORTH VERSAILLES (KDKA) — A North Versailles police officer’s actions are being questioned after video of a controversial arrest went viral, gaining more than 1 million views on Facebook.
  The incident started outside the Phoenix Theatres movie theater in North Versailles in late February.
  The theater manager and a North Versailles police officer working a security detail removed three girls from the theater for what the officer described as “d
  
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• Wagner transitions from write-in opposition toa

  09-03-2018 22:31
  About four years after running against an establishment GOP choice for state senator, Scott Wagner is the state GOP's choice for governor. So what's changed? Wagner transitions from write-in opposition to GOP frontman About four years after running against an establishment GOP choice for state senator, Scott Wagner is the state GOP's choice for governor.
  
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• Love Story In The Making? Texas-Based Hippo Has Crush On Famed Fiona

  09-03-2018 22:19
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  CINCINNATI (AP) – It might only be puppy love, but Cincinnati’s famed hippo Fiona has her first public suitor.
  A 2-year-old hippopotamus named Timothy at the zoo in San Antonio, Texas, has launched his courtship via social media. Posts declared her the “most beautiful hippo” he’s ever seen and wonder if they can be “boyfriend and girlfriend” someday.Fiona’s only a year old, and her Cincinnati Zoo handlers have a l
  
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• Facebook posts help FBI nab serial bank robbers

  09-03-2018 22:10 via post-gazette.com
  Two men have been charged with robbing three area banks after an FBI investigation that included a Facebook search which turned up posts of one of the bandits and his girlfriend spending a lot of money and vacationing in Florida right after a heist in May.
  
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• Some charges dismissed in intimidation case against Sophie Masloff's granddaughter

  09-03-2018 22:00 via post-gazette.com
  A magisterial district judge on Friday dismissed several counts against a man and woman accused of intimidation of witnesses and conspiracy.
  
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• Gunman Takes Hostages At Calif. Veterans Home

  09-03-2018 21:48
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  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Three workers for a program that treats veterans for post-traumatic stress disorder were found dead Friday along with the suspect who took them hostage in a daylong standoff at the largest veterans home in the U.S., officials said.
  The bodies of the four were discovered nearly eight hours after the gunman slipped into an employee going-away party in a building where combat veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan receive treatment, said
  
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• At Least 3 Taken Hostage At Calif. Veterans Home

  09-03-2018 21:48
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  YOUNTVILLE, Calif. (AP) — A gunman took at least three people hostage at a large veterans home in California on Friday and police locked down the sprawling grounds, Napa County Fire Capt. Chase Beckman said.
  Police closed access to the large veterans home in Yountville after a man with a gun was reported on the grounds.
  The Napa County Sheriff’s Department issued an alert to residents at 10:30 a.m. Friday warning them to avoid the area because of &l
  
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• Student Facing Charges After Norwin H.S. Bomb Threats

  09-03-2018 21:31
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  NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — A student is facing multiple charges after allegedly making multiple bomb threats at Norwin High School.
  The 14-year-old student, who has not been identified, is allegedly responsible for three bomb threats.
  North Huntingdon Police reviewed hours of security footage to isolate and identify the suspect. When questioned, the suspect admitted to making all three threats.
  The student is facing multiple charges, including three counts
  
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• Pittsburgh man gets seven years for conspiring to distribute heroin and fentanyl that killed users

  09-03-2018 21:23 via post-gazette.com
  A Pittsburgh man was sentenced Friday to seven years in federal prison for conspiracy to distribute heroin and fentanyl that injured and killed users.
  
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• Former National Guardsman who threatened Vice President gets prison and mental health treatment

  09-03-2018 21:15 via post-gazette.com
  William Dunbar, a former National Guardsman so volatile that he wasn't allowed to be near guns on his base near Johnstown, was sentenced Friday to federal prison for threatening to kill Vice President Mike Pence.
  
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• Pittsburgh's Laura Ellsworth wants to make history as Pennsylvania’s first female governor

  09-03-2018 21:04 via post-gazette.com
  Laura Ellsworth is looking to make history as Pennsylvania’s first female governor. But she wouldn’t be the first woman to lead the Commonwealth.
  
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• New twist in mini-casino auction: No one submits a bid

  09-03-2018 20:31 via post-gazette.com
  In a new twist to Pennsylvania’s gambling expansion plans, none of the state’s existing casinos bid Friday for the right to be the fifth one to operate one of the smaller new mini-casinos.
  
