Thursday's KDKA Afternoon News: January 3, 2012
Missed the Thursday edition of the KDKA Afternoon News? Well, here's a recap of the highlights.
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Missed the Thursday edition of the KDKA Afternoon News? Well, here's a recap of the highlights.
In the wake of the latest mass killing of school children, many Americans feel exactly as the President when he spoke Sunday night at a memorial service in Connecticut.
Sen. Joe Manchin, an avid hunter and lifelong member of the National Rifle Association, says it's time for all sides in the gun policy debate to move beyond the political rhetoric and begin an honest discussion about reasonable restrictions on guns.
A jury has convicted the man Jerod A. Green, 36, of Morgantown, W.Va., who was involved in police chase that ended in a crash that claimed the life of Sgt. Michael Todd May last February.
A massive pipeline explosion and fire have destroyed at least five homes and forced the closure of an interstate in West Virginia.
A West Virginia Senator is asking MTV to scrap its new reality show, which follows a group of young people from his state.
For the second time in as many weeks, Shawn Nelson drove the 270 miles from Boone County, W. Va. to Pittsburgh with his now 5-month-old son Eli in his arms, hoping to hear a legal decision involving his wife Rachel, only to go back home with no such result.
Shawn Nelson says there's only one thing he wants for Thanksgiving, "and I've got it right here." He traveled to Pittsburgh from Boone County, W. Va., holding his baby - who was the subject of a criminal prosecution of his wife Rachel Nelson.
Police are investigating after two people were killed in an early Monday morning accident in West Virginia.
The prettiness of the snow-capped hills of Preston County offers no hint of the hardships of the past 10 days.
A 23-year-old Pittsburgh man was arrested Thursday afternoon in Huntington, W.Va., as police there were investigating an unrelated incident.
The fact that the Steelers are using a fullback at all is normally newsworthy, but when that fullback can also play tight end, special teams and be a red zone threat you start wondering where this player came from. Today we tell you.
While Hurricane Sandy brought flooding to much of the East Coast, the storm brought snow to much of West Virginia. Blizzard conditions left a wintery blanket over much of the state.
A woman was critically injured after being struck by a car on State Route 40 Saturday.
We're learning more about the West Virginia woman accused of attempting to smother her infant son more than a dozen times. Now, her neighbors are speaking out about the woman at the center of the investigation.
Police released disturbing new details in the investigation of a woman accused of attempting to suffocate her infant.
Pittsburgh Police plan to charge a 22-year-old mother from West Virginia with allegedly trying to smother her child at Children's Hospital.
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) This time, West Virginia's shoddy defense was too much for Geno Smith to overcome.
At least seven couch fires were reported in Morgantown, W. Va., after a record-setting WVU win over Baylor over the weekend. West Virginia University is working to prevent couch fires and recently just released a PSA about them.
If 33-year-old Damon Lemasters ever wants to turn in his screw driver at Big Fred's Garage to become a movie stuntman, he has all the right moves.
A community is mourning the death of a young man in Beaver County. De'Andre Moon, 18, was fatally shot on a boat dock off First Avenue in New Brighton overnight.
City leaders are outraged by the actions of a fire department battalion chief. Pittsburgh Fire Battalion Chief James Washabaugh has been arrested three times now – in West Virginia, Florida and Pennsylvania – each time for assault and threats on his longtime girlfriend.
A teenager from Fayette County drowned Tuesday afternoon. The 16-year-old from Point Marion was swimming with a group in Cheat Lake, W. Va., near Interstate 68 when he did not resurface just after 1:30 p.m.
A teenager from West Virginia is recovering after being hit by lightning while playing softball at a church camp in Parkersburg. Zachary Sandy, 18, is in the burn unit at West Penn Hospital in Bloomfield.
A toddler has died several days after his mother allegedly tried to drown him in a hotel bathtub. The Allegheny County Coroner tells KDKA-TV that he died at Children's Hospital at about 1:15 p.m. Friday.
