Documents Raise Questions About Number Of Alleged Sandusky Victims
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Documents obtained by the KDKA Investigators indicate Jerry Sandusky’s attorneys may have known long before the trial about more than 20 victims that were allegedly assaulted. In...
View ArticleNewtown Schools To Offer Day Of Activities For Students
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Although Newtown schools will remain closed Monday, officials have decided to hold a supervised program for district students. Superintendent of Schools Janet Robinson wrote a...
View ArticleFirst Funerals To Be Held Following Conn. School Shooting
NEWTOWN, Conn. (KDKA/AP) – A grieving Connecticut town braced itself Monday to bury the first two of the 20 small victims of an elementary school gunman and debated when classes could resume – and...
View ArticleRape Suspect Represents Self, Cross Examines Victims During Trial
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The highly anticipated trial for a man accused of entering four women’s home and raping them got underway Tuesday. Dozens of people showed up at the courthouse downtown. It’s an...
View ArticleRape Suspect Cross Examines Alleged Victim, Husband
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – In January of 2012 surveillance video shows a woman leaving the Rivers Casino on her way home to Beaver County. What she didn’t know was a blue SUV had been driving around the...
View ArticlePenn State Sues Insurer Over Sandusky Coverage
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – Penn State alleges in a new lawsuit that its insurance carrier has not been honoring its legal obligation to cover claims related to sexual misconduct by former assistant...
View ArticleFormer Officer Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Sexual Favors
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A former Pittsburgh Police officer has pleaded guilty to charges that he tried to extort sexual favors from women in return for legal help. Adam Skweres, a nine-year veteran,...
View ArticleBoston Marathon Bombing Suspect Captured
WATERTOWN, Mass. (AP) – Boston Police say a 19-year-old college student wanted in the Boston Marathon bombings is in custody after a manhunt that left the city virtually paralyzed and his older brother...
View ArticleForest County Stabbing Leaves 2 Dead
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Police are investigating after two people were fatally stabbed in Forest County early Saturday morning. Around 1:50 a.m., police say they were called to the scene of what is...
View ArticlePens Raise $53K For One Fund Boston
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – An online auction by the Pens fetched more than $50,000 for the One Fund Boston fund. The team raised $53,000 by selling Penguins jerseys from the April 20 game against the Boston...
View ArticleAlbion Tornado Survivors Relate To Oklahoma Victims
ALBION (KDKA) — Nearly 30 years ago, the people of Albion, Pa. dedicated a memorial to the twelve lives lost on May 31, 1985. And they can relate to the images they’re seeing on television from...
View ArticlePSU Trustees Say Tentative Settlements Made With Sandusky Victims
UNIONTOWN (KDKA/AP) — Penn State’s Board of Trustees says several tentative settlements have been made with men who claim they were sexually abused by former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky....
View ArticleChild Dies After Car Goes Off Cliff In West Finley
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A child has died after she became trapped under a vehicle that crashed. Officials say 5-year-old Taylor Ann Louise Stout was in the car her mother was driving along Majorsville Road...
View ArticleTaylor Ann Louise Stout Memorial Fund
There are new details on the accident that killed a 5-year-old girl in West Finley. The community has now set up a fund for Taylor Ann Louise Stout’s family. The girl’s mother was driving when she says...
View ArticleLocals Help Out Typhoon Victims
Some local people are doing their part to help the victims of the recent typhoon. Brother’s Brother on the North Side is gathering supplies to send to the Philippines. They have food and medical...
View ArticleMother Of Western Psych Shooter Gives Deposition In Lawsuit
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The mother of the Western Psych shooter is being sued by several victims after they say she failed to commit her son. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that Susan Shick, mother of...
View ArticleUpper Burrell Crash Leaves 2 Trapped
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – Emergency responders worked to help two people trapped in a car crash Christmas Day. It happened around 11:30 a.m. near the intersection of Manchester Hill and Oaklake roads in...
View ArticleCommunity Rallies To Support Vandergrift Fire Victims
VANDERGRIFT (KDKA) – Thousands of items and thousands of dollars have been collected for the victims of a weekend fire in Vandergrift. The blaze started just before 11 p.m. Friday at a home in the...
View ArticleMan Sentenced To 2 Life Terms In Forest Co. Stabbings Case
TIONESTA, Pa. (KDKA/AP) – A western Pennsylvania man has been sentenced to two life terms in prison without possibility of parole in the stabbing deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her new boyfriend at a...
View ArticleTempers Flare Over Butler Gossip Site
BUTLER COUNTY (KDKA) – They’re sites of revenge and spite. Nationally, there’s TheDirty.com and closer to home there’s Butler Trash, where anonymous users post lewd pictures and scurrilous accusations,...
