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• Keystone Oaks School District Cancels Classes Due To Teachers’ Strike

  31-01-2021 23:10
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Classes are canceled for students in the Keystone Oaks School District due to a teachers’ strike that has been authorized by the Keystone Oaks Education Association.RELATED: Keystone Oaks Education Association Announces Intention To Strike If New Contract Is Not Reached
  Beginning on Monday, February 1, 2021, the strike goes into effect and classes will be canceled until Monday, February 8, 2021, at the latest.The Keystone Oaks Education Asso
  
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• Penguins Release Reverse Retro Jersey Schedule

  31-01-2021 22:42
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Grab your Walkmans, turn on KBL, and get ready for a rad time.
  The Penguins, after introducing their Adidas Reverse Retro jerseys in November, the team officially announced the schedule for when the team will wear the uniforms on the ice in the 2021 season.
  The schedule will see the Penguins wear the jerseys away from PPG Paints Arena for five games before bringing them home in April against the Philadelphia Flyers.
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• Three People Found Dead After Oil City House Fire; Cause Sought

  31-01-2021 21:28
  
  OIL CITY, Pa. (AP) — A house fire in northwestern Pennsylvania claimed the lives of three people over the weekend, authorities said.
  The Oil City fire department was called to the home shortly before 1 a.m. Saturday. Chief Mark Hicks told the Oil City Derrick that arriving crews found a “well seated working structure fire” and made “numerous attempts to do primary searches” for people reported possibly trapped, but deteriorating conditions brought the search to a ha
  
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• Driver Collides Head-On With Police Vehicle In Penn Hills

  31-01-2021 20:11
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PENN HILLS (KDKA) — A driver collided head-on with a police vehicle in Penn Hills on Sunday.An officer told KDKA that the driver did not navigate a turn correctly and crashed directly into a police vehicle in the area of Saltsburg Road and Rosedale Street.The officer was not injured.Police said the driver of the other vehicle was taken to the hospital as a precaution.
  
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• Fayette County Agency Honors Brownsville Area Military Wall In The Month Of January

  31-01-2021 19:48
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  UNIONTOWN, Pa. (KDKA) — A recently dedicated veterans memorial in the Brownsville neighborhood is being recognized by a Fayette County agency this month.The Brownsville Area Military Wall has been given the title of January “Place” in the Fayette County Public Relations Initiative’s Faces and Places series.
  The wall was originally dedicated in November of 2020 and has an honor roll honoring local veterans.
  
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• Dole Fresh Vegetables Voluntarily Recalls Endless Summer Salad Kit

  31-01-2021 19:14
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Dole Fresh Vegetables is voluntarily recalling its Endless Summer Salad Kit.
  The company says the kit is not labeled correctly for allergens, so people with allergies to eggs or fish could be exposed.Dole says the salad dressing and the topping kit was accidentally swapped in the production process.
  The packages all have a best if used by date of Jan. 26.
  The packages were distributed in 17 different states, including in Pennsylvania.No illnesses
  
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• Black student group at Penn State claims Zoom call attacked by 'white supremacists and Nazis'

  31-01-2021 19:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The group reportedly used racial and homophobic slurs, anti-Semitic and white supremacist language, screamed, and exposed themselves.
  
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• Weather service extends winter storm advisory through Tuesday morning

  31-01-2021 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five to seven total inches are expected but no heavy blasts 
  
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• Several inches of snow blanket the Pittsburgh region; storm advisory extended to Tuesday

  31-01-2021 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five to seven total inches are expected but no heavy blasts 
  
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• Light snow will continue into Tuesday

  31-01-2021 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five to seven total inches are expected but no heavy blasts 
  
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• Light but steady snow will continue into Tuesday

  31-01-2021 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five to seven total inches are expected but no heavy blasts 
  
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• As night falls, so does more snow. NWS extends advisory through Tuesday morning

  31-01-2021 18:58 via post-gazette.com
  
  Five to seven total inches are expected but no heavy blasts 
  
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• Washington Co. Tourism Promotion Agency Announces $93,300 Going Towards Tourism

  31-01-2021 18:23
  
  By: KDKA-TV News StaffWashington County is looking to boost its economy by boosting tourism.
  The county’s tourism promotion agency announced more than $93,000 dollars in investments towards public and private organizations.
  The money will help promote events and fund projects happening around the county.
  
