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Newscast: December 27, 2017

90.5 WESA | By Larkin Page-Jacobs

Published December 27, 2017 at 4:10 PM EST

December 27, 2017 newscast

- A Marcellus Shale gas well could be coming to Southwestern Pennsylvania's oldest steel mill.

- Pittsburgh residents pay their 2018 real estate taxes early.

- Western Pennsylvania home prices increase.

- Pittsburgh temperatures have been well below average.

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