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• Kevin Newman Ties MLB Record With 4 Doubles In Pirates’ Win Over Brewers

  14-08-2021 23:59
  
  PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kevin Newman tied a major league record with four doubles — in successive innings, no less — and the Pittsburgh Pirates rolled over the Milwaukee Brewers 14-4 Saturday to snap their eight-game losing streak in the first game of a doubleheader.
  Newman doubled in each inning from the third through the sixth in the seven-inning game. He also scored four times.
  Newman’s third double drove in two to spark a six-run fifth that included Bryan Reynolds’ tw
  
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• Local Girl Uses Lemonade Stand Money To Buy Donations For Animal Friends

  14-08-2021 23:56
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local girl with a big heart helped make a difference at an animal shelter.
  (Photo Credit: Animal Friends/Facebook)
  Vivian opened and lemonade stand and used the profits to purchase items for Animal Friends. The organization posted about Vivian on its Facebook page.
  “A big thank you to Vivian, who stopped by Animal Friends last week to drop off all of these donations she purchased with proceeds from her lemonade stand. Adoptable Buddy even
  
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• $10,000 Reward Offered For Information On 2020 Shooting Death Of 19 Year Old In Beaver County

  14-08-2021 23:28
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (KDKA) — A $10,000 reward is being offered for information on the shooting death of a 19-year-old young man from Beaver County.
  State police say on Nov. 25, 2020, Curtis Flowers III was shot and killed in the area of Wykes and Davis streets in Aliquippa. Pennsylvania Crime Stoppers is offering the reward for information that helps solve the case.Anyone with information is asked to the Pennsylvania State Police Beaver Barracks at 724-773-7400. Click her
  
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• Body Of Missing 3-Year-Old Dwight Dinsmore Found In Allegheny River In Armstrong County

  14-08-2021 23:16
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  SOUTH BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – The body of a missing 3-year-old boy in Armstrong County has been found in the Allegheny River.
  Multiple Law enforcement agencies used boats to search along the Allegheny River in South Buffalo Township near the dam, close to the Leechburg area, on Friday and Saturday for Dwight Dinsmore.Police say the boy went missing from a camping area along the river in Bethel Township.
  (Photo: NewsChopper2)
  Due to weather, the search was paus
  
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• Local Girl Uses Lemonade Stand Money To Donate To Animal Friends

  14-08-2021 22:56
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local girl with a big heart helped make a difference at an animal shelter.
  (Photo Credit: Animal Friends/Facebook)
  Vivian opened and lemonade stand and used the profits to purchase items for Animal Friends. The organization posted about Vivian on its Facebook page.
  “A big thank you to Vivian, who stopped by Animal Friends last week to drop off all of these donations she purchased with proceeds from her lemonade stand. Adoptable Buddy even
  
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• West Mifflin Police Department Catches Wayward Alligator

  14-08-2021 21:37
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  WEST MIFFLIN (KDKA) — A wandering alligator has been caught by the West Mifflin Police Department.The 3-foot reptile was first reported to be on the loose on Tuesday, last having been seen on New England Road.
  The department showed a picture of the alligator with duct tape around its mouth.
  (Photo Credit: West Mifflin Police Department/Facebook)
  In a post, police confirmed its officers were safe and sound after retrieving the alligator, saying “all digits and e
  
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• Allegheny County Jail Seeing A Rise In COVID-19 Cases Among Inmates

  14-08-2021 21:07
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Jail says it is seeing a rise in COVID-19 cases.
  It says 55 inmates have tested positive over the last week.
  And 30 of those cases involved new inmates.
  Many of the others are from an outbreak in a pod where the jail believes a staff member spread it.
  The warden says they’re testing every new inmate before entering and then again before being placed in housing.
  Vaccines are also being offered to staff and inmates, and ma
  
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• Pittsburgh Police, SWAT Arrest Wanted Man In East Allegheny

  14-08-2021 20:06
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A wanted man has been arrested after a SWAT incident in East Allegheny overnight.Police and SWAT were called for a reported domestic incident.While the woman inside was able to escape the home, the man barricaded himself in and would not come outside.Police say the man had access to weapons in the home.The man had a warrant out for his arrest and violated a protection from abuse (PFA) order.
  The man surrendered himself to police without incident a
  
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• Subsidiary Of Energy Transfer LP Pays $140K For Construction ‘Violations’ In Beaver County

  14-08-2021 19:25
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BEAVER COUNTY (KDKA) — A subsidiary of Energy Transfer LP has paid a $140,000 fine for construction violations that happened over a two year period, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).A consent order and agreemeent was executed by the DEP for ETC Northeast Field Services, LLC “for violations that occurred in 2019 and 2020 during construction of the owner/operator’s B15 Well Connect Pipeline construction project&rdqu
  
