Busy road near Kennywood restricted due to large police presence, officials say
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR SUNDAY. WHEN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES. RIGHT NOW, THE MISSION TO RESTORE POWER TO SEVERAL ALLEGHENY COUNTY COMMUNITIES COMING UP, THE OUTSIDE HANDS COMING IN TO HELP WITH THOSE EFFORTS TODAY. SHOOTING ON PITTSBURGH’S PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT BUS LEAVES ONE PERSON IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THE SUSPECTS POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR THIS MORNING. PLUS INCREASING PATROLS IN PITTSBURGH’S SOUTH SIDE. THE EFFORTS TO KEEP SAINT PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS IN CHECK THIS HOLIDAY WEEKEND, SECURING THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON WITH THE HELP THAT PRESIDENT TRUMP WANTS FROM OTHER COUNTRIES, AND HOW IT COULD IMPACT OIL PRICES. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT IS 859 ON YOUR SUNDAY. I’M KALEA GUNDERSON IN FOR LILY COLEMAN. WE WANT TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED IS HERE WITH YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. AND JILL, SUCH A ROLLER COASTER OF TEMPERATURES. WE HAVE TEMPERATURES AND WEATHER HERE. EVEN JUST OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS. AND OF COURSE, WE KNOW THE POWER OF THE WIND FROM LAST FRIDAY WITH THOSE HIGH WINDS THAT MOVED THROUGH. ANOTHER ROUND OF BREEZY CONDITIONS KICK IN AS WE WORK THROUGH YOUR SUNDAY, BUT IT WILL BRING MORE WARMTH TO THE AREA. JUST ABOUT EVERYBODY WILL SIT IN THE 60S THIS AFTERNOON. A HANDFUL OF NEIGHBORHOODS, ESPECIALLY WEST OF ALLEGHENY COUNTY. YOU COULD BE GETTING INTO THE LOW 70S THIS AFTERNOON. DON’T GET USED TO IT. WE’VE GOT COLDER TEMPERATURES COMING OUR WAY AS EARLY AS TOMORROW AS WE HAVE RAIN, WE HAVE FALLING TEMPERATURES, GUSTY WINDS, AND ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR FLURRIES FOR YOUR MONDAY. IT IS AN IMPACT DAY AND THAT WINTER LIKE CHILL WILL STICK AROUND INTO SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. THE WIND. BIG STORY FOR US HERE AS WE KEEP IT PRETTY QUIET ON YOUR SUNDAY ALREADY. WIND ADVISORY IS OUT FOR THE COUNTIES THROUGH THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS. WE’LL ADD THE I 80 CORRIDOR THIS AFTERNOON, WITH THE ADVISORY EXTENDING THROUGH 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING. IN THOSE AREAS UNDER THE WIND ADVISORY, GUSTS COULD KICK UP CLOSER TO 50MPH FOR THE REST OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. TALK ABOUT 30 TO 35MPH. AND THAT WIND ADVISORY LEADING US RIGHT UP TO OUR IMPACT DAY TOMORROW AS YOU’RE HEADING OUT THE DOOR, THE KIDS ARE WAITING AT THE BUS STOP. WE’RE SEEING AREA OF RAIN MARCHING ACROSS THE REGION MIXED IN. THERE COULD BE A FEW LEFTOVER RUMBLES OF THUNDER. IN FACT, FUTURECAST PICKING THAT RIGHT ALONG THE I-79 CORRIDOR AT 7:00 IN THE MORNING QUICKLY RACES INTO THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS, EXITING BY LATE MORNING. WITH THAT, TEMPERATURES WILL TAKE THE TUMBLE. STILL, A LITTLE BIT OF MOISTURE COULD BE SQUEEZED OUT, AND THAT WILL FALL AS SOME FLURRIES LATE IN THE DAY TOMORROW. SO AGAIN, A