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Source: ThePittsburghChannel.com - Local News
Fire crews were called to a home in Baldwin Borough shortly before noon on Tuesday.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:03:21 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 13:02:12 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 13:13:27 EDT
Rivers Casino on Pittsburgh's North Shore has asked Pennsylvania gaming regulators for permission to add 86 table games, perhaps as early as July.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:31:26 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 11:18:49 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 employee and spilling thousands of gallons of diesel fuel into Turtle Creek near the U.S. Steel Edgar Thomson Plant.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:04:49 EDT
Emergency dispatchers say four people were injured at the scene of a fire in PittsburghÂ’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood Tuesday morning.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:56:13 EDT
Authorities in Westmoreland County scour Bolivar, searching wooded areas for a man wanted for insurance fraud.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:27:15 EDT
Residents of Pittsburgh's West End continue their ongoing protest against a proposed strip club on West Carson Street.
Published: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:44:03 EDT
Chris Pollock was a mechanic for the Pennsylvania National Guard until a farming accident changed everything.
Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:10:25 EDT
A Team 4 investigation finds people in western Pennsylvania driving without insurance -- even after being cited by police multiple times -- and it's hitting the rest of us in the pocket book.
Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:52 EDT
In a recorded confession, William Page admits drinking heavily on the night of his 2-year-old daughter Nyia's death and kicking her hard in frustration over the toddler repeatedly taking off her diaper.
Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:41:24 EDT
A garbage truck hit a pedestrian Monday afternoon on Route 19 in Zelienople, Butler County, according to police.
Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:05:59 EDT
A police source says a Squirrel Hill man whose body was dumped near a wooded path in Northview Heights was likely killed in an act of retribution because of an ongoing feud.
Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:07:56 EDT
Police are investigating the deadly shooting of a retired city firefighter who was walking his dog in Pittsburgh's Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood.
Published: Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:12:11 EDT
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