‘We’re stranded:’ Residents frustrated as Pittsburgh road remains unplowed
COMING UP TODAY ON A NEW EDITION OF. FOR THE RECORD, WE FINISH OUR LOOK AT THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE KECKSBURG MYSTERY. HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR ANCHOR MICHELLE WRIGHT WITH A PREVIEW. COMING UP SUNDAY MORNING, PART TWO OF OUR FOR THE RECORD SERIES, EXAMINING 60 YEARS SINCE THE MYSTERY OF THE KECKSBURG UFO. IN THIS EDITION, I SPEAK WITH A REPORTER FROM THE GREENSBURG TRIBUNE-REVIEW WHO WAS IN THAT WESTMORELAND COUNTY TOWN ON THE NIGHT. WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW A MYSTERY OBJECT IN THE SKY. HE TELLS ME HE DIDN’T KNOW AT THE TIME. IT WAS A MOMENT THAT WOULD FOLLOW HIM FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. THEY DENIED ANYTHING HAD HAPPENED, BUT CLEARLY SOMETHING HAD HAPPENED. AND AND THERE WERE ALL THESE PEOPLE WHO WERE WITNESSES, SORT OF. NOBODY REALLY HAD SEEN AN OBJECT COME DOWN AND LAND. NOBODY HAD REALLY SEEN THAT. NOT ANYONE THAT I COULD TALK TO. BUT LATER I TALKED WITH PEOPLE ON THE PHONE AND I GOT STORIES ABOUT A FLATBED TRUCK BEING PULLED OUT OF THERE WITH A SOME KIND OF AN OBJECT ON THE BACK COVERED WITH A BIG TARP. AND SO AT ANY RATE, I WROTE I WROTE A FOLLOW UP STORY ABOUT IT, AND AND THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT. AND, AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE END OF THE STORY. BUT NO, I’M 82 YEARS OLD AND THAT THING HAS FOLLOWED ME MY WHOLE LIFE. PLUS MORE INSIGHTS FROM A MAN WHO HAS BEEN STUDYING THE KECKSBURG INCIDENT SINCE THE NIGHT IT HAPPENED. DON’T MISS THIS. BRAND NEW. FOR THE RECORD, SUNDAY MORNING AT 11 HERE ON CHANNEL FOUR. I’M MICHELLE WRIGHT, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. IT IS 9:00 ON THE DOT AS WE WELCOME YOU IN AND SAY GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR I’M LILY COLEMAN. IT IS ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY BECAUSE IT IS JUST SO COLD OUT THERE. WE HAVE TEAM COVERAGE FOR YOU THIS MORNING. REPORTER ED DIORIO WILL BE CHECKING IN WITH A LOOK AT ROAD CONDITIONS. BUT FIRST, LET’S BEGIN WITH METEOROLOGIST BRIAN HUTTON. JUNIOR GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING. GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. IT IS COLD OUT THERE FOR US AND WE ARE ALL WAKING UP TO A FRESH COATING OF SNOW. HERE ARE REPORTS ARE CONTINUING TO TRICKLE IN FOR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WE SHOULD HAVE THE FINAL REPORT OUT HERE AT SOME POINT DURING THIS HOUR. SO FAR, THE BIG WINNERS ARE BLACKLICK AND CHAMPION IN FAYETTE COUNTY. BOTH HAVE 11IN TEN IN OHIOPYLE. WHITE OAK SO FAR IS THE HIGHEST AMOUNT I’VE SEEN IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY AT EIGHT INCHES. THE CITY HAS ABOUT 6 TO 6 AND A HALF DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU ARE. GREENSBURG HAS SEVEN, SIX AND A HALF IN CONNELLSVILLE, THE AIRPORT WHERE THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE OFFICIALLY MEASURED 5.4IN IN MOON TOWNSHIP. TODAY’S SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY IS FOR THE COLD. TEMPERATURES ARE IN THE TEENS ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. THAT’S NOT THE STORY. THIS IS YOU FACTOR IN THE WIND. IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS ABOVE OR BELOW ZERO FEELS LIKE TWO BELOW IN FRANKLIN, ONE BELOW IN INDIANA. IT FEELS LIKE IT’S AT ONE IN PITTSBURGH AND GREENSBURG, IT FEELS LIKE IT’S THREE DEGREES OUTSIDE IN MONROEVILLE. COLD WEATHER ADVISORIES IN EFFECT FOR THE LAUREL HIGHLANDS FOR WIND CHILLS THAT COULD GET AS COLD AS 20 BELOW ZERO TODAY AND TONIGHT. SO BUNDLE UP IF YOU’RE HEADING OUTSIDE. WE REMAIN ON SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY TODAY. AGAIN, WIND CHILLS WILL FLUCTUATE A COUPLE DEGREES EITHER SIDE OF ZERO. TEMPERATURES ARE STAYING IN THE TEENS TODAY, AND IT WON’T FEEL LIKE THAT AT ANY POINT. I’LL SHOW YOU WHEN WE GET A BREAK OUT OF THIS COLD SNAP AND THE FLURRY CHANCE THIS WILL LAST FOR US THROUGH THE DAY AS WELL. THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. BUT FIRST, IT FEELS LIKE IT’S THREE DEGREES OUTSIDE MONROEVILLE, AND THAT’S WHERE WE FIND PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER ED DIORIO. IT’S ALSO NOW SNOWING IN MONROEVILLE, SO AND WE’LL SEND IT OVER TO YOU. WELL, BRIAN, IT WAS LIKE TEN MINUTES AGO. NOT EVEN. AND I SAID IT’S KIND OF COMING DOWN, BUT IT’S VERY LIGHT. WELL THAT’S CHANGED AND KNOW HOW THINGS CAN CHANGE IN TEN MINUTES. IT IS. NOW THIS IS ABOUT AS THICK AS WE SAW IT YESTERDAY. THE SNOW FLURRIES HAVE COME BACK. IT IS A A VERY CONSISTENT FALL RIGHT NOW. BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS, IS THAT THE ROADS, WHETHER THEY BE MAIN ROADS LIKE HERE ON ROUTE 22 OR THE SIDE ROADS, MOST OF THEM HAVE BEEN TREATED ACROSS ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND STATE ROADS IN OUR AREA. SO NOW WITH THIS COMING DOWN, HOWEVER LONG IT LASTS, IT’S AT LEAST GOING TO FALL ON A TREATED SURFACE. BUT LIKE BRIAN MENTIONED, IT IS STILL COLD. SO THAT LITTLE SLUSH RIGHT THERE, THE LITTLE SNOW THAT REMAINS LEFT OVER EVEN WITH SALT AND TREATMENT, IF IT STAYS THIS COLD. AND THAT’S NOT TAKEN CARE OF OVER THESE NEXT FEW HOURS, ACROSS THE MORNING AND INTO LATER TODAY, THAT COULD TURN INTO SOME BAD NEWS FAST ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. SO CREWS ARE WORKING TO GET THAT OUT OF THE WAY. AND WELL, THEY’LL TREAT THE ROADS AS THEY DEAL WITH MAYBE MORE FLURRIES LIKE THIS AND WE’LL SEE IF IT’S GOING TO STAY LIKE THIS FOR THE REST OF THE MORNING SHOW. MAYBE CHECK BACK IN WITH ME HERE IN JUST A LITTLE BIT, AND SEE IF I CAN STILL GET SOME FLURRIES IN MY EYES, AND WE’LL SEE. I’LL LET YOU KNOW FOR SURE. LILY, LET’S GO BACK TO YOU. FOR ED DIORIO, WE APPRECIATE ALL OF YOUR UPDATES FOR US THIS MORNING. GET BACK IN THE CAR AND STAY WARM. WELL, OUR CREWS WERE OUT ACROSS THE AREA YESTERDAY EVENING, AND THAT SLUSH AND THAT SNOW BUILDING UP ON ROADS AND SIDEWALKS, MAKING FOR SOME PRETTY UNSAFE CONDITIONS. LIVE DRIVE FOR GIVING US A LOOK AT CONDITIONS IN PARTS OF THE REGION, INCLUDING WESTMORELAND, FAYETTE AND ALLEGHENY COUNTIES. HERE’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR WITH A CLOSER LOOK. THEN YOU START HEARING PEOPLE COME IN TALKING ABOUT HOW BAD THE ROADS ARE. I JUST GOT OFF. I LOOKED OUTSIDE, I MEAN, HOLY –, SNOW WOULD NOT LET UP. SATURDAY EVENING. CREWS CONTINUED TO SALT AND PLOW, BUT THE ROADS COULD NOT CATCH A BREAK. PENNDOT LOWERED THE SPEED LIMITS ON 79 AND 70 TO 45MPH, AND DRIVING WAS TREACHEROUS. FOR SOME. IT WAS A LITTLE SCARY. NOT USED TO THAT. I WAS HAPPY THAT THEY HAD THOSE SNOW TIRES ON THOSE SNOWY ROADWAYS, DELAYED PRT BUSSES BY AN HOUR. THERE WAS A BUS THAT WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE, BUT THEN IT JUST IT JUST DIDN’T COME. IT DIDN’T COME DOWNTOWN. DOZENS OF RIDERS WERE STANDING IN THE SNOW WAITING FOR A RIDE. IT’S JUST BEEN DELAYED SO MUCH. YEAH, MY FEET ARE FREEZING. MY FEET ARE I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW IF I HAVE FEET ANYMORE. IN CANONSBURG, THE PASTOR AT GRACE BAPTIST CHURCH TRIED TO GET AHEAD OF THE WORST SO HE COULD STILL HAVE SERVICE IN THE MORNING. HE HAD ALREADY CANCELED SUNDAY SCHOOL. THIS SIDE OF THE BUILDING DOES NOT GET ANY SUN AT ALL, AND SO ALL THIS WILL TURN TO ICE AND IT CAN GET 3 TO 4IN THICK. SO IF WE CAN KEEP THIS CLEAN NOW AND GET ALL THE SNOW OFF THERE SO IT