Top Pittsburgh Area Local News Stories
Source: WTAE.com - Local News
Jury deliberations are under way Wednesday in the trial of a young Seven Fields man charged in the shooting death of his best friend.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:40:40 EST
A judge says a woman's text messages with her husband about her 4-year-old stepson's injuries can be used at trial -- a decision that deals with Pennsylvania's status as a state that lets spouses invoke a "communications privilege" in all child-abuse cases.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:33:12 EST
Ross Park Mall was closed Wednesday morning and searched by bomb-sniffing police dogs following the discovery of a threat.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 12:46:25 EST
Wilkinsburg police have issued a warning about several vehicle break-ins that have been reported in Regent Square since the New Year.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:09:37 EST
Firefighters in New Castle managed to save 200 pounds of Polish sausage from what they're calling the best-smelling fire they've doused in years.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:11:58 EST
An 18-year-old Fayette County man is behind bars, charged with sexually assaulting his girlfriend's 3-month-old baby last year in Rostraver.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:28:43 EST
Pittsburgh police are investigating an attempted robbery at a Citizens Bank inside Giant Eagle.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 13:27:08 EST
On Valentine's Day, a local high school coach celebrates the anniversary of transplant surgery that saved his life.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:19:25 EST
An 8-year-old girl was hospitalized after choking on a hotdog at her school in Mercer County on Monday.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:18:13 EST
Residents at a community meeting on the Southside say they're sick of revelers partying and leaving messes behind.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:33:52 EST
The mother of an 11-year-old boy who police say was beaten to death by his mother's boyfriend over the weekend is interviewed for several hours at Pittsburgh Police Headquarters on Tuesday.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:19:05 EST
The DEA and the FBI executed a search warrant at the office of Dr. Oliver Herndon in the Waterdam Plaza in Peters Township, Washington County.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:56:10 EST
A trucker spots a portable meth lab while taking a turnaround on Route 22 and calls state police.
Published: Wed, 15 Feb 2012 07:18:56 EST
State elections officials say Republican gubernatorial candidate Newt Gingrich's campaign has filed papers to qualify for the Pennsylvania ballot.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:31:32 EST
The former assistant to the owner of Falcon Drilling in western Pennsylvania is jailed on charges he stole nearly $1 million, though state police say up to $5 million may turn up missing as their investigation continues.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:44:56 EST
A deadly traffic accident involving a car that was pushed into a PennDOT vehicle has closed Interstate 376 in Pulaski Township, Lawrence County.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:41:08 EST
Thousands of crows won't go away in California, Pa. Residents and business owners say they're loud and dirty and keeping people inside. California University tried lasers and other measures trying to chase them off.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:25:30 EST
Investigators believe a candle may have sparked a fire at a Squirrel Hill apartment.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:00:22 EST
In a recorded interview, Eric Rutledge tells police that he and 18-year-old Courtney Daily watched a horror movie and played Ouija before she was shot. His defense attorney says it was an accident, not a murder.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 17:48:09 EST
An Amish man dies at a Pittsburgh hospital three weeks after being burned in a wood-burning stove explosion that killed one of his young sons and critically injured another at their house.
Published: Tue, 14 Feb 2012 10:31:41 EST
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