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• ‘The System Failed This Family’: Nalani Johnson’s Family Pushes To Change Amber Alert Laws In Pa.

  06-11-2019 23:38
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– “The system failed this family,” now it’s Congressman Mike Doyle’s mission to prevent the system from failing a family again.
  “I have a two-year-old granddaughter. I can’t imagine losing her,” said Doyle.
  Two-year-old Nalani Johnson was abducted in Penn Hills at the end of August, then found dead several days later in Pine Ridge Park in Indiana County.
  An amber alert was put out, but the attorney representing Nalani’s grand
  
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• Criminal for life or changed man? Kind words can't save Pittsburgh drug dealer from prison return

  06-11-2019 23:22 via post-gazette.com
  
  Ex-heroin ringleader Vernon Jackson, who ran Station Square clubs as drug fronts, gets more prison in new cocaine case
  
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• Judge acquits drunken driver on most serious charge in 2017 fatal crash

  06-11-2019 23:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Jesse Schuckert was found guilty of all other counts in the June 2017 death of McKenzi Loid.
  
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• New Intercity Bus Service Rolling Into Pittsburgh

  06-11-2019 23:09
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A new intercity bus service will begin offering trips in and out of Pittsburgh.
  FlixBus will operate buses from Pittsburgh to Washington, D.C. and Columbus, Ohio beginning next Thursday.
  It will pick up passengers on Fort Duquesne Boulevard next to the Convention Center.
  The bright green bus to D.C. will depart in the late morning, and the bus to Columbus will depart in the mid-afternoon.
  Fares start at $10 dollars each way.
  
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• 11,000 Scientists Warn Of ‘Untold Suffering’ Caused By ‘Climate Emergency’

  06-11-2019 23:00
  (CBS Local) — More than 11,000 researchers from around the world issued a grim warning on Tuesday that the Earth is facing a “climate emergency” that could lead to “untold suffering” if we continue our current climate change trajectory.
  “World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency,” published in the peer-reviewed scientific journal BioScience, also said the climate crisis is accelerating faster than previously expected and is more severe than
  
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• Remains Of Pa. Marine Killed In WWII Have Been Identified

  06-11-2019 22:25
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (AP) – Military authorities say the remains of a Marine from Pennsylvania killed in the Pacific during World War II have been identified.
  The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency said Wednesday that 20-year-old Marine Corps Reserve Pfc. Michael Kocopy of Gardendale was accounted for in August.
  Kocopy was among the Marines who landed against stiff Japanese resistance on tiny Betio Island in the Tarawa Atoll of the Gilbert Islands in November 1943. Kocopy was killed on the firs
  
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• Police: Fight Between Siblings Escalates To Stabbing On North Side

  06-11-2019 22:24
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – One person was injured and another was hospitalized after a domestic dispute turned violent on the North Side.According to police, the call came in around 3:30 p.m. Wednesday for a domestic dispute on the 1600 block of Warren Street.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Newschopper 2)
  When police arrived on scene, they say they found a woman who told them she and her brother had gotten into a fight.
  The brother was found on the 100 block of Henderson Street. He had non-life threatening
  
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• Retired Pennsylvania Air Force General Charged With 15 Felony Counts Of Possessing Child Pornography

  06-11-2019 22:23
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A retired Air Force General has been charged with 15 felony counts related to possession of child pornography.Attorney General Josh Shapiro announced the charges against U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Frank Sullivan on Wednesday after a search of his Mechanicsburg residence found computers filled with thousands of internet searches for “preteen” images, as well as pictures of children “engaged in very graphic sexual acts.”
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• Keegan-Michael Key, Venus Williams And Rob Gronkowski Coming To CBS With New Series ‘GAME ON!’

  06-11-2019 22:13
  (CBS)- CBS has ordered GAME ON!, a sports comedy entertainment series based on A League of Their Own, the award-winning U.K. series currently in its 14th season. The U.S. version will be hosted by Emmy Award-winning actor, writer and producer Keegan-Michael Key, and will also feature tennis champion and entrepreneur Venus Williams plus former Super Bowl champion Rob Gronkowski as team captains. Comedian Bobby Lee and Emmy Award-winning writer Ian Karmel will serve as comedian panelists.
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Look For Early Stages Of Snow In The Forecast This Week

