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• Pennsylvania Election Law Reforms Won’t Be Ready For May Primary

  30-03-2021 23:12
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Five months after the state’s narrow and bitterly contested presidential race drew Republican claims of improper election procedures, it’s clear no changes will be enacted in time for Pennsylvania’s spring primary election.
  The GOP majorities in both legislative chambers have convened a series of hearings on election law and more are scheduled, but counties are preparing to run the May 18 primary election under the same rules as in November.
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• ‘Young Sheldon’ Renewed For Three Seasons On CBS

  30-03-2021 23:05
  
  (CBS) – CBS announced today that it has renewed television’s top-rated comedy Young Sheldon for three additional years, beginning with the 2021-2022 broadcast season. Young Sheldon is television’s most-watched comedy, averaging over 9.6 million viewers each week.
  “Under Chuck Lorre’s and Steve Molaro’s deft leadership, this superb cast and gifted writers have truly brought these wonderful characters to life,” said Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment
  
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• ‘Young Sheldon’ Renewed For Three More Seasons On CBS

  30-03-2021 23:05
  
  (CBS) – CBS announced today that it has renewed television’s top-rated comedy Young Sheldon for three additional years, beginning with the 2021-2022 broadcast season. Young Sheldon is television’s most-watched comedy, averaging over 9.6 million viewers each week.
  “Under Chuck Lorre’s and Steve Molaro’s deft leadership, this superb cast and gifted writers have truly brought these wonderful characters to life,” said Kelly Kahl, President, CBS Entertainment
  
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• Spring Training Report: Can The Los Angeles Dodgers Repeat?

  30-03-2021 23:05
  
  (CBS LA) — It’s been spring for over a week. And the weather in many parts of the country is already starting to warm up. But it won’t actually feel like spring until April 1, when MLB opens its 2021 regular season. Thankfully that’s only a couple days away.
  This week’s Spring Training Report looks at Opening Day and the predicted division winners going into the season.
  Opening Day
  A return to baseball feels like a return to how things should be. And Baseball’
  
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• Rep O’Neal: Gov. Tom Wolf To Announce Plans For Moving Past Phase 1A Wednesday

  30-03-2021 22:57
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — A major announcement from Governor Tom Wolf will come Wednesday, according to a member of Pennsylvania’s coronavirus task force.
  Republican Rep. Tim O’Neal said Tuesday’s task force meeting focused on President Joe Biden’s announcement Monday about everyone being able to drive within five minutes of their home to get a vaccine by April 19.
  O’Neal said we can expect the state’s plan as it relates to the president’s announcem
  
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• Deal Signed To Treat Glass Factory Waste Dump Leaking Toxic Metals Into Allegheny River

  30-03-2021 22:50
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After a nearly decade-long lawsuit waged by two environmental groups, PPG Industries Inc. has agreed to do more to clean up a factory waste dump leaking toxic metals into the Allegheny River, upriver from where Pittsburgh draws drinking water.
  The agreement, signed by a federal magistrate judge in Pittsburgh on Friday, comes after PennEnvironment and the Sierra Club sued in 2012 to try to force PPG to clean up the site where, for decades, it dumped wastes — suc
  
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• Deal Signed To Treat Glass Factory Waste Dump In Allegheny River

  30-03-2021 22:50
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — After a nearly decade-long lawsuit waged by two environmental groups, PPG Industries Inc. has agreed to do more to clean up a factory waste dump leaking toxic metals into the Allegheny River, upriver from where Pittsburgh draws drinking water.
  The agreement, signed by a federal magistrate judge in Pittsburgh on Friday, comes after PennEnvironment and the Sierra Club sued in 2012 to try to force PPG to clean up the site where, for decades, it dumped wastes — suc
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 412 New Cases, 2 Additional Deaths

  30-03-2021 22:43
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 412 new Coronavirus cases and two additional deaths.
  Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 295 are confirmed and 117 are probable cases.
  The dates of tests range from July 20 of last year to March 29. The health department says 12 of the tests are more than a week old, and the case from July is an outlier from one lab.
  The Health Department says new cases range in age from one m
  
