Mike Wagner, four-time Steelers Super Bowl Champion, dies at 76
THIS IS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WITH BREAKING NEWS. LET’S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00 TODAY IN THE BREAKING NEWS, SIDNEY CROSBY IS INJURED. THE CAPTAIN OF TEAM CANADA GOT HURT DURING TODAY’S QUARTERFINAL GAME AGAINST CZECHIA. HE DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME. OF COURSE, RIGHT NOW IS ALSO THE TIME THE PENGUINS ARE STARTING TO GET BACK TO WORK AS THE OLYMPIC BREAK IS ALMOST OVER. BREAKING NEWS FROM CALIFORNIA THIS AFTERNOON. EIGHT BACKCOUNTRY SKIERS HAVE BEEN FOUND DEAD AFTER GETTING CAUGHT IN AN AVALANCHE NEAR LAKE TAHOE. HEAVY SNOW AND THE THREAT OF AVALANCHES HAVE SLOWED THE RESCUE EFFORTS OUT THERE. ONE REMAINS MISSING THIS AFTERNOON. SIX OTHERS WERE FOUND ALIVE, AND THE WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL BE APPOINTING A NEW BOARD PRESIDENT TONIGHT. FORMER PRESIDENT TERRY LAWSON STEPPED DOWN LAST NIGHT. SHE IS FACING FELONY CHARGES FROM HER TIME AS RANKIN BOROUGH MANAGER. TONIGHT’S MEETING IS HAPPENING AT 7:00, AND WE’RE SEEING THE REPERCUSSIONS FROM OUR MELTING SNOW AND ICE. THE ROADWAY WAS CLOSED TODAY AFTER A LARGE ROCK FELL FROM A HILLSIDE. WE’RE STARTING TO SEE SOME ICE JAMS AS WELL. SKY 4 FLYING OVER LAWRENCE COUNTY TODAY. THAT ICE, NEARLY ENCOMPASSING THAT BRIDGE. THOSE ARE YOUR TOP STORIES. AT 4:00 ON THIS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. TIME NOW FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. YEAH, WE’RE GOING TO STICK WITH WEATHER HERE KIND OF AS A THEME BECAUSE WE HAVE METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUTTON, JUNIOR, HERE WITH A LOOK AT THE FORECAST. AND THEN AFTER THAT, WE’RE GOING TO BE TALKING A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THE ICE. BUT OF COURSE MELTING IS THE BIG STORY. WE’RE TALKING 50S AND 60S. YEAH. JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY AGAIN IN THE 50S TODAY. WE STAYED ABOVE FREEZING ALL DAY. TODAY WE WON’T GET BACK BELOW FREEZING UNTIL SUNDAY. SO WE ARE CONTINUING THE MELTING PROCESS. WE’RE ALSO WATCHING FOR RAIN THAT RETURNS LATE TOMORROW AND EARLY FRIDAY. THAT IS AN IMPACT DAY. NOT SO MUCH FOR THE RAIN, BUT FOR THE IMPACTS THE RAIN COULD CAUSE. WE’RE WATCHING FOR THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING DUE TO ICE JAMS, AND ALSO WATCHING FOR POTENTIAL ROCKSLIDES AND LANDSLIDES. RAIN SHOWERS NOW VIRTUALLY GONE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA, AS EXPECTED. CLOUDS WILL STAY WITH US TONIGHT. WE WILL WATCH FOR AREAS OF PATCHY FOG TOMORROW MORNING. TEMPERATURES GENERALLY IN THE 50S. THE ONLY EXCEPTIONS REALLY ALONG THE I-80 CORRIDOR. BEAVER AT 47 AS WELL. EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE 50S. WARM SPOT IS UNIONTOWN AT 57 DEGREES. WILL BE AT 60 AGAIN TOMORROW. WE’RE DRY UNTIL AFTER SUNSET. 62 ON FRIDAY. AGAIN AN IMPACT DAY. THE RAIN SHOWERS END THOUGH BY SUNRISE, AND WE DON’T DROP BACK BELOW FREEZING UNTIL THIS WEEKEND, SO WE’LL CONTINUE MOVING THE ICE. BUT THE QUESTION IS NOW RAIN ON TOP OF THAT ICE THAT COULD CAUSE PROBLEMS, ESPECIALLY ON FRIDAY. YEAH. AND WITH THAT, YOU KNOW, STAY CLOSE BECAUSE I KNOW OUR TEAM IS CLOSELY WATCHING ALL THAT SNOW AND THE ICE MELTING. AND ON THAT NOTE, WE’RE ALREADY STARTING TO SEE SOME ISSUES TO OUR NORTH. THAT’S RIGHT. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER CHANDI CHAPMAN COVERING LAWRENCE COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. SHE’S IN THE SHANNON FALLS WHERE A ROAD IS ALREADY BLOCKED OFF. WHAT? THE TEMPERATURES ARE GETTING WARMER, THE SNOW IS MELTING, BUT THAT’S CAUSING ANOTHER CONCERN ICE JAMS. YOU CAN SEE THE ICE IS PILING UP HERE IN LAWRENCE COUNTY. TAKE A LOOK AT SKY 4, PITTSBURGH’S ONLY NEWS CHOPPER. YOU CAN SEE A DIFFERENT VIEW OF THE ICE JAMS IN NESHANNOCK FALLS, LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE ICE IS CAUSING WATER TO FLOW OVER THE BANKS OF THE CREEK BECAUSE OF THIS. OFFICIALS SAY A STRETCH OF ROUTE 956 IS SHUT DOWN BETWEEN MERCER ROAD AND FAYETTE. NESHANNOCK FALLS ROAD. COMING UP, YOU’LL HEAR FROM OFFICIALS ON HOW THEY PLAN ON MONITORING THESE ICE JAMS. COVERING LAWRENCE COUNTY AND NESHANNOCK FALLS, CHANDI CHAPMAN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY, CHANDI THANK YOU. AND BRIAN, AS YOU JUST MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, WITH THE 50S AND THE 60S STICKING AROUND FOR A COUPLE MORE DAYS, WE KNOW YOU AND THE REST OF THE TEAM ARE WATCHING THIS SITUATION VERY CLOSELY. YEAH. IN FACT, COMING UP A LITTLE BIT AT 430, METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED TAKING A CLOSER LOOK HERE, CLOSER TO PITTSBURGH AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT FROM OUR MAJOR RIVERS. OKAY, BRIAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OF COURSE, A FULL FORECAST COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES. IN THE MEANTIME, YOU CAN STAY AHEAD OF THE WEATHER WITH OUR FREE WTAE APP. TRACK THE RAIN WITH OUR LIVE INTERACTIVE RADAR AND TURN ON THE ALERTS TO KNOW FIRST WHEN THE WEATHER COULD PUT A DAMPER ON YOUR PLANS. WE’RE ALSO COVERING BREAKING NEWS IN BUTLER COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON. PENNDOT SAYS PART OF ROUTE EIGHT IS CLOSED DUE TO A CRASH. AND WE’VE JUST LEARNED THAT THE CORONER HAS BEEN CALLED TO THE SCENE. IT’S ALL UNFOLDING IN BUTLER TOWNSHIP, SPECIFICALLY THE AREA BETWEEN LIPPMANN ROAD AND VOGEL ROAD. THAT’S JUST SOUTH OF THE CITY OF BUTLER. WE JUST GOT THIS PHOTO, IN FACT, FROM A VIEWER FROM THAT SCENE. TAKE A LOOK RIGHT THERE. YOU CAN SEE AT LEAST ONE VEHICLE WITH FRONT END DAMAGE HERE. PENNDOT SAYS THIS WILL BE CLOSED ONCE AGAIN. THIS ROAD WILL BE CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ALL RIGHT. WE WANT TO TURN NOW TO THE TOUGH MOMENT ON THE ICE THAT HAS PITTSBURGH AND CANADA HOLDING THEIR BREATH. SIDNEY CROSBY WAS FORCED TO LEAVE TODAY’S QUARTERFINAL GAME AT THE OLYMPICS, AND HE DID NOT RETURN TO THE GAME. ALL THIS COMES AS THE PENGUINS ARE GETTING SET TO RESUME THEIR PUSH TO THE PLAYOFFS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS ACTION LOTUS IS IN CRANBERRY TOWNSHIP WITH WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT CROSBY’S STATUS RIGHT NOW AND REACTION FROM HIS TEAMMATES HERE IN PITTSBURGH. NOT THE NEWS. YOU WANT TO ASK GUYS ABOUT THE SECOND THEY STEP OFF THE ICE HERE AT PRACTICE IN CRANBERRY. SIDNEY CROSBY EXITING CANADA’S GAME AGAINST CZECHIA RIGHT AROUND NOON EASTERN TIME. 30 MINUTES LATER, HIS PENGUIN TEAMMATES, GETTING WORD AFTER THEIR