Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
Two people raced into traffic and tried to extinguish a van fire on outbound Interstate 376 (Parkway East) near Oakland. State police blocked traffic until firefighters arrived.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:57:20 EST
A rollover crash happened on Old William Penn Highway in the Export area on Friday afternoon. These photos were emailed to WTAE.com by a witness.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:51:55 EST
Police are investigating the robbery of Primanti Bros. in North Versailles. It's the latest in a series of armed holdups at restaurants in Allegheny County's eastern suburbs.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:02:06 EST
A fourth woman comes forward to accuse a Pittsburgh police officer, who was already charged with several counts of bribery, coercion, oppression and attempted indecent assault. He may be released from jail today.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:09:24 EST
A North Versailles woman says she thought something seemed fishy when she received a call from someone claiming to be from Publishers Clearing House, so she contacted Channel 4 Action News to help her investigate.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:16:11 EST
A pregnant woman and her unborn child are killed in a two-vehicle crash that also injures four other people
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 15:50:50 EST
U.S. Sen. Bob Casey has asked whether the FBI might help solve the case of Rebecca Triska, a western Pennsylvania girl who went missing at age 15 and was legally declared dead later.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:12:58 EST
The former head teller for a credit union is sentenced to prison by a federal judge in Pittsburgh for fudging bank records to cover up stealing $400,000 from three of the agency's automated teller machines.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:13:34 EST
Newlyweds Steve and Hope Dezember will share their love story and their struggles with a nationwide audience Friday on "Say Yes to the Dress." The groom was recently diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:02:19 EST
A Canonsburg man has been sentenced to 15 to 40 years in prison for killing a Pittsburgh man during a drug deal who had also shot and wounded him in Somerset.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 12:27:19 EST
Many pet owners say losing their dog is like losing a member of their family. Most say they can't understand why anyone would want to steal their dog. But as Channel 4 Action News' Paul Van Osdol found, dognapping is on the rise across the country, including in Pittsburgh.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:52:20 EST
The Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium celebrates the birth of its first baby gorilla since 2001. The baby's father, Mrithi, was the first gorilla born at the zoo.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 14:05:15 EST
A shooting was reported at a house on Althea Drive in Penn Hills on Thursday afternoon.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:36:11 EST
The Allegheny County District Attorney's Office said Friday its initial investigation has found that no crimes were committed in the death of a 2-day-old baby that was killed after being bitten by a dog.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:21:20 EST
Brothers Brian and Stephen VanSickle talk to Channel 4 Action News about battling a blaze that destroyed the Mystic Mountain Ski Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:48:40 EST
PennDOT will demolish the 104-year-old Donora-Webster Bridge, which connects Washington and Westmoreland counties over the Monongahela River.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:25:39 EST
Pittsburgh police say a large group that claimed to be affiliated with something called "Occupy Everything" jumped on cars, tried to break windows and littered streets in the area of Baum Boulevard and South Highland Avenue.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 15:53:27 EST
Kato, a Vizsla from Ford City and Murrysville, is named Best of Breed at the Westminster Kennel Club dog show in New York City. Sally Wiggin visits him at home.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:53:59 EST
Casual women's clothing, fashion accessories, yoga apparel and frozen yogurt will be sold at four new stores at the mall in Ross Township.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:18:25 EST
Pennsylvania's chief fiscal watchdog says he's expanding his look at the state's six psychiatric hospitals after finding that two contracted employees were paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in a year at Torrance in Westmoreland County.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:31:45 EST
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