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• Sto-Rox School District Set To Open Brand New Football Field

  19-08-2019 23:49
  MCKEES ROCKS (KDKA) — A new football field in the Sto-Rox School District is being opened tonight and the Steelers helped fund the project.
  Sto-Rox High School is preparing to open their brand new field after working for nearly three years to raise funds for a $720,000 surface. They received a $200,000 NFL grant through the Steelers and the state provided $100,000.
  The field is considered a community field, although it will be primarily used by the football team, it will be opened to other
  
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• SWAT Team Surrounds Beaver Co. Apartment Complex

  19-08-2019 23:40
  BADEN, Pa. (KDKA) – A SWAT team is on the scene in Beaver County and a shelter in place has been issued in the surrounding area.
  (Photo Credit: Marci Shaffer)
  SWAT officers are by the American Legion in Baden, Beaver County on State Street. They have surrounded an apartment building there, continuing to call for a man named Mark.
  Happening Now: The SWAT team is surrounding an apartment building in Baden on State Street. Law enforcement continue calling out for a man named Mark to come outs
  
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• SWAT Team Surrounds Beaver Co. Apartment Building For Hours

  19-08-2019 23:40
  BADEN, Pa. (KDKA) – A SWAT team surrounded a Beaver County apartment in an hours-long standoff.SWAT officers were by the American Legion in Baden, Beaver County on State Street for hours Monday night.Happening Now: The SWAT team is surrounding an apartment building in Baden on State Street. Law enforcement continue calling out for a man named Mark to come outside with his hands up @KDKA pic.twitter.com/1rekJfZ6xc
  — Rachele Mongiovi (@4RacheleM) August 19, 2019
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• Man In Intensive Care Unit After Being Jumped In Salem Township

  19-08-2019 23:32
  SALEM TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — One man is in intensive care after being jumped and beaten with a baseball bat in Salem Township.
  According to State Police, Justin Hayden of Crabtree in Salem Township left his house around 12:30 Sunday morning along Route 119 when four people jumped him and one of them had a baseball bat.Hayden, bloodied, was able to make his way to a friend’s house and was then transported to a local hospital where he is currently in the intensive care unit.The four suspect
  
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• ‘I Caught Approximately 30 Rats In 2 Days’: Brighton Heights Residents Battle Rat Problems

  19-08-2019 23:26
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The homes on McClure Avenue in Brighton Heights have been here for more than a century, and lately, they’ve been battling an age-old problem: rats.
  By now, Jack O’Brien is too familiar with the problem.“I’d say in the last three months, I’ve caught about four or five of them in my place, and I don’t leave nothing out,” he said.
  O’Brien’s infiltrators have branched out from the vacant house two doors up the street. He
  
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• In retrial, jury acquits man who spent 22 years in prison for Carrick homicide

  19-08-2019 23:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  Scott Godesky was found not guilty of killing Brian Mirenna on Feb. 28, 1996 after a letter from his co-defendant triggered a new trial.
  
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• Planned Parenthood Of Western Pennsylvania Forced Out Of Title X Program

  19-08-2019 23:02
  SAN FRANCISCO, Calif (KDKA) — The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied a request by Planned Parenthood to block the Trump Administrations Title X gag rule on Friday, August 16.
  The gag rule restricts Title X funding from any family planning center that tells patients about how or where they can access abortion services.The decision by the court has caused Planned Parenthood to withdraw from Title X funding.“Planned Parenthood, along with a number of other grant
  
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• Carnegie man who tortured, killed upstairs neighbor dies in prison

  19-08-2019 22:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Jake Wesley, who killed Susan Jill Creighton in 1994, was found unresponsive in his cell. The death is under investigation.
  
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• Carnegie man who tortured, killed downstairs neighbor dies in prison

  19-08-2019 22:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Jake Wesley, who killed Susan Jill Creighton in 1994, was found unresponsive in his cell. The death is under investigation.
  
