Shaler Township police warn residents after water main break results in boil advisory
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT FOUR STARTS NOW. HEY EVERYBODY. THANKS SO MUCH FOR JOINING US HERE FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KELLY SASSO AND GOOD AFTERNOON I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE’RE WORKING ON, BEGINNING WITH YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. AND THIS MIGHT BE THE MOST TELLING IMAGE SO FAR OF OUR THOUGHTS WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS, A LIVE PICTURE OFF THE ACTION CAM, WE SEE NO ICE ON THE MINE. IT’S MELTED. WE DO STILL SEE SOME COVERAGE ON THE ALLEGHENY. IT IS GOING TO BE STAYING WARMER THAN NORMAL THROUGH THE WEEK THOUGH, SO THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE THAT ICE COULD BE GONE SOON TO. A WOMAN ESCAPES HER ALLEGED KIDNAPER IN BUTLER COUNTY. SURVEILLANCE VIDEO SHOWS THAT WOMAN JUMPING OUT OF A U-HAUL OVER THE WEEKEND, RUNNING TO A CONVENIENCE STORE FOR HELP. POLICE SAY THAT WOMAN’S EX-BOYFRIEND WAS LATER ARRESTED. THE PUBLIC NOW HAS A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THE PROPOSED HEALTH CARE MERGER BETWEEN ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK AND HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM. TODAY’S HEARING WAS HOSTED BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. THIS MERGER WOULD REQUIRE GOVERNMENT APPROVAL. OSCAR WINNING ACTOR ROBERT DUVALL HAS DIED. ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE, DUVALL DIED PEACEFULLY AT HIS HOME YESTERDAY IN VIRGINIA. DUVALL’S CAREER SPANNED SIX DECADES. HE WAS BEST KNOWN FOR THE GODFATHER, APOCALYPSE NOW AND MANY OTHER TOUGH GUY ROLES. DUVALL WAS 95 YEARS OLD. AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES COMING UP ON 4:00. TIME NOW FOR YOUR FIRST LOOK AT PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER WITH CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY WITH US THIS AFTERNOON. YOU KIND OF HINTED AT IT. IT’S GOING TO BE WARMER THAN NORMAL, WHICH SOUNDS GOOD TO US. I SEE YOUR SMILE. YES, IT IS GOING TO BE WARMER THAN NORMAL INTO THE 50S AS WE HEAD INTO TOMORROW. IT’S NOT BAD OUT THERE. RIGHT NOW WE’RE SITTING AT 45 DEGREES. THAT WARM AIR MOVING IN FROM THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT 11MPH. GET A COUPLE PEEKS OF SUNSHINE, BUT MOSTLY CLOUDY FOR THE MOST PART AS WE TAKE A LOOK AT THE TEMPERATURES ACROSS THE REGION. WE’RE AT 41 IN MONROEVILLE, 45 IN GREENSBURG, ALSO 45 IN WASHINGTON, 46 IN UNIONTOWN, 40 KITTANNING AND BEAVER. RIGHT NOW AT 43 DEGREES. SO WE GO INTO TOMORROW, WE TAKE IT UP ANOTHER NOTCH. HIGH TEMPERATURES TOMORROW WILL BE TOPPING OUT IN THE MID 50S FOR TOMORROW. SO WE’RE REALLY GOING TO GET INTO SOME SNOW MELT FOR TOMORROW. HERE ARE YOUR HIGHS FOR TOMORROW. PITTSBURGH AT 56 GREENSBURG ALSO 5657 IN WASHINGTON AND WAYNESBURG AT 5852 FOR BUTLER AND BEAVER, A HIGH OF 55 DEGREES. IT STAYS WARM ALL WEEK LONG. 56 ON TUESDAY, 5760 ON THURSDAY AND 59 ON FRIDAY. YOU PROBABLY NOTICE THERE IS GOING TO BE A FEW RAIN SHOWERS THAT ARE GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. MOST OF THAT WILL BE LIGHT AS WE HEAD THROUGH THE WEEK. WE’LL HAVE YOUR WEEKEND FORECAST COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. OKAY, MIKE, THANKS SO MUCH. WE DO HAVE SOME NEW VIDEO WE WANT TO SHOW YOU THIS AFTERNOON WHERE WE CAN SEE THE MOMENTS A WOMAN ESCAPED HER ALLEGED KIDNAPER AND GOT TO SAFETY AT A CONVENIENCE STORE IN BUTLER COUNTY. THAT ALLEGED KIDNAPER