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• DEP schedules public hearings for Shell's Falcon pipeline in early April

  09-03-2018 20:09 via post-gazette.com
  The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, which is evaluating a permit application for Shell Pipeline Co. to build a 97-mile long ethane pipeline through the state, has scheduled three opportunities for the public to have its say on the topic.
  
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• Police: Man Steals Almost $6K In Merchandise From Indiana Co. Walmart

  09-03-2018 19:27
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  BURRELL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police are trying to find a man who stole almost $6,000 in merchandise from an Indiana County Walmart last month.
  It happened at the Walmart in Burrell Township on Feb. 24.
  (Photo Credit: Pennsylvania State Police)
  State police say the suspect walked into the Walmart around 1:54 a.m., loaded up a shopping cart with merchandise, then walked back out at 2 a.m.
  He can be seen on surveillance footage pushing the shopping cart out the
  
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• WWE Insiders Pick Fastlane 2018

  09-03-2018 19:19
  By Chuck Carroll
  The WWE Fastlane card will begin to set the final pieces of the puzzle in place ahead of WrestleMania 34 in New Orleans. The show is somewhat historic in that it is the final brand-exclusive pay-per-view for the foreseeable future now that WWE has opted to reduce the number of premium events in an apparent cost-cutting measure. Beginning next month, all PPVs will feature both RAW and SmackDown talents.
  As of Friday, the odds for Fastlane are as follows:
  AJ Styles is by far and a
  
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• Pittsburgh Named One Of The Best Cities For Millennials

  09-03-2018 19:05
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh has landed the 12th spot on Niche’s list of “Best Cities for Millennials in America.”
  Thousands of cities, towns and neighborhoods were analyzed and the list was narrowed down to 228 U.S. cities.
  Niche used 13 different factors to determine their rankings, including the percentage of city residents between the ages of 25 and 34, the percentage of the population in that age range that moved into the area wit
  
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• Controversy Surrounds Pittsburgh Pirates Mascot And GOP Dinner

  09-03-2018 18:51
  Follow KDKA-TV: Facebook | TwitterPITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There’s a growing controversy surrounding the Pittsburgh Pirates and a visit by President Trump’s counselor Kellyanne Conway.
  Conway headlined the Republican Committee of Allegheny County’s annual Spirit of Lincoln Dinner Thursday night.
  Before the event started, a photo from Washington Post reporter James Hohmann started circulating on Twitter.
  It shows the Pirate Parrot standing in a hallway outside the event giving
  
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• Video of North Versailles movie theater arrest goes viral

  09-03-2018 18:27 via post-gazette.com
  A video depicting the arrest of a 35-year-old Wilkinsburg woman outside a movie theater in North Versailles in February has been viewed nearly a million times on social media since the woman posted it to Facebook Thursday, with many expressing outrage about the incident.
  
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• Trump to make airport hangar stop Saturday evening

  09-03-2018 18:20 via post-gazette.com
  President Donald Trump will be in the Pittsburgh area Saturday.  
  
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• Monroeville Road Flooded After Landslide Blocks Creek

  09-03-2018 18:08
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  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — A Monroeville road flooded Friday after a landslide blocked a nearby creek.
  Thompson Run Road behind the Monroeville Mall was completely under water Friday morning.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Scott Danka)
  “We had a landslide, rockfall that occurred that sent debris down into the stream causing the stream to back up, which in turn is overflowing the bridge and had the road flooded at this point,” Dean Poleti with A
  
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• Heroin dealer sentenced in death of 23-year-old Indiana County man

  09-03-2018 18:02 via post-gazette.com
  The same sad dance of grief and apology played out in a federal courtroom on Friday morning, as it seems to every few days now.
  
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• Strip terminal near agreement for developer but not arts institution

  09-03-2018 17:41
  The board of the Urban Redevelopment Authority of Pittsburgh has voted to give conditional approval for a 99-year lease of the Strip District's five-block-long terminal building to Chicago-based McCaffery Interests.
  
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• Crews respond to townhome fire in Fairywood

  09-03-2018 17:38 via post-gazette.com
  Emergency crews were responding to a townhouse fire in Pittsburgh’s Fairywood neighborhood on Friday.
  
