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• WWII Vet Celebrates 103rd Birthday With Bash At South Fayette Retirement Community

  08-04-2021 02:17 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  SOUTH FAYETTE, Pa. (KDKA) – It’s not every day you turn 103, and one South Fayette World War II veteran says when you lead a good life, good things are sure to come.With bagpipes and balloons, Guthrie “Getto” Taboni completes his 103rd trip around the sun. But he’s not surprised.
  “I live a clean life. I don’t drink — well, water. They make me,” he says.And his signature red punch — non-alcoholic of course.
  Meet WWII vet Guthrie “G
  
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• Report: James Conner Injures Toe While Riding Recreational Vehicle

  12-04-2021 21:43 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — James Conner reportedly suffered an off-field injury that required surgery.
  According to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport, the free agent running back injured his toe while riding a recreational vehicle this offseason. The surgery was to repair a “very moderate turf toe-type injury,” Rapoport said.Ex-#Steelers RB James Conner underwent surgery to repair a very moderate turf toe-type injury this offseason, sources say, a procedure done
  
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• Amber Alert Canceled For Reportedly Abducted 2-Year-Old Byron McDonald

  12-04-2021 21:35 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (KDKA) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a 2-year-old reportedly abducted from Philadelphia after the boy hadn’t been seen since Friday.
  Police say 2-year-old Byron McDonald was reportedly abducted by 28-year-old Byron McDonald II, who is described as a 6-foot-1 black man weighing 180 pounds.
  Police sources tell our sister station, CBS Philadelphia, that McDonald II is wanted in connection to homicides from Friday and Monday morning.
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• Webinar To Teach City Residents How To Recycle

  12-04-2021 21:17 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – As the city rolls out blue recycling bins, a webinar is teaching residents how to “recycle right.”
  The 30-minute webinar will be presented by the Pennsylvania Resources Council. It’ll teach residents how to use the bins and options for getting rid of hard-to-recycle materials.
  These are the dates of the webinar:Wednesday, April 14, at 6:30 p.m.
  Tuesday, April 20, at 6:30 p.m.
  Saturday, April 24, at 10:30 a.m.
  Monday, May 3, at 6:
  
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• Matt Del Negro On Showtime’s ‘City On A Hill’: ‘Aldis Hodge Carries Himself With Such Gravitas’

  12-04-2021 21:16 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS Local)– Season two of “City on a Hill” is off and running on Showtime and actor Matthew Del Negro has been bumped up to a series regular. Del Negro plays Detective Chris Caysen, who is the Sargent of the Youth Strike Force in Boston. The series starring Kevin Bacon & Aldis Hodge follows a corrupt FBI agent named Jackie Rohr (played by Bacon) who looks to exploit Boston’s criminal justice system while Assistant District Attorney DeCourcy Ward (played by Hodge) loo
  
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• Pittsburgh To Invest $16M In Street Resurfacing Program This Year

  12-04-2021 20:38 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – This year, the City of Pittsburgh is investing nearly $16 million in the street resurfacing program.
  The Department of Mobility and Infrastructure announced on Monday the first round of streets for asphalt pavement resurfacing for the 2021 season. The city says about 34 miles of streets will be resurfaced this year.
  The city expects to start paving on April 18. With people still working from home, officials are ramping up efforts to notify residen
  
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• ‘Holy S**t, I Just Shot Him’: Chief Believes Officer Meant To Use Taser In Fatal Shooting Of Daunte Wright

  12-04-2021 20:23 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) — During a press conference Monday afternoon, officials in Brooklyn Center released body camera footage of the fatal police shooting of 20-year-old Daunte Wright.
  The body camera shows police approaching Wright’s vehicle and asking him to step out of the car. They attempt to handcuff him before he pulls away and gets back into his driver’s seat.
  (credit; CBS)
  The officer whose body camera footage was shown pulls out a gun while shouting “Taser.”
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• More Than 600,000 Pennsylvanians Have Registered For Mail-In Ballots For May 18 Primary

  12-04-2021 20:11 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) – The Pennsylvania Department of State says the state could be on track to set a record for participation in a municipal primary if the current pace of mail-in ballot applications continues.So far, the department says more than 587,000 voters have already applied for mail-in ballots for the May 18 election. More than 18,000 have applied for absentee ballots.The bipartisan no-excuse mail-in voting was signed into law by Gov. Tom Wolf in 2019.The dead
  
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• Jackpot-Winning Lottery Ticket Worth $1.4M Sold In Allegheny County

  12-04-2021 19:35 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A jackpot-winning lottery ticket worth $1.4 million was sold in Allegheny County.
  The Quick Cash ticket was sold at Brew-Thru Beer Distributor on Yost Boulevard. That business gets a $10,000 bonus for selling the winning ticket.The ticket was sold for the Saturday drawing and matched all five balls drawn, 17-28-32-34-38. More than 34,600 other tickets also won prizes in the drawing.The lottery is reminding players to check every ticket, every time
  
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• Stimulus Check Update: Is A Fourth Relief Payment Coming Your Way?

