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• ‘Tried To Run Through A Crowd’: Group Of Protesters Left Frightened After Car Drives Through Middle Of Rally

  02-06-2020 23:48
  
  BEAVER FALLS (KDKA) — Protestors in Beaver Falls tell KDKA it was a scary situation as they marched down 7th Avenue and a car drove into the crowd on Sunday.
  “He really tried to run through a crowd of our kids and families,” Jessica McDonald said.
  McDonald said she was marching along with roughly 100 other people to spread a message for change, when the car’s side mirror hit her.
  “Right here on my arm, it kind of collided with the side mirror and my face. He pulled
  
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• Study finds that cleaner, healthier air is social distancing side benefit

  02-06-2020 23:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Reduced vehicle and electricity use during stay at home pandemic response cut emissions and reduced unhealthy exposure
  
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• Police: Hopewell man drunk, speeding when he caused fatal crash

  02-06-2020 23:41 via post-gazette.com
  
  Caleb B. Kuhns has been charged with killing Timothy Hundenski and injuring his wife, Donna Hundenski, in the Oct. 31, 2019, crash.
  
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• Report: Pittsburgh Steelers Will Hold Training Camp At Team Facility, Not At Saint Vincent College

  02-06-2020 22:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers will reportedly not be training in Latrobe this summer.And so the NFL has told all its teams that they must stay at their team facilities for this summer's training camps.
  — Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 2, 2020On Tuesday, ESPN’s Adam Schefter is reporting that NFL teams must hold summer training camp at their team facilities.The Steelers will now train at their facility on the South Side instead of holding camp at Saint Vincent
  
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• Peaceful Protesters Hold Sit-In Outside Of Allegheny County Jail, Start Moving On East Carson Street

  02-06-2020 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day over the death of George Floyd.
  (Photo Credit: Meghan Schiller/KDKA)
  According to chatter online, the protest started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. This will mark the second George Floyd protest to take place in Market Square. The first one occurred on Sunday and was largely considered to be peaceful.Organizers say that they plan to keep today’s protest peaceful. Protesters have been chanting “Black L
  
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• Peaceful Protesters Hold Sit-In Outside Of Allegheny County Jail, Begin To Move To 10th Street Bridge

  02-06-2020 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day over the death of George Floyd.
  (Photo Credit: Meghan Schiller/KDKA)
  According to chatter online, the protest started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. This will mark the second George Floyd protest to take place in Market Square. The first one occurred on Sunday and was largely considered to be peaceful.Organizers say that they plan to keep today’s protest peaceful. Protesters have been chanting “Black L
  
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• Peaceful Protesters Hold Sit-In Outside Of Allegheny County Jail

  02-06-2020 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day over the death of George Floyd.
  (Photo Credit: Meghan Schiller/KDKA)
  According to chatter online, the protest started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. This will mark the second George Floyd protest to take place in Market Square. The first one occurred on Sunday and was largely considered to be peaceful.Organizers say that they plan to keep today’s protest peaceful. Protesters have been chanting “Black L
  
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• Peaceful Protesters Hold Hours Long Demonstration In Downtown Pittsburgh; No Protesters Arrested

  02-06-2020 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local protesters gathered for the fourth consecutive day over the death of George Floyd.
  (Photo Credit: Meghan Schiller/KDKA)
  According to chatter online, the protest started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. This marked the second George Floyd protest to take place in Market Square. The first one occurred on Sunday and was largely considered to be peaceful.Organizers said that they intended to keep today’s protest peaceful. Protesters chanted “Black Lives Matter&rd
  
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• Dozens Of Protesters Gather For George Floyd Protest In Market Square, Plan To March To Allegheny County Jail

  02-06-2020 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day over the death of George Floyd.
  (Photo Credit: Meghan Schiller/KDKA)
  According to chatter online, the protest started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. This will mark the second George Floyd protest to take place in Market Square. The first one occurred on Sunday and was largely considered to be peaceful.Organizers say that they plan to keep today’s protest peaceful. Protesters have been chanting “Black L
  
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• Dozens Of Protesters Gather For George Floyd Protest In Market Square

  02-06-2020 22:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Local protesters have gathered for the fourth consecutive day over the death of George Floyd.
  (Photo Credit: Meghan Schiller/KDKA)
  According to chatter online, the protest started around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. This will mark the second George Floyd protest to take place in Market Square. The first one occurred on Sunday and was largely considered to be peaceful.Organizers say that they plan to keep today’s protest peaceful. Protesters have been chanting “Black L
  
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• Police File Charges In Fatal Hopewell Twp. Crash

