| McKees Rocks police catch car jacker It took a high-speed chase, a pursuit on foot, and a scuffle, but two McKees Rocks police officers on routine patrol spotted a car jacking in progress and arrested a suspect. A news release from the... | |
| Occupy Pittsburgh packing up tents before deadline Protesters with Occupy Pittsburgh were packing up their tents Sunday, a day before the deadline for their eviction from a downtown park where they have been since October protesting what they... |
| Occupy Pittsburgh protesters packing up tents before Monday’s deadline Protesters with Occupy Pittsburgh are packing up their tents a day before the deadline for their eviction from a downtown park.The group has been camping there since Oct. 15.Last week, a judge ruled... |
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| Man arrested after high speed chase through McKees Rocks Police have arrested a man accused of stealing a car and trying to flee from authorities.Officials said two McKees Rocks police officers saw Troy Naylor, 23, try to hit a man with a stolen car in the... |
| Authorities investigate robbery at Bellevue beer distributor Police are investigating a robbery at a beer distributor in Bellevue.Officials said a masked man entered Bellevue Beer on Ohio River Boulevard just before 10 p.m. Saturday.The suspect, who was... |
| Police investigate shooting in Wilkinsburg Police are investigating a shooting in Wilkinsburg late Saturday night.Officials said a man was shot in the back along Penn and Swissvale avenues just before 9 p.m.Dispatcher workers at 911 said the... |
| Police: armed robber hits Baskin Robbins in Squirrel Hill Police are looking for a man accused of robbing a Baskin Robbins on Forbes Avenue in Squirrel Hill Saturday.Officials said the suspect showed a gun and took off with an unknown amount cash from the... |
| Man burned in Washington County house fire One person was taken to a local hospital with burns suffered in a house fire in Washington County early Sunday morning.Officials said the blaze started at a home on Jefferson Street just before 1... |
| Occupiers Moving Out Of Mellon Green? PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - The Occupy Pittsburgh movement may be coming to a close. According to our news partners at the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, some people in the encampment appeared to be leaving their... |
| Car slams into pole on Brownsville Road in Carrick A car slammed into a pole and snapped it in half Sunday morning in Carrick.Police are investigating what caused the crash that happened on Brownsville Road just before 6 a.m.The driver, whose name... |
| Bridgeville apartment building, house badly damaged in fire A three-story apartment building and a house next to it in Bridgeville were badly damaged in a fire early Sunday morning.Officials said the blaze stared at the apartment building on Baldwin Street... |
| Fire Damages Apartment Building, House In Bridgeville Firefighters worked to put out a fire that damaged an apartment building and a nearby house in Bridgeville on Saturday morning.Fire officials said the fire started at the apartment building along... |
| Occupy Pittsburgh clearing out Members of the grassroots movement known as Occupy Pittsburgh appear this morning to be pulling out of their encampment on BNY Mellon's property. The protesters have been encamped along Grant... |
| Lawyers seek to block new trial in 1987 homicide Attorneys representing a man who was sentenced to death more than two decades ago in the murder of a waitress in Fayette County are trying to stop prosecutors from retrying the defendant. A federal... |
| Pittsburgh Area Artist – Sally Gehl When most people see items sitting on a scrap heap or in and around garbage cans, silently awaiting their trip to the land fill, they simply see trash. When Sally Gehl looks at the exact same items... |
| Shea-ved Ice: Penguins Vs. Devils Preview NEWARK, N.J. (KDKA) - After a hard-fought win in Boston on Saturday, the Pittsburgh Penguins will be right back on the ice today against a division rival. Today's game against the New Jersey... |
| Big blaze battled in Bridgeville Firefighters battled a blaze in Bridgeville this morning that destroyed an apartment building and spread to a neighboring structure. An emergency dispatch supervisor said the fire at 667 Baldwin... |
| Two injured in Beaver County car crash Two Beaver County residents were hurt Saturday in a car crash blamed on speed. State police at Beaver said Mark Frankenberry, 22, of New Brighton, was cited for driving at an unsafe speed following... |
| Crews Battle 2-Alarm Bridgeville Fire BRIDGEVILLE (KDKA) - Firefighters were called to the scene of a two-alarm blaze in Bridgeville early Sunday morning. According to emergency dispatchers, the fire broke out at 667 Baldwin Street... |
| Latest Abandoned House Fire In Jeannette Puts Residents On Edge JEANNETTE (KDKA) — Residents are on alert as Westmoreland County authorities continue to investigate another fire at an abandoned home in Jeannette. The fire on Friday night in the 300-block... |
| Evans Leads Dukes To The ‘W’ In Front Of Sellout Crowd PITTSBURGH (93-7 The Fan) — In their all-red, "Bulls-like" throwback jerseys honoring the former Duke and first African American to be drafted in the National Basketball Association,... |
| More pain expected in Corbett's budget proposal Gov. Tom Corbett toured the Kurt J. Lesker Co., a manufacturer of vacuum products in Jefferson Hills, in April, defending his 2011 budget decisions. More cuts are expected for the 2012... |
| Officials say fire at Sarris Candies 'not suspicious' An official says a fire early Friday morning at the Sarris Candies factory in Canonsburg destroyed nearly 20,000 pounds of chocolate. The blaze occurred in a second-floor packaging area. Plant... |
| Caption Contest 177 ... and the winners of 176 CapCon 176 had Marshall's Dave Hatfield marching back into the winner's circle of the contest for the third time since October, which is mighty impressive considering his entries are up... |
| Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12 school regroups after single-gender plan is scrapped The image of the first day of school at the new Pittsburgh Westinghouse 6-12 in Homewood still sticks in one teacher's mind. "I think the first day in August was so beautiful. They came in... |
