Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News
A man's son believed to be kidnapped instead had a debt to settle and used city money demanded as ransom, according to Pittsburgh police.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:03:32 EDT
Pittsburgh police are investigating whether two children were left alone inside a car in East Liberty.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:22:04 EDT
ALSO: Pictures and information about Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's "Ben-a-palooza" birthday celebration in Georgia surface online.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:55:13 EDT
A Uniontown man was in court on Tuesday on charges stemming from a violent confrontation with police during St. Patrick's Day celebrations on Pittsburgh's South Side.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:37:24 EDT
State police in Butler County are looking for 22-year-old Ashley Marie Wild, who was last seen in Lancaster Township.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:20:31 EDT
Recent changes on Facebook -- the world's No. 1 social Web site -- could put your personal information and pictures in the wrong hands.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:39:33 EDT
A bill for mandatory education about teen dating violence in Pennsylvania is inspired by the Monroeville murder of Gateway student Demi Cuccia.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:21:59 EDT
Baby elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo and PPG Aquarium have been a continuing source of entertainment since their birth a year and a half ago -- but now that they each weigh a ton, it is time to get serious.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:49:19 EDT
The attorney for a Pittsburgh teenage arts student who claims three city police officers beat him during his arrest says the teen has passed an FBI lie detector test.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:28:34 EDT
WTAE Channel 4 Action News takes you inside the Pittsburgh Penguins' new hockey arena, the Consol Energy Center, and shows you how the interior construction work is progressing.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:32:48 EDT
Fire crews were called to a home in Baldwin Borough shortly before noon on Tuesday.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:46:20 EDT
The father accused of leaving his two year old daughter to die in the freezing cold is expected to take the witness stand, a day after the prosecution played his taped confession in court.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:18:28 EDT
A woman who was accused of improperly caring for hundreds of cats at her Tiger Ranch animal rescue sanctuary and given two years of house arrest could be sent to the Allegheny County Jail for violating her sentencing terms.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:38:13 EDT
Two tractor-trailers collided Tuesday morning on Route 356 in Allegheny Township, Westmoreland County.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:57:56 EDT
A fossil found by a former University of Pittsburgh geology student on land owned by Federal Express west of the city has been unveiled by the Carnegie Museum of Natural History.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:41:31 EDT
Juror deliberations are under way for a third day in the public corruption trial of a former top Pennsylvania House Democrat and three of his former aides.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:58:24 EDT
A 31-year-old man has been sentenced to six to 23 months in jail for recording men on his cell phone while they were using public restrooms at Walmart stores and a college campus in Indiana County.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:54:02 EDT
Operators of Pittsburgh's Rivers Casino have formally filed a petition seeking authorization from the state to operate 86 table games.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:07:29 EDT
An Alaska Fish and Game spokeswoman said state officials have located and killed two of the wolves believed responsible for the death of a teacher who was killed while jogging alone along a rural village road.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:41:56 EDT
Two Union Railroad trains collide and derail in North Versailles, killing one of the engineers and spilling diesel fuel near U.S. Steel's Edgar Thomson Plant.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:38:58 EDT
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