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• Pittsburgh Police Swears In Five New Officers Set To Join The Force

  31-01-2021 17:57
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The last five Pittsburgh Police recruits from the most recent class are now officially on the force.
  The officers were sworn in this past Friday, after missing their original ceremony on Friday, Jan. 22.
  Related: 32 New Officers Graduate Training, Join Pittsburgh Police
  Pittsburgh Police Chief Scott Schubert administered the oath and gave the officers their badges.
  Police said the new officers also received special coins made after the Squirrel Hi
  
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• Pa. could become a national outlier in how it elects appellate judges. Here’s why experts are worried.

  31-01-2021 16:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  The measure, which could be before voters as soon as May, calls for abolishing statewide elections and replacing them with races in partisan districts determined by lawmakers.
  
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• Austrian Man Leaves Fortune To French Village That Saved His Family From The Nazis

  31-01-2021 16:30
  
  By Eoin McSweeney and Arnaud Siad, CNN
  (CNN) — An Austrian man who died in December has left an undisclosed fortune to the French village of Le Chambon-sur-Lignon to thank residents for hiding his family from Nazis during World War II.
  Erich Schwam, a Jewish refugee who arrived in the village with his mother and father in 1943, bequeathed a sum thought to be at least a few hundred thousand euro to the commune in south-central France, according to the notary in charge of his will.
  “We
  
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• Whitehall Police, Crews Respond To Ammonia Leak At Schneider’s Diary

  31-01-2021 16:06
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WHITEHALL (KDKA) — Police and response crews in Whitehall responded to Schneider’s Diary Sunday morning after receiving reports of a chemical odor.Upon arriving at Schneider’s Diary, located in the 700 block of Frank Street, crews found that there was a small leak from an ammonia supply line and worked to repair it.No one was transported to the hospital, and Whitehall Police say there is no threat to employees or local residents.
  Crews are still at the sc
  
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• Whitehall Police, Crews Respond To Ammonia Leak At Schneider’s Dairy

  31-01-2021 16:06
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WHITEHALL (KDKA) — Police and response crews in Whitehall responded to Schneider’s Dairy Sunday morning after receiving reports of a chemical odor.Upon arriving at Schneider’s Dairy, located in the 700 block of Frank Street, crews found that there was a small leak from an ammonia supply line and worked to repair it.No one was transported to the hospital, and Whitehall Police say there is no threat to employees or local residents.
  Crews are still at the sc
  
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• Winter Weather: 3-6″ Of Prolonged Snowfall Expected For Pittsburgh Area

  31-01-2021 13:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Winter Weather Advisories are in effect until 10:00 p.m. tonight.
  Winter Storm Warnings for areas in the Laurels and East go until 5:00 a.m. Tuesday.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  This area of low pressure is bringing snow at a rate of 1-2″ per hour through the morning and afternoon.
  This afternoon, a warm front will lift into the region, leaving areas south of Pittsburgh with a mix and even a brief period of freezing rain.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center
  
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• Eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine? In Pennsylvania, be prepared to wait

  31-01-2021 13:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  WVU Medicine creates centralized vaccine registry that’s accessible anywhere
  
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• Winter Storm System Brings Snowfall To Pittsburgh Area

  31-01-2021 12:44
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Crews have been out all morning preparing for snow to make its way to Western Pennsylvania.
  KDKA’s Chris Hoffman took to the roads in the Mobile Weather Lab to see how conditions were.Good morning! We are in the mobile weather lab giving you a look at the road conditions. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/n1eHA8l3sh
  — Chris Hoffman (@NewsmanChris) January 31, 2021Along the Parkway West around 6:30 a.m., PennDOT crews were active on the highways in preparation of potenti
  