  06-11-2019 22:01
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– The first round of wintry weather is approaching!
  There will be clouds increasing tonight, with rain starting later tonight.
  The rain will mix with rain showers late Thursday morning into Thursday afternoon.By evening, it should be all snow.
  In Pittsburgh, don’t look for blockbuster accumulations.
  While the inches won’t pile up in town, there will be slushy accumulations trying to form by the evening commute. This could lead to a few slick spots.
  Thursday nig
  
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• 2 Injured After Car Flips Over In Between Train Tracks In Beaver Falls

  06-11-2019 21:56
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) – Two people were hospitalized after the brakes failed on their car and they flipped over onto train tracks in Beaver County.The Beaver Falls fire chief says that a man and woman were heading down the steep hill of 11th Street when their brakes went out.
  #BREAKING: #NewsChopper2 over a car that rolled over onto rail tracks near 11th St in Beaver Falls. 2 people inside were taken to hospital. Driver told police that the brakes failed. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/IlxcVglrVO
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• Trial Begins For Former Monongahela Police Officer Accused Of Sexually Assaulting Woman He Pulled Over

  06-11-2019 21:36
  MONONGAHELA, Pa. (KDKA) – A former police officer accused of sexually assaulting a woman while on duty is heading to trial.
  Dustin Devault waived his preliminary hearing today.
  He’s accused of using his position to gain a woman’s trust.
  According to the Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office, Devault pulled the woman over in the summer of 2018. Following the traffic stop, the woman told investigators she exchanged texts with Devault and also met with him.
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• Pittsburgh Police Searching For Homicide Suspect Wanted In Connect With Shooting Death Of 24-Year-Old Man

  06-11-2019 21:29
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Officials are searching for a 17-year-old homicide suspect wanted in connection with the shooting death of a 24-year-old man on the North Side.
  Police said to be on the lookout for 17-year-old Shayla Johnson, who is wanted in connection with the death of Julian Carpenter.
  (Photo Credit: Allegheny County)
  Carpenter was shot in the head on July 2and died on Monday.
  The shooting occurred inside an apartment on Rhine Street in Pittsburgh’s Spring Hill neighborhood.
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• After close parks tax vote, divided city council to take up issue

  06-11-2019 21:02 via post-gazette.com
  
  The tax won big majorities -- polling above 70% -- in the Hill District and Oakland wards. It didn't beat 35% in most of the South Hills.
  
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• WPXI weatherman Kevin Benson charged with DUI

  06-11-2019 20:48 via post-gazette.com
  
  Police said Mr. Benson’s blood alcohol content was nearly four times the legal driving limit, and he had a cocaine metabolite in his system.
  
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• 2nd McDonald’s Worker Charged In Downtown Pittsburgh Assault

  06-11-2019 20:40
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A second McDonald’s employee has been charged in a downtown Pittsburgh assault that may leave a man paralyzed.
  Pittsburgh Police say they received calls about a man in the street who had been punched unconscious and a female who had been pepper-sprayed outside the McDonald’s on Wood Street around 10:15 p.m. Monday.
  That man, 62-year-old Marc Conn, is now fighting to walk again at Allegheny General Hospital after undergoing a five-hour surgery on his spine.
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• Pa. Teen Won $25,000 Award For Inventing Solution To Eliminate Blind Spots For Cars

  06-11-2019 20:35
  (CNN) — A 14-year-old from West Grove, Pennsylvania, won a $25,000 prize for creating a prototype designed to eliminate a car’s blind spots.
  Alaina Gassler told CNN she first noticed the problem when she realized her mom didn’t like driving their family’s Jeep Grand Cherokee because its A-pillars caused blind spots.
  The A-pillar design in a car supports the windshield and provides protection in case of a crash. However, their size and angle also create blind spots, the ar
  
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• Cooking With Rania: Granny Smith Apple Crisp Cheesecake

  06-11-2019 20:32
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — This week, Rania Harris, of Rania’s Catering, is in the Pittsburgh Today Live kitchen getting ready for Thanksgiving!
  Granny Smith Apple Crisp Cheesecake
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  For the Crust:1 ½ cups crushed graham crackers
  ½ cup sugar
  6 tablespoons unsalted butter – melted
  1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
  ¼ teaspoon kosher saltFor the Cheesecake:4 (8-ounce) blocks cream cheese, softened
  ¼ cup caramel sauce, plus more for drizzling
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• Pa. Voters Approve Marsy’s Law, But Legal Challenge Blocks Votes From Counting