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• Former Pittsburgh Sports And Exhibition Authority Controller Fired For Stealing Funds

  19-08-2019 22:45
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Sports and Exhibition Authority has terminated the employment of their now former Controller Sharon Mink for an unauthorized wire transfer.RELATED: Plum Woman Accused Of Misappropriating $319,000 For Personal Benefit From Insurance Broker
  In July, the authority learned from a press release from the Allegheny County District Attorney’s Officer that Mink had been charged with stealing $319,819 from her prior employer.
  43-year-old Sharon Mink was alrea
  
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• Former Pittsburgh Sports & Exhibition Authority Controller Fired For Stealing Funds

  19-08-2019 22:45
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Sports and Exhibition Authority has terminated the employment of their now former Controller Sharon Mink for an unauthorized wire transfer.RELATED: Plum Woman Accused Of Misappropriating $319,000 For Personal Benefit From Insurance Broker
  In July, the authority learned from a press release from The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Officer that Mink had been charged with stealing $319,819 from her prior employer.
  The SEA then placed Mink on unpai
  
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• Crews Work To Rescue Person Entrapped In Car After Accident

  19-08-2019 22:44
  MURRYSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) – First responders are working to rescue a person entrapped in a car in Westmoreland County.
  911 dispatchers say a car hit a utility pole on Vincent Hall Road at Route 22.One car is overturned while another car was also involved in the accident.
  Stay with KDKA.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Ohio Man Accused Of Posting Video Threatening Jewish Community Center Pleads Not Guilty

  19-08-2019 22:33
  STRUTHERS, Ohio (AP) – A 20-year-old Ohio man accused of threatening a Jewish community center in a video that police say shows him shooting a rifle has pleaded not guilty.
  A judge near Youngstown set bond at $250,000 for James Reardon on Monday and ordered him to stay away from Jewish churches and organizations if he’s released from jail.
  Police arrested Reardon, of New Middletown, Saturday on telecommunications harassment and aggravated menacing charges.
  New Middletown police say h
  
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• Allegheny County Board Of Elections To Hold Meeting To Consider Voting Systems Report

  19-08-2019 22:24
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A public meeting is being held Friday, August 30 at 9:00 a.m. to consider the report submitted from the Voting Equipment Search Committee and other business.The meeting will be held in the Gold Room of the County Courthouse.There will be an opportunity for public comment at the beginning of the meeting and each speaker will be given three minutes to provide their comments. Each person wishing to speak will be required to sign in when they arrive.The Voting Equipment Sea
  
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• Police: Man Urinates On Pa. Starbucks Products, Flees The Store

  19-08-2019 22:10
  LANCASTER, Pa. (KDKA) – Police are looking for a man who allegedly urinated on merchandise in a Pennsylvania Starbucks store before fleeing the scene.
  The Manheim Township Police Department in Lancaster says a man walked into a Starbucks located inside a Manheim Township Target and walked behind the counter.(Photo Credit: Manheim Township Police Department/Facebook)
  The man reportedly entered the employee section, where he urinated into a sink and onto several pieces of merchandise.
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• Inmate Found Unresponsive At State Correctional Institution At Greene

  19-08-2019 21:50
  WAYNESBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — An officer at State Correctional Institution at Greene found an inmate unresponsive inside his cell just before midnight on August 18, 2019.
  According to the Pennsylvania Department of Corrections, employees were conducting security checks on a housing unit when the officer found Jake Wesley, 51-years-old unresponsive inside his cell.Staff and medical personnel responded immediately and the inmate was pronounced dead by the EMS personnel.State Police were notified
  
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• Truck Crash Closes Eastbound Lane Tarentum Bridge

  19-08-2019 21:43
  TARENTUM, Pa. (KDKA) – A single eastbound lane of the Tarentum Bridge has been closed.PennDOT says a truck accident closed the bridge in the eastbound direction.Crews are on scene to clear the accident.
  Stay with KDKA.com for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Netflix Teams Up With Mattel, Kevin Smith For He-Man Reboot

  19-08-2019 21:06
  (CNN) — Kevin Smith, Netflix and Mattel are teaming up for a new “He-Man and the Masters of the Universe” series.
  Smith announced the news of “Masters of the Universe: Revelation” this past weekend at Power-Con which was held in Anaheim, California.
  The famed director will serve as showrunner and executive producer for the animated series, which picks up where the ’80s series left off and will on the “unresolved storylines of the classic ’80s era.&
  
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• ‘Cathy Ryan Is A Lot Of Women I Knew Growing Up’: Amanda Clayton Talks ‘City On A Hill’, Kevin Bacon, Aldis Hodge

  19-08-2019 20:57
  (CBS Local)– A few months ago, Kevin Bacon and Aldis Hodge were the names creating buzz around Showtime’s “City On A Hill.”
  After Sunday’s season finale, Amanda Clayton proved that her character Cathy Ryan was one of the most interesting on the show. The Ryan family showed how desperation pushes people to do things they never imagined and how to step up when lives are altered forever.
  This was a dream role for the Rhode Island native for a number of reasons.
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• Police: 6-year-old started Oakland fire that left two firefighters hurt

  19-08-2019 20:45 via post-gazette.com
  
  Authorities said the boy told them that he was playing with matches in the laundry room.
  