  02-06-2020 22:04
  
  HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Hopewell Township Police have filed charges against a man in connection with a fatal crash last October.
  Caleb Kuhns, 23, of Hopewell Township was arrested on Monday.
  He is facing a long list of charges, including homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, careless driving, speeding, failure to keep right and operating with an expired inspection.RELATED STORY: 1 Person Dead After Crash In
  
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• Hopewell Twp. Police File Charges In Fatal Hopewell Twp. Crash

  02-06-2020 22:04
  
  HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Hopewell Township Police have filed charges against a man in connection with a fatal crash last October.
  Caleb Kuhns, 23, of Hopewell Township was arrested on Monday.
  He is facing a long list of charges, including homicide by vehicle while DUI, aggravated assault by vehicle while DUI, involuntary manslaughter, homicide by vehicle, careless driving, speeding, failure to keep right and operating with an expired inspection.RELATED STORY: 1 Person Dead After Crash In
  
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• West Virginia National Guardsman To Be Punished For Saying He Would Shoot People Protesting Death Of George Floyd

  02-06-2020 21:45
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The West Virginia National Guard is pursuing disciplinary action against a guardsman who posted on social media that he would shoot at people protesting the death of George Floyd, officials said Tuesday.
  The guardsman, Noah Garcelon, has already resigned from his position as an officer with the Winfield Police Department after making the comments. In a series of now-deleted posts, Garcelon wrote that he would “start firing live rounds” at protesters and
  
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• From confusion to threats, some Pa. nursing home residents aren’t getting their coronavirus stimulus checks

  02-06-2020 21:39 via post-gazette.com
  
  The reasons vary from apparent misunderstandings to facilities wrongly holding onto the $1,200 or, in one extreme case, threatening to evict residents unless they turned over the funds.
  
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• Pennsylvania Turnpike Going Cashless Permanently, Laying Off Hundreds Of Toll Collectors

  02-06-2020 21:08
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP/KDKA) — About 500 fare collectors and other toll workers along the Pennsylvania Turnpike are about to those their jobs.
  The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to make the entire interstate network a cashless system.
  The system was implemented on March 16 as a precaution due to the Coronavirus outbreak.
  The cuts are the latest development in the agency’s multi-year transition from a system that’s largely relied on workers stationed in
  
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• ‘Let’s All Be Better Together’: Pittsburgh Penguins Release Statement About George Floyd, Saturday’s Violent Protest

  02-06-2020 21:01
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Penguins gave a statement on Monday night about the death of George Floyd and Saturday’s notable protest that turned violent.pic.twitter.com/8XkGvCg9ti
  — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) June 2, 2020
  The full statement from the Penguins can be read below:“This has been a horrible time for our country and our city. We all are appalled by senseless violence and share the outrage that racism and social injustice continue to permeate our soci
  
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• ‘Ain’t The America I Grew Up With’: Pittsburgh Area Voters Have Mixed Reviews On Coronavirus Changes

  02-06-2020 20:41
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The first statewide election since the onset of the Coronavirus pandemic is underway.
  Election officials are facing challenges amid social distancing, short-staffing and a flood of requests for mail-in ballots as voters face a unique experience at the polls.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  In the era of coronavirus, election polls were reduced to about one per municipality across Allegheny County, outside of Pittsburgh.
  In Ross Township, voters kept their social distance.
  Alleghen
  
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• Carnegie Man Sentenced To Life In Prison Plus 11-22 Years Over Homicide, Rape Case

  02-06-2020 20:03
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP/KDKA) — A man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole along with a consecutive 11 to 22 year sentence in the strangulation death of a man and the rape of a woman last year.
  (Source: Allegheny County Police)
  Richard Mickens Jr., 59, of Carnegie pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree murder in the death of 51-year-old Luke Connelly in Carnegie in May 2019.
  Mickens also pleaded guilty to the rape and aggravated assault, for which the consecutive t
  
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• Brawl At The Polls: Allegheny Co. Officials Say Voters Got Into Screaming And Shoving Match Over Face Masks

  02-06-2020 19:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Voters got into a shoving match Tuesday at the polling place at Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill, Allegheny County officials say.
  According to county officials, some voters began arguing with another voter to put on a face mask.
  When the argument turned into a screaming match, a constable tried to address the issue, but “pushing and shoving” ensued.
  Pittsburgh Police and Pittsburgh Public School Police officers were called in.
  County officials
  
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• Allegheny Co. Officials: Voters Get Into Screaming And Shoving Match Over Face Masks

