Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
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
Court documents show a Pittsburgh police officer charged with several counts of bribery, coercion, official oppression and attempted indecent assault.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:33:40 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
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
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
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
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
Pittsburgh police say a man shoots his live-in girlfriend after an argument at their Stanton Heights home, then turns the gun on himself, all while their 4-year-old child is in the apartment.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:23:02 EST
A Westmoreland County man is jailed, unable to post bail on charges that he twice fired a flare gun at his wife, striking her in the torso with the second shot in Sutersville.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 18:40:38 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
Two people are recovering after a car struck a house on Hulton Road in Plum.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:56:24 EST
A sharp-eyed passer-by spotted flames a building under construction in Westmoreland County.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:59:19 EST
Seven families from eight apartments were receiving assistance from the Red Cross following an overnight fire inside of a building, that was also home to a local bar.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 07:29:26 EST
Veterinarians say cancer is the most common killer of dogs and cats, and almost half of pets, develop cancer in their lifetime.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 23:59:10 EST
The Pittsburgh Public Schools paid two lobbyists $400,000 through no-bid contracts during years when the district also closed schools and cut programs to address budget deficits and fought declining enrollment.
Published: Thu, 16 Feb 2012 10:20:17 EST
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