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• Police: Missing Greensburg Teen Believed To Be With Plum Man

  25-11-2018 23:46
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  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Police say a missing teen from Greensburg is believed to be with a Plum man.
  According to state police, 17-year-old Brenna Lynn Upholster, of Greensburg, was last seen at her home on Thanksgiving Day.
  (Photo Courtesy: Pennsylvania State Police)
  State police say Upholster is believed to be with 20-year-old Noah Loughner, who lives in Plum Borough.
  Loughner is believed to be driving a silver Honda Odyssey with a Pennsylvania license plat
  
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• PWSA to introduce digital alerts for customers' water use

  25-11-2018 23:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  High-tech water metering will enable the notifications, collecting data that’s relayed to automated receivers on water towers.
  
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• A Pittsburgh toy story: collectibles event offers a break from reality

  25-11-2018 23:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  From Harvey Dent soap to “I Dream of Jeannie” Barbies, the inaugural Toypalooza inspires a grassroots atmosphere.
  
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• Body Pulled From Carnegie Lake In Highland Park

  25-11-2018 20:13
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  HIGHLAND PARK (KDKA) – Authorities were called to Carnegie Lake after receiving reports of a dead body in the water Sunday afternoon.
  Police and EMS were dispatched to 7200 Lake Dr. at approximately 12:32 p.m.
  Pittsburgh Public Safety confirmed to KDKA-TV that a body was discovered by a man who walks in the park daily.According to officials, EMS Rescue 1 pulled the body of an unidentified male from the lake at approximately 1:20 p.m. Sunday afternoon.
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• Man's body found in Carnegie Lake in Highland Park

  25-11-2018 20:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  A walker in the park spotted the body on Sunday afternoon.
  
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• SWAT Situation At Downtown Pittsburgh Hotel Ends Peacefully

  25-11-2018 19:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A SWAT situation at a downtown Pittsburgh hotel ended peacefully Sunday afternoon.
  Police were called to the Drury Plaza Hotel on Grant Street around noon.Large @PghPolice presence including members of the #swat team at the Drury Plaza Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Initial reports are that a person has barricaded themselves inside a room.@KDKA pic.twitter.com/tgktDJutpc
  — Chris Kunicki (@K00nix_Photog) November 25, 2018
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• Reported SWAT Situation At Downtown Pittsburgh Hotel

  25-11-2018 19:55
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police converged at the Drury Plaza Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon.
  Authorities were called to 745 Grant St. at approximately 12 p.m. Sunday afternoon.Large @PghPolice presence including members of the #swat team at the Drury Plaza Hotel in downtown Pittsburgh. Initial reports are that a person has barricaded themselves inside a room.@KDKA pic.twitter.com/tgktDJutpc
  — Chris Kunicki (@K00nix_Photog) November 25, 201
  
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• Authorities: Man Kills Girlfriend, Wounds Woman At Pizzeria

  25-11-2018 19:09
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  ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Authorities say a man fatally shot his girlfriend and wounded another woman during a shooting at a restaurant in northwestern Pennsylvania.
  Luis Rodriguez was arraigned Sunday on numerous charges, including felony counts of homicide and attempted homicide. It wasn’t known if he’s retained an attorney.
  The charges against the 48-year-old Harborcreek man stem from a shooting Saturday at a pizzeria in Erie.
  Police found the wound
  
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• Victims In Fatal Greenfield Fire Identified

  25-11-2018 17:28
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  GREENFIELD (KDKA) – The three victims in the fatal Greenfield fire have been identified by investigators.The fire was first reported around 11:20 p.m. Wednesday at a house along Flemington Street.
  Firefighters pulled the three victims out of a house fire in the city’s Greenfield section in the early morning hours of Thursday. Officials say that a 96-year-old woman, 47-year-old woman and a 48-year-old man were pulled from the burning home and were se
  
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• Pennsylvania Democrats Have High Hopes For Redistricting

  25-11-2018 17:08
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  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The opportunity for Democrats to enhance their prospects in races for legislative and congressional seats for an entire decade is still three years away, but they’re already thinking about it in Pennsylvania.
  With Gov. Tom Wolf getting elected to a second term and a Democratic majority entrenched on the state Supreme Court, the party now sees itself in the best position since the 1990s to draw post-Census boundaries for seats
  
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• Authorities identify three victims of Greenfield house fire

  25-11-2018 16:26 via post-gazette.com
  
  The medical examiner’s office said the three who perished died of thermal inhalation injuries and ruled the deaths and accident.
  
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• State Police Conduct Successful Holiday Checkpoint

  25-11-2018 14:04
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  KITTANNING (KDKA) – Pennsylvania State Police across the Pittsburgh region conducted DUI checkpoints over the Thanksgiving holiday weekend.
  State police in Allegheny, Armstrong and Butler Counties conducted DUI checkpoints and patrols over the past holiday week from Nov. 21-25.
  Officers from the Troop D Kittanning station reported that they checked 198 vehicles, yielding nine DUI arrests and six drug arrests.
  During the checks, officers issued 24 traffic
  
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• Freeport: Time has not much changed the town along the Allegheny River

  25-11-2018 14:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  A strong sense of community spirit prevails in the Armstrong County town, as a recent fire showed.
  
