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• Pittsburgh's crime rates down since 2015

  04-05-2019 21:57 via post-gazette.com
  
  Public safety director credits use of security cameras, gunfire detection system.
  
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• 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon Family Day Has Record 16,000 Participants

  04-05-2019 21:57
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon hosts its Family Day the Saturday before the big race.A record 16,000 participants including runners and pets of all ages participated across four races: The UPMC Health Plan/UPMC Sports Medicine 5K Run, Chick-fil-A Pittsburgh Kids Marathon, Sheetz Pittsburgh Toddler Trot and Blue Buffalo Pittsburgh Pet Walk.“Saturday of race weekend is designed for every runner, with an event for everyone in the family, even pet
  
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• Pirates Place Jameson Tallion On Injured List, Recall And Reinstate Kevin Newman

  04-05-2019 21:08
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have placed right-handed pitcher Jameson Tallion on the 10-day injured list with a right elbow flexor tendon strain.
  The Pirates also recalled infielder Kevin Newman from his rehab assignment with Indianapolis and reinstated him from the 10-day injured list.Newman hit .233 with two doubles and an RBI in eight games with AAA Indianapolis.To make room for Newman on the roster, Pablo Reyes has been optioned to Triple-A.
  The Pirates also intend to sel
  
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• Ryan Shazier Dances At His Wedding Nearly 18 Months After Serious Spinal Injury

  04-05-2019 18:39
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier danced at his wedding with his wife, Michelle, nearly 18 months after he suffered a severe spinal injury.In a video posted to Twitter, Shazier is seen dancing with his wife Michelle at their wedding on Friday.
  Congrats to The new Mr and Mrs @RyanShazier His wife Michelle has been his rock on his road back. Great couple and based on this video( @Steel_Faithful ) Shazier was even able to dance at his wedding. #Shalieve pic.twitt
  
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• Officials: Crime Has Dropped In Pittsburgh During The First Part Of 2019

  04-05-2019 17:08
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Crime has significantly decreased during the first portion of 2019.
  In an analysis released by the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police Crime Analysis Unit, overall crime rates decreased by 7% compared to the same time last year.First Quarter 2019 Uniform Crime Report stat sheets for the city and six zones covering January 1 to March 31.#Pittsburgh had an overall 7% drop in incidences compared to the same time frame last year & a 12% drop compared to the 5 year average.
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• Nearly 12 Million Pounds Of Tyson Chicken Strips Have Been Recalled

  04-05-2019 16:38
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA/CNN) — Tyson Foods has significantly expanded a recall of its chicken strips over concerns that some might be contaminated with pieces of metal, federal food safety officials said Friday.
  The recall, which was initially issued in March, now affects more than 11.8 million pounds of frozen, ready-to-eat chicken strip products that were shipped nationwide, up from more than 69,000 pounds.  The US Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service announ
  
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• Police: Man Stole Hundreds Of Dollars In Fishing Gear From Latrobe Walmart

  04-05-2019 16:02
  LATROBE, Pa. (KDKA) – State police say a man stole hundreds of dollars of fishing gear from a local Walmart.
  The theft that took place on April 24 resulted in the loss of $300 of fishing gear for the Latrobe Walmart, according to Pennsylvania State Police in Greensburg.Investigators say an unidentified male entered the store, gathered the fishing equipment and then left the store without paying.The man fled the scene on foot, walking towards Route 30.Anyone with information is asked to con
  
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• Ohio State Graduating Class Soars Past 12,000 Students, Many In Sustainable Gowns

  04-05-2019 15:23
  COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio State University will set a record with the largest graduating class in their history, with more than 12,000 students receiving degrees and certificates.According to the university, 12,213 students will be honored at the ceremony on Sunday afternoon.The record-breaking class size is part of a five-year trend that has consistently broken records. In 2018 the school awarded degrees to 11,907 students and in 2017 11,734 students were awarded degrees.Fareed Zakaria, h
  
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• Pa. To Test Drinking Water For Toxic Chemicals

  04-05-2019 15:04
  PHILADELPHIA (AP) – Pennsylvania is set to begin sampling drinking water across the state later this month in a bid to determine whether a class of highly toxic chemicals is contaminating the supply.
  Department of Environmental Protection officials tell The Philadelphia Inquirer the plan is on track to start around the end of May.
  The perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known collectively as PFAS, have turned up increasingly in public water systems and private wells around the c
  
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• The week's best reads: U.S. Steel's big bet on the future, a pastor's controversial confession, and more

  04-05-2019 15:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  U.S. Steel’s billion-dollar bet. A pastor’s controversial comments. The best pizza in the country is right here. Here are the week’s best reads.
  
