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• Hundreds Of Pennsylvania Dams Pose ‘High Hazard’

  10-11-2019 23:55
  
  PENNSYLVANIA (KDKA) — New research has found that Pennsylvania dams are just another part of the state’s infrastructure woes.The state has 86,000 miles of rivers and streams that include 3,400 dams. Hundreds of those dams pose a high hazard and could fail.Pennsylvania’s Dam Safety Program has increased its budget slightly so it can hire more inspectors. Many of the state’s dams are 50 to 100-years-old.The problem is not exclusive to Pennsylvania. The Associated Press has
  
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• Jason Momoa Spotted Hanging On Sidelines With Steelers Legends

  10-11-2019 22:54
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Actor Jason Momoa, best known for starring as the titular character in DC Comics’ “Aquaman,” was seen hanging out with Steelers greats at Heinz Field today on the sidelines.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA/Ian Smith)
  Momoa was spotted with Lynn Swann along with other notable Steelers.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA/Ian Smith) Momoa pictured with Swann.
  Momoa is in Pittsburgh to shoot a new feature film for Netflix called “Sweet Girl.” PNC Park will be one of the
  
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• Penn State Has Paid $118 Million To Victims Of Former Assistant Coach Jerry Sandusky

  10-11-2019 22:47
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (KDKA/AP) — New documents reveal how much money Penn State has paid to people who claim they were sexually abused by Jerry Sandusky.
  According to the university’s 2019 audit, they gave out more than $118 million.
  Leaders previously said that the number was around $113 million.
  The claims are not over as PSU said more people could be paid in the future.
  The former assistant football coach was convicted and sentenced in 2012 to 30 to 60 years, but the state Superior
  
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• Chelsa Wagner Confident She’ll Be Cleared After Altercation At Michigan Hotel

  10-11-2019 22:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – An elected official from Pittsburgh scheduled for trial Tuesday in Michigan says she is confident she will be cleared of wrongdoing in an altercation at a Detroit hotel earlier this year.
  Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner, who was overwhelmingly re-elected to a third term last week, faces felony resisting and obstructing police and misdemeanor disorderly conduct counts in Wayne County Court in the March incident.
  Prosecutors allege Wagner interfered with Detroit p
  
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• US Steel Cuts Nonunion Jobs, Won’t Say How Many

  10-11-2019 22:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — U.S. Steel will be cutting nonunion jobs as part of the organization’s restructure plan, which was announced on Oct. 8.According to U.S. Steel Communications Analyst, Amanda Malkowski, part of that plan included leaders at U.S. Steel examining changes that would make the organization more efficient.“Unfortunately, this was a necessary step in the execution of our strategy which will deliver cost and capability differentiation to create a world competitive &l
  
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• Jail Time Sought For Man In Death Of Girlfriend’s Dog

  10-11-2019 20:42
  
  YORK, Pa. (AP) – A Pennsylvania man has been convicted of felony aggravated cruelty to animals in the death of his girlfriend’s Yorkshire terrier last year.
  York County prosecutors said jurors last week deliberated for less than an hour Thursday before convicting 53-year-old Earl Carl Allen in the April 2018 death of 9-year-old Leo.
  Senior Deputy Prosecutor Justin Roberts said he will seek incarceration of the defendant when he is sentenced Jan. 29.
  Police said Allen gave several dif
  
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• Unclear Reports Circulate About Smith-Schuster’s Playing Status

  10-11-2019 20:17
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There are conflicting reporters about whether Steelers wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster will play in today’s game. The Steelers Injury Report states that Smith-Schuster’s foot injury leaves his playing status as “questionable.”
  However, ESPN reporter Dianna Russini tweeted out at 10:40 this morning that Smith-Schuster is expected to play.
  Despite popping up on the injury report with a toe injury, I’m told Steelers Wide Receiver JuJu Smith-
  
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• Chelsa Wagner feeling confident as trial set to begin in Detroit

  10-11-2019 20:07 via post-gazette.com
  
  Allegheny County Controller Chelsa Wagner was charged after a March 5 incident involving police at a Detroit hotel. 
  