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• Whitehall Borough Police Department Warn Residents About Coyote

  19-08-2019 20:37
  WHITEHALL (KDKA) — The Whitehall Borough Police Department and South Hills Area Cooperative Animal Control have received several calls regarding a coyote.
  According to police, the coyote has a skin condition known as “mange.” Mange is caused by microscopic mites that live under the skin of the host animal and causes hair loss for the animal. When coyotes suffer from mange, it is likely fatal.Police and animal control are warning residents to not approach the coyote or allow the
  
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• Investigators: Boy, 6, Set Apartment Building Fire While Playing With Matches

  19-08-2019 20:34
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Investigators say a 6-year-old boy is to blame for an apartment building fire that left more than 70 people homeless in West Oakland.
  The five-alarm fire broke out just after 2 p.m. Saturday and rekindled Sunday afternoon, destroying the 48-unit apartment building along De Ruad Street.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  According to the Pittsburgh Public Safety Department, fire investigators say the boy admitted to using matches to light a fire in the laundry room of a second-floor a
  
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• Grove City Medical Center And AHN Sign Affiliation Agreement

  19-08-2019 20:24
  GROVE CITY, Pa. (KDKA) — Grove City Medical Center is joining Allegheny Health Network after the signing of an affiliation agreement.The agreement is pending government approval, but it is expected to help Grove City Medical Center that has been experiencing financial troubles in recent years.“Today is a great day for Grove City and Mercer County, and an important milestone for Grove City Medical Center as we embark upon the next chapter in our organization’s long history of se
  
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• ‘At The Hands Of A Coward’: Animal Rescue Begs For Information In Boxer’s Death

  19-08-2019 20:20
  NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — A local animal rescue is begging for the public’s help after a dog was found dead, tied to a railroad post in Westmoreland County.
  All But Furgotten Humane Rescue says the boxer’s remains were found along Turner Valley Road by the Norwin Soccer Fields.
  The young male dog was fawn-colored. He had a muzzle on and had what appeared to be a gunshot wound.
  (Source: All But Furgotten Humane Rescue/Facebook)
  Officials with the rescue says a necropsy will be d
  
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• Instagram Wants Hackers To Go After Its New Shopping Feature

  19-08-2019 20:18
  PITTSBURGH (CNN) — Instagram wants hackers to put its latest shopping feature to the test.
  The Facebook-owned company said it is inviting a select group of security researchers to stress-test its Checkout feature before it expands it beyond the United States.
  The tool, which launched in March, allows users to buy products directly on Instagram from a select number of brands, including Zara, H&M, and Nike. Previously, users had to leave the Instagram app and purchase the item from the r
  
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• Munhall volunteer firefighter pleads guilty to arsons

  19-08-2019 20:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Ryan Laubham, 19, is scheduled to be sentenced Nov. 14 by Allegheny County Common Pleas Judge Randal B. Todd.
  
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• Work Set To Begin On Retaining Wall Along Nadine Road In Penn Hills

  19-08-2019 19:52
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A landslide caused a retaining wall to overturn and part of Nadine Road between Allegheny River Boulevard and Lincoln Road in Penn Hills to collapse in July and it has been closed to traffic since.The repairs are set to begin tomorrow, Tuesday, August 20 at 7:00 a.m. and are expected to last around two months.Repairs include removal of the overturned wall, excavation, construction of a new wall and road repairs.Traffic will continue to be detoured using Allegheny River
  
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• West Deer man pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in 2016 fatal OD

  19-08-2019 19:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  In June a jury deadlocked on the count of drug delivery resulting in death, leading to a plea deal between prosecutors and Robert Keller.
  
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• Review: Front Porch delivers deeply moving 'Fun Home'

  19-08-2019 19:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Tony Award-winning musical grabs for the heartstrings in a powerful production at the New Hazlett Theater.
  
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• How Jon Potter became the ‘modern-day Mr. Rogers’ of the Pittsburgh internet

  19-08-2019 19:32 via post-gazette.com
  
  Donating his kidney last week was only the latest good deed the Swissvale man has said he has done for a stranger on the internet.
  