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• Chartiers Valley appoints new school superintendent

  09-03-2018 17:29 via post-gazette.com
  The Chartiers Valley School Board has chosen an assistant superintendent in the McGuffey School District in Washington County to be its new superintendent.
  
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• Firefighters Called To Blaze In Fairywood Apartment Complex

  09-03-2018 17:19
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  FAIRYWOOD (KDKA) – Firefighters were called to a fire in a Fairywood apartment complex Friday morning.
  According to officials at the scene, the fire started around 10:30 a.m. inside an apartment in the Emerald Gardens complex.
  A maintenance worker reported hearing an explosion. Officials are currently working to confirm that report.Witnesses said flames were shooting out of the windows.
  No one was home when the fire started and there are no reported injur
  
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• Fire Causes Significant Damage At Fairywood Townhouse Complex

  09-03-2018 17:19
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A townhouse complex in Pittsburgh’s Fairywood neighborhood was severely damaged in a fire on Friday afternoon.
  According to officials at the scene, the fire started around 10:30 a.m. inside an apartment in the Emerald Gardens complex.
  Exactly what caused the fire isn’t known, but the townhouse was empty at the time. Some neighbors reported a possible explosion before the fire began.
  “One of the workers heard an explos
  
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• Loyola-Chicago Ramblers Road To The Tournament

  09-03-2018 16:08
  Ryan Mayer
  Let’s get this out of the way up top. You had no idea Loyola-Chicago had a basketball team prior to this year, did you?
  It’s okay, it’s been awhile since the Ramblers have made noise on the hardwood… 33 years to be exact, since they last made their NCAA Tournament. They actually won the whole thing back in 1963.
  This year’s team likely isn’t up to that task, but they could certainly make some noise once the tournament starts. Let’s take a loo
  
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• Hiring Surge Adds 313K Jobs In February, Most Since 2016

  09-03-2018 15:48
  WASHINGTON (AP) – US employers went on a hiring binge last month, adding 313,000 jobs, the most since July 2016, and drawing hundreds of thousands of people into the job market.
  The Labor Department says wage gains, meanwhile, fell from the previous month to 2.6 percent year-over-year growth.Strong hourly wage growth had spooked markets in February because it raised the specter of inflation. But January’s figure was revised one-tenth of a point lower to 2.8 percent.
  The influx of new
  
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• Federal Judges To Weigh Request To Halt Use Of New Congressional District Map

  09-03-2018 15:41
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – A request by Pennsylvania Republican congressmen to prevent the use of new district lines and an effort to dismiss their lawsuit are the topics of a hearing before a panel of federal judges.
  The hearing Friday in Harrisburg involves a claim by eight sitting members of the U.S. House that the state Supreme Court overstepped its authority in throwing out the congressional map put in place in 2011.
  The lawsuit also claims the state cou
  
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• Sources: Toys R Us May Liquidate Its Bankrupt U.S. Stores

  09-03-2018 15:25
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The end may be near for Toys R Us.
  Sources say Toys R Us is preparing to liquidate all of its stores, after failing to find a buyer, or being able to work out a new debt financing deal with lenders.
  Toys R Us filed for bankruptcy last year and has been closing stores to try to cut costs.
  In January, the toy chain announced the closing of nearly 20 percent of its American stores, including at least four in the Pittsburgh region.
  The sto
  
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• PTL Links: March 9, 2018

  09-03-2018 15:09
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Pittsburgh Home And Garden Show
  Johno’s Art
  Dr. Lori Antiques Appraiser
  Duquesne Light
  Don’s Appliances
  Chef Anthony At Don’s Appliances
  Perlora Leather
  Pool City
  
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• Lawsuit: Sheriff’s Deputy Had Ex-Wife Jailed Over Facebook Post

  09-03-2018 14:56
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  By AJ Willingham, CNN
  (CNN) — Petty Facebook drama can be uncomfortable and a little tacky but generally speaking, no one’s really worried about going to jail over it.
  That is, until Anne King and a friend found themselves behind bars for a few hours in 2015 after bad-mouthing King’s ex-husband, a sheriff’s deputy in Washington County, Georgia, on Facebook. Now King is suing her ex and his colleague for violating her constitutional right
  
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• Hempfield H.S. Closed Due To Potential Mass Shooting Threat