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• Texas AG Ken Paxton Launches Investigation Into Companies That Suspended Stock Trading, Investing: ‘It Stinks Of Corruption’

  31-01-2021 12:15
  
  (CBS DFW) – Amidst the chaos on Wall Street, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said Friday that he has launched an investigation into Discord, Robinhood and various other companies that suspended stock trading this week.
  “Today I’m launching an investigation into @RobinhoodApp, @discord, and hedge funds who rigged our free mkt for the benefit of Wall St elites. The US econ should be transparent, open. This week’s coordinated corruption by a cabal of oligarchs shows it isn
  
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• PG's Goodfellows Fund campaign saw boost in donations for 2020

  31-01-2021 12:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Nationally, Toys for Tots delivered a record 20.2 million toys to 7.4 million less-fortunate children in 2020, the Virginia-based Toys for Tots Foundation said.
  
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• Better Business Bureau Warns Not To Share COVID-19 Vaccination Cards On Social Media

  31-01-2021 09:28
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you are among those who have received a COVID-19 vaccine, the Better Business Bureau is warning you that you shouldn’t share photos of the vaccination card online.
  The Better Business Bureau says the cards have personal information on them that scammers could take advantage of.
  They also warn that scammers could take your real card to make a fake one.
  Scammers in the United Kingdom have been caught selling fake cards — and it’
  
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• Pirates Infielder Kevin Newman, Wife Shayne Welcome New Baby Addison

  31-01-2021 09:02
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pirates infielder Kevin Newman and his wife Shayne announced that they are new parents.
  In a post on Twitter, Newman shared the news.Addison Marie Newman
  1.28.2021 5:54pm
  8 pounds 7 ounces. 21 Inches Long
  We love you more than anything baby girl! Welcome to the worldpic.twitter.com/FCTJ4OCoCq
  — Kevin Newman (@OfficialKBN) January 30, 2021In the post, Newman said “we love you more than anything baby girl!”
  Addison Marie Newman was
  
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• Jones, Brockington help Penn St. top No. 14 Wisconsin 81-71

  31-01-2021 08:47
  
  STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Myreon Jones scored 20 points on 8-for-12 shooting and Penn State beat No. 14 Wisconsin 81-71.
  Izaiah Brockington added 18 points and John Harrar had a career-high 17 for the Nittany Lions who snapped a decade-long losing streak to the Badgers that included 13 straight losses with eight at home.
  Penn State had to overcome a slight deficit to get its first win in the series since 2011.
  The Nittany Lions trailed 34-31 at halftime but quickly took the lead in the sec
  
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• Steelers Players React To Passing Of Patricia Rooney, Wife Of Late Team Owner, Dan Rooney

  31-01-2021 07:05
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Condolences began pouring in Saturday night following the passing of Patricia Rooney, wife of the late Dan Rooney, and mother of Steelers team president Art Rooney II.
  Rooney passed away peacefully on Saturday at home. She was 88 years old. 
  “You were truly loved,” said retired Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier.You were truly loved.R.I.P Mrs. Rooney
  — Ryan Shazier (@RyanShazier) January 31, 2021Steelers quarterback Josh Dobbs
  
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• Coronavirus Pandemic Sparks New Interest In Laughter Yoga

  31-01-2021 06:50
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The pandemic is sparking new interest in a type of exercise that is helping people lift their spirits.
  Ute Devika leads groups in laughing and dancing at a park in Cairo, Egypt.
  It’s called laughter yoga, and during the seriousness of the pandemic, we could use a little of this medicine.
  “There is a lot of depression, there is a lot of anxiety, and people feel so super stressed. So, laughter is the solution to the problems we have
  
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• Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby Both Set New Milestones