IS NOW IN BUTLER COUNTY PRISON, AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON COVERING BUTLER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. SO, KELLY, WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE SUSPECT? WELL, ANDREW KELLY, HE IS 53 YEAR OLD KENNETH CLARK. HE’S FACING CHARGES OF KIDNAPING, STRANGULATION, TERRORISTIC THREATS, AS WELL AS AGGRAVATED ASSAULT. AND THE MOMENT THAT THE VICTIM WAS ABLE TO GET AWAY FROM HIM WAS CAPTURED ON SURVEILLANCE VIDEO. TAKE A LOOK. NOW, THE BUTLER TOBACCO AND GROCERY STORES CAMERAS CAPTURED A U-HAUL, STOPPED AT THE RED LIGHT AT WEST CUNNINGHAM STREET AND WILLOW STREET. A WOMAN GETS OUT OF THE CAR AND RUNS INTO THE BUSINESS. TORI ADAMS, WORKING INSIDE THE STORE AT THE TIME, TELLING PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THE WOMAN’S CLOTHES WERE RIPPED. SHE HAD NO SHOES AND HER FACE WAS BLEEDING AS SHE SCREAMED THAT SHE HAD BEEN KIDNAPED, THAT THE MAN WAS COMING AFTER HER. ADAMS, DESCRIBING WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. HE CAME IN AND IT WAS TERRIFYING, AND HE STARTED YELLING THAT HE WANTED, LIKE HE KNEW SHE WAS IN HERE AND HE WANTED HER. HE KNEW SHE WAS LIKE ACCUSED HER OF TRYING TO STEAL THINGS. AND I SAID, I DON’T CARE. YOU JUST NEED TO GO. YOU NEED TO GET OUT. AND HE KEPT YELLING AT ME AND I JUST I KEPT CHARGING TOWARDS HIM. LIKE TO TRY TO, LIKE, WALK HIM BACK OUT THE DOOR LIKE I DIDN’T KNOW HE WAS CAPABLE OF. ALL I KNEW WAS LIKE, THIS GIRL WAS BATTERED, BLOODY, SITTING IN MY BACK ROOM. AND POLICE TELL US. CLARK THEN LEFT AND LED POLICE ON A SHORT CHASE THAT ENDED A BIT LATER. AND THAT’S WHERE HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. KELLY. ANDREW. ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED BEFORE THAT WOMAN WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE? ONCE POLICE WERE ABLE TO GET TO HER AND SHE WAS ABLE TO GET MEDICAL CARE. SHE TOLD THEM THAT SHE HAD BEEN WITH HER EX BOYFRIEND. HE HAD STRANGLED HER, BEATEN HER MULTIPLE TIMES, AND THEN DRAGGED HER BY HER HAIR INTO THAT U-HAUL. IT WAS THEN SEVERAL BLOCKS AWAY THAT WE SAW ON CAMERA AS SHE WAS ABLE TO ESCAPE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY. EXCUSE ME. BUTLER COUNTY IN BUTLER TONIGHT. KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY. KELLY. THANK YOU. WE HAVE SOME NEW INFORMATION TO SHARE ABOUT A DEADLY CRASH OVER THE WEEKEND IN MCKEESPORT. IT HAPPENED SATURDAY NIGHT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 28TH STREET AND ROCKWOOD STREET. THERE WERE TWO ADULTS AND THREE CHILDREN IN A MINIVAN AND TWO ADULTS IN A SEDAN. ONE ADULT AND A CHILD FROM THE VAN HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. BOTH ARE STABLE. BOTH ADULTS IN THE SEDAN WERE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, AND ONE OF THEM DIED. NOW, POLICE SAY AT THIS TIME THEY ARE WAITING ON LAB RESULTS BEFORE REFERRING THE CASE. THE CASE TO THE DA’S OFFICE FOR POSSIBLE CHARGES. NEW. THIS AFTERNOON, THE OWNER OF A NEWCASTLE HOME SHOOTS A MAN WHO REPORTEDLY BROKE IN. POLICE SAY IT HAPPENED JUST AFTER 6:00 THIS MORNING ALONG SOUTH JEFFERSON STREET. OFFICERS SAY THEY FOUND THE SUSPECT IN THE HOME WITH A WOUND TO HIS LEG. HE WAS TAKEN TO A YOUNGSTOWN HOSPITAL FOR TREATMENT, AND THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. AT THIS HOUR. NOW AN INTERSECTION. LAWRENCE COUNTY BACK OPEN THIS AFTERNOON AFTER A MAN DIED AFTER BEING HIT BY A CAR IN NEWCASTLE. POLICE SAY HE GOT HIT LAST NIGHT AT EDISON AVENUE AND WILMINGTON ROAD. THE CORONER