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• Pet Food Recalled Again, This Time Over Salmonella Risk

  30-03-2021 22:32
  
  By Rachel Trent, CNN
  (CNN) — Three months after Midwestern Pet Foods recalled some of its products because of a risk of aflatoxin poisoning, the company is pulling dozens more of its pet foods off the shelves. The concern this time is salmonella.
  Midwestern Pet Foods has issued a voluntary recall of certain dog and cat food brands manufactured at the company’s Monmouth, Illinois, facility because they may be contaminated with salmonella, according to a company announcement posted on
  
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• Stimulus Check Update: Social Security Recipients Left Waiting Could Receive Relief Payments Soon

  30-03-2021 22:23
  
  (CBS Detroit) — The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) prioritized sending stimulus checks to those with current information in their system, meaning those who filed their taxes for 2019 or 2020 or used the non-filers tool when it was available last year. That group includes many recipients of Social Security. However, some Social Security recipients who don’t file taxes have experienced delays. The IRS announced today that their payments could start being issued this weekend. According
  
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• 'Succession' star Jeremy Strong to play Pitt scientist Jonas Salk in new movie

  30-03-2021 22:20 via post-gazette.com
  
  The film will be based on the 2004 novel “Splendid Solution: Jonas Salk and the Conquest of Polio.”
  
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• Pittsburgh Man Benjamin Fleming, Another Tourist Arrested After Deadly Hawaii Vacation Rental Fight

  30-03-2021 22:20
  
  HONOLULU (AP) — Two visitors from the U.S. East Coast were under arrest for manslaughter after a deadly fight at a Hawaii vacation rental, police said.
  Big Island police were dispatched to Kailua-Kona rental early Monday where a 30-year-old man wasn’t breathing.
  A preliminary investigation found that an argument between the men turned physical, police said.
  Alexander Germany-Wald, 31, of Boston, and Benjamin Fleming, 37 of Pittsburgh were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter. They h
  
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• Pirates Bring Back Todd Frazier, Sign Infielder To Minor League Contract

  30-03-2021 22:06
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Todd Frazier is back with the Pittsburgh Pirates days after becoming a free agent.
  The Pirates say they have signed Frazier to another minor league deal.
  It was just late last week when the infielder exercised his opt-out clause with the organization and became a free agent.
  Jason Mackey, of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, had reported that Frazier was not going to make the team due to “other roster management decisions.”
  The Trib is now
  
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• North Carolina Police ID Car In Fatal Road Rage Shooting That Left Pa. Woman Dead

  30-03-2021 22:01
  
  LUMBERTON, N.C. (AP) — Investigators have identified the car involved in a road rage shooting on a North Carolina highway that left a Pennsylvania woman dead last week.
  The Robeson County Sheriff’s Office said in a news release Monday that the suspect vehicle is a silver, four-door Chevrolet Malibu manufactured between 2008 and 2013 with a North Carolina license plate. It’s believed to be the car from which someone fired shots that killed Julie Eberly, 47, of Manheim, Pennsylva
  
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• Shop small at Lawrenceville pop-up market this spring

  30-03-2021 21:35 via post-gazette.com
  
  Radiant Hall’s Plummer Street site and Ice House Studios on 43rd Street will feature dozens of vendors set up outdoors in April and May.
  
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• Hand Sanitizer Study Finds Elevated Levels Of Cancer Causing Chemical In 21 Out Of 260 Hand Sanitizers

  30-03-2021 21:30
  
  NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Hand sanitizer is known to keep us safe, but a new study finds some brands contain high levels of a cancer causing chemical.
  Valisure, and independent lab and pharmacy that tests drug products for quality, says it found elevated levels of benzene in 21 sanitizers out of 260.
  In the early days of the pandemic, the FDA reportedly relaxed standards on benzene, but valisure says many products contain well above the allowable limit.
  “Honestly, I was shocked,”
  
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• Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy Planning A Month Of Earth Day Activities

  30-03-2021 21:27
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy is hosting several in-person, COVID-safe events for Earth Day.
  They want people to get out an enjoy nature by planting trees, participating in group clean-up events and other environmentally friendly programs.
  There will also be free yoga in Schenley Plaza on Earth Day, April 22, and a bird scavenger hunt.
  To view their full schedule of events, visit this link.
  