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• West Virginia Man Convicted Of Voluntary Manslaughter After Fatally Shooting Man With Hunting Bow

  10-11-2019 19:31
  
  LEWISBURG, W.Va. (AP) – A West Virginia man has been convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the shooting of a man with a hunting bow.
  WVVA-TV reports Greenbrier County jurors found 25-year-old Carl Wayne Rich of Charmco guilty Friday in the June 2018 death of 29-year-old Jeffery Booth.
  Rich testified he threatened Booth with the bow but did not intentionally shoot him. Rich says Booth had startled him, and the bow accidentally fired.
  According to a criminal complaint, Rich believed Booth h
  
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• Shoplifting Man Flees Police In Broad Daylight, Crashes Into Hillside

  10-11-2019 18:37
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Hampton Township Police went on a extensive chase yesterday, ending with a car crashing into a hillside. They were pursuing a 39-year-old man who allegedly shoplifted from a local store. The man damaged another vehicle before crashing into a small hillside.
  The man was identified as Dukhan Flowers.Hampton Police were responding to call about a theft at the Hampton Do It Best Home Center, a home improvement store. The chase began as police caught up to Flowers on the Wil
  
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• Dayton Detective Dead After Serving Warrant, Funeral Services Announced

  10-11-2019 17:03
  
  DAYTON, Ohio (AP) – Services have been announced for an Ohio detective who died after being shot at a house while serving a drug-related warrant.
  Authorities say Dayton officer Jorge Del Rio was shot in the face Nov. 4 while working with a Drug Enforcement Administration taskforce.
  Authorities say detectives announced themselves as law enforcement officers before entering the house, and Del Rio was shot entering a basement. Del Rio died Thursday. No one else was injured.
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• North Side shelter objects to Port Authority eliminating bus stop at its front door

  10-11-2019 13:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Northside Common Ministries believes removing the bus stop will be a hardship for its clients, but Port Authority says the stop isn’t safe.
  
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• Driver Crashes Into Fence In Butler County And Flees

  10-11-2019 13:17
  
  FRANKLIN TWP. (KDKA) — Police are investigating a hit and run incident in Butler County Friday morning.They say it happened around 8:30 a.m. when someone was driving South on North Road in Franklin Township.The driver missed the right curve, moved away from the left side of the roadway, crashed into a fence and steel gate before fleeing the scene.Police say the vehicle involved in the crash is a silver Jeep Cherokee.They believe the jeep has heavy damage to the front end and undercarriage.
  
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• Northeast Ohio planners proposing a second hyperloop project to link Pittsburgh to Chicago via Cleveland

  10-11-2019 12:30 via post-gazette.com
  
  Planners will brief Pittsburgh officials Wednesday on a system going to Chicago via Cleveland, not Columbus, using a different developer.
  
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• Amish Community In Ohio Urged To Install Blinking Lights On Buggies

  10-11-2019 12:08
  
  ASHLAND, Ohio (AP) – A law enforcement official says he’s persuaded the bishops of an Ohio Amish sect to install blinking lights on buggies to make them more visible to motorists.
  The Ashland Times-Gazette reports Ashland County Chief Deputy Sheriff Carl Richert has been working with local Amish and Mennonite communities for years to make their buggies and wagons easier to spot.
  Richert says the community that agreed to install blinkers is more liberal and modern than other sects. He
  
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• Protections extended for French Creek in Erie County

  10-11-2019 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  French Creek is recognized as the most biologically diverse stream of its size in northeastern United States.
  
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• Woman Dies Following Vehicle Accident In Monroeville

  10-11-2019 11:27
  
  MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — One woman has died after a vehicle crash in Monroeville.The Allegheny County Coroner’s Office says it happened Monday in the 2800 block of Broadway Boulevard.41-year-old Nicole Hilla was taken to the hospital for her injuries during the crash.She died Friday at Forbes Hospital.Stick With KDKA For Any Updates
  
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• USDA Issues Recall For Sausage Products Contaminated With Listeria

  10-11-2019 08:31
  
  WASHINGTON, D.C. (KDKA) — The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food and Safety Inspection Service has announced a recall for sausage.
  Ezzo Sausage Company, from Columbus, is recalling more than 25,000 pounds of sausage possibly contaminated with Listeria.
  The products recalled were produced on October 29, 30 and November 5, 2019. These items were shipped to distribution centers in Indiana and Ohio and have an establishment number “EST. 1838A”.
  The firm notified FSIS after
  
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• State Trooper Involved In Greensburg Crash

  10-11-2019 05:25
  
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A crash happened along East Pittsburgh Street in Greensburg, according to Westmoreland County Dispatch.The crash reportedly happened on Saturday around 9:54 p.m.The scene has been cleared, and no one was hurt.A state trooper was involved in the crash, and state police are currently investigating.
  