  02-06-2020 19:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Voters got into a shoving match Tuesday at the polling place at Taylor Allderdice High School in Squirrel Hill, Allegheny County officials say.
  According to county officials, some voters began arguing with another voter to put on a face mask.
  When the argument turned into a screaming match, a constable tried to address the issue, but “pushing and shoving” ensued.
  Pittsburgh Police and Pittsburgh Public School Police officers were called in.
  County officials
  
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• Port Authority Ends Service To South Fayette Park And Ride

  02-06-2020 19:30
  
  SOUTH FAYETTE (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Port Authority announced Tuesday it will end its service to the South Fayette Park and Ride in July.According to a Pittsburgh Port Authority spokesperson, the owner of the park and ride property is discontinuing the agreement held with Port Authority. Port Authority said it is looking for other parking options in the area. For now, Port Authority suggests that riders should park at the South Hills Village Garage or Woodville Park and Ride.
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• Fayette County Emergency Management Agency Reports No New Coronavirus Cases In A Week

  02-06-2020 18:50
  
  FAYETTE COUNTY (KDKA) — The Fayette County Emergency Management Agency reported in a tweet Tuesday that the county has not had any new Coronavirus cases in a week.
  0 new #COVID19 cases since May 26. 95 total confirmed cases in Fayette County, which enters the green phase of re-opening on Friday. https://t.co/ZpyLHINzR9
  — Fayette County Emergency Management Agency (@FCEMA911) June 2, 2020
  The agency said that there are 95 total confirmed cases countywide. Fayette County will enter the
  
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• Primary Election Day 2020 Voting Information

  02-06-2020 18:45
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Today is Primary Election Day and KDKA has put together a guide to help you navigate the voting process.
  The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., but many people have already voted by mail as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. If you are headed to the polls, look below for more information on changes you can expect and tips for first time voters.
  RELATED STORIES:Pennsylvania’s Primary Election Promises To Be Unique In Many Ways
  Gov. Tom Wolf Moves Allegheny Co
  
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• Frick art museum curator Sarah Hall is leaving to lead Maryland museum

  02-06-2020 18:27 via post-gazette.com
  
  Sarah Hall, The Frick Pittsburgh’s curator and collections director, is leaving after 26 years to become director of a Maryland art museum.
  
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• Pa. Health Dept. Announces 100 More Deaths And 612 New Coronavirus Cases

  02-06-2020 18:09
  
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 612 new cases of Coronavirus on Tuesday, in addition to 100 more deaths.
  The statewide total number of cases has risen to 72,894.
  The Health Department says all 67 counties in Pennsylvania have cases of COVID-19. Current patients are either in isolation at home or being treated at the hospital.
  The statewide death toll has reached 5,667.
  Most of the patients hospitalized are ages 65 or older, and most of the d
  
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• Carnegie man pleads guilty to murder and rape in 2019 attack

  02-06-2020 18:05 via post-gazette.com
  
  Richard Mickens Jr. will avoid potential capital punishment and spend the rest of his life in prison
  
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• NWSL Players Association Vice President Rachel Corsie On Challenge Cup: ‘It’s Extremely Exciting’

  02-06-2020 17:55
  
  (CBSNewYork/CBS Local)- The National Women’s Soccer League will likely be the first major professional sports league to return to play on U.S. soil when it kicks off the 25-game Challenge Cup tournament June 27 on CBS.
  The league announced its plan for return last week when it unveiled the Challenge Cup format with the league’s nine teams heading to Utah to play out the 25-game tournament there. Players Association Vice President and defender for Utah Royals FC Rachel Corsie says she
  
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• Purported drug counselor accused of dealing heroin charged with tax offenses

  02-06-2020 17:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Federal prosecutors on Monday accused him of filing false income tax returns for five people for tax years 2015 and 2016.
  
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• Purported drug counselor accused of dealing heroin charged again with tax offenses

  02-06-2020 17:44 via post-gazette.com
  
  Federal prosecutors on Monday accused him of filing false income tax returns for five people for tax years 2015 and 2016.
  
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• What Happens When You Don’t Pay Rent?