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• Wolf Administration Aligns School Guidance With CDC, Requiring 3 Feet Of Social Distancing

  30-03-2021 21:07
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) – The Wolf administration is updating recommendations for K-12 schools to match CDC guidance for social distancing and COVID-19 cases in schools.The new guidance requires 3 feet of social distancing instead of 6, unless a county has substantial community transmission. In that case, the Department of Health says middle and high school students should be 6 feet apart if cohorting isn’t possible.The Department of Health says there should still be
  
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• COVID-19 Update: Gov. Wolf says end of Phase 1A coming soon

  30-03-2021 20:54 via post-gazette.com
  
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• NFL Expands Regular Season To 17 Games

  30-03-2021 20:53
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The NFL is expanding the regular season to 17 games.The NFL says clubs approved an enhanced season structure at a virtual league meeting Tuesday. There will now be 17 regular-season games and three preseason games for the first time starting in 2021.
  .@NFL Season To Feature 17 Regular-Season Games Per Team: https://t.co/aaamJxq9C3 pic.twitter.com/txLUL26H6V
  — NFL345 (@NFL345) March 30, 2021The Steelers say with this expansion, the Seattle Se
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports 5,032 New Cases, Over 5M Total Vaccinations

  30-03-2021 20:29
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 5,032 new Coronavirus cases and 34 additional deaths.
  This brings the statewide total to 1,020,300 cases and 25,049 deaths since Monday’s report.
  There are 1,916 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19 and 389 patients are in the ICU. The department of health says the 14-day moving average of hospitalized patients is below the peak we saw in the fall and winter, but it&rsq
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports 5,032 New Cases, 5M Total Vaccinations

  30-03-2021 20:29
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 5,032 new Coronavirus cases and 34 additional deaths.
  This brings the statewide total to 1,020,300 cases and 25,049 deaths since Monday’s report.
  There are 1,916 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19 and 389 patients are in the ICU. The department of health says the 14-day moving average of hospitalized patients is below the peak we saw in the fall and winter, but it&rsq
  
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• Registration Opens For PedalPGH

  30-03-2021 20:23
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Registration is now open for the 28th Annual UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH.BikePGH is hosting PedalPGH in 2021 as an expanded hybrid event. There’s an in-person option on Aug. 29 and a virtual ride anytime during the weekend from Aug. 26 through Aug. 29.More information and registration details can be found here.
  
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• Registration Opens For 28th Annual UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH

  30-03-2021 20:23
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Registration is now open for the 28th Annual UPMC Health Plan PedalPGH.BikePGH is hosting PedalPGH in 2021 as an expanded hybrid event. There’s an in-person option on Aug. 29 and a virtual ride anytime during the weekend from Aug. 26 through Aug. 29.More information and registration details can be found here.
  
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• Pittsburgh Theological Seminary names new president

  30-03-2021 20:18 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Rev. Asa J. Lee, currently a vice president at Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington, D.C., will assume his new duties on June 7.
  
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• CBS Sports Caps Final Four Weekend With Three-Hour Block Highlighting HBCUs And Their Impact On College Basketball

  30-03-2021 20:07
  
  (CBS Local)- After the Final Four plays out on Saturday, CBS Sports will be airing a special block of programming highlighting the history and culture of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and their impact on the sport on Sunday. The three-hour block of original programming features a pair of documentaries and a one-hour special hosted by Earl “The Pearl” Monroe.
  The programming begins at 3 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday with the documentary on Monroe and his impact at
  
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• Voting Opens For Contest Awarding Winning Woman-Owned Business $25,000

