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The newly refurbished and refreshed Market Square in Downtown Pittsburgh has some new policies in place. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership and the City of Pittsburgh has implemented a temporary restriction that requires anyone under the age of 18 must be accompanied by someone over 21 years of age in Market Square during certain hours. For now, that policy is in effect from Thursday through Sunday from 3pm to midnight. There isn't a timetable for how long this policy will be in place. Crowds of juveniles have blocked traffic and caused issues for businesses and their patrons. As far as enforcement, the city says private security will be positioned at six intersections surrounding Market Square and will work with Pittsburgh Police. This is a temporary while officials work toward a permanent solution.

Two people are dead after an apparent murder-suicide at a Butler County home early this morning. Pennsylvania State Police Trooper Bertha Cazy tells KDKA Radio the shooting happened around 1 a.m. along Graywyck Drive in Seven Fields. Trooper Cazy says a woman was found shot to death inside the home. A short time later, a man was found dead in a wooded area behind the house in neighboring Cranberry Township. State police are leading the investigation across both jurisdictions.

Will teens be welcome at the NFL Draft? Officials with the Pittsburgh Police, Pittsburgh Public Schools and Community organizations held a news conference to say they are welcome, but bad behavior is not. Pittsburgh Police Chief Jason Lando says there will be zero tolerance for bad behavior. And Lieutenant Bob Monticelli of the Downtown Public Safety Center says, they are well aware of social media trends from around the country. While Superintendent Wayne Walters says the overwhelming majority of students are well-behaved...he and others are calling on parents, guardians and community leaders to set expectations of what will and won't be acceptable behavior.

Pittsburgh Regional Transit officials have proposed a 588-million-dollar preliminary budget package for the new fiscal year. This budget features no service cuts, layoffs or fare increases. This proposal marks a major turnaround for PRT from the previous year, when severe cuts were threatened due to funding shortages, but was avoided thanks to state funding support.

Port Authority Police are investigating a fight involving juveniles on a Pittsburgh Regional Transit bus Friday. Pittsburgh Regional Transit says an investigation is underway after a video circulating online shows several juveniles involved in a physical altercation on a PRT bus. The footage appears to show multiple people yelling inside the bus before one person punches another, triggering a larger fight. Several individuals then move off the bus during the incident. In a statement to KDKA Radio, PRT says this type of behavior is not representative of the community and will not be tolerated. Officials emphasize that the safety of riders and operators remains the agency’s top priority. PRT adds it will continue taking appropriate steps to ensure its vehicles remain safe spaces for everyone who relies on public transit.

Officials at Pittsburgh International are preparing for a dramatic uptick in traffic during the NFL Draft, both commercial and private. Airport spokesman Bob Kerlik telling KDKA Radio that while they're not seeing extra flights being added, they do expect the number of people on those flights to be very high.

ICE agents are no longer conducting security checks at Pittsburgh International. The Airport Authority confirms for KDKA Radio the agents have left. They were sent to multiple airports last month by the President to help ease the congestion at security checkpoints....after Homeland Security funding was shut off----and employees who weren't getting paid weren't showing up.

A toddler was lightly injured by a wolf at a Pennsylvania theme park zoo after he crawled under a fence and stuck his hand into the animal’s enclosure. Officials at the ZooAmerica North Wildlife Park, part of the HersheyPark Theme Park,onfirmed Sunday that an unsupervised child reached the metal enclosure around the wolf habitat on Sunday morning and put his hand through. That's when a wolf approached and made contact with the child's hand.. Officials found evidence that the childs parents had walked away from the 18-month-old and were on their cellphones. Police have charged the parents with endangering the welfare of children. The child was unharmed and reunited with his family. That incident in Hershey may be prompting concerns about what safety precautions are being taken at the Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium. Pittsburgh Zoo and Aquarium CEO Jeremy Goodman says, for one, they have improved barriers to make it harder for a child to get near its animals. He says they also do multiple drills, both live drills and table top drills to practice for reports of missing children. These are things the Zoo does as an accredited facility with the USDA. He says on busy days, it's not uncommon for kids to get separated from their parents....but the drills they practice usually mean there's a quick reunion.

Excitement is building over tonight's Pirates home opener - less than 4 hours away!