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• Runners Gather For First Day Of Pittsburgh Marathon Races

  04-05-2019 14:34
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – As workers put the finishing touches on the race route, runners began gathering Saturday morning for the first races of the Pittsburgh Marathon weekend in downtown Pittsburgh.
  The Pittsburgh Marathon weekend is underway, however, the main marathon is on Sunday. But on Saturday morning runners of all ages gathered in downtown Pittsburgh for the 5K run, toddler trot, kids marathon and pet walk.
  RELATED STORIES:Thousands Of Runners Getting Prepared For 2019 Pittsburgh Mara
  
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• Two Teens Injured In Armstrong Co. Off-Road Accident

  04-05-2019 13:11
  REDBANK TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Two teenagers were injured in an off-road vehicle accident.State police in Armstrong County say a 17-year-old girl and a 17-year-old boy were injured early Sunday morning.The accident took place at approximately 2 a.m. Sunday morning occurred on Oak Ridge Road in Redbank Township.Both of the teenagers were transported to Armstrong County Memorial Hospital. Their condition is unknown at this time.State police continue to investigate the accident.Stay With KDKA.com
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Foggy Start To Will Lead To Dry, Overcast Saturday

  04-05-2019 12:56
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Although the sun will not be the main event of the day Saturday, temperatures will remain seasonable throughout the overcast day on Saturday.Saturday morning began with pockets of mild fog across the region with visibility of five to eight miles. Much of the fog will dissipate by early morning, giving way to mainly overcast skies.Photo Credit: (KDKA)
  The sun will struggle to make an appearance Saturday as skies will remain mostly overcast.Temperatures began the day in t
  
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• Boston Family Searches For Answers After Loved One Found Dead In Pittsburgh’s South Side

  04-05-2019 06:00
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A week after 38-year-old Steven O’Brien was found dead near railroad tracks off of East Carson Street, his family is searching for answers.
  O’Brien’s body was spotted near a fence around 8 a.m. on April 26. Police say the death, however, wasn’t recent.
  O’Brien’s family, who lives in Boston, wants answers about his death.
  “The last person that spoke to him was his wife, and we’re trying to wrap our heads around why she didn
  
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• Man Wanted In Connection To Domestic Dispute Taken Into Custody

  04-05-2019 05:59
  CENTRAL CITY, Pa. (KDKA) — A man who was wanted in connection to a domestic dispute in Somerset County was taken into custody Friday night.
  State troopers were sent to a home on #1 Road in Shade Township around 1:25 a.m. Thursday for a report of a domestic dispute.
  Thirty-four-year-old Justin Wade Hartman, of Central City, Pa., ran from the home with a .22 caliber rifle and allegedly fired shots from the woods at the home after troopers arrived on the scene.
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• Former Penn Plaza Renters Demand Whole Foods, Amazon Pull Out Of East Liberty Project

  04-05-2019 05:51
  EAST LIBERTY (KDKA) — After years of controversy, Whole Foods Market is moving forward with plans to expand at Penn Plaza.
  The grocery chain will move from its current location into a new redevelopment project with 50,000 square feet of retail space.
  Frustration, however, is mounting surrounding the company’s decision to return to the area’s redevelopment project.
  “We think that’s an immoral, corrupt decision, and so, we want to remind the public that there is a per
  
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• 47 Dogs Rescued From Mercer Co. Home, 10 Dead Dogs Also Found

  04-05-2019 05:37
  PULASKI, Pa. (KDKA) — More than 50 dogs, some dead, were found in a Mercer County home Friday.
  Humane police officer Courtney Ivan says they were called to do a welfare check Thursday at a home on Grange Road in Pulaski.
  Officers tried to get into the home Thursday then returned Friday with a search warrant.
  When they got into the house, they found a total of 57 dogs. Ten of those 57 dogs were dead.
  (Photo Credit: Joe Sobczak)
  Ivan says none of the living dogs were emaciated and several of
  
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• Pirates Fall To Athletics 14-1

  04-05-2019 05:31
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Josh Phegley drove in a career-high eight runs to set a franchise record for most RBIs in a game by a catcher and the Oakland Athletics snapped a six-game losing streak with 14-1 victory over the Pittsburgh Pirates on Friday night.
  Phegley sandwiched a run-scoring single in the third around bases-clearing doubles in the second and fourth, and added a long solo homer in the ninth. He finished 4 for 5 for the A’s, who jumped on Joe Musgrove (1-3) early to win for just
  
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• Crews Battle House Fire In Plum

  04-05-2019 05:22
  PLUM (KDKA) — Crews battled a house fire in Plum on Friday night.
  It started just before 9 p.m. at the intersection of Unity Center Road and Scott Road.
  Videos posted by the Unity Volunteer Fire Department show smoke pouring from the home and flames through the roof.
  (Photo Credit: Unity VFD/Facebook)
  Nobody was injured.
  The fire chief says they couldn’t get inside the building due to the heavy smoke and flames.
  “When we showed up, there was pretty much fire coming out all four
  
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• New Castle Police: Man Accused Of Knocking Woman To The Ground, Stealing Her Purse

  04-05-2019 04:43
  NEW CASTLE (KDKA) — Police have arrested a man who is accused of knocking a woman to the ground and stealing her purse in New Castle.
  The incident happened Thursday on South Mill Street near Phillips Street.
  According to the New Castle Police Department, a woman was getting out of her car when a man approached her and asked for money.
  The woman told police the man then grabbed her purse and, in the process, knocked the woman to the ground. The suspect ran away with the victim’s purse
  
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• Members of Charleston church that was the scene of 2015 mass shooting visit Tree of Life

  04-05-2019 03:52 via post-gazette.com
  
  The parishioners wanted to share their healing process with the congregants in Pittsburgh.
  
