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  • Target 11 investigates police officer charged with felony

    A Pittsburgh police officer charged with insurance fraud almost two years ago lost some of his police powers, but he didn't lose his job.As Target 11 Investigator Rick Earle discovered, he's being paid his full salary while serving probation.Officer Vernon Gibson works at the warrant office at the City Municipal Court building downtown. He's been assigned to that office since he ...

  • Target 11 Update to Essential Air Service program

    We first told you about the controversial federal program, known as the Essential Air Service program, for which tens of millions of tax dollars are spent every year to subsidize commercial flights into tiny airports across the country.Critics call it a waste of tax dollars, but supporters say it ultimately stimulates the local economy.Target 11 discovered that despite federal budget cuts and ...

  • Severe thunderstorm watch in effect for Channel 11 News viewing area

    The entire Channel 11 News viewing area is currently under a severe thunderstorm watch. The advisory is scheduled to remain in effect until 10 p.m. Wednesday.Severe Weather Team 11 Chief Meteorologist Stephen Cropper says that damaging wind gusts, hail and heavy downpours are possible. Frequent lightning is also associated with these strong storms.Stick with Channel 11 News and WPXI.com for ...

  • DA refiles homicide charge in bathtub drowning of 13-month-old boy

    Prosecutors said Tonya Thomas' decision to walk away and leave her kids unsupervised was so reckless, it rose to a criminal level and fit the criteria for a homicide charge, but a magisterial judge disagreed. About one week later, the district attorney refiled the previously-dismissed homicide charge, citing a possible misunderstanding in what his office was ...

  • Todays MLB starting lineups May 22

    Below are starting lineups that have been made public by the clubs. A lineup is not official until it is handed to the umpire. Additional lineups will be added as they become available: Arizona Diamondbacks: 1. ...


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Movie Review

Woman on Top

Fina Torres' Woman on Top is an example of a quirky, potentially charming romantic fantasy that simply tries too hard. Torres, working from an offbeat script by first-time scribe Vera Blasi, piles on the quirk from start to finish, but it never amounts to much. ...

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  • State Police Seek Suspect In Walmart Pharmacy Robbery In Latrobe

    LATROBE (KDKA) — State police are asking for the public's help to identify a man who robbed a Walmart pharmacy in Westmoreland County. Police released a still photo of the suspect inside of the Latrobe store on Tuesday evening. According to investigators, he stole a hat and flannel shirt to wear during the robbery, and then also took a pellet gun, which he later used to threaten the ...

  • Judge grants former Pittsburgh police Chief Harper permission to leave state for visit

    Former Pittsburgh police Chief Nate Harper can take his grandchildren to an amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, for the Memorial Day weekend, a federal judge ruled ...

  • Fox bites elementary school children

    A fox bit two children at a Covington elementary school Wednesday.The incident happened around 11:45 a.m. at Rocky Plains Elementary School, according to Newton County Animal Control spokeswoman Teri Kay Hooson. She said two 6-year-old boys were bitten at the playground. Around 50 kindergarten students were at the playground at the time, a Newton County School official said.One boy has a ...

  • Miller making no promises in return from torn ACL

    Injured Pittsburgh Steelers tight end Heath Miller is pleased with his recovery from a devastating knee injury but says it's too early to tell when he'll ...

  • Movie Review Fast Furious 6

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