Water seen gushing down Pittsburgh road, forming large amounts of ice
VERY SAD. VERY SAD. I’M VERY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW… “> NOW ON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS. FOUR DAYS AFTER PITTSBURGH POLICE ARRESTED AND CHARGED A MAN WITH ETHNIC INTIMIDATION. WE’RE TOLD THE FAMILY HE WAS ACCUSED OF TARGETING HAS BEEN THE TARGET. AGAIN, THAT STORY TONIGHT. I STABBED HER, AND THEY’RE NEVER GOING TO FIND HER. THAT WAS AN ALLEGED QUOTE FROM THOMAS DANKO WHEN TALKING ABOUT CASSANDRA GROSS TO HIS CELLMATE AT THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY JAIL YEARS AGO. WE HAVE A LOT MORE COMING OUT OF DAY SIX OF THOMAS DANKO TRIAL. SHOCKING, DEVASTATING. VERY SAD, VERY SAD AND VERY EMOTIONAL RIGHT NOW. THIS BROOKLINE BAR HAS A LOT OF MEMORIES, BUT IT WILL CLOSE FOR GOOD IN TWO WEEKS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT SEVEN STARTS NOW. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. MANY OF US WOKE UP TO BITTER COLD TEMPERATURES AND WIND CHILLS LEFT OVER FROM THE WEEKEND. BUT THE GOOD NEWS TEMPS ON THE WAY UP. THANKS FOR JOINING US HERE ON COZI TV AT 7:00 I’M MIKE CLARK, JOINED BY CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY AND YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. MIKE, AFTER ALMOST THREE WEEKS, WE’RE FINALLY GOING TO SEE TEMPS ABOVE FREEZING, RIGHT? 18 DAYS IN A ROW BELOW 32 DEGREES. TOMORROW WE FINALLY BREAK THAT STREAK. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SITTING AT 30 DEGREES. WINDS ARE CALM OUT THERE AS WE GO INTO TOMORROW. TEMPERATURES NOT GOING TO DROP OFF THAT MUCH OVERNIGHT. NOT NEARLY AS COLD AS IT WAS THIS MORNING. AND IN THE AFTERNOON WE’LL BE SEEING HIGH TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 40S IN AND AROUND PITTSBURGH WITH A BREEZE THAT WILL BE LIGHT AS WE GET LATER IN THE DAY. 41 DEGREES FOR YOUR HIGH TEMPERATURE IN BUTLER 44, PITTSBURGH 47 FOR GREENSBURG AND WASHINGTON WILL BE PUSHING 50 DEGREES IN WAYNESBURG AND IN UNIONTOWN DOWN TO THE SOUTH. SO DEFINITELY MUCH WARMER, AT LEAST FOR A DAY. WE’LL HAVE MOSTLY CLOUDY SKIES. WE WILL GET A BREAK FOR A LITTLE BIT OF SUN. AND THEN AS WE INTO THE EVENING HOURS, WE’LL HAVE A BRIEF PERIOD OF LIGHT RAIN THAT WILL LAST JUST A FEW HOURS SOUTH OF PITTSBURGH. AS WE GO THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK, IT DOES COOL DOWN. THE GOOD NEWS TEMPERATURES AREN’T GOING TO BE QUITE AS LOW AS THEY HAVE BEEN. 28. 22 AND 18. THE HIGH TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE THE FREEZING MARK ON WEDNESDAY AS WELL AS FRIDAY. BUT AS WE HEAD INTO THE WEEKEND AND NEXT WEEK, WE’LL HAVE TEMPERATURES THAT WILL RETURN TO THE 40S. ALL RIGHT, MIKE, THANK YOU. NEW TONIGHT. ANOTHER REPORTED ACT OF ANTI-SEMITISM IN THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH TO TELL YOU ABOUT THIS HAPPENING. JUST AFTER A MAN ACCUSED OF SLASHING AN ISRAELI FLAG IN FRONT OF A HOME WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON IS IN THE CITY. SOUTH OAKLAND NEIGHBORHOOD TONIGHT, HEARING FROM THE VICTIM AND THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH, THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH, TELLING ME THIS INCIDENT IS MORE PERSONAL, WITH FLIERS LEFT OUTSIDE THE HOME DISPLAYING PERSONAL DETAILS ABOUT THE FAMILY AND ANTI-SEMITIC LANGUAGE. THIS IS A FAMILY, AND THEY HAVE BEEN TARGETED FOR YEARS NOW. THE FAMILY’S PROPERTY, LIKE THIS ISRAELI FLAG, SLASHED 34 YEAR OLD IVO STEPOVICH, WHO POLICE SAY WAS CAUGHT IN THIS SURVEILLANCE VIDEO, DAMAGING THE FAMILY’S FLAG. THEN DRIVING OFF, WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK. HE’S CHARGED WITH ETHNIC INTIMIDATION AND CRIMINAL MISCHIEF. NOW THE HOMEOWNER TELLING ME HER FAMILY WAS TARGETED AGAIN EARLY SUNDAY MORNING WHEN SOMEONE SHOWED UP OUTSIDE OF HER HOME SHOUTING AND THEN LEFT BEHIND