DOESN’T FREEZE, THEN IT’S OKAY FOR IN THE MORNING. AND SOME PEOPLE DECIDED NOT TO VENTURE OUT AT ALL. EVERYONE ELSE I WAS GOING HOME HAS ALREADY GONE. EVERYONE ELSE HAS STAYED IN THE CITY. PUBLIC WORKS SAYS ALL SNOW SHOULD BE CLEARED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE LAST SNOWFLAKE. AFTER THAT, YOU CAN CALL 311. FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND YOU HEARD FELICITY TALKING ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE SNOW AND THE LOW VISIBILITY OVERNIGHT, PENNDOT REDUCED THE SPEED LIMIT ON SEVERAL ROADS AND HIGHWAYS TO JUST 45MPH. THE SPEED LIMIT HAS BEEN RESTORED BACK TO NORMAL ON ROADWAYS IN THE SOUTHWESTERN REGION. THAT INCLUDES 70 AND 79. IN GREENE, WASHINGTON AND WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. THAT HAPPENED AROUND 7:00 THIS MORNING. SOME SPEED LIMIT RESTRICTIONS FOR COMMERCIAL VEHICLES HAVE ALSO BEEN LIFTED. NOW, ALL OTHER RESTRICTIONS, INCLUDING SOME OF THE ONES YOU SEE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN, DO REMAIN IN PLACE THIS MORNING. PENNDOT SAYS CREWS ARE STILL TREATING ROADWAYS IN THE AREA, AND WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO UNTIL THE ROADS ARE CLEAR. YOU CAN READ MORE ABOUT THOSE RESTRICTIONS ON OUR WEBSITE AT DOT COM. AND IT’S NOT JUST THE SNOW ON THE ROADWAYS. IT’S ALSO SO COLD OUT THERE. BECAUSE OF THAT, THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH IS OPENING FIVE OF ITS WARMING CENTERS TODAY. THEY’LL BE OPEN FROM NOON TO SIX IN SHERIDAN, SOUTHSIDE, BEECHVIEW, GREENFIELD AND HOMEWOOD. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS ALL MORNING LONG. BUT ANOTHER REMINDER STAY AHEAD OF THE WEATHER WITH OUR FREE WTAE APP. THERE YOU CAN TRACK ROAD CONDITIONS ON YOUR PHONE WITH OUR LIVE INTERACTIVE TRAFFIC RADAR, AND YOU CAN ALSO TURN ON ALERTS FOR INSTANT UPDATES DIRECTLY TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD AT SIX AFTER NINE, WE TURN NOW TO BREAKING NEWS JUST IN THIS MORNING. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED THE PERSON SUSPECTED OF SHOOTING TWO STUDENTS AND INJURING NINE OTHERS AT BROWN UNIVERSITY IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND, YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS ALSO LIFTING A SHELTER IN PLACE. HERE’S ABC’S JOHNY FERNANDEZ WITH THIS UPDATE. WE ARE ABLE TO REPORT THAT WE HAVE DETAINED A PERSON OF INTEREST INVOLVED IN YESTERDAY’S SHOOTING. DEADLY SHOOTING ROCKS. BROWN UNIVERSITY IN PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND. THERE REMAINS SEVEN INDIVIDUALS IN STABLE CONDITION, ONE IN CRITICAL BUT STABLE CONDITION, AND ONE HAS BEEN DISCHARGED. AUTHORITIES SAY THE SHOOTING HAPPENED IN THE ENGINEERING AND PHYSICS DEPARTMENT DURING THE SECOND DAY OF FINAL EXAMS. THE BUILDING WHERE THE SHOOTING WAS IS LIKE KIND OF ON THE EDGE OF CAMPUS ALREADY. IT THE STREET BEHIND THE BUILDING IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA. AND SO THE SHOOTER KIND OF WALKED OFF CAMPUS IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE SHOOTING ENDED. POLICE RELEASING VIDEO OF A PERSON OF INTEREST SEEN WALKING OUT OF THE BUILDING MOMENTS AFTER THE SHOOTING. THE NEXT PROCESS FOR US IS WHAT WE DO BEST IN OUR DETECTIVES IS TO COORDINATE WITH THE PROSECUTORS, TO COLLECT EVIDENCE, TO CONDUCT INTERVIEWS, AND THEN FROM THERE, WE’LL BE ABLE TO, WHEN IT’S APPROPRIATE AND ACCURATE, TO SHARE MORE DETAILS WITH YOU ALL. STUDENTS VISIBLY SHAKEN. WHEN IT FIRST STARTED HAPPENING. YEAH, THERE WAS DEFINITELY A LOT OF PEOPLE LIKE RUNNING THAT WAY. LIKE SCRAMBLING ACTUALLY WAS WORKING IN MY LAB. THERE WERE THREE OTHER STUDENTS WITH ME. WE DECIDED TO TURN THE LIGHT OFF AND CLOSE ALL THE DOORS AND HIDE UNDER OUR DESKS. LAW