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• Lake Erie Beach Closed After 2nd Swimmer Goes Missing

  23-07-2019 23:38
  HURON, Ohio (AP) – Authorities in Ohio have shut down a Lake Erie beach after a second swimmer went missing in less than a month.
  Officials in Huron say Nickel Plate Beach will be closed until further notice while the city looks at ways to improve safety at the beach, about 50 miles (80 kilometers) west of Cleveland.
  Huron City Manager Andy White says high water levels and strong winds have been creating dangerous conditions.
  Search crews have been looking for a 29-year-old woman who was s
  
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• Flash Flooding Leaves Lasting Impacts on Residents in Plum and Penn Hills

  23-07-2019 23:01
  ALLEGHENY COUNTY (KDKA) — Residents in Plum and Penn Hills are still cleaning up after torrential rain wreaked havoc on the area.
  Many residents were washed out as flash flood waters invaded their homes.
  Ray Garlitz was one of the homeowners who had water rush into their house late Sunday. Garlitz had a helpless feeling, as he watched the water from Plum Creek wash toward his home on Anderson Avenue.
  “We were standing on our porch right there and just looking out at the creek,”
  
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• Residents Form Human Chain To Protect Neighbor From ICE Agents

  23-07-2019 22:59
  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CBS Local) — Residents in Hermitage, Tennessee, formed a human chain around their neighbor’s van Monday to prevent Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from taking him into custody.
  The man had entered his van with his son, 12, when an ICE vehicle blocked him in. Over the next few hours, neighbors came out to support their neighbor, bringing them water, gas, and wet rags so they could stay in their van.
  “We made sure they had water, they had food, we put
  
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• Drilling Operations To Begin On Southbound Route 837 To Southbound Route 885

  23-07-2019 22:53
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Construction continues in the Pittsburgh area.
  PennDOT announced drilling operations on the southbound Route 837 ramp to southbound Route 885 at the Glenwood Bridge interchange begins Wednesday.
  A single-lane and shoulder restrictions will be in place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays through Aug. 9.
  Crews will be drilling for a future ADA ramp construction project, PennDOT said.
  
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• Drilling Operations To Begin On Southbound Route 837 To Southbound Route 855

  23-07-2019 22:53
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Construction continues in the Pittsburgh area.
  PennDOT announced drilling operations on the southbound Route 837 ramp to southbound Route 885 at the Glenwood Bridge interchange begins Wednesday.
  A single-lane and shoulder restrictions will be in place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays through Aug. 9.
  Crews will be drilling for a future ADA ramp construction project, PennDOT said.
  
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• Local First Responders Work Together On 73-Minute Long Rescue Operation

  23-07-2019 22:49
  MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) – Several first responders worked together to extricate a person trapped in a car — a rescue operation that took more than an hour.Murrysville Medic One posted on Facebook that multiple medics units responded to Route 380 this morning east of Greensburg Road.The first person on the scene, an off-duty medic, confirmed injuries and heavy entrapment, according to the post.“Rescue personnel from Washington Twp VFD, Sardis VFD and Upper Burrell VFD did a fant
  
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• Aliquippa Man Life-Flighted After Being Stabbed In The Back

  23-07-2019 22:26
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) — An Aliquippa man was Life-Flighted to the hospital after a stabbing in Beaver County.
  Dewayne Johnson, 37, was stabbed in the back and flown to UPMC Presbyterian Hospital on Monday, according to a police report.
  Johnson, of Aliquippa, is in stable condition.
  The report said authorities were requested at 9:42 p.m. to investigate a stabbing that allegedly occurred on the 300 block of Franklin Ave.No further information was provided in the report.
  
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• ‘Elvis Brought Rock & Roll To Las Vegas’: Author Richard Zoglin On ‘Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented The Las Vegas Show’

  23-07-2019 22:17
  (CBS Local)– In order to understand Elvis Presley’s career, you need to understand his relationship with Las Vegas.
  Sin City had a huge impact on the King of Rock & Roll at both the beginning and end of Presley’s career. Author Richard Zoglin’s details all of this in his new Simon & Schuster book called “Elvis in Vegas: How the King Reinvented the Las Vegas Show.”
  While the book initially started out as a look at the history of the golden age of e
  
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• Dept. Of Environmental Protection To Spray Mosquito-Control Pesticides In Beaver Co.

