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• PNC closing three more branches in Pittsburgh region

  17-03-2021 23:56 via post-gazette.com
  
  The bank is reducing its branch footprint as more customers use electronic and digital options. 
  
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• Pittsburgh Group Bringing Awareness To Rise Of Anti-Asian Attacks

  17-03-2021 23:47
  
  PITTSBURGH, PA (KDKA) – When you walk down the street, each person’s experience differs.
  “On average, two to three times a year I have racial slurs or racist terms thrown at me,” said Judy Suh.
  Suh has lived in Pittsburgh her entire adult life and said hatred towards Asian Americans is nothing new.She told KDKA Tuesday’s shootings in Atlanta is just one example.
  In fact, since last March, the number of hate crimes and violent acts reported to STOP AAPI Hate is nearl
  
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• Furry Tails: One Year Of Social Distancing With J.J.

  17-03-2021 23:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV Digital Content Producer Heather Lang
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A higher power. A reason for everything. Fate.
  Around this time two years ago, I got a puppy. I knew that I wanted to give a dog a home, but I hadn’t done any life planning around it yet.
  There they were though. A litter of puppies, rescued from the South and brought to Pittsburgh to find forever homes. Irresistible, adorable faces. My heart melted.
  I decided, on a whim, that I just had to have one of those puppies
  
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• Businesses Making A Comeback After Massive Fire Destroys Historic South Side Building

  17-03-2021 23:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It’s been more than a month since a massive fire destroyed a historic South Side building.
  On Feb. 8, flames were seen shooting out of the roof of the building at 11th and East Carson streets. The two businesses that were inside are still recovering.
  (Photo: KDKA)
  “All of this is replaceable. What isn’t is the location, the memories that were shared here,” J’s Master Barbershop owner Justin Lutheran said.
  The massive fire caused the home to
  
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• Regional Councils Aim To Equalize Health In Pennsylvania

  17-03-2021 22:50
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Where you live can have a big effect on your health.
  “In a census track in the city of Erie, your life expectancy is 60, when just minutes away in a census track over, the life expectancy is 80, a difference of 20 years,” says Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services Teresa Miller in a press conference.
  Eugene Jennings of the North Side knows what it takes: “Eat right, do regular exercises, keep yourself fit mentally, get regular doct
  
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• IRS Tax Filing Deadline Being Pushed Back To May 17

  17-03-2021 22:29
  
  (CBS Detroit) — The deadline for filing taxes traditionally falls in the middle of April. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is reportedly going to push back this year’s April 15 deadline until May 17.
  Last year’s tax deadline was postponed until July 15 due to the economic turmoil surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. This year’s postponement is to allow taxpayers and tax preparers extra time to work through the ongoing tax issues that continue one year later.
  “This e
  
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• Connellsville Area School District Resource Officer Accused Of Slamming Student To Ground After He Wouldn’t Go To Principal’s Office

  17-03-2021 22:27
  
  CONNELLSVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) — A Connellsville Area School District resource officer is accused of slamming a student to the ground and handcuffing him after he refused to go to the principal’s office.
  Officer James Shaw Sr. is facing multiple charges after he allegedly roughed up the student. He faces harassment and assault counts. He is also accused of illegally recording a meeting with school officials and one of the student’s parents.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  A Fayette County gran
  
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• Stretch Of Nashville Highway To Be Renamed For Slain Butler Co. Native And Nurse Caitlyn Kaufman

  17-03-2021 22:15
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A stretch of highway in Nashville will be named after Caitlyn Kaufman, the Butler County native, who was murdered while on her way to work at a hospital late last year.
  The Wilson County Commission in Tennessee approved the measure to rename a one-mile portion of Interstate 440 after Kaufman. The vote was unanimous.
  (Photo Credit: Nashville Police)
  Kaufman, 26, was shot and killed while driving down I-440 on Dec. 4, police said. She was on her way
  
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• Video: Customer Angry Over Wing Order Throws Cash Register Through Restaurant Window