SAYS HE DIED AT A YOUNGSTOWN AREA HOSPITAL. THIS IS NEAR THE EDWARDS PLAZA. THE AREA WAS CLOSED OFF FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME, WHILE RECONSTRUCTION TEAMS WORKED TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY TOOK PLACE. THERE WERE AT THE DRIVER STAYED ON SCENE. THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING WASHINGTON COUNTY MAN CONTINUES THIS AFTERNOON. SHELBIE RHODES WAS LAST SEEN TEN DAYS AGO. SEARCH CREWS FROM WASHINGTON ALLEGHENY COUNTIES HAVE BEEN USING DRONES, DOGS AND DIVE TEAMS LOOKING FOR SHELBY. HIS SISTER SAYS SHELBY’S PHONE WAS FOUND NEAR A SET OF FOOTPRINTS BY THE RIVER’S EDGE. NOW, IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION THAT COULD HELP IN THIS SEARCH, PLEASE GIVE POLICE A CALL. A SHOOTING DURING A SWAT SITUATION IN LOWER BURRELL, WESTMORELAND COUNTY, LANDED A SUSPECT IN THE HOSPITAL. THIS PLAYED OUT ON SATURDAY NIGHT ON ROGERS DRIVE. OFFICERS WERE THERE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF A PERSON WHO WAS FIRING SHOTS INTO HIS NEIGHBOR’S HOUSE. THAT SUSPECT HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS JORDAN LINDER. AT LEAST SIX PEOPLE WERE IN THAT HOUSE AT THE TIME. NO ONE WAS HIT, BUT ONE PERSON WAS HIT IN THE FACE WITH SOME GLASS. WHEN POLICE TRIED TO APPROACH LINDER’S HOME, THEY SAY HE BEGAN YELLING AND BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. POLICE SAY HE THEN FIRED SHOTS AT SWAT OFFICERS WHILE THEY WERE ATTEMPTING TO NEGOTIATE WITH HIM. POLICE THEN RETURNED FIRE. LINDER IS EXPECTED TO SURVIVE AND WILL FACE A NUMBER OF CHARGES. NO OFFICERS WERE INJURED. IT’S ANOTHER MAJOR HEALTH CARE MERGER. ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK AND HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM LOOKING TO COME TOGETHER. A DEAL WOULD EXPAND ARNE’S FOOTPRINT INTO THE BEAVER COUNTY AREA AND WOULD ALSO GAIN THEM TWO MORE HOSPITALS. TODAY, RESIDENTS GOT THE CHANCE TO WEIGH IN ON THIS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER MARCY CIPRIANI JOINS US LIVE NOW FROM SEWICKLEY. MARCY, THIS GATHERING WAS SET UP BY THE STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. IT WAS KELLY, AND THIS WAS A MORE THAN TWO HOUR HEARING WHERE WE HEARD FROM 34 PEOPLE, ALL IN SUPPORT OF THIS MERGER, WHERE, IF APPROVED, IT WOULD MAKE HERITAGE VALLEY, SEWICKLEY AND HERITAGE VALLEY BEAVER, A PART OF ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK. NOW ALLEGHENY HEALTH NETWORK AND HERITAGE VALLEY ACTUALLY AGREED TO THIS MERGER IN OCTOBER, BUT IT MUST BE SIGNED OFF ON BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S OFFICE. AND TODAY’S HEARING WAS ONE OF THE FINAL STEPS IN THAT PROCESS. DEPUTY AG EUGENE HERN LISTENED AS UNION REPS, LAWMAKERS AND MANY IN THE HEALTH CARE FIELD EXPLAINED WHY THIS MERGER WORKS, AND THE HERITAGE VALLEY CEO TOLD HERN WHY IT IS NECESSARY. LIKE MANY ORGANIZATIONS, WE NEVER RECOVERED FROM COVID 19. PRE-COVID, WE HAD 4100 EMPLOYEES. TODAY, WE AVERAGE ABOUT 3300 EMPLOYEES IN PATIENTS USED TO BE ABOUT 16,000 ADMISSIONS A YEAR. NOW WE’RE ABOUT 13,800 A YEAR. THE PERCENTAGE OF INPATIENT TO OUTPATIENT REVENUE USED TO BE 40% AND 60% OUT. IT IS NOW 30% IN AND 70% OUT. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS YOU HAVE TO SEE A LOT MORE PATIENTS TO GENERATE THE REVENUE THAT IS NECESSARY. SO, MARCY, IT’S CLEAR FROM HEARING THAT HERITAGE VALLEY HEALTH SYSTEM FEELS THEY NEED THIS MERGER TO KEEP THE HOSPITALS OPEN. BUT THIS MEETING TODAY WAS ABOUT THE RESIDENTS. WHAT DO THE PEOPLE OUT THERE THINK ABOUT THIS? WELL, EVERYONE, KELLY WHO SPOKE TODAY TALKED REALLY ABOUT THE LOSS OF THESE HOSPITALS, THE IMPACT THAT THEY WOULD HAVE, FOR EXAMPLE, IF THIS HOSPITAL WASN’T RIGHT HERE IN SEWICKLEY, THEN RESIDENTS WOULD HAVE TO DRIVE A DISTANCE, MAYBE TO PITTSBURGH, TO GET HEALTH CARE. WE ALSO HEARD ABOUT THE SIGNIFICANT JOB LOSS AND OF COURSE, WHAT THIS WOULD DO TO AMBULANCES AND RESPONSE TIME. YOU WILL HEAR ALL OF THAT NEW AT 5:00 COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FROM SEWICKLEY, MARCIE CIPRIANI PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. MARCY, WE’LL SEE YOU AT FIVE. ANOTHER POLICE REPORT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST A FORMER WESTMORELAND COUNTY FIRE CHIEF. MATTHEW WHITE WAS DETAINED IN SOUTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK. HE IS ACCUSED OF STEALING THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FROM THE SOUTH GREENSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR HAS LEARNED. NOW ANOTHER NONPROFIT THAT HE WORKED WITH, HAS NOW FIRED HIM AND CONTACTED STATE POLICE. WESTMORELAND BUREAU REPORTER ED DIORIO JOINS US LIVE FROM THAT SECOND ORGANIZATION. ED, WHAT WERE YOU ABLE TO LEARN TODAY? WELL, ANDREW, IT’S THE FACT THAT HERE AT THE SAINT CLAIR CEMETERY IS WHERE MATTHEW WHITE ALSO SERVED AS THE SUPERINTENDENT. I SAY DID BECAUSE HE WAS FIRED, AS YOU GUYS MENTIONED LAST WEEK AFTER THESE CHARGES CAME ABOUT AGAINST HIM, ACCUSING HIM OF STEALING THOUSANDS FROM THE SOUTH GREENSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENT. THIS ALL CAME ABOUT LAST WEEK AFTER HE LEFT THE STATE, HEADED SOUTH AND WAS ARRESTED IN SOUTH CAROLINA. THAT’S WHEN THE CHARGES CAME DOWN ABOUT SOUTH GREENSBURG, AND THAT IS SOON THEREAFTER. THAT’S WHEN THE CEMETERY RELIEVED WHITE OF HIS DUTIES AS SUPERINTENDENT. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE SAINT CLAIR CEMETERY ATTORNEY WHO SPOKE WITH ME EARLIER TODAY. NOW, HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT THE NONPROFIT CEMETERY HAS FILED A POLICE REPORT AGAINST WHITE OF ITS OWN, ON ITS OWN, AND IS AWAITING TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT BEFORE GIVING ANY MORE STATEMENTS. KELLY AND ANDREW, AND ONE OF THOSE WITH THE STATE POLICE, TELL YOU ABOUT THIS REPORT BY THE CEMETERY. ANDREW, THEY TOLD ME THAT IT’S EARLY. THERE ARE NOW MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS INTO MATTHEW WHITE AND HIS ALLEGED ACTIONS. BUT AS FAR AS ITS RELATION TO THE CEMETERY, TROOPER STEVE LIMANI WITH THE GREENSBURG BARRACKS TOLD ME THAT IN ANY INVESTIGATION INVOLVING EMBEZZLEMENT CHARGES OR ALLEGATIONS, THEY’RE GOING TO LOOK AT WHITE’S FINANCES, NOT JUST PERSONAL, BUT ALSO ANY SORT OF ORGANIZATION OR BUSINESS ACCOUNTS THAT HE HAD ACCESS TO. NOW, HOW DOES THAT RELATE TO WHITE’S MULTIPLE INVESTIGATIONS THAT I’VE MENTIONED GOING FORWARD? WE’LL GET INTO THAT IN THE REPORTS AT 5:00 AND 6:00, COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY TONIGHT IN HEMPFIELD TOWNSHIP AND DIORIO PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND WE’LL SEE YOU THEN. WELL, WHILE IT IS STILL WINTER HERE, OF COURSE WE CAN SEE IT OUTSIDE. HEY, WE’RE HERE IN THE BOYS OF SUMMER. THEY ARE BACK TOGETHER NOW IN FLORIDA. I’M EXCITED ABOUT IT. AS YOU CAN TELL, ALL PIRATE PLAYERS ARE NOW IN BRADENTON TO KICK OFF SPRING TRAINING. AND ALREADY THERE’S SOME BIG HEADLINES DOWN THERE. