Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
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 Pittsburgh police officer is charged with several counts of bribery, coercion, official oppression and attempted indecent assault. Channel 4 Action News spoke with one alleged victim who says he approached her inside her home while her teen daughter was there.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:57:45 EST
A van caught fire on the side of Interstate 376 (Parkway East) headed outbound near Oakland. State police blocked traffic until firefighters arrived.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 13:12:30 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 12:20:33 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
An 2-day-old boy is bitten by a dog in McKeesport and rushed to Children's Hospital but does not survive.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:34:44 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
An 8-year-old girl dies after choking on a hot dog while eating lunch at Mercer Area Elementary School.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:53:37 EST
A Butler County jury finds a man guilty -- but not of first-degree murder -- for shooting his longtime friend at his home in Seven Fields. He told police that they watched a horror movie and played with a Ouija board, and they were spooked and started handling a shotgun.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 17:55:50 EST
State police and a Special Emergency Response Team were called to arrest a Millvale man who is accused of repeatedly threatening police officials. They said the threats were "so alarming" that the Indiana Township police chief called the Allegheny County district attorney's office.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 11:30:18 EST
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