LOT OF WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT FOR OUR IMPACT DAY TOMORROW IN YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST STILL FEELING LIKE WINTER FOR SAINT PATRICK’S DAY, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE ON THEIR WAY UP STRAIGHT THROUGH THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING TOWARDS FRIDAY. OF COURSE, WE’LL BE TIMING OUT YOUR IMPACT DAY AND THE WEEK AHEAD COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. THANK YOU. JILL. THIS MORNING, PORT AUTHORITY POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR TWO SUSPECTS INVOLVED IN A SHOOTING ON A PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT BUS IN THE CITY’S HOMEWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. PR SAYS IT HAPPENED ALONG THE MARTIN LUTHER KING EAST BUSWAY, NEAR HOMEWOOD AVENUE YESTERDAY AROUND FIVE. PORT AUTHORITY POLICE, AS WELL AS PITTSBURGH POLICE AND ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE, RESPONDED TO THAT SCENE, AND THEY SAY THE VICTIM WAS TAKEN OFF THE BUS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. OFFICERS ARE LOOKING FOR TWO JUVENILES WHO GOT OFF THE BUS AND RAN FROM THE SCENE THIS MORNING. HUNDREDS OF CREWS ARE NOW IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA TO HELP RESTORE POWER AFTER FRIDAY’S POWERFUL WINDS. SOME OF THEM COMING FROM AS FAR AWAY AS FLORIDA AND CANADA. SEVERAL ROADS ARE STILL CLOSED, WITH SOME HOMEOWNERS STUCK INSIDE BECAUSE OF DOWNED TREES AND POWER LINES. REPORTER ED DIORIO IS HEARING ABOUT THEIR FRUSTRATIONS AS THOSE RESTORATION EFFORTS ARE UNDERWAY. WE’RE ALL KIND OF STUCK BACK HERE RIGHT NOW, AND NO ANSWERS ON WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. THOSE IN MIKE RITCHIE’S ROBINSON TOWNSHIP NEIGHBORHOOD CAN’T LEAVE WITH THE ROAD BEING BLOCKED, THERE’S NO WAY FOR US TO GET IN AND OUT OF THE STREET. SO IT’S LITERALLY WE’RE LITERALLY TRAPPED ON THE STREET. THE FIVE HOUSES BACK HERE. IF THERE’S AN EMERGENCY, WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO? I MEAN, THERE’S NO GETTING OFF THE ROAD. THERE’S DOWNED TREES AND WIRES BLOCKING THE ROAD. DUQUESNE HEIGHTS RESPONSE TIME FOR ADDRESSING THE THOUSANDS OF HOMES WITHOUT POWER STILL WAS HAMPERED. THOSE OVERNIGHT WINDS THAT LASTED UP UNTIL THE MORNING REALLY SLOWED DOWN. THE ABILITY THAT WE HAD TO GO OUT AND EVALUATE THE DAMAGE THAT WE WERE SEEING, THAT RESULTED IN THE POWER COMPANY CALLING IN CREWS FROM FLORIDA TO NEW YORK. WE’VE GOT ALMOST 500 COMING IN RIGHT NOW, AND WE’RE STILL PUTTING OUT CALLS FOR MORE AND EVEN CANADA. THIS IS MY FIRST TIME IN PENNSYLVANIA. STEPHEN DUELL’S COMPANY GOT INTO ALLEGHENY COUNTY SATURDAY EVENING. THEY HAD TO BE BRIEFED ON WHERE THEY’RE GOING. STARTING SUNDAY FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY. WHEN YOU GET THIS MANY PEOPLE COMING IN FROM ALL DIFFERENT PLACES, THE BIGGEST THING IS SAFETY. IT’S PARAMOUNT. WITH MORE HELP ON THE WAY, THAT SHOULD PAINT A CLEARER PICTURE FOR WHEN POWER COMES BACK. WE’RE LOOKING TO HAVE SOME ESTIMATED TIME OF RESTORATION BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON. EVEN WITH MORE HELPING HANDS, THE WORK COULD GO BEYOND SUNDAY. WE REALLY ASK FOR PEOPLE’S PATIENCE. WE ASK FOR PEOPLE TO STAY AWAY FROM DOWNED POWER LINES. OUR BIGGEST GOAL IS TO GET DOWN HERE, GET THE CREWS IN AND GET THEM ONBOARDED. MAKE SURE WE FULLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THE FOLKS OF THE POWER COMPANY EXPECT FROM US, AND THEN WE’LL EXECUTE. THAT WAS ED DIORIO REPORTING. ADDITIONAL CREWS BEGAN HELPING WITH RESTORATION EFFORTS AT SEVEN THIS MORNING. