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  • [30-05-2012] Sandusky, lawyers meeting with AG’s office at Centre County Courthouse
    Target 11 confirmed Tuesday afternoon that Jerry Sandusky and his lawyers are at the Centre County Courthouse for an unplanned meeting. Members of the Sandusky defense team, including Joe Amendola and Karl Rominger, began meeting with...

  • [29-05-2012] 2 arrested after hit-and-run crash in downtown Pittsburgh
    Two people were arrested early Tuesday morning following a hit-and-run in downtown Pittsburgh. According to police, an SUV was hit at the corner of Ninth Street and Liberty Avenue around 2 a.m. Authorities said the suspects kept...

  • [27-05-2012] Penn Township woman dies while trying to escape burning home
    A Penn Township woman died after trying to escape her burning home Saturday. Officials said the woman pushed an emergency button inside her home to alert crews of a fire that started at her Grable Drive home. According to...

  • [27-05-2012] Pittsburgh CLO and the University of Pittsburgh Host the 22nd Gene Kelly Awards
    A near capacity crowd gathered at the Benedum Center as Pittsburgh CLO and the University of Pittsburgh honored Allegheny County’s finest high school performers at the 22nd Annual Pittsburgh CLO Gene Kelly Awards for Excellence in...

  • [27-05-2012] Woman dies in Westmoreland County fire
    A woman dies in a house fire in Penn Township....

  • [25-05-2012] Sandusky charity to shut down, transfer programs
    The charity for troubled youths started by Jerry Sandusky more than three decades ago — and through which the retired Penn State assistant football coach met the boys he is charged with sexually abusing — said Friday it...

  • [25-05-2012] Man pleads guilty in 2006 PSU student death
    A man whose murder conviction was previously thrown out in the fatal beating of a Penn State student six years ago has pleaded guilty in the killing under a deal with prosecutors. The plea agreement reached Thursday means Andrew Rogers...

  • [24-05-2012] Mt. Lebanon student loses bid to walk at graduation
    A Mt. Lebanon High School senior has lost his bid to walk with his graduating class after being charged with possession of drug paraphernalia off-campus last month. An Allegheny County judge on Wednesday denied Mitchell Klemencic's...

  • [23-05-2012] Local hospitals say no current cases of flesh-eating bacteria
    Despite rumors circulating, none of the area’s hospitals have reported treating any current cases of flesh-eating bacteria. Channel 11’s Vince Sims checked with Allegheny General Hospital, West Penn Hospital and the UPMC...

  • [22-05-2012] Here's how chips stack up at new Ohio casinos
    TOLEDO: The new Hollywood Casino Toledo features more than 2,000 slot machines and 60 table games. So does the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland. Hollywood, which opens at 2 p.m. May 29, has a buffet, restaurants, poker room, high limit room...

  • [22-05-2012] Comparing Ohio’s casinos
    TOLEDO: The new Hollywood Casino Toledo features more than 2,000 slot machines and 60 table games.So does the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland.Hollywood, which opens at 2 p.m. May 29, has a buffet, restaurants, poker room, high limit room and...

  • [21-05-2012] Collision causes 2 cars to crash into Strip District buildings
    A crash in Pittsburgh's Strip District sent two vehicles into two different buildings. Police said a pickup truck and a van crashed just before 8 a.m. on Penn Avenue. Investigators said the impact sent the truck into the WHF Oriental...

  • [19-05-2012] Gamblers can ban themselves from Ohio casinos
    Even before the Horseshoe Casino Cleveland opened, Justin Gale knew he never wanted to step inside.Not because he’s opposed to casino gaming, but because he’s a compulsive gambler who can’t control his addiction.So...

  • [19-05-2012] Sandusky prosecutors present new, graphic details
    Prosecutors have laid out more precise, graphic details in their case against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach set to stand trial next month on allegations of sexually assaulting young victims over 14 years....

  • [19-05-2012] Sandusky prosecutors present new, graphic details
    Prosecutors have laid out more precise, graphic details in their case against Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State football coach set to stand trial next month on allegations of sexually assaulting young victims over 14 years....