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• 1 Teen In Custody, 1 Sought In Ohio Slaying Of 13-Year-Old

  14-08-2021 18:57
  
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — One teenage boy has been arrested and another is still being sought in a shooting that killed a Wisconsin teen who was staying at a home in a Cleveland suburb, police said.
  Clifton Heights police said Saturday that a 14-year-old suspect was picked up by Medina police and taken to a juvenile detention center. A 16-year-old suspect is still being sought. Both are charged with murder, felonious assault and improper discharge into a home.
  The shooting in Clevelan
  
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• Pittsburgh Steelers Confirm Trade For Jacksonville Jaguars LB Joe Schobert

  14-08-2021 18:02
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers confirmed on Saturday that they have traded for Jacksonville Jaguars linebacker Joe Schobert.We have acquired LB Joe Schobert from the Jacksonville Jaguars for our 2022 sixth round pick.@BordasLaw | : https://t.co/25oN979AyA pic.twitter.com/AsdTJa7KH2
  — Pittsburgh Steelers (@steelers) August 14, 2021In return, the Jaguars get the Steelers’ sixth-round pick in the 2022 NFL Draft.Reports about the trade started su
  
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• Motorcyclist In Critical Condition After Careening Over Hillside And Into A Creek Following Vehicle Crash

  14-08-2021 17:09
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A motorcyclist went over a hillside and into a creek after crashing with another vehicle, according to Allegheny County officials.
  Pittsburgh (Lincoln Place): Vehicle crash – Mifflin Rd at Mooney Rd; motorcyclist over a hillside and into a creek after colliding with a passenger car. Pittsburgh EMS and FD on scene beginning rope rescue.
  — Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) August 14, 2021The crash happened at the intersection of Mifflin R
  
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• After Vehicle Crash, Motorcyclist Goes Over Hillside And Into A Creek

  14-08-2021 17:09
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A motorcyclist went over a hillside and into a creek after crashing with another vehicle, according to Allegheny County officials.
  Pittsburgh (Lincoln Place): Vehicle crash – Mifflin Rd at Mooney Rd; motorcyclist over a hillside and into a creek after colliding with a passenger car. Pittsburgh EMS and FD on scene beginning rope rescue.
  — Allegheny County (@Allegheny_Co) August 14, 2021The crash happened at the intersection of Mifflin R
  
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• Pa. Dept. Of Health In Contact With COVID-19 Vaccine Providers On Newly Approved Third Dose For Certain Immunocompromised People

  14-08-2021 16:49
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — After the FDA and CDC approved an additional dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for “certain immunocompromised individuals” on Thursday and Friday, the Pennsylvania Department of Health on Saturday announced it has notified vaccine providers that those people in Pennsylvania can receive a third dose.“We are pleased that the federal government is taking steps to ensure individuals who are immunocompromised have the opportunity
  
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• FEMA Provides $1 Billion To Families Who Have Lost Loved Ones To COVID-19

  14-08-2021 15:50
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The government’s COVID-19 funeral assistance program has distributed more than $1 billion.FEMA says it has helped around 150,000 people since April.The government reimburses up to $9,000 for each COVID-19 victim.It covers transferring remains, burial plots, caskets, clergy services, cremation and headstones.FEMA says it still has 90,000 pending applications.
  The agency received $52 billion in the COVID-19 relief bills passed in December and
  
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• Strangers Come Together To Get Pizza For Nurses At St. Clair Hospital

  14-08-2021 14:54
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Despite the chaos that came with Thursday night’s severe weather, two people came together to spread some cheer.Laurie Ferretti took her boyfriend to the emergency room at St. Clair Hospital for nothing too serious, but she discovered the nurses working to save lives during a blackout!
  Some had been working without food for hours, so Ferretti ordered them some pizza.
  She ran into a problem though — a fire truck was blocking her car.
  So
  
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• Strangers Come Together To Get Pizza For Nurses At Hospital In Mt. Lebanon

  14-08-2021 14:54
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Despite the chaos that came with Thursday night’s severe weather, two people came together to spread some cheer.Laurie Ferretti took her boyfriend to the emergency room at St. Clair Health for nothing too serious, but she discovered the nurses working to save lives during a blackout!
  Some had been working without food for hours, so Ferretti ordered them some pizza.
  She ran into a problem though — a fire truck was blocking her car.
  So s
  
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• West Virginia Sued Over Transgender Birth Certificate Policy