View Article24 Injured In Stabbing At Franklin Regional High School
MURRYSVILLE (KDKA/AP) – At least 24 people have been injured in a stabbing at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville. The attack occurred in crowded hallways just minutes before the start of...
View ArticleFranklin Regional H.S. Victims Recovering At Local Hospitals
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — At least 20 people were injured in Wednesday morning’s stabbing rampage at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville. The victims, mostly students, were taken to hospitals all...
View Article16-Year-Old Suspect In Custody After Franklin Regional H.S. Stabbing
MURRYSVILLE (KDKA/AP) — Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville remained under police guard Wednesday night as investigators still consider the school a crime scene. Twenty-four people were hurt...
View ArticleStabbing Victims Continue Recovery, Most Seriously Injured Teen Still Critical
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Twenty-four people were injured during Wednesday’s stabbings at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville, but less than half remain in the hospital. Two students were released...
View ArticlePenguins Help To Raise Spirits Of Franklin Regional Victims
MONROEVILLE (KDKA) — The long road to recover continues for the victims of the stabbing rampage earlier this week at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville. Two days after the attack, three more...
View ArticleFaith, Business, Community Leaders Band Together To Help Franklin Regional
MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) — There’s been an outpouring of support in the Murrysville community for Franklin Regional High School and its students since Wednesday stabbing attack that left several with severe...
View ArticleMurrysville Palm Sunday Service Focuses On Franklin Regional Tragedy
MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) – Since the stabbings at Franklin Regional High School, churches in Murrysville have actively been involved in the healing process. The tragic events were a major topic during a Palm...
View ArticleFranklin Regional Asst. Superintendent Speaks Out For First Time Since Stabbing
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio1020 KDKA) – Mary Catherine Reljac, Assistant Superintendent of the Franklin Regional School District, spoke exclusively with Bill Rehkopf for the first time since the stabbing....
View ArticleInjured Franklin Regional Students Continue To Improve
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Thursday marked the second day of classes for Franklin Regional High School students in Murrysville following last week’s stabbings. Students and staff seem to be taking it one day...
View ArticleFranklin Regional Suspect Now Facing 21 Counts Of Attempted Homicide
MURRYSVILLE (KDKA) – Investigators have released more details into why a Franklin Regional High School student allegedly went on a stabbing spree earlier this month. According to court documents, Vice...
View ArticleWestern Psych Shooting Suit Plaintiffs To Share $500K
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – Victims of a shooting rampage at a University of Pittsburgh psychiatric clinic will share a $500,000 settlement from the deceased gunman’s estate. The Tribune-Review said court...
View ArticlePolice Investigate After 3 People Shot, 7-Month-Old Injured
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)- Three people are recovering from gunshot wounds and a 7-month-old is recovering from injuries from flying glass. Pittsburgh Police are investigating a shooting that took place in...
View ArticleLawyers Get $508K In Parents’ Western Psych Shooting Settlement
PITTSBURGH (AP) – A judge has awarded $508,000 to the attorneys who represented the parents of a therapist fatally shot at a Pittsburgh psychiatric hospital. Harry and Mary Schaab had sued the...
View Article2 People Injured In Shooting Outside Homewood Laundromat
HOMEWOOD (KDKA)- Pittsburgh Police are looking into a shooting overnight outside of a laundromat in Homewood. The shooting happened around 12:45 a.m. on Tuesday, in the 7100-block of Frankstown Avenue....
View ArticleMonroeville Mall Shooting Victims Continue To Recover
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The victims of Saturday’s shooting at the Monroeville Mall are continuing to recover. Three people were shot during the incident, including two men and a woman. Only one of the men...
View ArticleAmerican Victims Identified In France Plane Crash
WASHINGTON (KDKA/AP) – Two Americans presumed to have died in the plane crash in the southern French Alps include a U.S. government contractor and her daughter with ties to Pittsburgh. The mother was...
View ArticleFrench Prosecutor: Germanwings Co-Pilot Wanted To Destroy Plane
PARIS (KDKA/AP) – Passengers with moments to live screamed in terror and the pilot frantically pounded on the locked cockpit door as a 27-year-old German co-pilot deliberately and wordlessly smashed an...
View ArticleNew Chapter Opens In Victim Compensation Fight In Pa. Churches
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – The last victim compensation funds at Pennsylvania’s Roman Catholic dioceses are closing as lawmakers plunge back into a years-old fight over whether to let long-ago victims of...
View ArticleSenators Consider Altering Time Limits For Child Sex Abuse Lawsuits
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) – State senators are hearing from victims, church advocates, lawyers, and others about whether Pennsylvania should alter rules for child sexual abuse claims that occurred too long...
View ArticleCommissions Warn Hunters Of Online License Scams
PITTSBURGH (KDKA)– Hunters and anglers beware, your information may not be safe if you’re purchasing licenses online. The Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) and the Pennsylvania Game...
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