  12-04-2021 19:24 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS DFW) — The country is speculating about a possible fourth stimulus check, even as the third round of economic relief is still reaching eligible Americans. Around 156 million payments of up to $1,400 per person have been issued in over the last few weeks. That’s most of the $422 billion allotted in President Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act. Paper checks and EIP cards continue to arrive by mail.
  These relief payments are part of a broad effort to cushion COVID
  
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• Young Man Killed In Overnight Brighton Heights Shooting

  12-04-2021 19:20 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Police are investigating a deadly shooting that took place overnight in Pittsburgh’s Brighton Heights neighborhood.
  “I heard a bunch of rapid fire gunshots. Must have been about seven or eight shots,” a neighbor who wanted to remain unnamed said.According to police, officers responded to the 1700 block of Termon Avenue just after 2 a.m.Several 911 calls were made to report the gunfire.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Brian Smithmyer)
  When officers
  
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• Report: Sylvester Stallone Joins Mar-A-Lago

  12-04-2021 19:14 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Rocky is now a member of Mar-a-Lago.
  According to reports, Sylvester Stallone is now a member of President Donald Trump’s private club in Palm Beach. The 74-year-old actor had previously been a guest at the club and also recently purchased a $35 million home near the club in Palm Beach. The star of “Rocky” was reportedly seen recently posing for photos with guests, all holding up fists in a boxing pose.
  Stallone has also been in the news this month beca
  
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• COVID-19 In Pennsylvania: State Health Department Reports 6,450 More Coronavirus Cases

  12-04-2021 18:47 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG (KDKA) — The Pennsylvania Department of Health is reporting 6,450 new Coronavirus cases and four additional deaths over the last 48 hours.
  This brings the statewide total to 1,075,424 cases and 25,406 total COVID-19 related deaths since the pandemic began.
  There are 2,460 people across the state in the hospital with COVID-19 and 516 patients are in ICUs.
  The statewide percent positivity for the week of April 2-8 stood at 9.5%.
  The state says 6,411,940 vacc
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For Reportedly Abducted 2-Year-Old Byron McDonald, Last Seen Friday In Philadelphia

  12-04-2021 18:24 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (KDKA) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a 2-year-old reportedly abducted from Philadelphia. The boy hasn’t been seen since Friday.AMBER ALERT: Philadelphia City, Call 911 If Seen. pic.twitter.com/vrHKxzGCBD
  — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) April 12, 2021Police say 2-year-old Byron McDonald was reportedly abducted by 28-year-old Byron McDonald II, who is described as a 6-foot-1 black man weighing 180 pounds. Police say he’s be
  
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• Amber Alert Issued For Reportedly Abducted 2-Year-Old Byron McDonald, Last Seen Friday

  12-04-2021 18:24 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PHILADELPHIA, Pa. (KDKA) – An Amber Alert has been issued for a 2-year-old reportedly abducted from Philadelphia. The boy hasn’t been seen since Friday.AMBER ALERT: Philadelphia City, Call 911 If Seen. pic.twitter.com/vrHKxzGCBD
  — PA State Police (@PAStatePolice) April 12, 2021Police say 2-year-old Byron McDonald was reportedly abducted by Byron McDonald II. Police say the man is driving a 2017 red Chevy Malibu.
  
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• COVID-19 In Pittsburgh: Allegheny Co. Health Dept. Reports 717 New Cases, Pushing Countywide Total Over 90K

  12-04-2021 18:08 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Allegheny County Health Department is reporting 717 new Coronavirus cases and no additional deaths over the past 48 hours.
  Of the newly reported cases, the Health Department says 544 are confirmed and 173 are probable cases.
  The Health Department says new cases range in age from four months to 97 years with a median age of 30 years.
  There have been 6,206 total hospitalizations and 90,634 total coronavirus cases in Allegheny County since the pa
  
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• Sheetz Named One Of America’s Best Places To Work

  12-04-2021 18:01 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  ALTOONA, Pa. (KDKA) – Sheetz has been named one of the best places to work in America.Fortune ranks Sheetz 83rd on its 2021 list of the 100 Best Companies to Work For.
  The Altoona-based company says this is the seventh time in eight years that it’s made the cut.To compile the list, Great Place to Work surveyed more than 500,000 employees about company culture and pandemic response.Sheetz employs 21,000 people and has 620 store locations across Pennsylvania, Nor
  
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• Neighbor Kicks In Door And Alerts Family To Fire In North Fayette, 3 Pets Killed

  12-04-2021 18:01 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  NORTH FAYETTE (KDKA) — An early morning fire has destroyed a trailer home and killed three family pets in North Fayette Township.
  The fire was first reported around 7 a.m. on Country Club Drive.
  The trailer appears to be gutted with pink insulation hanging out of the broken-out windows and debris strewn in front of the porch.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Steve Willing)
  A neighbor tells KDKA that one adult and three children lived in the home.
  Another neighbor
  
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• Neighbor Kicks In Door And Alerts Family To Fire In North Fayette, 2 Pets Killed