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• Police: Man Repeatedly Threatened To Kill Couple, 5-Year-Old Child & Officers

  25-11-2018 06:01
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  SOUTH PARK TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police say a South Park Township man repeatedly threatened to kill a couple, a child and police officers Friday.
  According to a criminal complaint, officers were sent to a multi-family residence on Verna Street for a terroristic threats complaint.
  When they arrived on the scene, the female victim said she had returned home with her boyfriend when her neighbor, 57-year-old Keith Alan Adams, began to yell at them and threatened
  
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• Kidsburgh Kidcast: Mindfulness

  25-11-2018 05:11
  Check out this week's Kidsburgh Kidcast for more about mindfulness.
  
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• Kidsburgh Kidcast Event Calendar 11/23/2018

  25-11-2018 05:00
  Check out this week's Kidsburgh Kidcast Event Calendar!
  
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• Guentzel’s Hat Trick Leads Penguins Past Columbus 4-2

  25-11-2018 04:01
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  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jake Guentzel scored his first career regular-season hat trick and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 4-2 on Saturday night.
  Guentzel’s first career hat trick came in the 2017 playoffs against Columbus, and he had another in the 2018 playoffs against Philadelphia.
  Guentzel has scored six goals in his last seven games overall and has 16 points in 13 regular-season and playoff games against Columbus. He has ni
  
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• Ahmad, Konate Have Career Days As WVU Beats Valpo 88-76

  25-11-2018 03:44
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  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) – Esa Ahmad and Sagaba Konate lit up in the second half and combined for 56 points to lift West Virginia over feisty Valparaiso 88-76 on Saturday afternoon.
  After starting the game with only two points, both coming from the foul line, Konate lit up the second half for the Mountaineers (3-2) with a career-high 26 points, including a career-high five three-pointers, and earned a double-double with 10 rebounds.
  Ahmad’s career-hig
  
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• 1 Vehicle Theft, Several Break-Ins Reported In Whitehall

  25-11-2018 02:13
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  WHITEHALL (KDKA) — One vehicle was stolen and several others were broken into in Whitehall late Friday night and early Saturday morning.
  Whitehall Borough Police say the incidents took place in the Castle Drive area on the streets that surround Wesley High School.
  One vehicle was stolen from a driveway. It was later found in the City of Pittsburgh. The vehicle is being processed for fingerprints.
  According to police, the vehicles that were broken into wer
  
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• McSorley Helps Penn State Rout Maryland 38-3

  25-11-2018 01:11
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  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) – Trace McSorley completed 12 of 22 passes for 230 yards and had a hand in three touchdowns to help No. 15 Penn State rout Maryland 38-3 on Saturday.
  McSorley added 64 rushing yards on 11 carries for the Nittany Lions (9-3, 6-3 Big Ten, No. 12 CFP). He threw a 34-yard bullet through freezing rain to KJ Hamler on the game’s first play, sprinted downfield to throw a block that opened Miles Sanders up for a 35-yard run on the ne
  
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• Pitt Falls To Miami In Regular-Season Finale 24-3

  25-11-2018 01:02
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  MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) – Travis Homer rushed for 168 yards and a long touchdown, DeeJay Dallas ran back a punt for one of his two scores and Miami closed its regular season by knocking off No. 24 Pittsburgh 24-3 on Saturday.
  Dallas also had a rushing touchdown for the Hurricanes (7-5, 4-4 Atlantic Coast Conference).
  Homer is up to 969 yards this season, and would have a chance to become the 10th runner in Miami history with a 1,000-yard season if he get
  
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• Pittsburgh Diocese puts priest on administrative leave following sex abuse allegation

  25-11-2018 00:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Rev. Joseph Feltz, 65, most recently served as pastor of St. Christopher Parish in Prospect. 
  
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• Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh puts priest on administrative leave following sex abuse allegation

  25-11-2018 00:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Rev. Joseph Feltz, 65, most recently served as pastor of St. Christopher Parish in Prospect. 
  
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• NWS: 2018 Is The 2nd Wettest Year On Record In Pittsburgh

  25-11-2018 00:24
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  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The National Weather Service says 2018 is the second wettest year on record in Pittsburgh, and it’s just inches away from breaking the record set in 2004.
  Including Saturday’s rain showers, Pittsburgh has had 52.28 inches of precipitation since Jan. 1.
  That bumps 1990, when Pittsburgh had 52.24 inches of precipitation, to third place.As predicted, we are now #2 for wettest year on record. With today's rain showers we have 5
  
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• Saying goodbye, in the spirit of the Beehive

  25-11-2018 00:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  “I don’t think I will ever find any place like this again” — Patrick Smith, a regular for years
  
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• 'It’s been a good run': Funky hangout Beehive Coffeehouse says goodbye

  25-11-2018 00:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  “I don’t think I will ever find any place like this again” — Patrick Smith, a regular for years
  
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