  09-03-2018 14:49
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  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Classes have been canceled at Hempfield High School due to a potential threat.
  According to Superintendent Tammy Wolicki, administrators were made aware of a potential threat around 7 a.m.
  The threat reportedly involved a hit list and mass shooting during a Friday morning school assembly.
  Buses already heading to school were turned around in order to return students to their homes.
  State police are investigating the threat.
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• Bubble Teams Look To Secure Their Spots With Big Games Friday

  09-03-2018 14:34
  By Steve Silverman
  Friday, March 9
  Clemson (23-8, 11-7) vs. No. 1 Virginia (29-2, 17-1), 7 p.m. ET
  Barclays Center, Brooklyn
  Clemson outlasted Boston College in Thursday’s quarterfinal of the ACC Tournament and the Tigers’ reward for not letting that game get away is a meeting with the No. 1 team in the nation. Virginia was pushed had by Louisville well into the second half, but the Cavaliers tightened up down the stretch and put the game away.
  Credit: Al Bello/Getty Images
  Clemson i
  
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• Threat closes Hempfield Area High School

  09-03-2018 14:07 via post-gazette.com
  School officials on Friday canceled classes for students at Hempfield Area High School after receiving a threat.
  
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• Fatherhood, marriage and the family dog. What you might not know about CMU's new president

  09-03-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  When an institution like Carnegie Mellon University elevates its former provost to the presidency, it’s the smallest of details that can do the most to illuminate the man.
  
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• CMU's global search for president ends at home

  09-03-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  When an institution like Carnegie Mellon University elevates its former provost to the presidency, it’s the smallest of details that can do the most to illuminate the man.
  
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• U.S. Trading Partners, Businesses Say Tariffs Will Backfire

  09-03-2018 13:45
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  WASHINGTON (AP) – The Trump administration’s decision to impose tariffs on aluminum and steel imports has dismayed trading partners and industries across the globe.
  Officials warned Friday that the penalties may threaten wider economic ties. Businesses said they would jack up costs, raising prices for consumers and potentially putting people out of work.
  Despite objections voiced by many business trade groups and lawmakers, the White House forged ah
  
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• Pa. Auditor General To Review School Safety Procedures

  09-03-2018 13:05
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pennsylvania’s auditor general is promising changes to school safety reviews.
  Eugene DePasquale says he’ll be taking a hands-on approach as he looks for ways to better protect students.
  Most students should have to worry about is a pop quiz in algebra.
  He says now is the appropriate time to assess how school safety is evaluated and to make necessary changes so students can feel safe while learning.
  The most c
  
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• Church to hold deacon formation class

  09-03-2018 12:50
  In this file photo, Bishop David Zubik approaches the altar at St. Paul Cathedral to celebrate the Mass of Remembrance and Healing.
  
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• Snow Moves Through Area, Cold Temperatures To Linger

  09-03-2018 12:43
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Another round of winter weather moved into the area overnight, which left a coating of snow on some roads.
  According to the National Weather Service, a Winter Weather Advisory remains in effect for elevated areas and places to the north of Interstate 80.
  As for the Pittsburgh region, most of the accumulating snow has moved through the area. However, Meteorologist Ron Smiley says a sizable wind chill is affecting the region.
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• WEATHER: Light snow showers in the morning as warmer temperatures move in

  09-03-2018 12:20 via post-gazette.com
  Snow showers are expected to continue Friday morning throughout the Pittsburgh region with a light coating expected.
  
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• Recipe For Hope Helps Local Patients Battling Cancer

  09-03-2018 11:49
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An all-star charity event will help local cancer patients.
  The 13th annual Recipe For Hope event being held on Saturday, March 10 at the Mayernik Center.
  KDKA-TV personalities will be among those cooking and serving unique dishes to hundreds of guests.
  It’s the biggest fundraiser of the year for Hair Peace Charities, which helps women and girls in the region with financial assistance to purchase a wig needed due to cancer.
  For mo
  
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• Donations Drive For ‘Go Buckets’ In Chartiers Valley School District

  09-03-2018 11:18
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  COLLIER TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — A donation drive is being held to help students in the Chartiers Valley School District.
  Parents are teaming with school resource officers, local police and administrators to collect supplies for “Go Buckets,” which will contain life-saving materials that can be used in the event of an emergency. There will also be comfort items to be used during a lockdown.
  The donation drive is being held at the Collier Townshi
  
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