  17-03-2021 21:45
  
  ANTELOPE, Calif. (CBS Sacramento) — A violent reaction to a restaurant order led to chaos at a Wingstop in California over the weekend.
  The wings are supposed to be fiery — not the customers — but cellphone video shows a man wild about wings getting upset over his order. In a video captured by a witness, a man can be heard saying, “I don’t want the food, I don’t have time to wait on the food again, so now what do we do?”
  You can hear an employee tell the
  
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• Mt. Washington’s Olympia Park Shelter House Getting Major Makeover

  17-03-2021 21:27
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Olympia Park Shelter House on Mt. Washington is undergoing a major renovation.
  The city of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works has awarded a design contract for the overhaul.
  Landmarks SGA will lead the redesign.
  The work is expected to take three to four months.
  Construction should begin in August and wrap up next winter.
  Neighbors to the park in Mt. Washington and Duquesne Heights contributed ideas for what the shelter’s redesign sho
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny County To Expand Vaccine Eligibility As Leaders Fear Spring Surge

  17-03-2021 21:22
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County is expanding who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at its clinics.Before this, the county was only vaccinating people older than 65. It’s now expanding eligibility to people ages 50 to 64 in the state’s 1A category on Friday. That includes people with high-risk conditions like cancer, heart conditions or type 2 diabetes.
  Right now, Allegheny County runs multiple appointment-only clinics, including one in Monroeville,
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Expanding Vaccine Eligibility As Leaders Predict Spring Surge

  17-03-2021 21:22
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County is expanding who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at its clinics.Before this, the county was only vaccinating people older than 65. It’s now expanding eligibility to people ages 50 to 64 in the state’s 1A category on Friday. That includes people with high-risk conditions like cancer, heart conditions or type 2 diabetes.
  Right now, Allegheny County runs multiple appointment-only clinics, including one in Monroeville,
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Expanding Vaccine Eligibility As Leaders Fear Spring Surge

  17-03-2021 21:22
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County is expanding who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at its clinics.Before this, the county was only vaccinating people older than 65. It’s now expanding eligibility to people ages 50 to 64 in the state’s 1A category on Friday. That includes people with high-risk conditions like cancer, heart conditions or type 2 diabetes.
  Right now, Allegheny County runs multiple appointment-only clinics, including one in Monroeville,
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny County Expanding Vaccine Eligibility

  17-03-2021 21:22
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Allegheny County is expanding who is eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine at its clinics.Before this, the county was only vaccinating people older than 65. It’s now expanding eligibility to people ages 50 to 64 in the state’s 1A category on Friday. That includes people with high-risk conditions like cancer, heart conditions or pregnancy.
  Right now, Allegheny County runs multiple clinics, including one in Monroeville, Castle Shannon and a ne
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 285 New Cases, 6 Additional Deaths

  17-03-2021 20:42
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 285 new Coronavirus cases and six additional deaths.
  Of the newly reported cases, 185 are confirmed. The Health Department says new cases range in age from nine months to 93 years, with a median age of 36 years. The Health Department says there’s no other data available about the tests because of an issue with the system.There have now been 5,384 total hospitalizations and 80,645
  
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• CDC: West Virginia HIV Wave Could Be ‘Tip Of The Iceberg’

  17-03-2021 20:39
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — For years, West Virginia has had the nation’s highest rate of opioid drug addictions and drug overdose deaths. Now the state is wrestling with another, not entirely unrelated health emergency: one of the nation’s highest spikes in HIV cases related to intravenous drug use.
  The surge, clustered primarily around the capital of Charleston and the city of Huntington, is being attributed at least in part to the cancellation in 2018 of a needle exchange progr
  
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• Peregrine Falcon Nesting Atop Pitt’s Cathedral Of Learning Lays First Egg

  17-03-2021 20:25
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A wild peregrine falcon nesting way up high in the Cathedral of Learning has laid its first egg.
  The falcons can be watched live through a camera sponsored by the National Aviary.
  (Photo: National Aviary Peregrine Falcon Nestcam)
  Nestled up on the south side of Pitt’s Cathedral of Learning, the falcons can access Schenley Park and the Monongahela River.
  Updates on the National Aviary’s falcon cam said on March 3, there were signs of Ec
  