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• Former Employees At Jeannette Hemp-Drying Facility Claim They Have Not Been Paid In Weeks

  10-11-2019 05:09
  
  JEANNETTE (KDKA) — Former employees of a hemp-drying facility in Jeannette are fed up, claiming they haven’t received their paychecks in weeks.
  On Saturday, the former employees of Patriot Shield Security stood outside the facility and demanded their money.
  Many said they were fired or quit after the paychecks stopped coming.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  “They said we were going to get paid on the 5th and 20th of every month,” former employee Korena Albaugh said. “Well, the
  
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• Boy Who Fell Out Of Aliquippa Bus Was Helped By Local Bystander

  10-11-2019 05:05
  
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) — The 5-year-old boy who fell out of an Aliquippa school bus on Friday afternoon was helped by a man at the intersection.That man, Jeff Smith, spoke to KDKA about what he witnessed.
  Smith was in his car when he watched as someone apparently opened the back door and a boy tumbled out, landing face down on the pavement. Despite the fall, he said the boy jumped up immediately and ran towards him, although the boy was shaken and disoriented.
  “When I was walking over
  
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• First Responders Climb 110 Stories At PNC Park

  10-11-2019 04:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — First responders took part in a charity climb at PNC Park, where they trudged up an equivalent of 110 stories.
  Saturday’s climb was to honor and remember fallen firefighters, police officers and first responders.
  The event benefited the First Responder Center For Excellence, based in Maryland. The center provides physical, emotional and psychological care for first responders.
  The charity event happened to take place on the same day as the Pittsburgh Veterans Day
  
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• Sidney Crosby Leaves Game After Suffering Undisclosed Injury

  10-11-2019 04:27
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Sidney Crosby left Saturday’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks with an undisclosed injury.
  The Penguins’ captain suffered the apparent injury in the third period of the team’s 3-2 shootout win over the Blackhawks.#Penguins Captain Sidney Crosby suffered an undisclosed injury in the third period of the team’s 3-2 shootout win over Chicago. Mike Sullivan says Crosby is bring evaluated. Nothing more for now.
  — Bob Pompeani (@KDPomp) Novembe
  
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• Pioneering Scientist Involved In Pittsburgh’s Mummy Exhibit Visits Town

  10-11-2019 04:20
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A scientist who helped put together the largest exhibition of mummies was in Pittsburgh on Saturday.
  “Mummies of the World: The Exhibition” opened in October and features 40 human and animal mummies at the Carnegie Science Center’s PPG Science Pavilion.
  Ronn Wade, a scientist from the University of Maryland, is credited for conducting the first replication of the Egyptian mummification process on a body in more the 2,500 years.
  (Photo Credit: Tim Lawso
  
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• Penguins Rally, Edge Blackhawks 3-2 In Shootout

  10-11-2019 04:14
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) – Jake Guentzel and Jared McCann scored in a shootout, and the Pittsburgh Penguins ended a 10-game losing streak against the Chicago Blackhawks by rallying for a 3-2 victory Saturday night.
  Pittsburgh beat the Blackhawks for the first time since March 30, 2014 by scrambling back from a two-goal deficit. Guentzel’s eighth of the season late in the second period gave the Penguins life, and Rust’s fifth since his return from injured reserve tied it midway through t
  
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• 1 Person Dead After Being Hit By Train On South Side

  10-11-2019 02:52
  
  SOUTH SIDE (KDKA) — One person is dead after they were hit by a train on the South Side.
  Police were called to the tracks near South 8th Street around 6:30 p.m. on Saturday.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Investigators were using flashlights and looking under a CSX freight train.
  Stay with KDKA for more on this developing story.
  
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• So Cute: Pittsburgh’s Doodle Group Holds Photoshoot On North Shore

  10-11-2019 02:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The cutest photoshoot ever took place on the North Shore.
  (Photo Credit: Lin Rae Photography)
  The Pittsburgh Doodle Group met Saturday behind PNC Park.
  The dogs and their owners met by the statue of Bill Mazeroski.
  The group has almost 1,000 members and many attended the second annual photoshoot.
  (Photo Credit: Lin Rae Photography)
  
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• Person hit by train in Station Square

  10-11-2019 01:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police responded about 6:30 p.m. to the scene in Station Square. 
  
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• Person hit by train in South Side near Station Square

  10-11-2019 01:34 via post-gazette.com
  
  Pittsburgh police responded about 6:30 p.m. to the scene near Station Square. 
  
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• Man Runs From Cops, Throws Weed Into The Woods

  10-11-2019 00:34
  
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A 27-year-old man was arrested yesterday after fleeing police and attempting to throw away a bag of marijuana.Penn Hills Police originally tried to stop Davaughn Jones for not using his turn signal while turning into the Penn Hills Shopping Center from Rodi Road.The report from an officer states that he was in a marked police car and uniform during the incident and that the Jones was looking at him through the rear view mirror. Another patrol car also pursued Jones afte
  
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• Furry Tails: Gabby, Beepers & Oreo Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  10-11-2019 00:23
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________________________________________
  Gabby
  Animal Friends
  
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• To crack or not to crack: the regional climate change battle is joined

  10-11-2019 00:14 via post-gazette.com
  
  Mayor Peduto’s opposition to petrochemical facilities is ripped by business, labor and even a political ally but praised by enviros 
  
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