  30-03-2021 20:06
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Voting is now open for a contest that will award a woman-owned business $25,000.
  The three L.I.F.T. EmpowerHER Grant finalists are Treasure House Fashions, Hannahtopia and Curly Tail Coffee. The contest was hosted by the Pittsburgh Penguins and 84 Lumber.Congratulations to the three finalists for the $25,000 EmpowerHER Grant!
  • Curly Tail Coffee
  • Hannahtopia
  • Treasure House Fashions
  Fan voting is now underway and runs through Apri
  
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• LIHEAP Grants Still Available For People In Need

  30-03-2021 20:05
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The utility company Peoples is reminding consumers that economic assistance due to the COVID-19 pandemic is still available.
  Applications for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), provided through the Pennsylvania Department of Human Services, are being accepted until April 9, provided that funds are still available.
  The minimum LIHEAP grant is $200 for the 2020-2021 winter heating season.
  The one-time grants are for income-eligi
  
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• Sheriff’s Office: 2 Vandals Arrested For Sealing Doors Closed To Allegheny County Magistrate Offices

  30-03-2021 19:03
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Two men have been arrested for allegedly vandalizing Allegheny County magisterial district judge offices, postponing court cases and causing $2,000 in damages.
  The Sheriff’s Office says 27-year-old Jacob Klinger and 31-year-old Brandon Orozco were apprehended Tuesday morning and placed behind bars.
  (Photo: Allegheny County Sheriff’s Office)
  They were arrested after magistrate offices in McKees Rocks, Forest Hills and Baldwin were vanda
  
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• COVID Fertility Factor: Couples Trying To Have Babies Experience High Anxiety, Low Sperm Counts

  30-03-2021 19:00
  
  SAN FRANCISCO (KPIX) — Around the world, a lot of cradles are sitting empty. It’s been a year into the pandemic and we’ve got a baby bust.
  “This is a very stressful world in which we are currently living. Stress is just not great for fertility,” remarked Wellesley Economics Professor Phillip Levine.
  Professor Levine co-authored a recent Brookings Institution report on fertility. He has tracked worldwide trends for years. He told KPIX 5 that with lockdown restriction
  
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• City Of Pittsburgh To Reduce Barriers For Women, Minority Firefighter Recruits

  30-03-2021 18:35
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The City of Pittsburgh says it’s working to reduce barriers keeping women and minorities from applying to be firefighters.Out of the city’s 474 firefighters, three are women and 53 are minorities.“All of our Public Safety bureaus strive to reflect the make up of the communities they serve,” Public Safety Director Wendell Hissrich said in a press release.“In Pittsburgh, the population consists of 52% women and 28% mino
  
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• Missing 15-Year-Old Girl Found

  30-03-2021 18:28
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) – Bridgeville police say a missing 15-year-old girl has been found.Police asked for help looking for the teen Tuesday morning, saying she had last been seen leaving school on foot Monday.Police say she was found less than an hour after they posted to Facebook asking for help.“We had over 1000 shares of this post in less than 1 hours time. Numerous tips which led us to her location within 1 hour of the post!! Social media is a powerful to
  
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• Bridgeville Police Looking For Missing 15-Year-Old Girl Maddison Mitchell

  30-03-2021 18:28
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BRIDGEVILLE, Pa. (KDKA) – Police are looking for a missing 15-year-old girl last seen leaving school on Monday.
  Police say Maddison Mitchell was last seen leaving Chartiers Valley High School on foot Monday. Police believe she’s in the Carnegie, Collier or Scott Township areas.They say she was wearing a black hoodie with the words “virginity rocks,” ripped blue jeans and black and white tennis shoes. They say she also had on a light pink backpack wi
  
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• Karimah Westbrook On Season 3 Of The CW Network’s ‘All American’: ‘The Show Has A Lot Of Heart’

  30-03-2021 18:12
  
  (CBS Local)– Season three of “All American” returns to The CW Network on Monday, April 12 and the experience has been a life-changing one for Karimah Westbrook. The actor plays Grace James on the show and this is the first time she’s been a series regular on television.
  The series is based off the life of former NFL player and Super Bowl champion Spencer Paysinger and centers around a rising high school football star in Southern California named Spencer James. CBS Lo
  
