00:00Family, friends, and the Cornell School District community are gathering this morning for football coach Ed Dawson's funeral services.
00:07The viewing is from 10 a.m. to noon at Bethel Missionary Baptist Church in Aliquippa with a celebration of
00:13life to follow.
00:14Dawson died after having a medical emergency during Cornell's game at Rochester last week.
00:19The superintendent says the community is heartbroken and he called Dawson an integral part of the district.
00:25Pittsburgh Public Schools is announcing this morning the district is expanding transportation for students.
00:31And NewsRadio KDK's Tamara Rush has a preview from the newsroom.
00:35Paul, getting to school after school activities, internships, or even a job could soon be easier for Pittsburgh Public Schools
00:41students.
00:42The district is partnering with Pittsburgh Regional Transit to expand its Partner Paths program.
00:47It will give all students in grades 9 through 12 unlimited free rides on buses, light rail, and inclines.
00:53The goal is to eliminate transportation barriers and give students more access to opportunities beyond the classroom.
01:00The district is expected to announce the expansion at a news conference later this morning at Perry High School.
01:05Pittsburgh Public Schools will cover the cost of the passes.
01:09In the newsroom, Tamara Rush News Radio, KDKA.
01:11A Fayette County man is accused of throwing an improvised explosive device into a home in Manellan Township back in
01:18August.
01:19A homeowner called 911 to report the explosion.
01:22Fayette County DA Mike Obel told KDKA-TV the damage was significant and someone could have been killed.
01:28This is not a place where we're going to allow scores to be settled.
01:31We're not going to allow people to be endangered by personal beefs.
01:35It's just not going to happen here.
01:36So we're going to prosecute this to the full extent of law.
01:39Investigators say surveillance video and cell phone records tied Christopher Greer to the explosion.
01:44He was arrested this week and bail was denied.
01:47A man was arrested this week in Armstrong County after speeding past people gathered for Freeport's Halloween parade.
01:53A police officer momentarily stopped Kyle Pulaski at an intersection, but when he was asked to roll down the window,
02:01Pulaski said no and sped off.
02:03Later, police say he parked the vehicle at a gas station and went inside.
02:06Officers who arrested him say Pulaski tried to run away and they stopped him with a taser.
02:12Southern Armstrong Regional Police Chief Hunter Tackett.
02:15The officers did smell the odor of an alcoholic beverage on his breath.
02:19And he did make a comment during it that it wasn't a parade yet because something about it wasn't Halloween
02:27yet.
02:28Officers say Pulaski screamed that the devil had taken over his body.
02:32He's facing DUI, speeding, and other charges.
02:35And a bomb threat that led to an evacuation of two buildings last night at Robert Morris University.
02:41An alert said the threat on social media targeted the Nicholson and Patrick Henry Centers.
02:46It instructed students to evacuate immediately if they were in the buildings.
02:50And that included Antoine Pusey who told KDKA-TV.
02:53I just got the email talking about a bomb threat.
02:55I didn't know if it was real or not.
02:57I wasn't really worried about it until I seen people around me start panicking a little bit.
03:01So I'm like, all right, let me just get out of here.
03:02RMU and Allegheny County Police officers swept the buildings, found nothing, and gave the all clear.
03:08KDKA Sports, in his return to the Penns lineup, Ben Kendall scored the go-ahead goal.
03:13There were just 24 seconds left in the game.
03:15But then Pittsburgh native Logan Cooley tied the game with his third goal of the night with one second left.
03:21And then the Mammoth went on to beat the Penguins 4-3 in overtime.
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