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM DUQUESNE LITE TELLS US THE OUTSIDE CREWS WILL LIKELY STAY THROUGH TOMORROW IF MORE SEVERE WEATHER COMES IN AND CAUSES MORE OUTAGES. RIGHT NOW, MORE THAN 29,000 DUQUESNE LIKE CUSTOMERS, REMAIN WITHOUT SERVICE. THAT’S DOWN FROM 163,000 AT THE PEAK OF THE WINDSTORM. AND WEST PENN POWER IS WORKING TO RESTORE MORE THAN 16,000 CUSTOMERS IN THE WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA REGION. TWO BEAVER COUNTY COMMUNITIES ARE UNDER A BOIL WATER ADVISORY BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE, AND THE MUNICIPAL WATER AUTHORITY OF ALIQUIPPA HAS ISSUED THE ADVISORY FOR CUSTOMERS. CUSTOMERS IN RACCOON AND POTTER TOWNSHIPS. IT FOLLOWS A POWER OUTAGE AT THE BOOSTER STATION IN RACCOON TOWNSHIP. CUSTOMERS ARE ADVISED TO BOIL THEIR WATER FOR ONE MINUTE AND ALLOW IT TO COOL BEFORE USING IT. THE AUTHORITY IS CONDUCTING TESTS AND WILL LET US KNOW WHEN THE ADVISORY IS LIFTED. WE LEARNED A BUTLER COUNTY FIREFIGHTER WHO WAS RESPONDING TO A CALL FOR A DOWNED TREE WAS STRUCK BY A FALLING TREE AND THEN HIT BY A CAR ON FRIDAY. MIKE KING IS A FIREFIGHTER WITH THE ONEIDA VALLEY VOLUNTEER FIRE COMPANY, ACCORDING TO HIS SISTER, KING WAS PUSHED INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC BY THAT FALLEN TREE ALONG ONEIDA VALLEY ROAD IN OAKLAND TOWNSHIP. HE WAS BROUGHT TO ALLEGHENY GENERAL HOSPITAL, WHERE HE IS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. THIS MORNING. THE ALLEGHENY COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL IS INVESTIGATING A DEADLY FIRE AT A HOME IN JEFFERSON HILLS. AND WE’RE LEARNING. THE FIRE STARTED IN A SECOND FLOOR BEDROOM, ACCORDING TO INVESTIGATORS. THE FIRE STARTED ALONG FRONTIER DRIVE SHORTLY AFTER 3 A.M. FIREFIGHTERS FROM PLEASANT HILLS WERE CALLED TO HELP AND SHARED THIS PICTURE FROM THE SCENE. THEY REPORT CREWS INITIALLY HAD SOME WATER SUPPLY PROBLEMS. THEY HAD TO EVACUATE THE HOUSE UNTIL A GOOD WATER SUPPLY WAS ESTABLISHED. SO FAR, INVESTIGATORS HAVE NOT RELEASED THE NAME OF THE PERSON WHO DIED. IN WASHINGTON COUNTY. A STUDENT FROM THE CALIFORNIA AREA SCHOOL DISTRICT DIED FRIDAY NIGHT AFTER HIS DIRT BIKE STRUCK A FALLEN TREE. EMERGENCY DISPATCHERS SAY IT HAPPENED NEAR HIGHLAND DRIVE AND HILL STREET IN CALIFORNIA BOROUGH. WE KNOW THE STUDENT IS A 16 YEAR OLD BOY. HIS NAME HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED. THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SENT LETTERS, A LETTER. EXCUSE ME, TO THE FAMILIES OF THE DISTRICT INFORMING THEM OF THE LOSS AND OFFERING GRIEF COUNSELORS AND A THERAPY DOG. TOMORROW. TURNING NOW TO THE WAR WITH IRAN IN ITS THIRD WEEK AND ITS EFFECTS ARE WIDE REACHING, GULF STATES REPORTED NEW MISSILE AND DRONE ATTACKS SUNDAY AFTER TEHRAN THREATENED TO WIDEN ITS CAMPAIGN AND CALLED FOR