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Cleanup Workers Caught On Camera Putting Trash Into River
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The river used as a trash can instead of picking up litter like plastic bags and other debris, maintenance crews who said they were employed by PNC Park were caught on camera...
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Local Hoarder Died From Heart Disease
INGRAM (KDKA) – The medical examiner has determined that the Ingram man found dead in his home, buried among mounds of trash and junk he had been collecting for years, died from heart disease. It took...
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Some Trash Could Be Deadly To Pets
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Household pets have a tendency to get into the trash. What many people may not realize, though, is that something in the garbage could be deadly. By nature, dogs are curious...
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Volunteers Scale Mt. Washington For Trash Cleanup
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – More than 40 volunteers scaled the steep hill on Mount Washington to clean up a year’s worth of trash. Men and women from the Explorers Club of Pittsburgh, the Allegheny Mon Rescue...
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Neighbors Concerned As Garbage Piles Up In Elizabeth Yard
ELIZABETH (KDKA) — Neighbors on Smithfield Street in Elizabeth Township say they are fed up with one of their neighbor’s trash. Garbage has been piling up in Paula Pociask’s yard for three weeks....
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Kenny Chesney Concert Ends With Fights, Arrests, Huge Mess
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The excitement over Kenny Chesney Saturday proved to be a little too much for some people with the night ending with several fights and numerous arrests. He’s the most lucrative act...
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Environmentalist: Pittsburgh Schools Don’t Recycle
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — David Hughes has lived next door to Minadeo School for decades and as an environmentalist it’s bothered him no end that the school apparently does not recycle. “Unbelievable waste,”...
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Steelers, Parking Lot Owners In War Of Words Over Kenny Chesney Concert
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Kenny Chesney concert was a big hit, but the trash left behind turned some heads, and now the Steelers and the parking lot owners are in a war of words over the mess. Our news...
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Recycling Could Mean Big Discounts To You
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Out in Ross Township — and eight other North Hills communities — recyclable trash is picked up every week, but plastic bottles, newspapers, metals and glass are worth discounts to...
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Piles Of Trash Attracting Flies, Rats In Fayette Co. Neighborhood
BROWNSVILLE (KDKA) — Neighbors on Pearl Street in Fayette County say they’ve made an unbearable discovery: piles and piles of garbage that are attracting flies and rats and creating a foul smell. They...
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Former Teacher Removed From Garbage-Filled House
UNIONTOWN (KDKA) — A retired Uniontown school teacher is being evaluated in the hospital, after Uniontown Police removed her from her home, which was filled with feces, urine and garbage. Carol...
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Beltzhoover Family, Pets Removed From “Unlivable” House
BELTZHOOVER (KDKA) — Brittany Thibodeaux, 18, is inconsolable. Whatever last, slim hold her family had on any sense of normalcy was falling apart. “Things got away from all of us,” she said. “We’re...
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2 Men Facing Fines, Accused Of Illegally Dumping On Rural Property
WESTMORELAND COUNTY (KDKA) – Police crack a case of illegal dumping that had been going on for a while in a local community. Wilson Frye, 74, has lived along Crooked Run Road in Salem Township,...
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Hazelwood Residents Unhappy With Rats From Abandoned Recycling Plant
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Cecelia Jedlicka lives in her family home in Hazelwood across the street from a huge facility where bags of city trash were supposed to be recycled but now sit abandoned....
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Mayor Looking At Options To Get Abandoned Hazelwood Plant Cleaned Up
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Pittsburgh Mayor Bill Peduto says he’s looking at what the city might be able to do to help frustrated residents in Hazelwood. There are rats and heaping piles of trash at...
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Hazelwood Officials Address Abandoned Recycling Company Eyesore
HAZELWOOD (KDKA) – Some people in Hazelwood are outraged. They say when the Pittsburgh Recycling Company went bankrupt, the owners moved and left all the trash behind. KDKA’s Ralph Iannotti Reports: It...
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Judge Approves Sale Of Abandoned Hazelwood Recycling Company
HAZELWOOD (KDKA) – A bankruptcy judge has approved the sale of an abandoned recycling company in Hazelwood to a new buyer. Residents in the area said the problems starts when the Pittsburgh Recycling...
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Local Officials, Health Dept. Working On Solution To Kill Rats While...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Stanley Benovitch’s dog Trixie likes to catch rats. “I think she killed three in the last month and a half,” he says. But Trixie’s only making a small dent in the rat infestation...