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• IRS To Delay This Year’s Tax Filing Deadline

  17-03-2021 20:16
  
  By Kevin Liptak, Katie Lobosco and Jeanne Sahadi, CNN
  (CNN) — The Internal Revenue Service plans to delay this year’s tax filing deadline by roughly a month, to mid-May, according to an official familiar with the plans.
  The official said the decision was made in order to allow filers more time to navigate tax situations complicated by the coronavirus pandemic.
  Lawmakers, led by Democratic Reps. Jamie Raskin of Maryland and Bill Pascrell of New Jersey, had urged the move, citing the p
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Dept. Announces 3,004 New Cases, 37 Additional Deaths

  17-03-2021 20:10
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 3,004 new Coronavirus cases and 37 new deaths.
  The statewide total number of cases since the beginning of the pandemic has risen to 973,721 since Tuesday’s report, according to the state’s data.
  There are 1,489 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19. Of those hospitalized, 280 patients are in the ICU.
  The Health Department says the statewide percent positivity for the we
  
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• State Rep. Jeff Pyle’s Retirement Produces Fourth May 18 Special Election

  17-03-2021 19:45
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A special election to fill a western Pennsylvania state House seat that is vacant because of a lawmaker’s retirement will be held on May 18, the day of the state primary.
  The speaker’s office said Wednesday that voters in Armstrong, Butler and Indiana counties will choose a new state representative in the district that had been represented until Tuesday by Republican Rep. Jeff Pyle. Pyle cited a series of health problems in announcing his immediate retire
  
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• Pitt And CMU Launching New Center To Fight Extremist Hate

  17-03-2021 19:20
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Pitt and CMU are joining forces on a new center to study extremist hate.
  Scholars from both universities will team up through the Collaboratory Against Hate Research and Action Center to create tools that will stop the creation and growth of hate. It also look at ways to minimize extremist hate’s impacts.Collaborators will use computer science, data science, social sciences, psychology, psychiatry and the law to try to understand and combat
  
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• Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Decides To Uphold St. Philip School Merger

  17-03-2021 19:01
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has decided to uphold the upcoming merger of St. Philip School in Crafton with St. Margaret of Scotland in Green Tree.
  Nearly 300 people came together earlier this month for a rally and march to try to save St. Philip School.
  A formal appeal was also filed, unsuccessfully, to try and stop the merger.
  In a letter of response to those appealing the decision, the diocese’s Fr. Thomas Kunz wrote:Saint Philip Sc
  
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• Market Square Farmers Market Accepting Vendor Applications

  17-03-2021 18:32
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Market Square Farmers Market is accepting applications for vendors.The market will be held on Thrusdays this summer on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. until Oct. 28.Vendors can learn more and apply here.
  
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• Center For Theater Arts Students To Perform Live From Heinz Hall

  17-03-2021 18:15
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Thirty students from the Center for Theater Arts will perform live at Heinz Hall this weekend.
  “A Musical Celebration of 40 Years” will be free to watch on Saturday and will feature numbers from popular Broadway musicals like Mamma Mia, Wicket and Footloose.
  The fundraising gala will support initiatives and programs for the Center for Theater Arts, which is a non-profit performing arts center in Mt. Lebanon for students ages 4 to 18.
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• NCAA Tournament 2021: 5 Potential Breakout Stars

  17-03-2021 17:42
  
  (CBS Local)- The NCAA Tournament is often a launch pad for players from smaller schools, and sometimes from bigger ones as well, to a whole new level of stardom in the national consciousness. Think of Steph Curry’s run with Davidson that introduced us to a marksman who has gone on to become an even bigger star in the NBA. Or in 2019 when we fans across the country were introduced to 7’6″ center Tacko Fall as he battled Duke and future No. 1 pick Zion Williamson.
  There are also
  
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• Allegheny County Health Department And Pitt Teaming Up To Host COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