  02-06-2020 17:42
  
  (CBSNewYork) — Rent is due once again. So are mortgage payments. As the calendar turns from May to June, people around the country owe what for most is their biggest single monthly expense — housing.
  Experts generally recommend that households cap their housing expenditures at about 30 percent of before-tax income. Many renters, especially in more expensive areas, spend as much as 50 percent. When incomes drop to zero, making that monthly payment can become very difficult. If people
  
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• Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Announces 1 New Coronavirus Death And 9 New Cases, Bringing Total To 1,928

  02-06-2020 17:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting nine new Coronavirus cases Tuesday, in addition to one new death.
  The number of cases county-wide now totals 1,928 since March 14. This includes 1,807 confirmed cases and 121 probable cases.
  The county’s initial report indicated the wrong number of cases for today. This statement was included in the county’s corrected release.
  “The original alert indicated that there was an increase of 17 ca
  
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• Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Announces 1 New Coronavirus Death And 17 New Cases, Bringing Total To 1,928

  02-06-2020 17:05
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 17 new Coronavirus cases Tuesday, in addition to one new death.
  The number of cases county-wide now totals 1,928 since March 14. This includes 1,807 confirmed cases and 121 probable cases.
  Officials report that 344 patients have been or are presently hospitalized among all cases, that’s an increase of four cases since Monday’s report.
  The death toll has risen to 152, with 141 confirmed deaths and
  
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• PTL Links: June 2, 2020

  02-06-2020 16:07
  
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• Primary 2020 updates: Constable wrestles voter to the ground in Squirrel Hill

  02-06-2020 13:34 via post-gazette.com
  
   
   
   
  
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• State freezes $1 million in arts funding to 53 Western Pa. groups

  02-06-2020 13:01 via post-gazette.com
  
  Arts groups scramble after the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts reneges on grants for operating expenses.
   
  
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• Aliquippa Police Department K9 Officer Stella Receives Body Armor Donation

  02-06-2020 12:42
  
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) — Stella, a K9 officer with the Aliquippa Police Department has received a donation of body armor.
  The vest for Stella comes with protection from both bullets and stabbings.
  (Courtesy: Aliquippa Police Department)
  The donation comes from Vested Interest in K9s, a non-profit that helps provide assistance to dogs of law enforcement agencies.
  Stella’s vest comes embroidered with the phrase “Honoring those who served and sacrificed.”
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Morning Rain, Potential For Severe Weather On The Way

  02-06-2020 12:29
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Morning rain will look to give way to a pleasant afternoon today.
  High temperatures will near the 80 degree mark today.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  I have Pittsburgh hitting 76 degrees, with partly cloudy skies for the afternoon with winds coming in out of the southwest at around 10mph.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  While we have a ‘marginal’ severe risk for severe weather, it ends at 7:00 a.m. Wednesday morning according to the Storm Predictio
  
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• ‘Racism In Every Form Must Be Stopped’; Tree Of Life Congregation Speaks Out Against The Death Of George Floyd

  02-06-2020 11:09
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — As protests continue across the City of Pittsburgh speaking out against the death of George Floyd, the Tree of Life congregation is speaking out against his death as well.
  A statement released on behalf of the congregation can be seen below:
  Tree of Life Congregation is horrified by the murder of George Floyd. We reach out to our African-American friends in this time of pain as our country grieves his death and condemns the scourge of systemic racism.
  Our Declaration of
  
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• Carole Baskin Awarded The Zoo Once Owned By ‘Tiger King’ Joe Exotic

  02-06-2020 10:58
  
  (CNN) — Carole Baskin, whose longstanding feud with Joe Exotic was chronicled in the hit Netflix docuseries “Tiger King,” has been awarded the zoo once owned by her nemesis.
  An Oklahoma judge ruled in favor of Baskin’s Big Cat Rescue Corporation Monday in its lawsuit against the Greater Wynnewood Development Group, LLC, (GWDC). The latter company once was owned by Exotic, whose real name is Joseph Allen Maldonado-Passage.
  The order gives Baskin control of about 16 acres o
  
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• Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto To Review Police Communication From Clash With Protestors In East Liberty

  02-06-2020 10:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — In the wake of a clash between protesters and police on Monday evening, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says he will be making sure that everything police did was done by the books.
  He has ordered Chief Scott Schubert to transcribe the police orders from between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 p.m. yesterday so that it can be reviewed.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Mayor Peduto Chief Schubert, and Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich will read through it line by line to make sure there are n
  
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• ‘They’re Not Going To A Picnic,’ Nearly Two Dozen People Arrested After Clash With Police In East Liberty

  02-06-2020 10:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Several violent protesters from last night are in jail this morning, facing charges like disorderly conduct.
  Some are facing more serious charges.
  Things didn’t start out violently — it was a peaceful protest until a group of people began throwing bricks at police.
  Water bottles were also being thrown from Essex House Apartments 10 floors up.
  A lot of this was happening on Centre and Negley Avenues.
  Groups ignored the orders to disperse, so police used smoke
  
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• ‘Sad To See’: Local Community Reacts After East Liberty Protest Damaged Local Businesses, Injured Police Officers