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Plum Residents Sick Of Trash Piled Up On Former Tavern’s Property
PLUM (KDKA) — People in Plum are unhappy about a property that used to have a tavern on it. The former City View Tavern on Logan’s Ferry Road has become a dumping ground for trash, according to...
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Officials Hoping Luke Bryan Concert Won’t Leave Trail Of Trash
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Over 52,000 people are expected to pack Heinz Field Saturday for the Luke Bryan concert. It’s his first stop on his tour and headlining debut at Heinz Field. While there’s plenty of...
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45 Tons Of Trash Collected During Annual River Sweep
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — More than 300 volunteers got their hands dirty this weekend, cleaning up the banks of the Ohio River. The 24th annual River Sweep was held Saturday morning from 8 a.m. to noon. The...
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Superstar Luke Bryan Brings Thousands Of Country Music Fans To North Shore
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – While Luke Bryan entertained tens of thousands of fans at Heinz Field, police and first responders were busy with a lot of injuries and some arrests. Bryan kicked off his summer...
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Peduto Wants To Hold Concert Promoters Accountable For Clean-Up Efforts
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Luke Bryan entertained over 50,000 people at Heinz Field Saturday night. However, the aftermath of the event led Mayor Bill Peduto to weigh in with some strong words. According to a...
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Mayor Peduto Wants New Guidelines In Place For Big Events
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Enough is enough. That’s the message from Mayor Bill Peduto after this weekend’s mess left behind after the Luke Bryan concert at Heinz Field. Peduto is currently in Denmark, but...
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Luke Bryan Concert: Messy People Or Media Hype?
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) – KDKA Radio’s Mike Pintek decided to take a first-hand look at the trash left after the Luke Bryan concert. Producer’s Jessica Berardino and Alyssa Marsico joined...
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Afternoon News Dives Into The Luke Bryan Wrap Up
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio1020 KDKA) – Country superstar Luke Bryan brought thousands to the North Shore and Heinz Field Saturday for his “That’s My Kinda Night” tour. Many are speaking out about the trash...
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Tailgating Limits Possible To Curb Concert Messes
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Pittsburgh and Allegheny County officials are mulling several policies – including limiting tailgating hours in stadium parking lots – to avoid messes like the one left behind by...
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Cleanup Underway After Record Numbers Pack Point State Park
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Tens of thousands of people came to Point State Park waiting until dark for the skies to light up in one of the greatest fireworks shows ever over the skies of downtown Pittsburgh....
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Peduto Announces New Guidelines Ahead Of Jason Aldean Show
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – There’s another big country music concert coming to Pittsburgh this weekend, but Mayor Bill Peduto is taking steps to ensure that everything goes smoothly. Last month, more than...
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What To Expect At This Weekend’s Big Events
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – This weekend marks another big country music event on the North Side – and some changes to what you can and can’t do leading up to the event. Country music stars Jason Aldean and...
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Country Music Fans Flood North Shore For Concert At PNC Park
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_2607201423221928170AA.mp4 PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Fans flocked to the North Shore Saturday evening to see several of country music’s biggest stars take the...
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New Guidelines Have Positive Impact On Concert Cleanup
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It appears that new guidelines put into place ahead of Saturday’s country music concert on the North Shore had a mostly positive effect. According to a statement from Mayor Bill...
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Jeannette Residents Fed Up With Vermin-Infested Trash House
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_2908201418280752800AA.mp4 JEANNETTE (KDKA) — People who live in one Westmoreland County town say they are tired of trash, flies and other vermin. Neighbors...
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Kenny Chesney Coming Back To Pittsburgh In 2015
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The last time Kenny Chesney came to Pittsburgh, the biggest story had nothing to do with music. According to the official Twitter account for Heinz Field, Chesney is coming to town...
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Famous Commercial Recreated To Stop Pittsburgh Litterbugs
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — It may be the most famous anti-littering spot ever. It was produced for television in the early ’70s, and ends with a Native American shedding a tear. But the star this time is...
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Mt. Lebanon Considers Shifting Cost Of Trash Hauling To Individual Homeowner
http://media.pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/CBSPIT_1006201517500939933AA.mp4 MOUNT LEBANON (KDKA) — Trash — Americans generate a lot of it — and in suburban areas it’s a basic municipal responsibility,...
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Volunteers Pull Several Tons Of Trash From Rivers
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A teddy bear, car parts and more than one mattress were among the items found by volunteers cleaning up local rivers this weekend. Saturday morning, more than 150 people in several...
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