  23-07-2019 22:15
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Mosquito spraying is set for parts of Beaver County to reduce the risk of the West Nile virus being transmitted.
  The DEP says it will be spraying in North Sewickley Township, Franklin Township and New Galilee Borough tomorrow, July 24.
  The pesticide that will be sprayed is what the DEP calls a reduced-risk pesticide registered with the EPA.
  They say the pesticide is diluted with water and designed to quickly kill mosquitos and control the adult population.
  The work will
  
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• Officer Calvin Hall’s Family Deeply Saddened By His Loss: “He Was The Glue That Held Us Together”

  23-07-2019 22:07
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)–Eugenia Hall Miller remembers her last conversation with her brother, Calvin. She had no clue it would be the last time she would ever talk to him.
  Speaking at slain Pittsburgh Police officer Calvin Hall’s funeral at Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Oakland, Miller described a recent visit to Pittsburgh, in which she and her brother were unable to see each other in person.
  He repeatedly called her, saying “when is the next time I will see you? When will you be in
  
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• Calvin Hall’s Family Deeply Saddened By His Loss: “He Was The Glue That Held Us Together”

  23-07-2019 22:07
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)–Eugenia Hall Miller remembers her last conversation with her brother, Calvin. She had no clue it would be the last time she would ever talk to him.
  Speaking at slain Pittsburgh Police officer Calvin Hall’s funeral at Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Oakland, Miller described a recent visit to Pittsburgh, in which she and her brother were unable to see each other in person.
  He repeatedly called her, saying “when is the next time I will see you? When will you be in
  
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• For ex-news anchor Darieth Chisolm, a personal victory amid a broader war against revenge porn

  23-07-2019 21:49 via post-gazette.com
  
  Now, with her long personal battle at a close, Darieth Chisolm hopes to turn her attention more fully to the broader “epidemic of cyberbullying, cyber harassment, and cyber-based abuse.”
  
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• PennDOT Asking For Your Input On Highway Safety

  23-07-2019 21:35
  HARRISBURGH (DKDKA) — PennDOT wants your input on traffic safety and driving behaviors.
  The agency announced Tuesday its annual online Highway Safety Survey is open.
  PennDOT will use the feedback to better understand the public’s attitude and actions on driving, the agency said.
  The survey is available until Aug. 12 and takes about five minutes to complete, PennDOT said. All responses are anonymous.“Safety remains our top priority and we are grateful for the public’s cont
  
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• Volvo Recalls Half A Million Vehicles Over Fire Hazard

  23-07-2019 21:19
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Volvo is recalling about half a million cars because the engines may catch fire.
  According to Volvo, part of the engine is made of plastic and may melt.
  Several people have already reported that their car caught fire, but no one got hurt.The affected cars have two-liter, four-cylinder diesel engines and were made over the past five years.For more details on the recall, including a link to check if your car is affected, visit this link.
  
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• Volvo Recalling Millions Of Vehicles Over Fire Hazard

  23-07-2019 21:19
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Volvo is recalling about half a million cars because the engines may catch fire.
  According to Volvo, part of the engine is made of plastic and may melt.
  Several people have already reported that their car caught fire, but no one got hurt.The affected cars have two-liter, four-cylinder diesel engines and were made over the past five years.For more details on the recall, including a link to check if your car is affected, visit this link.
  
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• Pitt Football’s Maurice Ffrench Named To Preseason All-Conference Team

  23-07-2019 20:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A standout special-teams performer for the Pittsburgh football team earned all-conference honors.
  Maurice Ffrench was selected to the 2019 Preseason All-ACC Football team as a specialist, announced Tuesday by the conference. The honors were selected by credentialed media members at the conference’s media day.
  Ffrench led the ACC in kickoff return touchdowns (two) and kickoff return average (27.4 yards) a season ago. He was a 2018 honorable mention All-ACC selectio
  
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• Federal judge in Pittsburgh sends Idi Amin relative to prison in counterfeiting case

  23-07-2019 20:53 via post-gazette.com
  
  Ryan Gustafson, an ex-missionary in Africa whose wife is the late Ugandan dictator’s granddaughter, will go to prison for 74 months.
  
