Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
A Super Bowl champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Dwayne Woodruff also holds ownership in a pair of companies while serving on the bench as a judge in Allegheny County. But one of his sports-related companies has left taxpayers with an unpaid debt of $18,000 that government officials would like to collect.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:44:55 EST
The University of Pittsburgh's Chevron Science Center was evacuated early Monday evening after a threatening message was found written in a bathroom, police say.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:48:13 EST
Jerry Sandusky asked for his bail restrictions to be loosened so he can see his grandchildren. He also wanted a local jury. The judge has made his decision.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:00:17 EST
A Pittsburgh native is opening her poetry salon to the entire world to help capture the perfect words to describe any occasion.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:24:31 EST
VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System Police are trying to find 81-year-old William McCoy, who went missing from the veterans' hospital in Oakland on Monday afternoon.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:22:37 EST
Coming off a reported quarterly loss of more than $3 billion, the U.S. Postal Service is seeking approval to eliminate Saturday mail delivery, raise stamp prices and reduce the soaring costs of health benefits for future retirees.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:29:25 EST
Amaris Whitaker, 24, tells Channel 4 Action News she was turned away from Static club in the Strip District because of her disability, which requires her to have a place to sit because she can't stand for long periods of time.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:57:00 EST
A couple is jailed in Pittsburgh after police in suburban Avalon say they found the man and woman sleeping in a stolen car with their 3-month-old baby.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:23:18 EST
An 81-year-old Coraopolis woman is rescued after a two-vehicle crash sends her car over a hillside in Robinson Township.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 18:51:15 EST
PNC Bank in the Brookline area of Pittsburgh is robbed late Monday morning.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 13:27:00 EST
Construction workers are accustomed to the sound of loud noises, but what one crew heard in Hazelwood on Monday morning was definitely not the norm.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:01:20 EST
Pittsburgh vice detectives set up a hotel meeting and make three prostitution-related arrests in connection with the case of a 14-year-old who had been missing for almost a year.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 14:16:39 EST
Fire engulfed the Mystic Mountain Ski Lodge at Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, burning the structure to the ground and leaving charred ruins behind.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:06:10 EST
Tim Curley, the Penn State athletic director currently on leave, is asking a judge to throw out charges that he lied to a grand jury investigating allegations against Jerry Sandusky and failed to report suspected abuse.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:19:39 EST
A man accused of robbing a Saxonburg bank apparently posted about the heist on Facebook before turning himself in.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 19:03:17 EST
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is examining the impact of natural gas drilling in southwestern Pennsylvania. EPA spokeswoman Bonnie Smith tells the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that the agency began investigations in late September.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:14:55 EST
Megabus says it will end its discount bus route between Pittsburgh and Toronto, meaning the cities of Erie, Pa., and Buffalo, N.Y., will also lose service on that route.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:51:11 EST
Police say a man has returned a $400 jackpot after falsely claiming to have a "bingo" at a New Castle church fundraiser.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 11:57:15 EST
A police chase that began in Pitcairn came to an end with a car crash at Middle Avenue in Wilmerding.
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 12:38:30 EST
Traffic heading outbound toward Pittsburgh International Airport was at a near-standstill following an accident on Interstate 376 (Parkway West).
Published: Mon, 13 Feb 2012 10:58:13 EST
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