ENFORCEMENT CONVERGING ON THE SCENE. THE FACT THAT THE STATE OF RHODE ISLAND IS IN SHOCK, BUT THEY’RE REALLY RESPONDING AS A COMMUNITIES THAT WE ALL LOVE, AND THAT THE COMMUNITIES THAT WE ARE ARE PROUD OF THE FACT THAT WE LIVE IN A STATE, THAT EVERYBODY COMES TOGETHER. AN ALERT GOING OUT TO FACULTY AND STUDENTS, URGING THEM TO LOCK DOORS, SILENCE THEIR PHONES AND STAY HIDDEN UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. IN A LETTER TO STUDENTS, THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNIVERSITY CALLING IT A DEEPLY TRAGIC DAY. WE HAVE A LOT OF RECOVERY AHEAD OF US. SO MY MY MAIN GOAL IN THE COMING DAYS AND WEEKS AND MONTHS, IT WILL TAKE A LONG TIME, IS TO BRING PEOPLE BACK TOGETHER AND HELP THEM FEEL SAFE AND SECURE ON CAMPUS. JOHNNY FERNANDEZ, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. AND THE UNIVERSITY ISSUED A STATEMENT SAYING THERE WILL BE NO FINAL EXAMS TODAY. 909 IS OUR TIME. WE’RE TURNING TO HEADLINES A LITTLE CLOSER TO HOME NOW. NEW THIS MORNING. CREWS BATTLING A HOUSE FIRE IN MCKEES ROCKS. ALLEGHENY COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDING TO CHURCHILL STREET AND ALLEN STREET JUST BEFORE 11 LAST NIGHT. AT THIS TIME, NO INJURIES ARE BEING REPORTED. MEANWHILE, IN TARENTUM, ANOTHER FIRE OVERNIGHT, THIS ONE AT A HOME ON CORBETT STREET, HAPPENED AROUND 1130. WE ARE WORKING TO LEARN IF ANYONE WAS HURT. STILL NO WORD ON WHAT CAUSED THIS FIRE. THIS MORNING AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER A STATE POLICE TROOPER SHOT A MAN FOLLOWING A CHASE WITH A SUSPECTED STOLEN VEHICLE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THAT CHASE BEGAN IN CRAFTON YESTERDAY MORNING AND ENDED HERE ON CRANE AVENUE. THAT’S NEAR SAW MILL RUN BOULEVARD IN THE CITY’S MOUNT WASHINGTON NEIGHBORHOOD. STATE POLICE SAY AT THAT POINT, THE MAN IN THE CAR GOT OUT AND ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO RUN AWAY. HE WAS THEN SHOT AND WOUNDED. WE’RE STILL PROCESSING EVERYTHING. IT’S STILL A FLUID, VERY FLUID INVESTIGATION. WE’RE PROCESSING THE SCENE NOW, AND WE STILL HAVE TO DO SOME MORE INTERVIEWS. SO AT THIS POINT, I CAN’T COMMENT ON THE EXACT DETAILS OTHER THAN HE FLED THE SCENE. HE WAS ONE OF OUR MEMBERS DISCHARGED, AND HE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE SAY THE MAN HAS A NON-LIFE THREATENING INJURY. HE WAS TREATED AT THE HOSPITAL BEFORE BEING RELEASED BACK INTO STATE POLICE CUSTODY. THEY SAY THEY PLAN TO CONSULT WITH T
‘We’re stranded:’ Residents frustrated as Pittsburgh road remains unplowed
Updated: 5:28 PM EST Dec 14, 2025
Residents along a side road in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood are urging for city officials to respond to their requests for help after they said their road has not been plowed once since snow began to fall Saturday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 14, 2025Renee Marbella, who lives along Perrysville Avenue, said her and her neighbor have attempted to contact city officials, saying their road has not been plowed once since snow began to fall across the county. “I’ve been hearing snow plows all night long and I thought for sure that they would have come up here by now, just a quick little plow up and down, it’s not a big street,” Marbella said. “Obviously, it’s a dead end. And nothing.” Marbella said each year the city gets a major snowfall, the road is always plowed days later. She said as a result of snow trucks plowing the road near to the street, it has made it difficult for residents along Perrysville Avenue to make it up and down the street to their home. “There’s an additional problem,” Marbella told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Sunday. “The plowing that