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• Tennessee Man Stopped With Loaded Gun At Pittsburgh International Airport

  23-07-2019 20:43
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A Tennessee man was stopped at the Pittsburgh International Airport with a loaded gun.
  Officials said the man was caught with the loaded 9-millimeter on Tuesday in his carry-on bag. The gun, loaded with two bullets, was stopped by TSA agents at a checkpoint.
  The man was detained for questioning, and his firerarm was confiscated, authorities said.
  It was TSA’s second gun stoppage at the airport in as many days after a Pennsylvania man was caught with a loaded gun o
  
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• Ex-day care provider in Perry South pleads guilty to endangering welfare of children

  23-07-2019 20:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Victoria Tyus admitted to letting her adult son, who had no clearances, be around kids. He is accused of sexually abusing several children.
  
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• “I Lost My Partner And I Lost My Brother:” Calvin Hall’s Partner Pays Emotional Tribute To Fallen Officer

  23-07-2019 20:17
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)–“I never left his room. When Calvin died in front of my face, I could not believe it. I lost my partner, and I lost my brother.”
  Trying to hold back tears, Officer Reggie Eiland paid an emotional and poignant tribute to his partner, Pittsburgh Police Officer Calvin Hall at Hall’s funeral at Soldiers and Sailors Hall.
  Eiland said he learned about Officer Hall’s shooting while he was three hours away at a bachelor party.
  “At 5:22 a.m., I called
  
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• 1 killed, officer injured in shooting during undercover drug bust in Ross

  23-07-2019 19:59 via post-gazette.com
  
  The injured officer is from the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s office, which said the injuries are not life-threatening.
  
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• Free Pads And Tampons Delivered To Women Fighting ‘Period Poverty’

  23-07-2019 19:28
  PHILADELPHIA (CBS Local) — Teenage girls and women living in “period poverty” in Philadelphia don’t have to worry as much as before about having access to pads and tampons thanks to a local health advocate.
  Sexual health counselor Lynette Medley, 50, said she began buying and collecting donations of pads and tampons after a 15-year-old girl told her in 2016 she couldn’t afford period products.
  “How am I supposed to respect my body,” the teen asked, &ldqu
  
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• Ross Twp. Police: Officer-Involved Shooting At McKnight Rd. Shopping Center

  23-07-2019 19:19
  ROSS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police have swarmed a shopping center in Ross Township following a police-involved shooting this afternoon.
  Sources say the shooting happened outside the Big Lots store at Northland Plaza on McKnight Road in the North Hills.
  WATCH LIVE: Shooting At Shopping Center —
   
  According to sources, the suspect has been killed and an undercover agent was shot twice. The law enforcement officer may be a part of the state Attorney General’s Narcotics Unit, sourc
  
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• ‘Jesus Is Seven Minutes Away’: Uber Driver Takes Stranded Sisters 200 Miles To Aunt’s 100th Birthday Party

  23-07-2019 18:43
  MADISON, Wis. (CBS Local) — Uber driver Jesus Florentino agreed to take two sisters 200 miles to their aunt’s 100th birthday party after bad weather grounded them in Madison, Wisconsin.
  Kerry Maggard and Deb Eggers were flying from San Antonio to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, with a connecting flight in Minneapolis. However, bad weather forced their flight from San Antonio to land in Madison, Wisconsin and they missed their connecting flight in Minneapolis.
  No other flights were availab
  
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• GNC To Close 900 Stores Across Nation

  23-07-2019 17:28
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh based GNC announced that it will close up to 900 stores across the nation.The vitamin and supplement company confirmed the move yesterday during a second-quarter earnings call with analysts.The company’s CFO says the number of GNC stores in malls would likely be cut in half.Company records show that the company has already closed nearly 200 stores during the first half of 2019.It has about 4,100 locations in the U.S.
  
