Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
A Monongalia County Sheriff's deputy is killed by a drunk driver after a chase along Interstate 79, deputies say.
Published: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 09:41:35 EST
An 18-month-old girl who had a life-threatening birth defect experiences a miraculous recovery in Pennsylvania.
Published: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:53:23 EST
A teenager fights for her life after being hit by a car Friday night.
Published: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:44:36 EST
The Pittsburgh Auto Show is evacuated due to faulty fire alarms.
Published: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:43:37 EST
An annual Penn State dance marathon is going on for the first time without longtime head football coach Joe Paterno.
Published: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 10:52:43 EST
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 18:45:38 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 19:09:29 EST
A pregnant woman and her unborn child are killed in a two-vehicle crash that also injures four other people
Published: Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:08 EST
Police say a couple robbed a Citizens Bank in Pleasant Hills, but their getaway car was spotted in a parking lot near a GetGo car wash on Route 51 in Brentwood just minutes later.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:01:41 EST
Friday marks Random Acts of Kindness Day, and people across the Pittsburgh region are taking part.
Published: Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:13:17 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
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