  06-11-2019 20:25
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) – Pennsylvanians approve Marsy’s Law by a wide margin, but a superior court ruled the votes won’t be counted or certified.
  Despite the ruling and court challenges, residents voted yes for the victims rights referendum, or Marsy’s Law, with 74 percent of voters approving.
  The law aims to amend the Pennsylvania Constitution to give crime victims more rights.Opponents say the laws could violate the constitutional rights of criminal defendants. They also say
  
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• Study: Some Grads Would Spend A Week In Jail To Erase Student Loan Debt

  06-11-2019 20:07
  (CBS Local) — Four in five graduates with student loans think of their debt as a life sentence, according to new research, so it’s not hard to imagine how far people would go to to get rid of their debt, including going to jail.
  A study of 1,000 undergraduate and 1,000 postgraduate degree holders revealed 89 percent of graduates say their student loan debt has become a financial burden, CBS affiliate WREG reported.
  As many as 44.7 million Americans have student loan debt, according t
  
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• Witness: Rahmael Holt Appeared Anxious, ‘Not Himself’ On Night Of Officer’s Shooting

  06-11-2019 19:57
  GREENSBURG (KDKA) — The trial of Rahmael Holt, the man accused of fatally shooting a New Kensington police officer, has entered its third day at the Westmoreland County Courthouse.
  The prosecution continues to call witnesses to the stand.
  (Source: Westmoreland County Jail)
  Wednesday’s two main witnesses, Michael Luffey and Holly Clemmons, are a couple. They offered testimony about the night Officer Brian Shaw was killed in 2017.
  They testified that on the night of Nov. 17, 2017, they
  
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• Yes, Bethany Hallam and Sam DeMarco both won at-large seats on Allegheny County council

  06-11-2019 19:43 via post-gazette.com
  
  Many voters were confused about why they were only to pick a single candidate, when both of the at-large seats were up for election.
  
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• Pittsburgh Voters Approve Raising Property Taxes To Fund Parks

  06-11-2019 19:41
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pittsburgh voters approved raising property taxes to fund parks in the city.
  The final tallies on the Pittsburgh parks referendum came in on Tuesday and the measure passed with 51.84 percent of the vote.The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, a non-profit partner of the City of Pittsburgh, proposed the referendum to help the 165 public parks. The non-profit estimates those parks are in need of $400 million worth of repairs.The referendum will add a tax of about $50 on every $
  
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• Open Casting Call For Upcoming Interactive Game Show Based In Pittsburgh

  06-11-2019 19:39
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust is looking to fill roles for a new game show, Game Time!
  Pittsburgh’s first locally-produced game show brings physical activity, competition, and fun into one arena.“Four audience members from each team are randomly selected to play each game for four total rounds, with each round featuring an entirely new and unpredictable game. At the end of all four rounds, the team with the highest score spins a prize wheel to determine the g
  
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• Trial begins for priest accused of sexual abuse

  06-11-2019 19:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Rev. Hugh Lang, retired superintendent of diocesan schools, faces charges.
  
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• Lawyer for priest on trial says different cleric abused the victim

  06-11-2019 19:24 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Rev. Hugh Lang, retired superintendent of diocesan schools, faces charges.
  
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• Police incident forced lockdown of Homewood polling place

  06-11-2019 19:16 via post-gazette.com
  
  Voters, poll workers and children inside a fire station next door to an apartment building with an armed man were told to shelter in place.
  
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• Man Who Played Santa Claus At Hersheypark For 13 Years Dies

  06-11-2019 18:47
  HERSHEY, Pa. (KDKA) – The man who played Santa Claus at Hersheypark for more than a decade has lost his battle with cancer.Billy Fry started playing Santa Claus in 1971, and for the past 13 years he was the man bringing holiday joy to children and families at Hershey Park, CBS affiliate WHP-TV reported.
  He got his start at Pomeroy’s in Camp Hill out in Cumberland County.After that, WHP-TV says he moved to Hersheypark where he worked at Christmas Candylane.He was battling liver cancer
  
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• 'There was just no way I could ever give him up.' Mom gets probation for hiding bank robber son

  06-11-2019 18:33 via post-gazette.com
  
  Melissa Kane, a recovering addict, hid Brent Richards from authorities in a case that ensnared her former boyfriend, an ex-Pittsburgh cop.
  