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• ‘The Caring Heart Is Never Off Duty:’ Family, Friends, Law Enforcement Say Emotional Final Goodbye To Officer Calvin Hall

  23-07-2019 17:05
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers are saying an emotional final goodbye today to fallen Pittsburgh Police Officer Calvin Hall.
  Officer Hall, 36, died last week. He spent three days in critical condition at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital after being shot while off-duty in Homewood before passing away from his injuries.
  He is being laid to rest today with a funeral service in Oakland and a burial at Homewood Cemetery.
  Greater Pittsburgh Police Emerald Societ
  
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• Motorcyclist Dies After Being Struck By Wild Turkey

  23-07-2019 16:56
  MORO, Ore. (CBS Local) — A motorcyclist died Sunday after being hit by a wild turkey and then colliding with a guardrail, authorities in Oregon said.
  Vanesa Gunther, 55, was driving a 2005 Kawasaki motorcycle southbound on Highway 97 about two miles north of Moro when she was struck by a wild turkey, forcing her into the oncoming Northbound lane and into a guardrail.
  Gunther, who was from Junction City, Oregon, was pronounced dead at the scene, CBS affiliate KOIN reported.Motorcyclist dies
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Lower Humidity Means A More Comfortable Day

  23-07-2019 15:43
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We now return you to your regularly scheduled summer conditions!
  Well, that was fun wasn’t it? The “heat wave” (not really) is over with dew points back near 60 degrees this morning.The dew point is a direct reading of moisture at the surface or humidity, and the lower it is the better it feels during summer months.
  The dew point can tell other weather stories, too.
  Temperatures can’t fall below the dew point, so when it is near 70 degrees, your
  
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• New Bishop Appointed For West Virginia Diocese Hit By Scandal

  23-07-2019 15:41
  WHEELING, W.Va. (AP) – Pope Francis named Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Mark Brennan to lead the Wheeling-Charleston diocese in West Virginia on Tuesday following a scandal over the former bishop’s sexual harassment of adults and lavish spending of church money.
  The 72-year-old Brennan replaces Bishop Michael Bransfield, who resigned in September after a preliminary investigation into allegations of sexual and financial misconduct.
  Last week, Francis barred Bransfield from public minist
  
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• Fantasy Football 2019: Adams, Hopkins, OBJ Top The List Of CBS Sports Receiver Projections

  23-07-2019 15:12
  (CBS Local/CBS Pittsburgh)- Training camps have begun for some NFL teams, while the rest kick theirs off over the course of this week. As the players stretch and warm up for the coming season, fantasy owners begin their prep for their upcoming league drafts. After a several-month layoff with no football, it’s understandable if your knowledge isn’t what it should be. So, we’re here to help you get back up to speed, as you lay your plans for taking home that fantasy championship
  
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• PTL Links: July 23, 2019

  23-07-2019 15:04
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Picklesburgh
  King’s Family Restaurants
  Fleet Feet Liberty Mile
  Kidsburgh.org
  More Kidsburgh Reports
  The Mall at Robinson
  
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• Family, Friends, Law Enforcement Say Emotional Final Goodbye To Officer Calvin Hall

  23-07-2019 14:43
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Family, friends and fellow law enforcement officers will say a final goodbye today to fallen Pittsburgh Police Officer Calvin Hall.
  Officer Hall, 36, died last week, days after being shot while off-duty in Homewood.pic.twitter.com/BJx9U7yFbH
  — Pittsburgh Police (@PghPolice) July 17, 2019
  Visitation was held Monday at Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Hall in Oakland.
  This morning, police and law enforcement from around our region and across the country have gathered
  
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• New bishop pledges healing for West Virginia Catholics

  23-07-2019 13:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Baltimore Bishop Mark Brennan named in wake of scandal-marred tenure of Bishop Michael Bransfield.
  
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• New bishop for West Virginia faces scandal's legacy

  23-07-2019 13:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Baltimore Bishop Mark Brennan named in wake of scandal-marred tenure of Bishop Michael Bransfield.
  