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• Police Seek Missing Woman With Dementia In Edgewood

  04-05-2019 02:33
  EDGEWOOD (KDKA) — A woman with dementia has been reported missing in Edgewood.
  Allegheny County officials say the woman’s name is Faith and she is 74 years old.
  She is 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighs about 125 pounds.
  Faith has gray hair and brown eyes. She wears a brace on her right leg.Edgewood: Missing 74 yo white female w/dementia. Faith is 5-1, 125lbs, brown eyes, grey hair, brace on right leg. Last seen at 6 pm near 10 block of Love Place wearing long sleeve orange & pink shi
  
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• Missing Crawford Co. Man Found Safe

  04-05-2019 02:15
  ROME TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — A missing man in northwestern Pennsylvania has been found safe.
  Pennsylvania State Police reported 79-year-old Frank McGarvie was missing Friday afternoon.CRAWFORD COUNTY: Missing Endangered Person Advisory UPDATE. McGarvie has been located and is safe. The MEPA is canceled. Thank you for the RTs.
  — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) May 4, 2019
  Early Friday evening, police said McGarvie had been found safe.
  
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• Westmoreland Co. Leaders Hope To Prevent Future Flooding With Integrated Water Resources Plan

  04-05-2019 01:31
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Leaders in Westmoreland County are working to make sure their area is less vulnerable to flooding.
  In Westmoreland County, 2018 will likely be remembered as the year of the flash floods.
  “Rain water, storm water is a big issue for communities, and there’s really isn’t a good, easy plan,” Mt. Pleasant Borough manager Jeff Landy said.
  Many residents showed up to listen to the county’s integrated water resources plan, anxious to see if the pro
  
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• Butler Congressman Interrupts State House Debate At Community College

  04-05-2019 01:26
  BUTLER, Pa. (KDKA) — Cong. Mike Kelly, a Butler Republican, interrupted a special election state House debate Thursday night at the Butler County Community College, KDKA political editor Jon Delano has learned.
  Kelly objected to remarks made by the Democratic candidate Sam Doctor who is running against Republican Marci Mustello, who is on leave of absence as a staff assistant to the Butler congressman.
  The debate was sponsored by the Butler Eagle, which also confirmed the interruption that
  
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• Five measles cases in Allegheny County raises questions for doctors and teachers

  04-05-2019 01:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Doctors and nurses are asking Allegheny Health officials about measles symptoms — because they’ve never seen any cases before.
  
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• Five measles cases in Allegheny County raise questions for doctors and teachers

  04-05-2019 01:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  Doctors and nurses are asking Allegheny Health officials about measles symptoms — because they’ve never seen any cases before.
  
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• Stowe Twp. Crossing Guard Robbed By Man Who Asked For Bus Money

  04-05-2019 00:55
  STOWE TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — A Stowe Township crossing guard is fearful that a man who robbed her may strike again.
  Becca Schmidt is the crossing guard on Broadway Avenue, and she never feared anything like this would happen.
  “I don’t feel safe anywhere anymore because it was literally the middle of the day in broad daylight with people around me, and he just did that,” she said.
  It all started midday Wednesday when Schmidt went to purchase a phone at Boost Mobile.
  Surveillanc
  
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• Thousands Of Runners Getting Prepared For 2019 Pittsburgh Marathon

  04-05-2019 00:25
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It is an incredible spectacle when thousands of runners break from their starting corrals on Liberty Avenue for the Pittsburgh Marathon.
  Tara Zeigler from Squirrel Hill will be in that crowd.
  “Definitely the training period leading up to it is difficult, but it is so worth it for finishing the race and it feels great,” she said.
  RELATED STORIES:2019 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon Bringing Opportunity And Economic Impact To City
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• Members Of Emanuel AME Church In Charleston Travel To Pittsburgh To Visit Tree Of Life Synagogue

  04-05-2019 00:16
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Some very special guests are showing congregants at Tree of Life Synagogue that healing is both a journey and a destination.Members of Emanuel AME Church from Charleston, S.C., traveled to Pittsburgh on Friday to join members of Tree of Life.
  The Charleston congregation also dealt with a mass killing at their house of worship in 2015.
  Members of Tree of Life recently traveled to Emanuel AME in Charleston in a journey of healing to uplift and support members of the commu
  
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• Does It Really Do That? The Negg

  04-05-2019 00:10
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Christine Stack, a life coach from Edgewood, is the perfect person to help us test The Negg.
  “I make potato salad, and I make deviled eggs,” said Christine. “And I peel maybe 10 or 12 at a time, so it would be so helpful to have a device to help with that.”
  Enter The Negg, which claims to help with exactly that.
  The device is really pretty simple. You take the cap off, put some water in, put a hard-boiled egg in, put the cap back on, and shake.
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