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• Former VP Biden Makes Surprise Stop At Allegheny Co. Executive Rich Fitzgerald’s Re-Election Celebration

  06-11-2019 18:15
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Supporters of newly-reelected Allegheny County Executive Rich Fitzgerald welcomed a surprise visitor to his victory party Tuesday night on the South Side.
  Fitzgerald defeated Republican challenger Matt Drozd for what will be a third and final term as the county’s executive. He is now term limited.
  Fitzgerald’s supporters gathered at the IBEW Hall to watch election results come in, and as they celebrated their candidate’s re-election, former Vice Presid
  
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• Ex-Monongahela cop proclaims innocence amid charges of on-duty sexual assault

  06-11-2019 18:09 via post-gazette.com
  
  In an interview, Dustin Devault denied accusations that he fondled and propositioned a woman he had pulled over in a traffic stop.
  
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• Local vet-owned businesses collaborate on a Veterans Day beer

  06-11-2019 18:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  First Sip Brew Box worked with Burgh’ers Brewing and Couch Brewery, which will serve Esprit de Corps Friday along with area veterans clubs. 
  
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• Seneca Valley HS Junior Earns Perfect ACT Score

  06-11-2019 17:54
  JACKSON TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – A local high school junior has earned a perfect score on his ACT — something only about 0.2 percent of students who take the ACT achieve.
  Seneca Valley student David Choi earned the highest possible ACT score of 36. The school district says out of the 1.9 million graduating students who took the exam in 2018, only about 3,700 students get a perfect score.
  (Photo Credit: Seneca valley)
  The ACT is scored on a scale of one to 36 and has tests in English, m
  
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• Judge Rejects New Federal Health Rule Affecting Abortions

  06-11-2019 17:50
  NEW YORK (AP) – A federal judge in New York has struck down a rule letting health care clinicians object to providing abortions and other services on moral or religious grounds.
  Judge Paul A. Engelmayer ruled Wednesday in Manhattan.
  The ruling came after health organizations and others sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Others opposing the rule include women’s groups, organizations, and states.
  The rule lets clinicians object to providing abortions and other servi
  
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• 1 GOP, 1 Democrat Judge Hold Leads In 2 Open Superior Court Seats

  06-11-2019 17:02
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Candidates from each party are holding onto leads for the pair of open Pennsylvania Superior Court seats while officials are finishing up the vote count from Tuesday’s election.
  Philadelphia Judge Dan McCaffery, a Democrat, was leading the four-candidate field early Wednesday, and Republican prosecutor Megan King from Chester County was running about 30,000 votes ahead of the third-place candidate.
  Their respective parties are claiming wins for McCaffery and Ki
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Linebacker Bud Dupree Named AFC Defensive Player Of The Week

  06-11-2019 16:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — After a major performance Sunday against the Colts, Bud Dupree has been named AFC Defensive Player of the Week.The team and league made the announcement Wednesday morning.“1️⃣ forced fumble 1️⃣ fumble recovery 2️⃣.0️⃣ sacks @Bud_Dupree has been named the AFC Defensive Player of the Week for his performance vs. the Colts!”1️⃣ forced fumble
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Sunny Skies Today, But Brace Yourself, Rain To Change To Snow On Thursday

  06-11-2019 16:27
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cold air has settled back in behind Tuesday’s cold front and clear overnight skies.
  Most places will see temperatures bottoming out near 30 degrees.Highs today should be in the 40s for most of Western Pennsylvania with sunny skies.
  Clouds move back in just after midnight with some scattered to isolated showers possible Thursday morning, as soon as 3 a.m.Rain will not be continuous for the morning commute, with spotty showers around.
  The rain will turn continuous w
  
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• Light Up Night Plans Unveiled, Adam Lambert To Headline Main Stage Show

  06-11-2019 15:58
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — That time of year is right around the corner!
  The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership unveiled its lineup for the 59th annual Comcast Light Up celebration Wednesday morning from the Heinz History Center.
  WATCH: Light Up Night News Conference —
   
  Light Up Night is a tradition in downtown Pittsburgh, kicking off the holiday season in the city. All the fun will happen on Nov. 22.
  This year’s headliner on the Comcast Main Stage on Fort Duquesne Boulevard is sin
  
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• Police: Officer Hospitalized After Woman Sprays Him In Face With Contents Of Loaded Syringe

  06-11-2019 15:37
  BUTLER CITY (KDKA) — A Butler County woman is facing charges after police say she sprayed an officer in the face with the contents of a syringe while he was trying to check on her welfare.
  Butler City Police say 28-year-old Kristina Labruna, of Butler, is charged with two counts of felony aggravated assault as well as counts of simple assault and possession of drug paraphernalia.
  According to Butler City Police Chief Bob O’Neill, the officer was on patrol around 11:30 p.m. Tuesday wh
  