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• Goldschmidt’s Grand Slam In 10th Lifts Cards By Pirates 6-5

  23-07-2019 05:46
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Paul Goldschmidt hit his fifth career grand slam in the top of the 10th and right fielder Jose Martinez threw out the tying run at the plate to help the St. Louis Cardinals beat the reeling Pittsburgh Pirates 6-5 on Monday night.
  Goldschmidt took an offering from Clay Holmes (1-1) and sent it to the concourse that runs behind the wall in right-center field as the streaking Cardinals improved to 8-3 since the All-Star break. Goldschmidt’s 19th home run of the season
  
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• Residents in Plum and Penn Hills Picking Up The Pieces After Flash Flooding

  23-07-2019 05:20
  PLUM (KDKA) — Many people are left picking up the pieces after Monday’s flash flooding.Raging flood waters swept away several cars and dumpsters in the Penn Hills and Plum area neighborhoods.A local army veteran, Billy Taylor, woke up to find not one, but two of his vehicles destroyed. His Chevy Silverado was wedged between a utility pole and part of a tree while his other car was swept away by flood waters a mile down the road.“Water was above your head, I mean just look at my
  
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• Plum, Penn Hills Residents Picking Up The Pieces After Flash Flooding

  23-07-2019 05:20
  PLUM (KDKA) — Many people are left picking up the pieces after Monday’s flash flooding.Raging flood waters swept away several cars and dumpsters in the Penn Hills and Plum area neighborhoods.A local army veteran, Billy Taylor, woke up to find not one, but two of his vehicles destroyed. His Chevy Silverado was wedged between a utility pole and part of a tree while his other car was swept away by flood waters a mile down the road.“Water was above your head, I mean just look at my
  
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• Plum Native Pat McAfee Starts GoFundMe To Assist Those Impacted By Flooding In Plum

  23-07-2019 05:17
  PLUM (KDKA) — A famous Plum native is jumping in to help his hometown in a time of need.
  Pat McAfee started a GoFundMe to help assist the families and organizations impacted by the recent flooding in Plum, announced Monday on Twitter.A good bit of my hometown is currently underwater.
  Flash flooding is wiping out communities.
  People have had 2 be rescued from their homes & more damage is looming. No clue what the final toll will be but it’s my job 2 help.
  I’m matching $15K,
  
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• Squirrel Hill man checks all comers to win first U.S. senior chess championship

  23-07-2019 03:06 via post-gazette.com
  
  Alex Shabalov, 51, took home the title after a nine day tournament in St. Louis. He previously won four national titles among other awards.
  
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• Ohio Man Accused Of Killing 4 Could Face The Death Penalty

  23-07-2019 02:44
  CLEVELAND (AP) – A Cleveland man accused of killing four people including his ex-girlfriend and their 6-year-old son could face the death penalty if convicted.
  Police say Armond Johnson Sr. fatally shot 25-year-old Takeyra (tuh-KEE’-ruh) Collins, then set a fire in the woman’s house that killed his 6-year-old son and the boy’s 2-year-old sister.
  Police say he then shot the woman’s neighbor, 35-year-old David Cousin Jr., who they think just happened to be in the wron
  
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• Baseball Report: Hall Of Fame Welcomes 2019 Class

  23-07-2019 02:39
  (CBS New York/CBS Local) — Pitching wins championships, as they say. And this weekend in Cooperstown, New York, pitching was immortalized in the Baseball Hall of Fame. The class of 2019 included four pitchers — two starters and two relievers — among its six inductees. Each deserved the honor for his accomplishments.
  The inductees included New York Yankee Mariano Rivera, possibly the best closer the game has ever seen, along with Mike Mussina, a consistent starter across his man
  
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• Feds Announce 4 Guilty Pleas By Alleged Ohio MS-13 Members

  23-07-2019 02:22
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The government has announced four guilty pleas by alleged members and associates of the MS-13 gang in Ohio, including two men who could receive life sentences.
  The four are among 29 individuals charged in central Ohio in recent years in a racketeering conspiracy that includes five killings as well as attempted murder, extortion, money laundering, drug trafficking, assault and other charges.
  The charges include a 2006 killing in Perry County and killings in Columbus in
  
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• Somerset Police Investigating $10,000 Publishers Clearing House Scam