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• Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor Raises Minimum Wage To $15

  30-03-2021 18:00
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Klavon’s Ice Cream Parlor announced that it is raising its minimum wage to $15.The Strip District ice cream parlor says it is encouraging other businesses to do the same.The minimum wage increase will start on Thursday, April 1, but, despite the change occurring on April’s Fools Day, the business says this is no joke.The change will apply for new and existing employees, according to Klavon’s, and employees will still be able to r
  
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• Protesters Demand Police Accountability, Inside And Outside Derek Chauvin’s Courtroom

  30-03-2021 17:29
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — More than a dozen community groups organized a protest in downtown Minneapolis after Monday’s court proceedings in the Derek Chauvin trial.
  The crowd gathered at the Hennepin County Government Center, then marched through the streets of downtown Minneapolis. Protesters said they were demonstrating for, and demanding, accountability both inside the courtroom for Chauvin and outside it, for all police.
  Feelings of anger and indignation mixed with a profound sense o
  
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• Firefighter On Leave After Spraying Activist With Fire Hose

  30-03-2021 16:44
  
  AKRON, Ohio (AP) — An Akron firefighter who used a fire hose to spray an activist who was filming him as he cleaned a sidewalk after a stabbing has been put on administrative leave while the matter is investigated, fire officials said.
  It’s not clear why the firefighter sprayed the activist, who apparently wasn’t injured in Saturday’s incident. Their names have not been released.
  City Fire Chief Clarence Tucker told City Council members Monday that he was “truly app
  
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• Colorado Doctor: Weird COVID Vaccine Side Effects Include Dreams Of Space

  30-03-2021 16:30
  
  (CBS4) – As more people get vaccinated, doctors are learning about new and unusual side effects. CBS4 Medical Editor Dr. Dave Hnida said they are related to a response from the body’s immune system during his weekly question and answer session on CBSN Denver.
  “We all know the usual ones, a sore arm, some aches and pains, fatigue,” he explained. “Fortunately severe side effects are very, very uncommon, maybe two-tenths of one percent out of all the millions of vaccin
  
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• PTL Links: March 30, 2021

  30-03-2021 15:17
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Dr. Lori
  Dr. Lori on YouTube
  Mt. Lebanon Public Library Peeps Diorama Contest
  DIY Easter Dessert Charcuterie Board
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• Crack’d Egg Owner Asks For Stay While Appealing Judge’s Mask Mandate Order

  30-03-2021 15:10
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BRENTWOOD (KDKA) — The owner of the Crack’d Egg restaurant is making a new request to a judge, asking to allow the restaurant to reopen without mask mandates while its appeal goes through court.
  In February, an Allegheny County judge ordered restaurant owner Kimberly Waigand to follow the state’s mask mandate and other COVID-19 safety measures, or the judge said Waigand would have to close the restaurant — which she did.
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• ‘I Think It Needs To Be Accepted For Its Uniqueness’: Author Cam Perron On Negro League And New Book Comeback Season

  30-03-2021 15:00
  
  (CBS Local)- Cam Perron’s story of befriending and then helping former Negro League players obtain their deserved recognition and pensions from Major League Baseball has been covered across media platforms through the years. He has appeared in local papers, on HBO’s Real Sports and more telling the story of his friendships with these living legends and his role in bringing hundreds of them together for reunions in Birmingham, Alabama through the years. Now, Perron is telling his stor
  
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• Police Searching For Missing 15-Year-Old Gage Frame

  30-03-2021 14:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  SOUTH FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — Police in Southwestern Pennsylvania are asking for the public’s help in finding a missing 15-year-old boy.
  Police say 15-year-old Gage Frame was last seen on Friday around 10:00 a.m. and was possibly riding a silver bicycle.
  (Courtesy: Greene County Regional Police Department/Facebook)
  He is described by police as being around 5’6″ tall and weighing 160 pounds, last seen wearing a pink polo shirt, a gray hooded sweat
  