  14-08-2021 14:27
  
  CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Policies that allow West Virginia officials to refuse to change a transgender person’s gender on their birth certificates should be declared unconstitutional, according to a new federal lawsuit.
  The American Civil Liberties Union and the Harvard Law School LGBTQ+ Advocacy Clinic on Thursday sued the Department of Health and Human Resources on behalf of two transgender men born in West Virginia, The Exponent Telegram reported.
  The suit stems from a ruling by t
  
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• Pittsburgh Weather: The Calm After The Storms

  14-08-2021 11:19
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Today we finally get some relief from the heat and humidity along with the rain as a cold front finally crosses the region.
  High temperatures will be back near average in the low 80’s.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  We will have some sunshine through the afternoon so today is a great day to get out.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  Some people may be out cleaning up after the storms we had.
  Tonight, conditions will be partly cloudy with seasonable lows aro
  
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• Report: NHL To Require All Players, Team Personnel To Be Fully Vaccinated Against COVID-19

  14-08-2021 10:04
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The NHL has reportedly informed its teams that all players and hockey operations staff will be required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
  According to Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman, a memo was sent to all teams, providing an update on vaccination requirements.NHL sent a memo updating vaccination requirements to its teams: "Any person whose job, role, position or access entails or entitles them to have personal interactions (within 12 feet)
  
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• Woman Arrested, Facing Charges After Traffic Stop Leads To Discover Of Multiple Bricks Of Heroin

  14-08-2021 09:38
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  KISKIMINETAS TOWNSHIP (KDKA) — An Indiana County woman is behind bars after a traffic stop led police to discover three bricks of heroin inside the vehicle she was driving.
  According to the Kiski Township Police Department, an officer conducted a traffic stop at the Apollo-Ridge School complex around midnight.
  During that traffic stop, the driver of the vehicle was identified as 36-year-old Teanna Watkins, of Indiana, Pa.
  (Courtesy: Kiski Township Police)
  While searc
  
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• Former Credit Union Branch Manager Indicted On Theft, Arson Charges

  14-08-2021 09:19
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A former branch manager of a local credit union is accused of stealing more than $300,00 and then setting a fire to conceal the theft.
  A grand jury indicted 63-year-old Patty Lynn Mavrakis of Belle Vernon.
  Prosecutors say that back in 2016, Mavrakis stole the money while working at the Valley First Federal Credit Union.
  They say she started the fire in the credit union’s safe and claimed that’s what destroyed the missing money.
  
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• Families File Lawsuit Claiming Flawed Products Led To Deadly Fire At Erie Daycare

  14-08-2021 08:40
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A lawsuit has been filed that seeks to place blame for a deadly fire at an Erie daycare.
  Five children died two years ago when a fire broke out at the Harris Family Daycare.
  According to KDKA’s news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the lawsuit filed by the families of those children blames a flawed oscillating fan, a flawed extension cord, and several businesses connected to those products.
  The owners of the daycare are also named in
  
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• Proposed Bill In Ohio Would Eliminate Required Concealed Carry License

  14-08-2021 08:28
  
  COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A proposed bill in the Ohio Senate would eliminate the requirement for a concealed weapons permit.
  The legislation sponsored by state Sen. Terry Johnson, a Republican from Scioto County in southern Ohio, would also end the requirement that individuals “promptly” inform police officers that they’re carrying a concealed weapon.
  Johnson’s bill was introduced last week in the Ohio Senate.
  The legislation would make a concealed carry license optiona
  
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• Dave Matthews Band To Require Proof Of Vaccination Or Negative COVID-19 Test For Upcoming Shows

  14-08-2021 08:08
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — If you plan on attending the Dave Matthews Band concert at The Pavilion at Star Lake later this month, you’ll need to provide either proof of vaccination against COVID-19, or a test showing a negative result.
  The band’s stop in the Pittsburgh area is scheduled for The Pavilion at Star Lake on Friday, August 27 at 7:30 p.m.
  The change in protocols for the upcoming tour was recently posted on the band’s social media pages.
  The prot
  
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• Pa. Lawmaker Proposes Bill Aimed At Holding Parents Accountable Over Children’s Mask Mandates

  14-08-2021 07:51
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — A Pennsylvania Democratic lawmaker is firing back at a proposal that would gibe families the chance to opt-out of wearing masks in school.
  Senator Anthony Williams of Philadelphia says he’s looking for allies to sponsor a bill.
  The proposed bill would would hold parents accountable if they don’t follow rules and they child gives COVID-19 to someone else.
  This comes after Republican Senators Doug Mastriano and Judy Ward said they’
  
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• Allegheny Co. Police Investigating Braddock Shooting