  02-06-2020 10:43
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A peaceful protest ended last night in East Liberty along the corner of Centre and Penn Avenues.It’s also where a group of people decided to become violent. Businesses were damaged and police were injured.“I think a lot of people are just taking advantage of the situation,” said Barret Reis.
  The front windows of some businesses like Dollar Bank are now boarded up.
  Shoe store, Sneaker Villa, still has broken glass displayed after Monday night’s pr
  
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• Dormont Council Stands By Previous Vote To Keep Pool Closed For 2020 Season

  02-06-2020 09:59
  
  DORMONT, Pa. (KDKA) — With a $25,000 offer on the table to help the Dormont Pool be able to open for the upcoming season, Dormont Council stood by their previous decision to keep the pool closed for 2020 amid the Coronavirus pandemic.
  According to KDKA’s news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, council made their decision to do so on Monday night.
  Last week, the Friends of Dormont Pool announced it would be willing to make a $25,000 donation if it meant the pool would be able to
  
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• ‘We Are Reading Their Pain’; Highland Park Vandalized With Graffiti Amid Ongoing Pittsburgh Protests

  02-06-2020 09:16
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Highland Park was vandalized with graffiti on Monday amid the ongoing protests across the City of Pittsburgh.
  Police found spray-painted messages on the historical marker as well as in and around the fountain at the park.
  (Photo Credit: Jennifer Borrasso)
  It was also found at the intersection of Highland Park and Bunker Hill Street.
  (Photo Credit: Jennifer Borrasso)
  Some of those messages included ‘No Justice, No Peace,’ ‘BLM,’ and ‘Racist.
  
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• Hempfield Township Projecting Tax Deficit Due To Coronavirus Shutdowns

  02-06-2020 09:02
  
  HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) — At 76 square miles, Hempfield Township is one of the biggest municipalities in the entire state of Pennsylvania, and it’s not exactly cheap to run or maintain.
  But like every big city to tiny town, Hempfield Township has taken a financial body blow from the Coronavirus pandemic and ensuing quarantine.
  “Out of our $14 million budget, $5.7 million of it comes from earned income tax. And people are not working, so unfortunately, those are lost reve
  
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• 20 Arrested, Smoke Used After Peaceful March In East Liberty Ends With Violence

  02-06-2020 05:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – About an hour before curfew and after a peaceful protest began to disperse in East Liberty, windows were broken and objects were thrown at police.
  Pittsburgh Public Safety says a small group broke off from the peaceful march and started to throw items at police on Centre and Negley avenues. Groups ignored orders to disperse, so police used smoke to break up the group.
  At a press conference on Monday night, city officials said windows were broken at the Dollar Bank and S
  
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• 20 Arrested And Smoke Used After East Liberty March Starts Peaceful, Ends With Violence

  02-06-2020 05:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – About an hour before curfew and after a peaceful protest began to disperse in East Liberty, windows were broken and objects were thrown at police.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Pittsburgh Public Safety says a small group broke off from the peaceful march and started to throw bricks at police on Centre and Negley avenues. Groups ignored orders to disperse, so police used smoke to break up the group.
  At a press conference on Monday night, city officials said windows were broken at
  
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• Dormont’s council votes to keep pool closed

  02-06-2020 04:10 via post-gazette.com
  
  Last week, the Friends of Dormont Pool announced it would be willing to donate $25,000 to help cover the costs of opening of the pool for the summer.
  
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• ‘Disgusting’: Video Shows Middle Schoolers From West Jefferson Hills School District Allegedly Reenacting Death Of George Floyd

  02-06-2020 03:24
  
  ALLEGHENY COUNTY (KDK) — A South Hills School District is speaking out after a disturbing video landed on social media over the weekend.
  The video shows two middle schoolers from West Jefferson Hills School District allegedly reenacting the death of George Floyd, mimicking the moment a now-charged Minneapolis police officer pinned his knee down on Floyd’s neck.
  KDKA’s Meghan Schiller talked to the West Jefferson Hills Schools District and the Pleasant Hills police chief for rea
  
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• SWAT Uses Tear Gas In East Liberty After Small Group Breaks Off From Peaceful Protest, Breaks Windows And Throws Items At Police

  02-06-2020 03:15
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – About an hour before curfew and after a peaceful protest began to disperse in East Liberty, windows were broken and objects were thrown at police.
  Pittsburgh Public Safety says a small group broke off from the peaceful march and started to throw items at police on Centre and Negley avenues. Groups ignored orders to disperse, so police used smoke and gas to break up the group.
  RELATED STORIES:‘Damn Shame’: Pittsburgh Police Chief Says White Males Dressed In A
  
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