| The Next Page / The poet and a farmer in Fredericksburg: Walt Whitman and my uncle in a Civil War hospital Using his uncle's Civil War diaries, Mark A. Miner chronicles how the not-yet-famous poet and his uncle overlapped in their service to wounded... |
| As the railroad industry thrives, Pittsburgh companies profit and add jobs The railroad industry is picking up steam again, after losing ground decades ago to the nation's trucking industry. And Pittsburgh's expertise and history in the business -- Andrew Carnegie... |
| Dems say Corbett 'heartless' toward working families HARRISBURG -- It's only a month into the new year, but things are already getting ugly at the state Capitol. While election-year wars are always rough and tough, House Democrats have kicked... |
| City of Pittsburgh deals with crossing guard shortage For about two hours a day, twice a day, five days a week, Cathy Gamble is the queen -- in neon green -- of 44th and Butler streets. The longtime crossing guard greets pedestrians by name and blows... |
| New Ken's 307th Co. returns to heroes' welcome Sgt. Fredrich Ramien of Trafford hugs his son Jacob, 7, Saturday in New Kensington after a year in Afghanistan with the 307th Military Police... |
| Mass scheduled Feb. 19 to honor Cardinal Bevilacqua Bishop David A. Zubik will celebrate a memorial Mass for the late Cardinal Anthony Bevilacqua at St. Paul Cathedral on Feb. 19. Cardinal Bevilacqua, a retired archbishop of Philadelphia and the... |
| Motorist killed in head-on crash in Cambria County A Cambria County man driving on the wrong side of the road was killed early Saturday morning in a head-on collision, according to state police. Brian Polk, 34, of Salix was driving a minivan south... |
| Taking More Seats on Campus, Foreigners Also Pay the Freight SEATTLE -- This is the University of Washington's new math: 18 percent of its freshmen come from abroad, most from China. Each pays tuition of $28,059, about three times as much as students from... |
| Illegal in U.S., Paid Agents Overseas Help American Colleges Recruit Students Green River Community College, 45 minutes south of Seattle, has no special overseas cachet, no global name recognition -- but it has enrolled 1,400 international students this year, most of them... |
| Pennsylvania Schools' Financing Fight Pits District Against 'Charter on Steroids' CHESTER, Pa. -- The Chester Upland School District is more than $20 million in debt, its bank account is almost empty and it cannot afford to pay teachers past the end of this month. To make matters... |
| Tears & Hugs Exchanged As Soldiers Return Home NEW KENSINGTON (KDKA) — A touching scene played out in New Kensington Saturday when more than 100 members of the 307th MP Company returned to their families after a yearlong tour in... |
| Steelers Nation Disappointed Bettis Not Included In 2012 Hall Of Fame Class PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — There is both happiness as well as some disappointment in Steelers Nation following the Pro Football Hall of Fame announcements Saturday. Four of the 17 nominees once wore... |
| Dawson, Butler, Martin Among Names Selected To Hall Of Fame INDIANAPOLIS (AP) -- Running back Curtis Martin and four linemen have made the Pro Football Hall of Fame, along with one senior committee choice. Martin is the fourth-leading rusher in NFL history.... |
| Event held for Army Reserve Unit's return in New Kensington Army Reserve Unit.All 104 members of the unit returned around 3 p.m. and were greeted by loved ones. The event was organized by "Cookies for our Troops."The military police group spent a... |
| Clairton home catches fire while family is out Firefighters battled a blaze at a home in Clairton Saturday afternoon while the family wasn’t home.Officials said the flames started around 2:30 p.m. at a house on Third Street.Dispatchers from... |
| Butler, Dawson elected to Class of 2012 And now there are 20.With Jack Butler and Dermontti Dawson having been elected today into the Pro Football Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2012, the Pittsburgh Steelers now will have 20 of their... |
| Dawson center of attention again It's not often a player comes along who has the ability to re-define the way a position is played, and those are precisely the kind of people who belong in their sport's Hall of... |
| Finally, the Hall calls for Butler For years, his peers spoke on his behalf. They told stories of his toughness and listed his accomplishments and detailed his statistics. Today, those voices have been heard. Today, Jack Butler was... |
| Congressmen vow to fight plan to close Moon's 911th Airlift Wing WASHINGTON -- Area senators and congressmen vowed Friday to fight the Air Force's plans to close the 911th Airlift Wing in Moon within the next two years, moving two of its seven C-130 transport... |
| NHL: Pittsburgh 2, Boston 1 Marc-Andre Fleury finished with 28 saves Saturday and the Pittsburgh Penguins stayed hot with a 2-1 decision over Boston. Fleury turned aside all 20 shots he saw during the first two periods and... |
| Mangino, Ion Talk Animal Ethics PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 1020 KDKA) — KDKA Radio’s Robert Mangino speaks to Hazel Ion. They discuss the issue of putting animals to sleep by using carbon-monoxide chambers. They also take... |
| Fleury carries Penguins to 2-1 win over Bruins Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves, and Evgeni Malkin had a power-play goal to lift the Pittsburgh Penguins over the Boston Bruins 2-1 Saturday, their ninth win in 10 games.Matt Cooke had the other goal... |
| Clairton man sentenced to life for fatal New Year’s Eve shooting A Clairton man was sentenced to life in prison on Friday after a fatal shooting on New Year’s Eve.A judge found Keith Wright guilty of second-degree murder, burglary and conspiracy in the death... |
| Family searching for missing Etna woman offers reward The family of a missing woman is offering a reward in hopes of finding the missing 51-year-old woman from Etna.Joann Angel has been missing since December. She was last seen at a gas station along... |