  14-08-2021 07:18
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  BRADDOCK (KDKA) — An investigation is underway following a shooting that took place in Braddock on Friday night.
  According to Allegheny County Police, 911 dispatchers were notified of shots fired along Talbot Avenue just after 11:30 p.m.
  Officers arrived at the scene and found evidence of a shooting.
  Shortly after this time, a 21-year-old man showed up a local hospital with a gunshot wound to the leg.
  His condition is unknown at this time.
  Police say they are continu
  
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• Search For Missing 3-Year-Old Dwight Dinsmore Along Allegheny River In Armstrong County Called Off For Evening

  14-08-2021 05:16
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  SOUTH BUFFALO TOWNSHIP, Pa. (KDKA) – The search for a missing 3-year-old boy in Armstrong County has been called off for the evening due to weather.
  Multiple Law enforcement agencies used boats to search along the Allegheny River in South Buffalo Township near the dam, close to the Leechburg area, on Friday for Dwight Dinsmore. Police say the boy went missing from a camping area along the river in Bethel Township.
  Dinsmore is described by police as 3-foot-5 with blon
  
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• Man In Serious But Stable Condition After Being Stabbed In Downtown Pittsburgh

  14-08-2021 04:01
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police say a man is in serious but stable condition after being stabbed in downtown Pittsburgh.
  Pittsburgh police say they were notified by Port Authority police that there was a stabbing at 4th Avenue and Wood Street on Friday just after 8:15 p.m.
  Police found the victim, who was stabbed in the kidney area. He was taken to a local hospital in serious but stable condition.
  A woman was arrested, and a weapon was recovered, according to police.
  
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• 2 Teenagers Sought In Shooting That Killed 13-Year-Old Boy

  14-08-2021 02:53
  
  CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, Ohio (AP) — Two teenage boys have been charged with murder in connection with a shooting that killed a Wisconsin teen who was staying at a home in a Cleveland suburb, and authorities now say the shooting was a targeted attack.
  The suspects, ages 14 and 16, are also charged with felonious assault and improper discharge into a home. Their names have not been released, and both remained at large on Friday.
  The shooting in Cleveland Heights occurred shortly before 6 p.m. Mon
  
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• Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank Teams With Non-Profit Organization To Warm Hearts

  14-08-2021 02:35
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank is loading up 100 boxes with more than just things to eat.
  The organization is teaming up with the non-profit organization The Hearts of Hope Foundation, which enlists the artistic skills of communities, co-workers and families to paint ceramic hearts with original designs.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  Hearts of Hope provides the entire kit for people to create their works of art, which are then distributed among organizations across t
  
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• It’s safe to feed songbirds again, but deadly illness remains unidentified

  14-08-2021 01:42 via post-gazette.com
  
  Do-not-feed recommendation rescinded, although cause of a deadly songbird disease remains unknown
  
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• Allegheny Health Network Says It Is Not Accepting Patients From Florida And Other Southern States

  14-08-2021 01:34
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Some intensive care units in Florida have been stretched to capacity as tired and overworked nurses and doctors tend to patients stricken with the Delta variant.
  In the past two weeks, those hospitals have reached out to neighboring states to take in patients who they don’t have the capacity to treat. But those hospitals have been told there’s no room. Now that those pleas have reached our region, Allegheny Health Network Chief Medical Officer Imran Qadeer s
  
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• Furry Tails: Hank And The Kittens Are Waiting For Forever Homes

  14-08-2021 01:00
  
  Are you looking to bring a pet into your home? Local animal shelters are a great place to find a furry companion. So, as part of Furry Tails, I’ll be doing an ongoing feature on adoptable pets from local animal shelters once a week. If you have room in your heart and are looking to bring a lovable ball of fur into your home, maybe one of these guys is meant to be a part of your family!_____________________________________________________________________________________
  Hank
  Animal Friends
  
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• 2 Children Found Living In Deplorable Conditions In Westmoreland County Apartment

  14-08-2021 00:49
  
  GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Two people in Westmoreland County have been charged after sheriff’s deputies found two children living in deplorable conditions.When law enforcement walked into the apartment building in Jeannette, they were looking for fugitives.“I had six deputies serve a common pleas warrant on theft on two individuals,” said James Albert, the sheriff of Westmoreland County.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA)
  They were looking for 22-year-old Anthony Bittinger and 27-year-ol
  
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• Man Narrowly Avoids Being ‘Flattened By A Falling Roof’ When South Side Building Partially Collapses

  14-08-2021 00:28
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Surveillance video shows the exact moment a man and his dog narrowly escaped Thursday night’s South Side building collapse along East Carson Street.
  It’s a video shared all over Pittsburgh and a true example of good luck. Now everyone’s wondering: who is he?A viewer just sent me this surveillance video showing the moment the upper level of this South Side building came crashing onto the pavement. @KDKA pic.twitter.com/Uz5YZ2Ggsi
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