  • [15-05-2012] New Penn State coach Bill O’Brien talks Paterno, rivalry with Pitt
    New Penn State head football coach Bill O'Brien made a stop in Pittsburgh Monday as part of the Penn State Coaching Caravan. O'Brien took some time to sit down with WPXI-TV sports director Alby Oxenreiter. He is Joe Paterno's successor,...

  • [14-05-2012] NBC releases 2012-2013 primetime lineup
    NBC released its 2012-2013 primetime schedule with a list of new comedies and dramas. NBC comedy expands to Tuesday and Friday Nights, as the network introduces "Go On," "The New Normal," "Animal...

  • [13-05-2012] Penn Hills crash kills woman, injures child
    A Pittsburgh man is charged with causing a crash that killed a Plum woman and injured her child Saturday afternoon in Penn Hills....

  • [13-05-2012] Penn Hills crash kills 1, injures 3
    One person dies and three others are injured in a two-vehicle crash in Penn Hills....

  • [13-05-2012] Crews on scene of deadly crash involving car, tow truck in Penn Hills
    Authorities are on the scene of an accident involving a car and tow truck. Officials said one woman is dead after her car collided with a tow truck on Milltown Road around 1 p.m. Two more people were in the car at the time and...

  • [13-05-2012] Man shot while sitting in SUV
    A man was shot and killed Friday night while he was in his SUV. 20-year-old Calvone Rollings was sitting in his car on Blackadore Avenue in Penn Hills when he was shot. Penn Hills police said the suspect fled on foot from where the...

  • [13-05-2012] Penn Hills shooting kills 1
    A late-night shooting during an apparent robbery attempt killed a 19-year-old man in Penn Hills....

  • [13-05-2012] 1 dead, 3 injured in Penn Hills crash
    One person dies and three others are injured in a two-vehicle crash in Penn Hills....

  • [11-05-2012] St. Alphonsus teacher wins Golden Apple teaching award
    St. Alphonsus School science teacher Nancy Snyder has won a 2012 Golden Apple Award honoring her as an outstanding individual who devotes her life to teaching in Catholic schools. Snyder will receive the award at a banquet on May 29,...

  • [10-05-2012] Horseshoe Casino Cleveland ready to open Monday
    CLEVELAND: Horseshoe Casino Cleveland is expecting an avalanche of gamblers and gawkers when it opens Monday night, becoming the first commercial casino in Ohio.“We are planning for bedlam,” Rock Gaming principal Nate Forbes...

  • [09-05-2012] Jerry Sandusky's defense digs into accusers' past
    The alleged victims of the Penn State child sexual abuse scandal are finding there isn't much in their pasts that the defense isn't trying to find out. Jerry Sandusky's defense team wants to know their IQs, how well they did in school and...

  • [08-05-2012] Investigators identify body of Penn Hills man found in roadway
    Investigators identified the man killed in a hit and run accident in Penn Hills....

  • [08-05-2012] Lawyer says Penn Hills man ‘remorseful’ for drunken driving incident
    A drunken driver who hit more than 10 cars during a police chase from Pittsburgh to Penn Hills last year was in court Monday. Dwayne Jackson’s lawyers said Monday that he is remorseful for what happened and is paying...

  • [03-05-2012] Former Penn-Trafford student drops stun gun lawsuit
    A man, now 21, drops his federal civil rights lawsuit against a police officer who used a stun gun to subdue him during a 2007 incident at Penn-Trafford High School....

  • [03-05-2012] Judge schedules hearing in Sandusky case
    A judge will hear arguments by two school districts and a charity to throw out defense subpoenas in the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case. Lawyers for the Mifflin County School District and the Keystone Central School District have...

  • [03-05-2012] Body found on Frankstown Road in Penn Hills
    Police are investigating the discovery of a body overnight along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills....

  • [02-05-2012] Deadly hit-and-run investigation shuts down busy Penn Hills road
    Police are investigating a deadly hit-and-run incident in Penn Hills early Wednesday morning, forcing a busy roadway to be shut down. Investigators said a pedestrian was hit and killed at the intersection of Frankstown and Overbrook...

  • [02-05-2012] Body Found in Penn Hills roadway
    Police are investigating the discovery of a body overnight along Frankstown Road in Penn Hills....