FLIERS. DIRECTOR OF COMMUNITY SECURITY FOR THE JEWISH FEDERATION OF GREATER PITTSBURGH SHAWN ROKOS, DESCRIBING THOSE FLIERS. THERE WERE SEVERAL COPIES OF A FLIER. EACH ONE SAID THE SAME THING, BUT VERY MUCH DIRECTED AT THE INDIVIDUALS IN THE RESIDENCE, VERY PERSONAL IN NATURE, AND ALSO CLEARLY VERY ANTI-SEMITIC, THREATENING. IN A STATEMENT, THE VICTIM SAID, QUOTE, THESE CRIMES ARE AN INCREASING RISK TO MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY. I APPRECIATE THE COMMUNITY’S SUPPORT IN BRINGING THESE PEOPLE TO JUSTICE. WE ARE ALL NEIGHBORS IN THIS COMMUNITY. EVERYONE DESERVES TO LIVE SAFELY IN THEIR HOMES. THIS IS NOT OKAY. I DON’T CARE WHAT THAT FLAG IS. IT IS NEVER OKAY TO HARASS A HOMEOWNER FOR DISPLAYING SOMETHING THAT THEY THEY SUPPORT AND AND THREATEN THEM LIKE THAT. AND POLICE TELL ME THEY TAKE ALL REPORTS OF ETHNIC INTIMIDATION EXTREMELY SERIOUSLY, AND THEY ARE ACTIVELY INVESTIGATING THIS CASE COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN SOUTH OAKLAND KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND NEW TONIGHT, A MAN MATCHING THE DESCRIPTION OF A SHOOTING SUSPECT IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY HAS BEEN FOUND DEAD ON SUNDAY, ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE RESPONDED TO A SHOOTING ON JANE STREET IN MCKEES ROCKS. A WOMAN WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION. INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED ON SATURDAY NIGHT, AND THEY IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 22 YEAR OLD EDWARD SPARROW, POLICE SAY SATURDAY NIGHT THEY WERE CALLED TO A CRASH ON LANGER WAY IN KENNEDY TOWNSHIP, BUT NO ONE WAS IN THE CAR. A WITNESS REPORTED TO POLICE. SPARROW JUMPED OVER A GUARDRAIL FOLLOWING THE CRASH. THEN THIS MORNING, DETECTIVES SEARCHED THE HILLSIDE NEAR THE GUARDRAIL AND FOUND WHAT IS PRESUMABLY SPARROW’S BODY. DETECTIVES WORKED WITH LOCAL FIRE DEPARTMENTS TO CONDUCT A RECOVERY OPERATION. A MURDER TRIAL IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY ENTERING ITS SECOND WEEK NOW. TESTIMONY RESUMING TODAY FOR THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS EX-GIRLFRIEND, WHOSE BODY STILL HAS NOT BEEN FOUND. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER DIORIO HAS THE LATEST NOW FROM GREENSBURG. AFTER CASSANDRA GROSS WENT MISSING IN UNITY TOWNSHIP IN 2018. THOMAS STANKO WAS ALREADY IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY PRISON, BUT HE WAS ON UNRELATED CHARGES. HOWEVER, TWO OF HIS FELLOW INMATES FROM THAT TIME TESTIFIED AGAINST STANKO ON MONDAY ABOUT HIS ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT WITH CASSANDRA GROSS’S DISAPPEARANCE. THAT’S WHAT ROBERT FERRARI JUNIOR TOLD JURORS ON MONDAY DURING THOMAS STANKO’S TRIAL. FERRARI WAS A FELLOW INMATE OF STANKO’S IN 2018. ALBERT SALAS SHARED A CELL WITH STANKO. YEARS LATER, HE TOLD JURORS THAT HE USED TO HAVE A TABLET TO TALK TO HIS GIRLFRIEND. THE TWO WOULD ARGUE. ONE TIME, STANKO ALLEGEDLY TOLD SALAS, QUOTE, HE TOLD ME TO GET RID OF HER, HE SAID, LIKE HE DID WITH HIS LADY. SALAS THEN SAID TO THE COURTROOM THAT HE ASKED STANKO WHAT HE MEANT BY THAT. HE RESPONDED ALLEGEDLY WITH QUOTE. HE SAID HE STRANGLED AND STABBED HER AND SAID THEY’D NEVER FIND HER. I CAUGHT UP WITH STANKO’S DEFENSE ATTORNEY AFTER TODAY’S SESSION, AND HE TOLD ME THAT WHILE HE STILL HAS TO TALK THINGS OVER WITH HIS CLIENT, HE SAYS IT’S LIKELY THAT STANKO WILL TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY ON TUESDAY. WE’LL BE HERE TO SEE IF THAT HOLDS TRUE. COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY INSIDE THE WESTMORELAND COUNTY COURTHOUSE HERE IN GREENSBURG. ED DIORIO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. NEW TONIGHT, THE PEOPLE IS REVIEWING TWO LOCAL HIGH SCHOOLS DURING THE FOURTH QUARTER OF THE GIRLS BASKETBALL GAME LAST WEEK BETWEEN GATEWAY AND PENN