PRACTICE WRAPPED UP IN CRANBERRY CROSBY TOOK TWO BIG HITS BACK TO BACK IN THE GAME. ON THE SECOND, HIS RIGHT LEG SEEMED TO BUCKLE. HE WENT TO THE BENCH, ENDED UP LIMPING OFF DOWN THE TUNNEL INTO THE LOCKER ROOM, AND DID NOT RETURN. HEAD COACH JOHN COOPER DID NOT HAVE AN UPDATE AFTER THE GAME. NOW THIS ALL HAPPENED AS DAN MUSE AND HIS PITTSBURGH PENGUINS WERE ON THE ICE FOR PRACTICE AT THE UPMC LEMIEUX SPORTS COMPLEX. MANY OF THE GUYS ONLY FINDING OUT ABOUT THE INJURY AFTER PRACTICE WAS OVER. I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT. YEAH, HE’S THE HEART AND SOUL OF THIS ORGANIZATION. HE’S OBVIOUSLY A BIG, BIG PART OF THE CITY OF THIS TEAM, OF THIS ORGANIZATION. I OBVIOUSLY DON’T REALLY KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON. SO I GUESS WE’LL SEE AS THE DAY GOES ON. I JUST GOT OFF THE ICE. I JUST JUST AS I WAS WALKING IN HERE. YEAH. HEARD THAT HE LEFT THE GAME. SO I HAVE I HAVE NO INFORMATION. CANADA WENT ON TO WIN 4 TO 3 IN OVERTIME. THE SEMIFINALS NOW SET FOR FRIDAY. WE OF COURSE WILL BE KEEPING A CLOSE EYE ON CROSBY’S AVAILABILITY FOR THAT GAME. COVERING THE PENGUINS IN CRANBERRY ASHLEY DOUGHERTY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION SPORTS. WE’RE ALSO TRACKING A NEW TWIST IN THE STORY INVOLVING THE WOODLAND HILLS SCHOOL DISTRICT. THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT IS STEPPING DOWN FROM HER POSITION AFTER SHE WAS CRIMINALLY CHARGED IN CONNECTION TO HER FORMER ROLE AS RANKIN’S BOROUGH MANAGER. SHE’S NOW FACING CALLS FROM OTHER BOARD MEMBERS AND PARENTS TO RESIGN AS A BOARD MEMBER, ALTOGETHER COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON IS JOINING US LIVE IN THAT NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING IS TONIGHT. RIGHT. KELLY. ANDREW, WE KNOW THAT TERRI LAWSON HAS STEPPED DOWN FROM HER POSITION AS PRESIDENT, BUT WE’RE TOLD SHE WILL NOT BE STEPPING DOWN FROM THE BOARD AS A MEMBER. NOW, TONIGHT, THERE WILL BE A BOARD MEETING HERE AT THE SCHOOL EXPECTED TO TAKE ACTION TO FILL HER POSITION. LAWSON WAS CHARGED WITH THEFT BY DECEPTION AND FRAUD STEMMING FROM ALLEGED IMPROPER USE OF A RANKIN BOROUGH CREDIT CARD WHILE SERVING AS THE BOROUGH MANAGER. BOARD MEMBER. READ HOPING TO SEE HER STEP DOWN FROM THE BOARD, NOT JUST HER POSITION. SHE NEEDS TO RESIGN AS A BOARD MEMBER COMPLETELY BECAUSE OF THE CHARGES AND ALSO HER OVERALL CONDUCT ON THE BOARD. AS A SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER IS JUST INAPPROPRIATE, IS EVEN WITH THE WAY THAT SHE IN INTERACTS WITH CONSTITUENTS DURING BOARD MEETINGS AND OTHER BOARD MEMBERS. SO SHE JUST NEEDS TO GO. AND OF COURSE, LAWSON’S CHARGES AGAINST HER ARE COMPLETELY SEPARATE FROM HER ROLE AS THE SCHOOL BOARD PRESIDENT. HER ATTORNEY SAYS, THOUGH, THAT SHE WILL NOT BE STEPPING DOWN AND AND THE BOARD IS AWARE OF THAT AS WELL. AS OF NOW. OKAY. AND KELLY, HAS THE SCHOOL BOARD SAID ANYTHING AHEAD OF THE MEETING TONIGHT ABOUT WHAT WE SHOULD EXPECT TO COME FROM THE MEETING? WELL, THE BOARD SOLICITOR HAS ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THEY WILL HAVE TO FILL HER POSITION AS PRESIDENT DESPITE HER REMAINING ON THE BOARD. AT LEAST THAT IS HER PLAN. BUT THEY SAID THEY WILL BE DISCUSSING WHAT THE OPTIONS ARE FOR HER CONTINUED SERVICE ON THE BOARD. SO WE’LL LET YOU KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE AS WE GET INTO THAT MEETING AND HEAR WHAT THEY HAVE TO SAY. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY TONIGHT IN TROY HILL KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. KELLY. THANK YOU. NOW LET’S HEAD TO PITTSBURGH’S NORTH SHORE, WHERE A MAN IS ACCUSED OF RUNNING OVER A CYCLIST. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS BIKING ON RIVER AVENUE NEAR THE CHESTER ROAD CHESBROUGH STREET, BACK IN JANUARY 8TH. POLICE SAY WILLIAM BROSIUS STARTED YELLING AT HIM, HONKING HIS HORN BEFORE HITTING HIM. THE VICTIM TOLD POLICE HE GOT WEDGED UNDER THE CAR, WHICH CONTINUED DRIVING, DRAGGING HIM ALONG BEFORE FINALLY STOPPING. HE SAYS HIS INJURIES WILL HAVE LIFELONG IMPACTS. FOR THE SECOND DAY IN A ROW, A CRASH SNARLS THE MORNING COMMUTE ALONG THE PARKWAY WEST. SKY 4 PITTSBURGH’S ONLY NEWS CHOPPER OVER THE INBOUND SIDE NEAR THE CARNEGIE EXIT. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 630 THIS MORNING AND LET IT BACK-UPS ALL THE WAY TO THE AREA OF THE 79 INTERCHANGE. RIGHT NOW, WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT WHAT LED TO ALL OF THIS. I WANT TO BRING YOU AN UPDATE HERE ON A STORY WE BROUGHT YOU AS BREAKING NEWS LAST NIGHT AT SIX. A BOROUGH COUNCIL PRESIDENT IN FAYETTE COUNTY IS ACCUSED OF PUTTING AN APPLE AIRTAG IN A POLICE CAR AND NOW IS FACING CRIMINAL CHARGES. FOR THAT. JASON FRAZIER IS ACCUSED OF STALKING AND OBSTRUCTION AFTER THAT TRACKING DEVICE WAS FOUND, AND THEN TRACED BACK TO FRAZIER. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER JOINS US LIVE TONIGHT FROM EVERSON BOROUGH, WHERE THE AIRTAG WAS FOUND. SO, ED, WHAT DID YOU LEARN ABOUT THE INVESTIGATION TODAY? WELL, KELLY, ANDREW, IT TURNS OUT THIS AIRTAG WAS FOUND IN JULY OF LAST YEAR BY THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF HERE AT THE BOROUGH. AND WHEN I TALKED TO THE FAYETTE COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY EARLIER TODAY, HE TOLD ME THAT THAT OBSTRUCTION CHARGE THAT KELLY MENTIONED, WELL, IT CAME ABOUT BECAUSE FRAZIER ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO STOP POLICE FROM EXECUTING A SEARCH WARRANT TO FIGURE OUT THAT THE AIRTAG WAS HIS. LET ME TAKE YOU BACK TO JULY OF LAST YEAR WHEN THIS ALLEGEDLY HAPPENED. THE ASSISTANT POLICE CHIEF GOT IN HIS CAR AND NOTICED THAT AN AIRTAG WAS TRYING TO CONNECT TO HIS PHONE. HE SEARCHED THE CAR AND FOUND THE AIRTAG ZIP TIED INSIDE THE TRUNK. NOW, TO EXECUTE A SEARCH WARRANT ON SAID AIRTAG, APPLE’S LEGAL TEAM REQUIRES AN OFFICIAL GOVERNMENT AGENCY TO HAVE A.GOV. URL ACCOUNT. NOW, EVERSON BOROUGH DIDN’T HAVE ONE, AND FRAZIER ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO STOP THE POLICE DEPARTMENT FROM GETTING ONE. THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR FAYETTE COUNTY THINKS THAT THE COUNCIL PRESIDENT DIDN’T WANT THAT WARRANT TO COME BACK. EVERSON BOROUGH DOESN’T HAVE A.GOV ACCOUNT, SO THE CHIEF NEEDED APPROVAL TO GET THAT.GOV ACCOUNT SO THEY COULD RETURN THE WARRANT. THAT INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS CHARGED SPECIFICALLY OBJECTED TO THE OFFICER GETTING THAT.GOV ACCOUNT. SO DID THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY GIVE ANY DETAILS AS TO WHY THE AIRTAG WAS PLACED INSIDE THE