Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
A deadly traffic accident involving a car that was pushed into a PennDOT vehicle has closed Interstate 376 in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:07:09 EST
Thousands of crows won't go away in California, Pa. Residents and business owners say they're loud and dirty and keeping people inside. California University tried lasers and other measures trying to chase them off.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:25:30 EST
Eric Rutledge tells police that he and 18-year-old Courtney Daily watched a horror movie and played Ouija before he shot her. His defense attorney says it was an accident.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 14:03:40 EST
An Amish man dies at a Pittsburgh hospital three weeks after being burned in a wood-burning stove explosion that killed one of his young sons and critically injured another at their house.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:31:41 EST
More than a dozen fire companies are called to battle a fire that rips through a Methodist church built in 1886.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:29:14 EST
The Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission and the Department of Health said new policies are taking effect to provide expanded public access to birth and death records online or at the archives in Harrisburg.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 12:06:16 EST
An 88-year-old man was found dead in a house fire in Volant, Mercer County.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:20:06 EST
Sarris Candies made a promise to rebuild, and get production back up. Today, Sarris Candies is back in business.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 09:00:27 EST
A western Pennsylvania man is jailed on drug charges because police say something other than a confession came out of his mouth when he was hit with a stun gun.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:21:34 EST
Pittsburgh Police are investigating a smash and grab burglary at a jewelry store in the Squirrel Hill neighborhood of Pittsburgh.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 13:49:03 EST
A Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dwayne Woodruff also holds ownership in a pair of companies while serving on the bench as a judge in Allegheny County. One of his sports-related companies has left taxpayers with an unpaid debt of $18,000 that government officials would like to collect.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:39:11 EST
Thousands of dollars worth of damage is done after police say someone ripped apart nearly a dozen cars on a New Castle lot.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 00:31:29 EST
Jerry Sandusky asked for his bail restrictions to be loosened so he can see his grandchildren. He also wanted a local jury. The judge has made his decision.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:17 EST
A Pittsburgh native is opening her poetry salon to the entire world to help capture the perfect words to describe any occasion.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:31 EST
Coming off a reported quarterly loss of more than $3 billion, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking approval to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, raise stamp prices and reduce the soaring costs of health benefits for future retirees.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:29:25 EST
Amaris Whitaker, 24, tells Channel 4 Action News she was turned away from Static club in the Strip District because of her disability, which requires her to have a place to sit because she can't stand for long periods of time.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:57:00 EST
A couple is jailed in Pittsburgh after police in suburban Avalon say they found the man and woman sleeping in a stolen car with their 3-month-old baby.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:23:18 EST
An 81-year-old Coraopolis woman is rescued after a two-vehicle crash sends her car over a hillside in Robinson Township.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:51:15 EST
Construction workers are accustomed to the sound of loud noises, but what one crew heard in Hazelwood on Monday morning was definitely not the norm.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01:20 EST
Pittsburgh vice detectives set up a hotel meeting and make three prostitution-related arrests in connection with the case of a 14-year-old who had been missing for almost a year.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:16:39 EST
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