THE EVACUATION OF THREE MAJOR PORTS IN THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. IT COMES AFTER THE U.S. DESTROYED MILITARY TARGETS ON AN ISLAND VITAL TO IRAN’S OIL NETWORK, ACCORDING TO PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US LIVE NOW. JACKIE, HOW IS THE PRESIDENT TRYING TO TAME THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF THIS WAR? THE WAR IN IRAN HAS ROCKED GLOBAL ENERGY MARKETS AND, OF COURSE, RAISED GAS PRICES HERE AT HOME. AND NOW PRESIDENT TRUMP IS CALLING FOR INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT TO TRY TO SECURE THAT ESSENTIAL WATERWAY FOR OIL SHIPMENTS. THAT RIGHT NOW IS EFFECTIVELY FROZEN. PRESIDENT TRUMP ON SATURDAY ON SOCIAL MEDIA, CALLED ON OTHER COUNTRIES THAT HAVE BEEN AFFECTED BY THE DISRUPTIONS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ TO SEND WARSHIPS ALONGSIDE THE UNITED STATES. HE SAID TO KEEP THIS WATERWAY OPEN AND SAFE. HE URGED NATIONS FROM CHINA TO FRANCE TO GET INVOLVED HERE, AND IT’S NOT CLEAR IF THEY WILL. BUT BRITAIN DID SAY THAT THEY’RE DISCUSSING A RANGE OF OPTIONS ON THIS FRONT. IRAN SAYS THAT THE STRAIT IS OPEN RIGHT NOW, JUST NOT FOR ITS ENEMIES. AND THIS IS A BIG POINT OF LEVERAGE FOR THEM. TEHRAN HAS ALSO THREATENED TO ATTACK ENERGY ASSETS LINKED TO THE U.S. IF ITS OIL INFRASTRUCTURE GETS HIT. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE HAS SPARED OIL SITES. WHEN THE U.S. HIT A VITAL ISLAND FOR IRAN’S ECONOMY JUST THE OTHER DAY. HE ALSO WARNED HE MAY RECONSIDER THAT IF IRAN KEEPS INTERFERING WITH THE SAFE PASSAGE OF SHIPS IN THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ. EXPERTS SAY WE COULD POTENTIALLY KEEP SEEING PRICES GO UP IF CONDITIONS WORSEN IN THAT STRAIT. PRESIDENT TRUMP, THOUGH, ARGUES THAT THIS OPERATION WILL PAY OFF IN THE LONG TERM DUE TO SEE A VERY BIG DECREASE IN THE PRICE OF GASOLINE GAS. ANYTHING HAVING TO DO WITH ENERGY. AS SOON AS THIS IS ENDED. BUT WE HAD TO END THE NUCLEAR THREAT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND THROUGHOUT THE WORLD. MEANWHILE, THE HUMAN COST OF WAR IS ALSO MOUNTING ON SATURDAY. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IDENTIFIED THE SIX U.S. AIRMEN THAT THEY SAY WERE KILLED IN THAT RECENT CRASH INVOLVING A REFUELING PLANE IN IRAQ. AND THE PENTAGON ALSO SAID SATURDAY THAT THE EXACT CAUSE OF THAT CRASH IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. KAYLEIGH. JACKIE, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR COVERAGE THIS MORNING. THANK YOU. THE TIME NOW IS 908. NOW TO A BIG TRAFFIC NOTE FOR THIS WEEK. LONG-TERM LANE CLOSURES ARE SET TO BEGIN TOMORROW ON THE PARKWAY EAST. PENNDOT IS IS CLOSING A LANE STARTING TOMORROW IN BOTH DIRECTIONS BETWEEN PENN HILLS AND MONROEVILLE. THIS WILL LAST THROUGH APRIL. EXCUSE ME, APRIL 17TH. THAT FRIDAY, CREWS ARE REBUILDING THE MEDIAN AND MAKING REPAIRS TO THE ASPHALT AND CONCRETE, AND THEY’LL START ON THE OUTBOUND SIDE, THEN MOVE TO THE INBOUND SIDE. PITTSBURGH SAINT PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATIONS ARE UNDERWAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY. PITTSBURGH PUBLIC SAFETY HAS EXTRA CREWS ON HAND THIS WEEKEND, ESPECIALLY IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS LIKE THE SOUTH SIDE AND THE NORTH SHORE. CITY POLICE CHIEF JASON LANDO JOINED HIS OFFICERS IN PATROLLING ON THE SOUTH SIDE AFTER THE PARADE LAST NIGHT. HE TOLD US ON FRIDAY THEY DON’T KNOW OF ANY THREATS, BUT THEY ARE ASKING PEOPLE TO STAY ALERT WHILE THEY’RE OUT. OFFICERS ARE ALSO ENFORCING THE CITY’S OPEN CONTAINER LAW. THE LAW BANS DRINKING AND POSSESSING OPEN BOTTLES OF ALCOHOL IN PUBLIC SPACES, INCLUDING STREETS, SIDEWALKS AND PARKS. EARLIER IN THE DAY, HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE LINED THE STREETS IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH FOR A CITY TRADITION. THE ANNUAL SAINT PATRICK’S DAY PARADE AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE IN THE COUNTRY DATING BACK TO 1869. THERE WERE MORE THAN 200 UNITS IN THIS YEAR’S PARADE. EVERYTHING FROM IRISH DANCERS, IRISH DOGS AND GROUPS, AND OF COURSE, PLENTY OF IRISH MUSIC. ORGANIZERS SAY YOU CAN JOIN IN ON THE FUN EVEN IF YOU’RE NOT IRISH. IT’S NICE TO SEE THAT THE CITY CELEBRATES PATRICK’S DAY. I HAD NO IDEA. IT’S ONE OF THE CITY’S IRISH THAT DIDN’T HAVE THIS MUCH BACK IN THE. HONESTLY, IT’S REALLY FUN. I LOVE SEEING THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER FOR THIS. I MEAN, I’M NOT EVEN IRISH, BUT I FEEL VERY AT HOME HERE. PARADE. NEARLY 3000 PEOPLE TOOK PART IN THIS YEAR’S PARADE DAY DASH. SOME PEOPLE RAN A MILE, OTHERS RAN A5K, SOME EVEN RAN IN COSTUME.
Busy road near Kennywood restricted due to large police presence, officials say
Updated: 3:31 PM EDT Mar 15, 2026
One side of a busy road near Kennywood remains closed until further notice due to large police activity in the area, officials said Sunday. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 West Mifflin police said in a post on Facebook that Kennywood Boulevard is closed between Hoffman Boulevard and Glenn Boulevard due to police activity. Officials said the area will remain closed until further notice. Action News 4 was on the scene, where multiple police officers were blocking the road.As of 3:20 p.m., it appeared one side of the road was reopened to traffic. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out to county police, who said they are currently “not involved in any aspect of the investigation.” 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.
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. —
One side of a busy road near Kennywood remains closed until further notice due to large police activity in the area, officials said Sunday.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
West Mifflin police said in a post on Facebook that Kennywood Boulevard is closed between Hoffman Boulevard and Glenn Boulevard due to police activity.
Officials said the area will remain closed until further notice.
Action News 4 was on the scene, where multiple police officers were blocking the road.
As of 3:20 p.m., it appeared one side of the road was reopened to traffic.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 has reached out to county police, who said they are currently “not involved in any aspect of the investigation.”
This is a developing story.
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