Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
The U.S. Air Force plans to close the 911th Airlift Wing outside Pittsburgh, which could affect more than 1,900 people who work there.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:00:16 EST
A shutdown of one side of the Squirrel Hill Tunnels headlines the PennDOT construction list this year. See a full list of major road work in all neighborhoods.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 15:12:36 EST
Pennsylvania taxpayers are picking up a hefty tab they might not even be aware of due to a policy by the state Liquor Control Board that offers to replace broken bottles.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 19:08:31 EST
Large flames and heavy smoke shot out of the Winchester Room steakhouse on Lincoln Highway (Route 30) in North Versailles.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:49:40 EST
In its third day of deliberations, a Harrisburg jury finds Pennsylvania Rep. Bill DeWeese guilty of five charges and not guilty of one.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:43:10 EST
A $1,500 reward is being offered for information in a hit-and-run that hospitalized a Pennsylvania State Police trooper.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 16:21:55 EST
Many Occupy Pittsburgh members packed their tents and moved out of a downtown green space, but others are staying on the BNY Mellon property in defiance of a court order as a final act of civil disobedience.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:34:03 EST
Pittsburgh police are issuing an alert to delivery drivers after two were victims of armed robberies in the city's Northside neighborhood over the weekend.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 17:04:12 EST
A small accident with a PennDOT truck has turned into a major headache for Henry Thomas. He thought it was basically a fender-bender that his insurance company would handle, but he started thinking differently when he got a letter from the state attorney general.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:45:10 EST
Firefighters were investigating the cause of a fire early Monday morning along Orchard Drive in Penn Hills.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 09:30:10 EST
A Pittsburgh sanitation worker is in critical condition after being struck by an SUV while he was loading trash into the back of a garbage truck on a residential block.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:41:24 EST
For the second time in less than a week, police say gunshots are fired at the same Wilkinsburg house where a girl was injured earlier.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:18:42 EST
Police say a woman is found stabbed in downtown Pittsburgh.
Published: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 18:25:33 EST
Police make an arrest after a suspected carjacker tried to run down a police officer during a chase.
Published: Sun, 5 Feb 2012 17:55:37 EST
Firefighters worked to put out a fire that damaged an apartment building and a nearby house in Bridgeville early Sunday.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 13:15:47 EST
The 911th Airlift Wing in Moon Township will be closed by the U.S. Air Force as part of a plan to reduce its total aircraft and trim the military budget.
Published: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 18:40:03 EST
An early-morning fire damaged the longtime family-owned Sarris Candies factory in Canonsburg, creating a slippery situation for firefighters who had to work among all the melted chocolate. Cleanup has begun and they hope to get production up and running soon.
Published: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 18:47:35 EST
Two men accused in a shooting that severely injured a Clairton police officer are asking for their confessions to be thrown out, saying they were pressured into it.
Published: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:48:26 EST
Adam Riberich says he had been planning to use his tax return on his 2-year-old daughter and to fix up his truck, but when he went to spend the money, it was gone.
Published: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 17:40:18 EST
Allegheny County police need help to find Joann Angel. Witnesses think she was seen in the North Versailles or North Huntingdon areas. Her family is offering a reward.
Published: Fri, 3 Feb 2012 14:44:32 EST
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