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Source: ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News
Pittsburgh police officers are usually busy patrolling the city's streets, but they made a different kind of house call on Christmas Eve, spreading cheer to less-fortunate families.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:09:53 EST
Police said a man was stabbed in the abdomen Christmas Eve, while waiting in the meal line at the Light of Life Mission on the North Side.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 19:01:18 EST
Police say a man desperate for cash to buy his children Christmas gifts has been jailed on charges of robbing a bar in Midland, Beaver County.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 16:09:29 EST
West Allegheny High School student Mike Behme wondered what happens to hats after they get thrown on the ice, and he figured they could be put to better use.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:45:11 EST
Pennsylvania State Police are putting Uniontown and South Union Township residents on alert following a string of burglaries in the area.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:20:56 EST
The Red Cross is helping two adults who were displaced by a house fire in Pittsburgh's Homewood neighborhood early on Christmas Eve.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:20:37 EST
The body of a woman was discovered along a road by a police officer who was assisting the driver of a disabled truck in Shenango Township, near New Castle.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 17:36:17 EST
None of the tickets sold for the Powerball game Wednesday night matched all six numbers drawn.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 00:13:56 EST
The Allegheny County fire marshal is investigating an overnight fire in Turtle Creek.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 11:28:39 EST
Kmart employee Sue Rutherford says she was cited by the company for not coming into work on a day when an ice storm shut down major roadways in Pittsburgh, including the parkways.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:46:54 EST
Sen. Jane Orie, of suburban Pittsburgh, hires a high-profile criminal defense lawyer who says detectives searched her office and seized computers in what he calls a "political hack job."
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 18:32:10 EST
Prosecutors have dropped an aggravated assault charge against a Pittsburgh man accused of injuring his girlfriend's 2-year-old triplets, one of whom died.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 12:03:00 EST
A man was shot to death in Pittsburgh's Knoxville area on Wednesday morning, following a night full of gun violence in both that community and neighboring Allentown.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 22:57:08 EST
Charges have been filed against the driver and passenger of a car that hit and killed a bicyclist in Butler.
Published: Thu, 24 Dec 2009 09:27:03 EST
Pittsburgh Narcotics Detectives have made four arrests following a drug sweep in Pittsburgh's Beechview neighborhood.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:58:45 EST
Local police officers are putting on their Santa hats this holiday season in hopes of spreading some cheer to children who lost their mother earlier this year.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:11:39 EST
A car fire on the Parkway East prompts authorities to stop outbound traffic before the Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 20:57:42 EST
Brian Cole, one of the pilots who crash-landed American Airlines Flight 331 in a fierce rain in Jamaica, is a Pittsburgh-area native and a Quaker Valley High School graduate.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 23:54:51 EST
An Upper St. Clair father is at large -- possibly an international fugitive -- after not showing up for a Pittsburgh trial on charges related to the death of one of his twin boys.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:29:31 EST
When it comes to holiday shopping, many consumers will compare price and quality. But what we often don't research is how easy it will be to take the item back. WTAE Channel 4's Sally Wiggin talked with consumer advocate Mary Bach, of Murrysville, to get the details about gift returns during the holiday season.
Published: Wed, 23 Dec 2009 18:50:15 EST
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