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• Pittsburgh Public Safety Hiring School Crossing Guards

  19-08-2019 19:16
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– If you’re looking to contribute to the community here’s your chance.
  The City of Pittsburgh Public Safety Department is looking to fill open vacancies for School Crossing Guards in local school districts throughout the city.
  All applicants are required to be at least 18-years-old, must possess a valid Class C Pennsylvania Driver’s License, must pass a background check, and must be a resident of the City of Pittsburgh during employment.
  “You must b
  
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• Work to repair closed Nadine Road in Penn Hills to begin Tuesday, will take months

  19-08-2019 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The two-month project will replace a retaining wall that fell and caused part of Nadine Road to collapse, closing the road since July 12.
  
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• Work to repair closed Nadine Road in Penn Hills to begin Tuesday

  19-08-2019 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  The two-month project will replace a retaining wall that fell and caused part of Nadine Road to collapse, closing the road since July 12.
  
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• State Police Searching For Attempted Homicide Suspect In Uniontown

  19-08-2019 18:54
  UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — State Police in Uniontown are searching for a suspect wanted for a robbery that occurred on Aug. 18.
  State Police Uniontown is searching for Dylan Parker. He is wanted for criminal attempt homicide stemming from a robbery that occurred on 08/18/19. Parker is considered armed and dangerous. Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call state police or crime stoppers pic.twitter.com/NLpfz2GNMo
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• Casting Call: ‘Manhunt’ Series Looking For More Extras

  19-08-2019 18:46
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Another casting call is underway for a TV series filming through October in the Pittsburgh area.
  Lionsgate Television/Manhunt Productions is seeking a wide variety of background actors to play parts from law enforcement officials to firefighters, paramedics, club goers, militia, townsfolk and more.
  The first season of the show, “Manhunt: Unabomber,” focused on the FBI’s hunt for Ted Kaczynski.
  The second season is titled “Manhunt: Lone Wolf&rdquo
  
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• Man Sentenced To 2-5 Years In Prison For Involuntary Manslaughter After Overdose Death

  19-08-2019 18:43
  WEXFORD (KDKA) — Robert Keller was sentenced to two-to-five years in prison following an overdose death of Clay Richwalls in September 2016.
  Keller pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter after the Allegheny County District Attorney’s office agreed to withdraw a drug delivery resulting in death charge.In September of 2016, McCandless Police was called to a home on Meinert Road in Wexford and when they arrived they found Richwalls deceased from an apparent overdose.An investigation
  
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• Road Closures For University Move-In Week

  19-08-2019 18:25
  OAKLAND, Pa. (KDKA)– Prepare for traffic and road closures in Oakland this week for college move-in.
  Today, Pitt students begin to arrive on campus. According to Pitt Police, some roads will be closed including:
  • Bigelow Boulevard (Forbes to Fifth): CLOSED, 7 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday and Tuesday; 7 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday; and 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Thursday. Also closed from 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 24, to 6 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 25, for the Welcome Back Bash, which is from 10 p.m.-1 a.m. Saturday on Bigel
  
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• Former Uber Driver Going To Jail, Ordered To Register As Sex Offender In Kidnapping Case

  19-08-2019 18:21
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The former Uber driver found guilty of kidnapping and assaulting a passenger while off-duty was sentenced in the Allegheny County Courthouse on Monday.Soumana Dao, 32, was sentenced 364 days in jail, including four months already served. He will also serve five years of probation, and 15 years as a registered sex offender.(Photo Credit: KDKA)
  His defense attorney Blaine Jones said this is a lot less than he could have served.“Which is a very good sentence in light
  
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• Phantom’s Revenge Makes List Of Scariest Roller Coaster Drops

  19-08-2019 18:00
  (CNN) — Roller coaster fans savor every second of the ride, but there’s something really special about that big drop.
  Advances in technology, design and engineering over the decades have allowed amusement parks to offer ever taller, faster and steeper coasters (with loops and other kinds of inversions as well). These big hills are getting ever more thrilling and frightening — and that’s really the point, isn’t it?
  People will travel hundreds and thousands of miles t
  
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• Munhall Volunteer Firefighter Admits To Starting Two Fires

  19-08-2019 17:50
  MUNHALL (KDKA) — Ryan Laubham, a volunteer firefighter in Munhall pleaded guilty to aggravated arson, arson endangering persons and arson endangering first responders after starting two fires in December 2018.According to police, in the early morning of December 10, 2018, Munhall Police and Munhall Fire Department were called to a house on Crawford Avenue for a house fire. When they arrived, the resident said she was sleeping on her couch when she smelled smoke and woke up.A second residen
  
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• Match 6 Jackpot Winner Worth $2 Million Sold In Allegheny County

  19-08-2019 17:41
  GLENSHAW, Pa. (KDKA)– A winning Match 6 Lottery Ticket, worth $2 Million, was sold right here in Allegheny County.The Giant Eagle in Glenshaw sold a jackpot-winning Match 6 Lotto ticket on Friday, August 16.
  The winner numbers were: 01-19-32-35-40-46.
  The Giant Eagle, located at 1671 Bulter Plank Road, earned a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.Once the lottery ticket is validated, and the $2 Million is claimed, a winner will be identified.
  