they did is kicking up snow here, to the entrance of our street, so, it’s making it a little harder to come up because every time they plow, they’re kicking more up snow.” She continued, saying, “Hopefully they don’t make us wait till it melts.” Marbella and her neighbor, Tina Edwards, said they have both called and messaged officials online, with the city sending an automatic reply saying they will evaluate the inquiry in 10 to 11 days. That means, this year, the inquiry would be looked at on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day. “We can’t get out of our street, because the snow is so thick,” Edwards said. “No one’s come by to plow us out, clean our streets.” Edwards continued, saying, “We cannot move because we can’t get past the snow. We’re all stuck, we’re stranded.”The request for help comes after city officials issued a release providing updates on snow removal efforts. According to the release, City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works crews reported “moderate successes under arduous conditions” after some neighborhoods in the city received seven to nine inches of snow, double the originally forecasted three to six inches.Action News 4 is working to reach out to officials and to learn when Perrsyville Avenue will be plowed.
PITTSBURGH —
Residents along a side road in Pittsburgh’s Perry South neighborhood are urging for city officials to respond to their requests for help after they said their road has not been plowed once since snow began to fall Saturday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 14, 2025
Renee Marbella, who lives along Perrysville Avenue, said her and her neighbor have attempted to contact city officials, saying their road has not been plowed once since snow began to fall across the county.
“I’ve been hearing snow plows all night long and I thought for sure that they would have come up here by now, just a quick little plow up and down, it’s not a big street,” Marbella said. “Obviously, it’s a dead end. And nothing.”
Marbella said each year the city gets a major snowfall, the road is always plowed days later. She said as a result of snow trucks plowing the road near to the street, it has made it difficult for residents along Perrysville Avenue to make it up and down the street to their home.
“There’s an additional problem,” Marbella told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 Sunday. “The plowing that they did is kicking up snow here, to the entrance of our street, so, it’s making it a little harder to come up because every time they plow, they’re kicking more up snow.”
She continued, saying, “Hopefully they don’t make us wait till it melts.”
Marbella and her neighbor, Tina Edwards, said they have both called and messaged officials online, with the city sending an automatic reply saying they will evaluate the inquiry in 10 to 11 days.
That means, this year, the inquiry would be looked at on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day.
“We can’t get out of our street, because the snow is so thick,” Edwards said. “No one’s come by to plow us out, clean our streets.”
Edwards continued, saying, “We cannot move because we can’t get past the snow. We’re all stuck, we’re stranded.”
The request for help comes after city officials issued a release providing updates on snow removal efforts.
According to the release, City of Pittsburgh Department of Public Works crews reported “moderate successes under arduous conditions” after some neighborhoods in the city received seven to nine inches of snow, double the originally forecasted three to six inches.
Action News 4 is working to reach out to officials and to learn when Perrsyville Avenue will be plowed.