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• PTL Links: November 6, 2019

  06-11-2019 15:14
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• W. Va. Surgeons Perform State’s First Heart Transplant

  06-11-2019 15:02
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Surgeons at West Virginia University have performed the state’s first heart transplant.
  The university says in a news release that the six-hour surgery occurred Saturday in Morgantown on a 61-year-old male patient from Chesapeake, Ohio. It was performed by surgeons at the WVU Heart and Vascular Institute and the WVU Medicine Transplant Alliance.
  Transplant surgeon Dr. Vinay Badhwar says in a news release that WVU has “opened the doorway to a new future
  
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• Bill Making Animal Cruelty A Federal Felony Unanimously Passes Senate

  06-11-2019 14:05
  Cole Higgins, CNN
  (CNN) — The Senate has unanimously passed a bill that makes animal cruelty a federal felony.
  The PACT Act — which stands for Preventing Animal Cruelty and Torture — was approved by the Senate on Tuesday. The bipartisan legislation, which passed the House last month, expands a previous law passed in 2010.
  “There’s no place in a civilized society for maiming and torturing animals – period,” said Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal of Conne
  
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• Two local teachers receive highest U.S. honor for math and science education

  06-11-2019 13:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Janet Waldeck of Allderdice and Steve Miller of Upper St. Clair received Presidential Awards for Excellence in math and science education.
  
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• Fox Chapel High School Cancels Classes After Report Of Alleged Threat

  06-11-2019 12:27
  FOX CHAPEL (KDKA) — Fox Chapel school officials have canceled classes Wednesday for their high school students over an alleged threat reported the state’s Safe2Say Something line.
  According to district officials, only the high school is closed. Classes will go on as scheduled for all other students in the district.
  School district police and Fox Chapel police are investigating the report, which officials say came in around 3 a.m. to the state Attorney General’s Safe2Say Somethi
  
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• Fox Chapel Area High School Cancels Classes After Report Of Alleged Threat

  06-11-2019 12:27
  FOX CHAPEL (KDKA) — Fox Chapel Area school officials have canceled classes Wednesday for their high school students over an alleged threat reported the state’s Safe2Say Something line.
  According to district officials, only the high school is closed. Classes will go on as scheduled for all other students in the district.
  School district police and Fox Chapel police are investigating the report, which officials say came in around 3 a.m. to the state Attorney General’s Safe2Say So
  
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• Saw Mill Run Boulevard Back Open After Shaler Street Bridge Installation

  06-11-2019 11:08
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Saw Mill Run Boulevard is back open in both directions.
  The three-day closure began Sunday between the Parkway West and West End Circle.
  PennDOT says The new sections of the Shaler Bridge were moved into place by two large construction vehicles.
  Stick With KDKA For Any Further Updates
  
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• DelGrosso Sauce 2019 Sweepstakes

  06-11-2019 10:55
  Enter for your chance to win a case of DelGrosso sauce.
  
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• ‘He Looked Like He Was Dead’: Family Of Man Paralyzed After Fight Outside McDonald’s Unsure If He Will Walk Again

  06-11-2019 06:17
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The family of a man who is now paralyzed following a fight with several women outside a McDonald’s downtown is not sure if he will ever walk again.
  Pittsburgh Police say they received calls about a man in the street who had been punched unconscious and a female who had been pepper-sprayed outside the McDonald’s on Wood Street around 10:15 p.m. Monday night.
  Police say surveillance video shows an argument staring with an unknown male and the man and woman ins
  
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• Police Investigating Car Break-Ins By Masked Suspect In North Huntingdon

  06-11-2019 05:27
  NORTH HUNTINGDON (KDKA) — Officials are looking for a suspect who covered their face with a mask while breaking into cars in North Huntingdon.
  The suspect was caught on camera going into unlocked cars in the Markvue Manor and Darmore Estates neighborhoods.Police said the break-ins happened early Tuesday morning between 2 and 6 a.m.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  The thief got away with a variety of items.Police said to lock your cars.
  Anyone with surveillance cameras in those neighborhoods should co
  
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• Newcomer leading incumbent for South Hills seat on Allegheny County Council

  06-11-2019 05:12 via post-gazette.com
  
  Although all other incumbents won, Republican Sue Means was running behind Democrat Tom Duerr for the seat South Hills seat.
  
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