  12-04-2021 18:01 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  NORTH FAYETTE (KDKA) — An early morning fire has destroyed a trailer home and killed two family pets in North Fayette Township.
  The fire was first reported around 7 a.m. on Country Club Drive.
  The trailer appears to be gutted with pink insulation hanging out of the broken-out windows and debris strewn in front of the porch.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Photojournalist Steve Willing)
  A neighbor tells KDKA that one adult and three children lived in the home.
  Another neighbor re
  
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• Maryland Woman Wears Wedding Dress To Get Vaccinated

  12-04-2021 18:00 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  BALTIMORE (WJZ) — A Maryland woman wore a wedding dress to get vaccinated over the weekend.
  The University of Maryland Medical System shared photos on Twitter of Sarah Studley, all decked out in white, getting her covid-19 vaccination at M&T Bank Stadium.
  Her wedding reception was cancelled due to the pandemic, so Studley decided to not let the dress go to waste.Here comes the bride…to get her vaccination at M&T Bank Stadium Mass Vaccination Site! Rather than let the beautif
  
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• Gov. Wolf Moves Up Vaccine Eligibility Timeline, Pa. Will Open Into Phase 2 On April 13

  12-04-2021 17:16 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  By: KDKA-TV News Staff
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Gov. Tom Wolf says all adult Pennsylvanians who want to get the COVID-19 vaccine will be eligible to schedule an appointment starting tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13.
  The new timeline is a week earlier than the state’s original date of April 19 for moving into Phase 2.
  The Pennsylvania Department of Health is citing an ongoing appointment availability in many parts of the state despite the opening of Phase 1C today and Phase 1B last week.
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• Gov. Wolf: All Adults In Pa. Eligible Tomorrow To Schedule COVID-19 Vaccination Appointment

  12-04-2021 17:16 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  HARRISBURG, Pa. (KDKA) — Gov. Tom Wolf says he is moving up the timeline to make all adults eligible to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
  Now, all adults in Pennsylvania will be eligible to schedule vaccination appoints tomorrow, Tuesday, April 13.
  Stay with KDKA for the latest on this developing story.
  
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• Pa. gets C-minus infrastructure grade as White House issues reports on states' needs

  12-04-2021 17:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of America’s roads, bridges, power grid and housing affordability.
  
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• Pa. gets C-minus grade in White House report on states' infrastructure needs

  12-04-2021 17:03 via post-gazette.com
  
  The Biden White House is amplifying the push for its $2.3 trillion infrastructure package with the release of state-by-state breakdowns that show the dire shape of America’s roads, bridges, power grid and housing affordability.
  
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• 2021 NFL Draft: Justin Hilliard Working To Prove He Can Play Any Linebacker Spot, ‘Want To Be As Versatile As Possible’

  12-04-2021 16:52 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  (CBS Local)- We’re just under three weeks away from the start of the 2021 NFL Draft in Cleveland, Ohio on Thursday, April 29. The three day event will see over 200 prospects have their dream of hearing their named called from the draft stage come true. For Ohio native Justin Hilliard, it would mark the beginning of a new journey in his home state where he first fell in love with the game.
  Hilliard was born in Cleveland and raised in Cincinnati and was always following in his older brother
  
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• PTL Links: April 12, 2021

  12-04-2021 15:10 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  Visit the links below for more on today’s guests & topics:Collette Tours
  Plant Traps
  “When You Wonder” Mister Rogers Book
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• Pittsburgh Weather: Cooler, Cloudy Monday With Chances Of Showers

  12-04-2021 13:29 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Good morning, I am forecasting a Pittsburgh high today of 59 degrees.
  If we fail to hit the 60 degree mark, it would break our stretch of 8 straight days with highs at or above 60 degrees.
  (Photo Credit: KDKA Weather Center)
  
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• Gas Pump Guidance: How To Time Your Fill-Ups To Save Money While Traveling

  12-04-2021 12:18 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Whether it’s a spring break trip or a summer vacation, where you fill up your gas tank could make a big difference in your wallet.
  During a recent vacation, KDKA’s John Shumway saw what he’s seen so many times — the cost of a gallon of gas substantially cheaper outside of Western Pennsylvania.
  And we’re not talking about a few pennies, we’re talking about dollars on the fill-up.
  “Almost every state has a different amount of taxa
  
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• Gas Price Guidance: How To Time Your Fill-Ups To Save Money While Traveling

  12-04-2021 12:18 via pittsburgh.cbslocal.com
  
  PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Whether it’s a spring break trip or a summer vacation, where you fill up your gas tank could make a big difference in your wallet.
  During a recent vacation, KDKA’s John Shumway saw what he’s seen so many times — the cost of a gallon of gas substantially cheaper outside of Western Pennsylvania.
  And we’re not talking about a few pennies, we’re talking about dollars on the fill-up.
  “Almost every state has a different amount of taxa
  
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• Would a later last call help Pittsburgh-area bars? Not likely, some say

  12-04-2021 11:31 via post-gazette.com
  
  Owners say staffing issues likely would be the biggest impediment to extending last call two hours to 4 a.m.
  
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