  31-01-2021 06:41
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — During Saturday night’s game agains the New York Rangers, Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin both set separate career milestones.
  The Penguins came away with a 5-4 victory in overtime, but two new individual accomplishments were added to the players career list of achievements.
  With the game-winning goal in overtime, Crosby scored his 18th overtime goal, moving him into third place on the NHL’s all-time list.Sidney Crosby's overtime goal
  
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• What To Watch For In Pennsylvania Governor’s Budget Proposal

  31-01-2021 06:29
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Gov. Tom Wolf has weathered knock-down, drag-out budget fights with lawmakers, massive and unforeseen cash deficits and, now in his next-to-last year, perhaps the heaviest dose of financial stress and unpredictability he’s seen.
  On Tuesday, the Democrat will deliver his seventh budget proposal to Pennsylvania’s Republican-controlled Legislature, facing a pandemic that has helped spawn a projected multibillion-dollar state operating deficit and other liabi
  
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• COVID-19 In Allegheny County: Pharmacy’s Clinic Vaccinates 2,000 People At Bethel Park Community Center

  31-01-2021 06:01
  
  BETHEL PARK, Pa. (KDKA) — A local pharmacy chain held a COVID-19 vaccine clinic on Saturday, vaccinating 2,000 people at the Bethel Park Community Center.
  For 10 hours, a constant stream of people showed up to Spartan Pharmacy’s clinic to receive the first of two shots. As COVID-19 vaccines remain hard to come by, it was a major relief for those who booked an appointment.
  “It feels amazing,” said Jaimie Rennie of South Park. “I tried about 10 places and then when I
  
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• Transit association cites far-reaching economic impact of transit in push for $39.3 billion suibsidy through 2023

  31-01-2021 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The American Public Transit Association says without the subsidy, transit  cuts to service, jobs and construction will hurt the economy.
  
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• The best news WPXI's Cara Sapida has ever received

  31-01-2021 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The veteran reporter was diagnosed with breast cancer in June 2020, but as of Jan. 18, she’s officially cancer free.
  
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• Study: Far-reaching economic impact of public transit supports need for $39.3 billion subsidy through 2023

  31-01-2021 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  The American Public Transit Association says without the subsidy, transit  cuts to service, jobs and construction will hurt the economy.
  
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• Meet Brad Lambert, a Hollywood talent manager who makes dreams come true

  31-01-2021 06:00 via post-gazette.com
  
  Lambert is a Pittsburgh native whose mission in life is to make connections and use them to help others in need.
  
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• Sidney Crosby Scores In Overtime, Penguins Beat Rangers 5-4

  31-01-2021 05:01
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored at 2:27 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New York Rangers 5-4 on Saturday night to stop a two-game skid.
  Jason Zucker, Brandon Tanev, Kasperi Kapanen and Jake Guentzel also had goals for Pittsburgh, and Casey DeSmith made 30 saves. Guentzel tied it 4-all midway through the third period, and Pierre-Olivier Joseph had two assists as the Penguins (5-3-1) improved to 3-0 against the Rangers this season.
  Brendan Lemieux, Kevin Rooney, Chris K
  
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• Notre Dame Routs Pitt 84-58

  31-01-2021 04:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Cormac Ryan matched a career high with 19 points, Prentiss Hubb added 17, and the duo combined for 10 3-pointers as Notre Dame routed Pittsburgh 84-58 on Saturday night.
  Notre Dame (6-9, 3-6 Atlantic Coast Conference) rebounded from a 62-51 loss to No. 20 Virginia Tech on Wednesday and has won three of its last four games. It was the largest margin of defeat this season for Pitt (8-5, 4-4) and its third straight loss.
  Ryan and Hubb each made five 3-pointers. Hubb, who ran
  
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• Patricia Rooney, Wife Of Late Pittsburgh Steelers Chairman Dan Rooney, Dies At 88