POLICE CAR IN THE FIRST PLACE? THAT IS STILL ONE OF THE UNKNOWN ELEMENTS OF THIS INVESTIGATION. IN ITS EARLY STAGES RIGHT NOW, ANDREW. BUT WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY TOLD ME IN OUR CONVERSATION EARLIER THAT NO ONE SHOULD HAVE ANY REASON TO BE TRACKING A POLICE VEHICLE ON THEIR OWN. HE ALSO WENT INTO GREAT DETAIL ABOUT HOW FRAZIER ALLEGEDLY GOT IN THE WAY OF THIS SEARCH WARRANT COMING BACK. THAT’S DETAILED IN HIS AFFIDAVIT OF PROBABLE CAUSE, WHICH WILL BRING YOU IN THE FULL REPORT AT 5:00. COVERING FAYETTE COUNTY IN EMMERSON BOROUGH AND DIORIO, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. OKAY. WE WILL SEE YOU AT FIVE. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS WORTH OF FAKE DESIGNER MERCHANDISE WAS SEIZED HERE IN PITTSBURGH. OFFICIALS SAY A PACKAGE FROM CHINA CONTAINED KNOCKOFF HANDBAGS, SCARVES AND JEWELRY. THOSE ITEMS WERE MADE TO LOOK JUST LIKE SOME VERY POPULAR BRANDS, INCLUDING CHANEL, DIOR AND LOUIS VUITTON. FEDERAL AGENTS. REMIND YOU IF
Mike Wagner, four-time Steelers Super Bowl Champion, dies at 76
Updated: 8:53 PM EST Feb 18, 2026
Four-time Super Bowl champion Mike Wagner, who played on the Steelers’ championship teams in the 1970s, has died. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4Steelers President Art Rooney II announced Wagner’s passing Wednesday night. “We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mike Wagner, a tremendous player and an integral part of some of the most successful teams in Pittsburgh Steelers history,” Rooney said in a statement. He continued, saying, “Mike played a key role on our championship teams of the 1970s. As a member of four Super Bowl-winning teams, his toughness and consistency were paramount to our secondary. His contributions on the field were significant, but it was also his steady presence and team-first mentality that truly defined him.””On behalf of the entire Pittsburgh Steelers organization, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Mike’s family. He will always be remembered as a champion, a great teammate, and a proud member of the Steelers family,” he said. Wagner was 76 years old. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
Four-time Super Bowl champion Mike Wagner, who played on the Steelers’ championship teams in the 1970s, has died.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
Steelers President Art Rooney II announced Wagner’s passing Wednesday night.
“We are deeply saddened by the passing of Mike Wagner, a tremendous player and an integral part of some of the most successful teams in Pittsburgh Steelers history,” Rooney said in a statement.
He continued, saying, “Mike played a key role on our championship teams of the 1970s. As a member of four Super Bowl-winning teams, his toughness and consistency were paramount to our secondary. His contributions on the field were significant, but it was also his steady presence and team-first mentality that truly defined him.”
“On behalf of the entire Pittsburgh Steelers organization, we extend our heartfelt condolences to Mike’s family. He will always be remembered as a champion, a great teammate, and a proud member of the Steelers family,” he said.
Wagner was 76 years old.
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