  17-03-2021 17:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The vaccine rollout is ramping up with a new clinic opening in Allegheny County.Wednesday was another busy day of vaccine appointments. This time it was happening at the Petersen Events Center in Oakland and set up by Allegheny County.The shuttle buses rolled up and dropped off people who made an appointment to get Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.Martin Henderson and his wife Vivian were among the many.“Feel very good about it. We’ve been waiting around,&rd
  
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• Pittsburgh Penguins, Penguins Foundation Offering Hockey Equipment To Families Impacted By COVID-19

  17-03-2021 16:56
  
  KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Pittsburgh Penguins and Penguins Foundation are offering hockey equipment to local families who have been impacted by the pandemic.
  About $20,000 worth of equipment will go to approximately 100 children across the area.The Penguins and @pensfoundation have partnered with the NHL, NHLPA, and @DICKS to offer free hockey equipment to select families throughout Greater Pittsburgh that have been financially impacted by COVID-19.
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• Two Pa. prisons with incentive program have vaccinated more than 70% of inmates

  17-03-2021 16:19 via post-gazette.com
  
  While the vast majority of Pennsylvania’s inmates reject flu shots, most who were offered a COVID-19 vaccine have taken it.
  
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• South Florida Doctors Say Healthcare Worker Mom Passed COVID Antibodies To Baby During Pregnancy

  17-03-2021 15:45
  
  MIAMI (CBSMiami) – South Florida doctors say a healthcare worker who received a COVID vaccine while she was pregnant passed those antibodies to her newborn.
  “To our knowledge, this was the first in the world that was reported of a baby being born with antibodies after a vaccination,” said Dr. Paul Gilbert, a pediatrician.
  According to the doctors, a local frontline healthcare worker was 36 weeks pregnant when she was given the first dose of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
  The bab
  
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• Steelers President Art Rooney II To Present Bill Cowher At Hall Of Fame Enshrinement

  17-03-2021 14:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  CANTON, Ohio (KDKA) – In a St. Patrick’s Day conversation between Steelers President Art Rooney II, Merril Hoge, and Bill Cowher, the former head coach made a special announcement.
  .@CowherCBS announces who his @ProFootballHOF presenter will be: pic.twitter.com/cX3jn6GSpc
  — Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) March 17, 2021“It was a no-brainer, you knew me before and you knew me after, it was all about the dynamics of family,” Cowher said in the v
  
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• How The NCAA Tournament Will Be Different, And The Same

  17-03-2021 14:41
  
  (CBS Chicago) — The NCAA Tournament field is set. The entire regular season as well as the conference tournaments were all building up to this. After the cancellation in 2020 and the subsequent year of COVID restrictions, March Madness is back on. But it will be a little different.
  All of this year’s March Madness will take place in Indiana rather than at venues spread out across the country. In fact, 55 of those 67 games will be played in Indianapolis. The coverage will span four ne
  
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• Irish Cocktail Recipes For St. Patrick’s Day

  17-03-2021 14:36
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Dave Kuiawa, of Fine Wines & Good Spirits, has some Irish cocktail recipes for St. Patrick’s Day.
  Irish Espresso (COTM)
  Ingredients• 1 ½ oz Slane Blended Irish Whiskey• ½ oz Kapali Coffee Liqueur• ½ oz espresso• 3 coffee beans
  Directions1. Combine first three ingredients in a shaker filled with ice.2. Shake and strain into a coupe glass.3. Garnish with coffee beans.
  Celtic Cream SodaIngredients• 1 ½ oz Johnn
  
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• Police Warn Of Suspect Searching For Unlocked Cars

  17-03-2021 14:12
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BETHEL PARK (KDKA) – Police in Bethel Park are warning residents about a man caught on a security camera checking for unlocked cars.The footage comes from the Dashwood South neighborhood which includes Greenhaven and Great Rock drives.Those living on Grand Ridge and Rocky Ridge roads have also been warned.
  