  23-07-2019 02:09
  SOMERSET, Pa. (KDKA) — Police in Somerset are investigating a Publishers Clearing House scam.
  A report from the authorities states that an 83-year-old woman from Somerset was contacted by an individual advising her she won money from Publishers Clearing House.
  The woman sent $10,000 via treasurer’s checks to cover the fees directed by the male on the phone.
  The theft is being investigated by police.
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For 4-Year-Old Girl Believed To Be In “Extreme Danger”

  23-07-2019 01:37
  FAIRMONT, W.Va. – An amber alert has been sent out for a missing 4-year-old girl believed to be in “extreme danger.”
  The West Virginia State Police say they are looking for Gracelynn Scritchfield. She was last seen in Fairmont, West Virginia.
  (Photo Credit: Amber Alert)
  The Amber Alert says she is believed to be abducted by her biological father, Arlie Edward Hetrick III.
  She is described as a white girl with brown, blonde hair. Her eyes are blue, she’s 3 feet tall and we
  
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• Officials Weary Of Second Building Filled With Chemicals in Rochester

  23-07-2019 01:22
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The State Department of Environmental Protection is working around the clock to clean up a hazardous chemical site in Rochester.On July 13, the fire department got calls of smoke at an abandoned building on Sycamore Street in Rochester.
  It’s believed the roof collapsed, causing the chemicals to mix and ignite.Residents were ordered to stay in their homes after a a chlorine plum rose in the air.
  The chemicals have been removed and the building is being demolished,
  
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• ‘May God Have Mercy On Your Soul:’ Family Of Slain Officer Calvin Hall Speaks

  23-07-2019 01:21
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Slain Pittsburgh Officer Calvin Hall’s family spoke to the press for the first time today.
  As visitation continued all afternoon in Oakland, a suspect was officially charged in Officer Hall’s murder.
  Just shortly before 4 p.m., the police chief, the public safety director and major crimes commander personally informed Officer Hall’s family about the charges filed against Christian Bey.
  Officer Hall’s sister Eugenia Hall Miller was flanked by her
  
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• Police: Man Robs Gas Station, Runs Off With Cash Register Before Breaking Into House

  23-07-2019 00:59
  WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) — A man robbed a gas station, ran off with a cash register and broke into a house during an alleged crime spree.State troopers say 51-year-old Anthony Gillingham Jr. showed up to the Marathon gas station in New Stanton late last week.
  When he arrived, Gillingham demanded the wallet of a man and grabbed his arm. The man pulled away and ran into the gas station, followed by Gillingham, who forced the man over the counter.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Gillingham, dressed in
  
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• Bridges, Roads To Close Tuesday Morning As Police Officers From Around The Country Pay Respects To Officer Calvin Hall

  23-07-2019 00:55
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police officers from all over the country are heading for Pittsburgh to pay their respects to Officer Calvin Hall.
  They will be on hand for Officer Hall’s funeral tomorrow, July 22 at Soldiers and Sailors Hall in Oakland.
  To get law enforcement officials to the funeral there will be a number of road closures.
  The officers will gather in the parking lot of Heinz Field beginning at 7 tomorrow morning. The plan is for them to leave for Oakland in a long procession of
  
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• Pa. County To Parents With School Lunch Debt: ‘Nobody’s Coming To Take Your Kids In The Middle of The Night’

  23-07-2019 00:41
  (CNN) — People in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, were shocked last week when a local school district sent hundreds of letters telling parents who owed lunch money for their children to pay up or else the kids could go into foster care, County Manager David Pedri said.
  “Nobody’s coming to take your kids in the middle of the night,” he assured them Monday on “CNN Newsroom.”
  “Luzerne County foster care will never take a kid for not paying school debt,”
  
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• Pittsburgh Pirates Suspend Keone Kela For Two Games

  23-07-2019 00:24
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Keone Kela has been suspended two games by the Pittsburgh Pirates.
  The team announced Monday in a press release that the right-handed pitcher will miss two games due to a violation of his uniform player’s contract.
  Kela was recalled from his rehab assignment and reinstated from the 60-day injured list Monday before being placed on the suspend list.
  Kela will begin serving his suspension Monday night, the release said.The Pirates declined to further comment in the
  
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