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City police are looking for a suspect involved in a possible road-rage incident last week near Renziehausen Park.

Police say the incident began Thursday in the parking lot of the Giant Eagle on O'Neil Boulevard and carried into the neighboring Puff Tobacco Store. The suspect is described as 40 to 50 years old, approximately 5 feet 6 to 5 feet 8, bald and heavyset. He was driving a white Dodge Caravan.

Anyone with information should call McKeesport police at (412) 675-5015.

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Porky Back on WEDO: Porky Chedwick is returning to local radio with a show on McKeesport-licensed WEDO (810).

The 93-year-old Chedwick, widely regarded as among the first white disc jockeys to feature rhythm and blues music on a mainstream radio station, announced today his new show will begin Sept. 2 at 11 a.m.

A native of Homestead, Chedwick began his radio career as an announcer in 1948 at what was then known as WHOD (860). The 1,000-watt station signed on with a format of mostly ethnic music, but Chedwick gradually began introducing what were then known as "race records" by mostly African-American artists.

When the station in 1956 was sold and changed its call letters to "WAMO" (for "Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio") and became a "country and western" station, Chedwick was one of the only on-air talents retained, and was allowed to continue playing R&B.

In later years, Chedwick became one of the first DJs to feature "oldies" --- records no longer on the charts --- on his show.

Chedwick in 2008 announced his retirement and moved to Florida with his wife, but they returned to Pittsburgh's Brookline neighborhood this year.

This is Chedwick's second tour at WEDO. After being fired by WAMO in 1984, Chedwick hosted a weekend oldies show at WEDO for several years.

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