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• PTL Links: March 17, 2021

  17-03-2021 13:56
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:BBI
  BBI on Facebook
  Rania’s Catering
  Rania’s Recipe
  St. Patrick’s Day Cocktail Recipes
  Allegheny Health Network
  United HealthcarePittsburgh Today Live On Social Media:Facebook
  Twitter
  Instagram
  
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• Cooking With Rania: Fried Calamari With Homemade Marinara Sauce

  17-03-2021 13:55
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Rania Harris, of Rania’s Catering, has an under the sea theme going on all this month for Lent.
  Fried Calamari with Homemade Marinara Sauce
  Ingredients:Canola oil, for frying the calamari
  1 cup yellow cornmeal
  1 cup all-purpose flour
  1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper
  1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
  2 teaspoons dried parsley
  2 teaspoons salt, plus more for seasoning
  1 teaspoon ground black pepper
  1# fresh or frozen and thawed small calamari, cleaned and cut into 1/2-inch ring
  
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• Accident On I-79 North Closes One Lane

  17-03-2021 13:13
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BRIDGEVILLE (KDKA) – One lane is closed on I-79 northbound following a crash.Emergency crews are currently on the scene and traffic is moving slowly.We are working to confirm more details regarding the crash.Stay With KDKA.com For More Details
  
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• Allegheny County Health Department & Pitt Teaming Up To Host COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic

  17-03-2021 12:29
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The vaccine rollout is ramping up with a new clinic opening in Allegheny County.The new clinic opening today will be in Oakland on Pitt’s campus at the Petersen Events Center and the hope is to distribute around 1,000 shots per day.Those wanting to get a shot must make an appointment and be in Pennsylvania’s Phase 1A of the vaccine rollout.Available appointments can be found on the Allegheny County Health Department’s website at this link.
  For those un
  
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• ‘Let Me Google That:’ Reliance On Technology Causing ‘Digital Amnesia’ In Our Brains

  17-03-2021 12:13
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – If you are reaching for Google for things that you “just knew” a few years ago you may be suffering from the downside of our electronic technology.
  It is called Digital Amnesia and Pitt Assistant Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Swathi Gujral says it is a self-induced condition.“20 years ago, we had to remember a lot more things be when we didn’t have Google computers, phones to do a lot of remembering for us,” Dr. Gujral said. “So we had
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: A Warm Wednesday Before A Couple Days Of Rain

  17-03-2021 11:26
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Good morning, a nice warm day is expected across western Pennsylvania with highs well into the 60s.
  Skies will be partly cloudy with the best chance for sunshine coming in the morning hours and clouds rolling back in from the southwest as soon as 3:00 p.m.
  WEATHER LINKS:Current Conditions | School Delays & Closings | Local Radar | Weather App | Photos
  By 6:00 p.m. the entire area should be dealing with overcast skies.
  Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center
  Things begin t
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Oblock Junior High School Closes One Day After Reopening

  17-03-2021 08:47
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PLUM BOROUGH (KDKA) – The Oblock Junior High School in the Plum School District has closed just one day after reopening.The school district says that six students tested positive for COVID-19.Along with the six positive cases, 48 others will be required to quarantine.Classes on Wednesday will be online only.The school plans to reopen the school on Thursday.
  
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• Mayor Bill Peduto Speaks At ‘Mayor’s Summit Against Anti-Semitism’ Conference

  17-03-2021 08:34
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – On Tuesday, Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto joined with leaders from around the world for the first-ever “Mayors’ Summit Against Anti-Semitism.”Peduto spoke at the event sharing his experience after the Tree of Life shooting in 2018, the deadliest anti-semitic crime on U.S. Soil.Jewish leaders say that attacks against Jewish people are still on the rise and they’re fighting for a solution.Mayor Peduto said that the outreach fr
  
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• Play Ball: Little League World Series Hopeful To Hold Tournament Season

  17-03-2021 08:01
  
  WILLIAMSPORT (AP) – Play Ball! Hopefully.
  A year after the COVID-19 pandemic forced the Little League World Series to be canceled, organizers are hopeful the late-summer Classic will return this August.
  “We are planning as if we are going to have a tournament season,” said Steve Keener, the president and CEO of Little League International.
  A plan that must include figuring out a way to safely bring together players from all over the globe. Little League has established a Pandem
  
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• Neil Clark, Lobbyist Named In $60 Million Ohio Bribery Scandal Probe, Found Dead