HILLS. A FIGHT BROKE OUT. GAME OFFICIALS RULED THE GAME WOULD NOT CONTINUE. THE TWO SCHOOLS SENT OUT STATEMENTS TO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ABOUT WHAT’S NEXT. PENN HILLS OFFICIALS TELLING US IN PART. WE STRONGLY CONDEMN ANY FORM OF UNSPORTSMANLIKE BEHAVIOR AND ARE COOPERATING WITH THE WPIAL AS IT CONDUCTS ITS REVIEW. WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO PROMOTING POSITIVE COMPETITION AND ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY THROUGH THE APPROPRIATE DISCIPLINARY PROCESS. PENN HILLS TEAM, ALSO SET TO PLAY IN THE WPIAL PLAYOFFS ON FRIDAY. GATEWAY SAYS IT IS ALSO FULLY COOPERATING WITH THE REVIEW, ADDING QUOTE HOLDS ITS STUDENTS TO A HIGH TO HIGH STANDARDS OF SPORTSMANSHIP AND CONDEMNS ALL FORMS OF UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT.
Water seen gushing down Pittsburgh road, forming large amounts of ice
Updated: 8:55 PM EST Feb 9, 2026
Water was seen gushing down a stretch of road following what appeared to be a water main break in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood on Monday. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 was on the scene in the area of Perry Street and Wylie Avenue around 8 p.m., where water could be seen flowing down a large stretch of the roadway.Action News 4 spoke with residents and workers in the area as the water was seen forming ice along the road and sidewalks. “It’s been going on two, three hours,” Charles Perry, who works at a business along the street, said. “We’re just trying to divert it so it goes away from the store. People are complaining because they can’t get in and out.”Perry said only one police car has been seen in the area since the water started to run into the street. “It’s forming ice, and there hasn’t been a salt truck,” Perry said. “The least they could do is bring a salt truck so it doesn’t form more ice. All I’ve seen is a police car on Perry Street, and that’s it.” Pittsburgh Water officials said in a statement that they are currently “aware of an issue in the vicinity of Perry Street and Wylie Avenue and are currently deploying to that location to assess and address the situation.”The statement continued, saying, “The crew will have a better idea of scope and estimated resolution time once they have a chance to assess.”This is a developing story. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
Water was seen gushing down a stretch of road following what appeared to be a water main break in Pittsburgh’s Hill District neighborhood on Monday.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 was on the scene in the area of Perry Street and Wylie Avenue around 8 p.m., where water could be seen flowing down a large stretch of the roadway.
Action News 4 spoke with residents and workers in the area as the water was seen forming ice along the road and sidewalks.
“It’s been going on two, three hours,” Charles Perry, who works at a business along the street, said. “We’re just trying to divert it so it goes away from the store. People are complaining because they can’t get in and out.”
Perry said only one police car has been seen in the area since the water started to run into the street.
“It’s forming ice, and there hasn’t been a salt truck,” Perry said. “The least they could do is bring a salt truck so it doesn’t form more ice. All I’ve seen is a police car on Perry Street, and that’s it.”
Pittsburgh Water officials said in a statement that they are currently “aware of an issue in the vicinity of Perry Street and Wylie Avenue and are currently deploying to that location to assess and address the situation.”
The statement continued, saying, “The crew will have a better idea of scope and estimated resolution time once they have a chance to assess.”
This is a developing story.
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