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Pennsylvania Lottery ticket worth $2.2 million sold in Allegheny County • Apr. 23, 2025, 7:52 AM ET (CBS)
Pennsylvania Lottery tickets worth a combined $2.8M sold in Butler, Allegheny counties • Apr. 21, 2025, 7:10 AM ET (CBS)
Allegheny County gun store owners sleeping in their store amid break-ins "Ain't nobody going to take it from me." • Apr. 2, 2025, 2:32 AM ET (CBS)
Search for missing 38-year-old Maria Kraus underway after vehicle found in North Versailles • Apr. 1, 2025, 6:58 AM ET (CBS)
Pennsylvania State Senate advances bill making changes to non-monetary bail • Mar. 31, 2025, 11:58 PM ET (CBS)

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