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS ASHLEY AIXA DIAZ IS AT PNC PARK TODAY WITH MORE. TODAY WAS THE FIRST DAY OF FULL SQUAD WORKOUTS DOWN IN BRADENTON FOR THE PIRATES. ALSO, OUR FIRST CHANCE TO GET A LOOK AT SOME OF THE NEW ADDITIONS FROM THE OFFSEASON. NEW GUYS RYAN O’HEARN, BRANDON LOUGH, AND MARCELL OZUNA, WHOSE DEAL BECAME OFFICIAL TODAY, WERE ALL THERE AT PIRATE CITY FOR SPRING TRAINING ON MONDAY. A NOTABLE ABSENCE. OUTFIELDER JACK SUWINSKI. THE TEAM DESIGNATED HIM FOR ASSIGNMENT TO MAKE ROOM FOR OZUNA, A MOVE MANAGER DON KELLY CALLED A TOUGH DECISION TO MAKE. I THINK THE WORLD OF JACK, AND HE’S PUT A LOT OF WORK IN. HE LOOKS, YOU KNOW, BETTER THIS SPRING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND WAS SWINGING THE BAT PRETTY WELL AND JUST A TOUGH DECISION ON THE BUSINESS SIDE. HAD TO OPEN UP A SPOT FOR FOR OZUNA. AND IT WAS JACK. I FEEL I FEEL EXCITED TO BE HERE. YOU KNOW, IT’S THIS GUY GAVE ME THE OPPORTUNITY TO TO JOIN ALL OF THOSE YOUNG GUYS, ESPECIALLY SKIING. AND REYNOLDS, O’NEILL. SO I FEEL I FEEL HAPPY TO BE HERE TRYING TO HELP MOST. I CAME THE FIRST SPRING TRAINING GAME FOR THE BUCHHOLZ IS
Shaler Township police warn residents after water main break results in boil advisory
Updated: 10:33 PM EST Feb 16, 2026
Some Western Pennsylvania residents are under a boil water advisory due to a water main break that officials said cannot be immediately repaired. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Feb. 16, 2026 In a post from the Shaler Township Police Department on Monday, officials said the water advisory is in place for residents along Governor, Pamela, Bradley, Pitner, Ridgeway, and Rial drives. “Effective immediately, the Hampton Shaler Water Authority has issued a boil water notice due to a water main break that cannot be repaired quickly,” the post from the police department said. Officials are urging residents not to drink tap water without boiling it first. They also said to use bottled water if available.”Be aware that this advisory will remain in effect until further notice and water quality tests confirm the safety of the water supply,” the post said. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation as we work to resolve this issue. We will provide updates as soon as the situation is resolved and the water is safe for use.”For more information, residents can contact Hampton Shaler Water Authority at 412-486-4867.
SHALER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —
Some Western Pennsylvania residents are under a boil water advisory due to a water main break that officials said cannot be immediately repaired.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Feb. 16, 2026
In a post from the Shaler Township Police Department on Monday, officials said the water advisory is in place for residents along Governor, Pamela, Bradley, Pitner, Ridgeway, and Rial drives.
“Effective immediately, the Hampton Shaler Water Authority has issued a boil water notice due to a water main break that cannot be repaired quickly,” the post from the police department said.
Officials are urging residents not to drink tap water without boiling it first. They also said to use bottled water if available.
“Be aware that this advisory will remain in effect until further notice and water quality tests confirm the safety of the water supply,” the post said. “We apologize for the inconvenience and appreciate your cooperation as we work to resolve this issue. We will provide updates as soon as the situation is resolved and the water is safe for use.”
For more information, residents can contact Hampton Shaler Water Authority at 412-486-4867.