  17-03-2021 07:42
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A powerful Ohio lobbyist who spent decades at the center of many of the state’s significant policy battles was found dead in Florida as he faced charges in a sweeping federal bribery investigation, authorities said Tuesday.
  Neil Clark, 67, was found dead Monday by a bicyclist in an isolated area of Collier County, Florida, where he had been living, authorities said.
  The local sheriff’s office provided a report describing the body being found, and the count
  
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• Mt. Lebanon School Board Votes To Bring Back Middle And High School Students

  17-03-2021 05:00
  
  By: KDKA-TV’s Jennifer Borrasso
  MT. LEBANON, Pa. (KDKA) — The Mt. Lebanon School Board voted to bring middle and high school students back to class five days per week.
  The shift starts March 29, though elementary school students started full-time, in-person learning on Monday.
  Parents told KDKA’s Jennifer Borrasso said remote learning has been frustrating on many levels. They wanted the option to return to full-time, in-person learning faster.
  “I feel like we could have g
  
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• McKeesport Police Looking For Missing Mary Hughes, Who Was Last Seen In January

  17-03-2021 03:58
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  MCKEESPORT, Pa. (KDKA) — McKeesport police are looking for a missing woman who has not been seen since early January.Police say Mary Hughes is known to frequent the McKeesport and Pittsburgh areas. The 58-year-old is described as 5-foot-5, 150 pounds.
  Call the McKeesport police at 412-675-5015 with any information.
  
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• McKeesport Police Looking For Mary Hughes, Who Was Last Seen In January

  17-03-2021 03:52
  
  By: KDKA-TV’s News Staff
  MCKEESPORT, Pa. (KDKA) — McKeesport police are looking for a missing woman who has not been seen since early January.
  Police say Mary Hughes is known to frequent the McKeesport and Pittsburgh areas. The 58-year-old is described as 5-foot-5, 150 pounds.Please call the police at 412-675-5015 with any information.
  
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• Pa. House Passes ‘Markie’s Law,’ A Bill Intended To Keep Violent Inmates In Prison Longer

  17-03-2021 03:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania House voted to pass a bill that makes it tougher for the state parole board to release violent offenders.
  (Photo Credit: Family of Mark Mason)
  “Markie’s Law” is named for 8-year-old Mark “Markie” Mason, who was stabbed to death in Lawrence County two years ago.
  The suspect, Keith Burley, had been released from prison a few months earlier after serving a minimum sentence for homicide. He was relea
  
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• Evgeni Malkin Injured In Penguins’ Loss To Bruins

  17-03-2021 03:38
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Trent Frederic scored the lone goal of the third period and the Boston Bruins beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 2-1 on Tuesday night.
  Frederic gave the Bruins the lead for good at 7:07 of the third. He beat goaltender Casey DeSmith with a wrist shot from the top of the left circle through traffic.
  David Pastrnak scored his 13th on the power play for the Bruins, who had lost nine of their previous 13 games. It was the Bruins’ second win in their last seven road games foll
  
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• ‘Mr. Yuk’ Sticker Turns 50 Years Old This Week

  17-03-2021 01:59
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — We want to wish a happy birthday to Pittsburgh icon “Mr. Yuk.”
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  The sticker turns 50 years old this week.
  Back in 1971, Doctor Richard Moriarty created the green sticker for people to place on their dangerous household products.
  And if it scared you as a kid, that was the point. Moriarty showed the sticker to kids, one of whom said, “That looks yucky.”
  The doctor also founded the Pittsburgh Poison Center
  
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• Feds: W. Va. Man Sold Devices To Followers Of Far-Right Extremist ‘Boogaloo’ Movement

  17-03-2021 01:24
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A West Virginia man has pleaded guilty to a weapons charge after he was accused of selling machine gun conversion devices online to followers of a far-right extremist movement.
  Timothy John Watson entered the plea Tuesday to possession of an unregistered firearm silencer in federal court in Martinsburg. Several other charges were dropped under a plea agreement.
  Watson, 30, of Ranson, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. No sentencing date was immedia
  
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