Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News
Officials at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh are trying to determine how spray-painted chickens got into various campus buildings and whether the incident was a fraternity prank or something else.
Published: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:54:47 EDT
A 33-year-old man died Thursday morning following a crash in Wayne Township, Lawrence County.
Published: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 07:20:12 EDT
Community leaders have unveil plans to breathe new life into Pittsburgh's West End Village.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:55:09 EDT
A police officer is injured in a crash on the Rankin Bridge on Wednesday night.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:21:58 EDT
A building collapse in Cheswick ruptures gas and water lines Wednesday afternoon, prompting the evacuation of a neighboring building.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:47:58 EDT
Investigators are going back to the scene where skeletal remains were discovered in Churchill Wednesday night.
Published: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:02:48 EDT
Shots are fired during a standoff involving police Wednesday afternoon at a home in Lancaster Township, Butler County.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 23:54:01 EDT
A Pittsburgh man is arrested Wednesday afternoon after the bodies of emaciated and deceased dogs are found at his home.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 22:21:31 EDT
Going to the hospital can be a daunting task for patients of all ages, especially kids. But Children's Hospital's team of child life specialists is making all the difference.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:02:18 EDT
A Jay-Z fan had "the blueprint" to travel from the rapper's Mellon Arena concert up to Mount Washington, where he invited himself inside a man's home and crawled into bed.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:40:31 EDT
Adam Ravenstahl may be hoping to use his well-known last name in Pittsburgh to win a state House seat -- but first, he has some explaining to do.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:41:49 EDT
Pittsburgh is pushing to be chosen for a new high-speed Internet project, and you can sign a petition to help twist Google's arm.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:18:33 EDT
William Page, accused of abandoning his 2-year-old daughter Nyia in freezing temperatures, stands before an Allegheny County judge and says his confession was pressured by police.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:53:22 EDT
Everyone saves mementos of what's important to them -- a child's first birthday card, a Super Bowl ticket stub -- but when does an attachment to items cross the line into hoarding? WTAE Channel 4's Sally Wiggin talks with medical experts and people who suffer from this mental illness.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:52:09 EDT
Minutes after a warrant was served at David McGinnis' Westmoreland County home, he decided it was time for revenge on those who helped build the case against him, according to police statements in new court papers.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:50:23 EDT
Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl is pitching the possibility of a tax on the sales of sugary beverages like soda pop, sweet tea and energy drinks.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:59:18 EDT
A fourth day of deliberations in the public corruption trial of a former state lawmaker and his aides is over without a verdict, and jurors are showing the strain.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:39:44 EDT
All charges have been dropped against Alonzo Cotton, a Pitcairn man who was accused of hitting and badly injuring a Penn Hills woman with his car late at night in Homewood and driving away.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:40:02 EDT
People are calling and e-mailing Channel 4 Action News, saying that they've been unable to reach U.S. Rep. Jason Altmire before the big vote on health care reform.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:38:08 EDT
A New Castle police officer has pleaded guilty to reduced charges stemming from earlier accusations that he had sex with two teenage girls in Union Township.
Published: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 14:03:32 EDT
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