  31-01-2021 04:00
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Patricia Rooney, the wife of late Steelers chairman Dan Rooney, died Saturday at the age of 88.
  According to our news partner at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Patricia Rooney and Dan Rooney were married for 65 years after meeting while she worked in the Steelers’ offices.
  “My family and I are mourning the passing of my mother, Patricia,” Steelers president Art Rooney II, the eldest of her nine children, said in a statement to the
  
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• West Virginia News Publisher Files Antitrust Suit Against Google And Facebook

  31-01-2021 02:25
  
  (AP) — A West Virginia news publisher has filed an antitrust suit against Google and Facebook, who together receive roughly half of all digital ad dollars in the U.S. and are facing antitrust charges from federal and state authorities.
  The company, HD Media, owns several papers in the state, including the Herald-Dispatch in Huntington and the Charleston Gazette-Mail.
  HD Media claims Google has so monopolized the online ad market that “it threatens the extinction of local newspapers a
  
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• Sentencing Delayed For Fired VA Staffer In West Virginia Who Killed 7 Patients

  31-01-2021 02:11
  
  CLARKSBURG, W.Va. (AP/KDKA) — Sentencing has been delayed for a former staffer at a veterans hospital in West Virginia who pleaded guilty to intentionally killing seven patients with fatal doses of insulin.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  A federal judge on Friday granted a motion by attorneys for Reta Mays to push back her sentencing. It now will be held May 11-12. It had been scheduled for Feb. 18-19.
  Prosecutors had opposed the request as unreasonable.Mays, a former nursing assistant at the Louis
  
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• Family Of Missing Man Thomas Hughes Offers $5,000 Reward For Information That Could Lead To His Return

  31-01-2021 01:25
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Family and friends of missing man Thomas Hughes are offering a $5,000 reward for any information on his whereabouts.Hughes, 25, of Beechview was last seen around 11 p.m on Jan. 23, wearing a black t-shirt, dark blue jeans, black boots and black Carhart jacket. Hughes is described as being 6-foot-1 and weighing 260 pounds. He also has blonde hair and blue eyes.
  RELATED STORY: Family, Friends Search South Side For Missing 25-Year-Old Thomas Hughes
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• Florida Beats No. 11 West Virginia In Big 12-SEC Challenge

  31-01-2021 00:58
  
  MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Colin Castleton led the way for Florida in the second half — on offense and defense.
  Castleton scored 15 of his 21 points after halftime, and the Gators beat No. 11 West Virginia 85-80 on Saturday in the Big 12-SEC Challenge.
  Castleton also led the defensive effort on West Virginia’s Derek Culver after he scored 21 in the first half. Culver finished with a career-high 28, but was bottled up late in the game and took fewer trips to the free-throw line.
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• Former Pittsburgh Pirates Pitcher Trevor Williams Agrees To Deal With Chicago Cubs

  31-01-2021 00:23
  
  CHICAGO (KDKA/AP) — Former Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams is headed to Chicago.
  According to the Chicago-Sun Times, Williams and the Cubs have agreed to a one-year deal. The move is pending a physical.The #Cubs have agreed to a deal with free-agent pitcher Trevor Williams, according to sources. Deal is pending physical. https://t.co/QH6KtKnJTW
  — Russell Dorsey (@Russ_Dorsey1) January 30, 2021The 28-year-old Williams spent five seasons with the Pirates, the last four as a member of t
  
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• Former Pittsburgh Pirate Pitcher Trevor Williams Agrees To Deal With Chicago Cubs

  31-01-2021 00:11
  
  CHICAGO (KDKA/AP) — Former Pirates pitcher Trevor Williams is headed to Chicago.
  According to the Chicago-Sun Times, Williams and the Cubs have agreed to a one-year deal. The move is pending a physical.The #Cubs have agreed to a deal with free-agent pitcher Trevor Williams, according to sources. Deal is pending physical. https://t.co/QH6KtKnJTW
  — Russell Dorsey (@Russ_Dorsey1) January 30, 2021The 28-year-old Williams spent five seasons with the Pirates, the last four as a member of t
  
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