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• State Police Give Pittsburgh Establishments 2 Notices Of Violation Over COVID-19 Orders

  30-03-2021 13:44
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — State police handed out five warnings and two notices of violation after visiting Pittsburgh-area establishments to make sure they’re following COVID-19 restrictions.
  Across the state from Friday, March 26 to Sunday, March 28, State Police Liquor Control Enforcement officers visited 391 licensed liquor establishments, issuing 17 notices of violation and 31 warnings.
  The unannounced compliance checks make sure businesses are following the cor
  
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• West Virginia City Eyes Black Hair Non-Discrimination Bill

  30-03-2021 13:36
  
  BECKLEY, W.Va. (AP) — The city of Beckley is poised to join Morgantown and Charleston in passing a local ordinance to protect Black West Virginians from discrimination based on how they choose to wear their hair.
  The Register-Herald reports Tarsha Bolt has been pushing for change since her son was told to remove his dreadlocks for high school basketball.
  His hair conformed to U.S. Army policy for Junior Reserves Officers’ Training Corps, but violated the basketball teams’ stand
  
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• For Many, Video Evidence Shown During Derek Chauvin Trial Is Reopening Old Wounds

  30-03-2021 13:21
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (CBS Minnesota) — Many in the Black community are watching the trial of Derek Chauvin and realizing how triggering re-visiting the events of last year can be.
  Many who chose to watch the trial of Derek Chauvin are uncovering old feelings, feelings they have not felt since last May, when they watched video of George Floyd begging for his life.
  While the trial gets underway so does the effort to meet people where they are to help them process their hurt. Dozens of people calling
  
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• United Steelworkers Go On Strike At Nine Allegheny Technologies Facilities

  30-03-2021 13:05
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Approximately 1,300 workers at Allegheny Technologies have gone on strike as of Tuesday morning.
  The United Steelworkers say they are striking over unfair labor practices.
  This is the first work stoppage at ATI since 1994.
  The union contract expired at the end of February and the United Steelworkers accuse ATI of unfair labor practices.
  ATI responded, saying that its proposal would still increase wages.
  In a statement provided to KDKA, ATI says th
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Warm And Sunny Tuesday, Snow Chances Soon

  30-03-2021 12:39
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — I am calling today the pick of the week when it comes to comfortable weather with highs in the 70’s.
  The morning hours will be on the cool side with temperatures in the 30’s.
  Winds are light, so there won’t be much of a wind chill if any at all.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  Winds will pick up for the afternoon, coming in out of the south at around 10 mph.
  Things begin to change overnight as clouds roll back in.
  Rain showers will arrive at some p
  
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• Baylor Broils No. 3 Razorbacks, Ready For Even Bigger Game

  30-03-2021 12:18
  
  TEXAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Baylor more than lived up to its top-seeded billing, pulling away from No. 3 Arkansas early and then again the second the game got uncomfortably close.
  The Bears booked a spot in the Final Four come Saturday against No. 2 Houston, which had a much tougher time shaking free from 11th-seeded Oregon State.
  The Bears’ win was more commanding than it looked; even opposing coach Eric Musselman conceded “they played phenomenal tonight.”
  The other side of the
  
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• See 'Fences' and 'Dark Knight Rises' at Carrie Furnaces drive-in in April

  30-03-2021 12:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  The 2021 series kicks off April 16-17 with screenings of “Fences” and “The Dark Knight Rises.”
  
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• Study: Parents Recognize Valuable Aspects Of Cyber Learning Despite Digital Divide

  30-03-2021 11:52
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The past year has been tough on the education of our childen. Most schools were forced from their buildings and into cyber learning with no warning or planning.
  A new study surveyed parents across the country and the Co-Founder of Connections Academy Mickey Revenaugh says it revealed the impact.“There’s just no question that the emergency remote schooling that a lot of folks had to do over this past year, made it a little bit tough to stay on pace with learn
  
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