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• ‘Please Refrain From Posting False Stories’: Police Warn Public About Fake Attempted Kidnapping Post

  19-08-2019 17:40
  MOUNT PLEASANT (KDKA) — The Mt. Pleasant Borough Police Department is issuing a warning about a post circulating on social media that is believed to be inaccurate.
  Police say the post is about a possible attempted kidnapping in the borough.
  However, officers say they were never contacted about the alleged incident and “have not received any other calls relating to [an] attempting kidnapping.” 
  The department is urging anyone that is the victim of a crime to contact 911 imm
  
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• Babcock Boulevard In McCandless Reopens

  19-08-2019 17:21
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Babcock Boulevard in McCandless has reopened to all traffic near the intersection of Fairfield Road.This section of Babcock Boulevard has been closed since June 10 for the preservation of Little Pine Creek Bridge. The preservation work included removal of the inlet and outlet wingwalls and headwalls, replacing the wingwalls and headwalls, concrete repairs, waterproofing, guiderail installation, and roadway work.Traffic is again open in all directions.
  
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• Shared Pennsylvania Lottery Jackpot Of $160,000 Sold In Allegheny County

  19-08-2019 17:09
  CORAOPOLIS (KDKA) — Two tickets were part of a Pennsylvania Lottery Treasure Hunt jackpot worth $160,000 and one was sold in Coraopolis.
  Each ticket matched all five numbers drawn; 03-09-12-16-30, totaling a $160,000 with a split pot of $80,000.The ticket in Coraopolis was sold at the GetGo on University Boulevard.The other winning ticket was sold in Coatesville, Pa., Chester County.
  
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• Greensburg Police Seek Man Accused Of Sexually Abusing Children

  19-08-2019 17:02
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — Police in Greensburg are looking for a man accused of rape and the sexual abuse of children.
  According to City of Greensburg Police, David Baker ran from a home in Duquesne on Monday morning before officers could serve him an arrest warrant.
  (Source: City of Greensburg Police Department/Facebook)
  Baker is charged with a long list of counts, including rape, involuntary deviate sexual intercourse, sexual assault, sexual abuse of children, corruption of minors and other of
  
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• Police: Teenage Shooting Suspect Was Dating Victim’s Sister

  19-08-2019 16:21
  WILKINSBURG (KDKA) — A 17-year-old suspect is behind bars after a shooting in Wilkinsburg over the weekend.
  The shooting happened along Penn Avenue just after 5:30 p.m. Sunday.
  According to the criminal complaint, the 17-year-old suspect is claiming self-defense. Police identify him as Robert “Tre” Cook of Wilkinsburg, and say he was dating the victim’s sister.
  (Source: Allegheny County)
  Investigators say Cook and the 19-year-old victim were in an ongoing feud in which th
  
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• Ohio Boy Donates Entire $15k In Fair Winnings To St. Jude Children’s Hospital

  19-08-2019 16:09
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — An Ohio 7th grader’s incredible act of charity is going viral.According to a Facebook post by Western Reserve Schools, Diesel Pippert donated all of his livestock money from the Huron County Fair to St. Jude Children’s Hospital.
  That amount totaled $15,000.
  “His donation of $15,000 will help to find cures for young children and save lives,” the school district said in the post.YOU MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN:
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• Teen charged in Wilkinsburg shooting; victim in critical condition

  19-08-2019 15:51 via post-gazette.com
  
  Robert Cook, 17, of Wilkinsburg is charged as an adult after police said he shot a 19-year-old man as part of an ongoing feud.
  
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• PTL Links: August 19, 2019

  19-08-2019 15:20
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Just Between Friends Sale
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Hot Temperatures Set To Last A Few More Days Before Cool Front Moves In

  19-08-2019 15:02
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Yesterday’s high hit 89 degrees, but we could get a surprising break from the heat today with highs now expected to be in the mid-80s.
  The hot is set to return Tuesday though with highs in the upper 80s.
  A cool front then slides through on Wednesday, bringing the best rain chance of the week.Highs are expected in the 70s for both Thursday and Friday.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
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