‘Miserable Monday’ for Steelers fans after loss to the Browns
FOUR STARTS NOW. WE ARE STARTING OFF HERE WITH SOME BREAKING TRAFFIC NEWS AT 4:00. A MULTI-VEHICLE CRASH IS SHUTTING DOWN TRAFFIC ON I-80 RIGHT NOW IN CLARION COUNTY. STATE POLICE ARE TELLING US THIS CRASH HAPPENED AT ABOUT 1:00 THIS AFTERNOON AT THE CLARION TOWNSHIP EXIT. FOR RIGHT NOW, STATE POLICE ARE DETOURING ALL TRAFFIC OFF OF I-80 TO ROUTE 28 AS THEY WORK TO CLEAN UP THE DEBRIS FROM THE WRECK. RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES, BUT DRIVERS SHOULD AVOID THAT AREA. WE DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR JOINING US ON THIS MONDAY AFTERNOON FOR PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR AT 4:00. I’M KELLY SASSO I’M ANDREW STOCKEY. HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING AND WHAT WE ARE WORKING ON, BEGINNING WITH TOP FOUR STORIES AT FOUR. YET ANOTHER BIG STORY TODAY IS THE WIND AND ALSO THE TEMPERATURES THAT ARE DROPPING, CAUSING SOME RAIN TO TURN TO SNOW. A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN PLACE NOW FOR SEVERAL COUNTIES IN OUR AREA. LAKE EFFECT SNOW BANDS COULD LEAD TO SOME ACCUMULATION, AND WIND GUSTS ARE ALSO HANGING AT ABOUT 50 MILES AN HOUR. BECAUSE OF THAT, WE ARE TRACKING WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGES. A SIXTH GRADE STUDENT HIT AND KILLED BY A VEHICLE IN WEST MIFFLIN. TERRELL BYERS JUNIOR, WAS STRUCK SATURDAY MORNING ON KENNYWOOD BOULEVARD. HE WAS A STUDENT AT LOGAN ELEMENTARY IN EAST ALLEGHENY. DISTRICT. IT’S UNCLEAR IF ANY CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED. A STRETCH OF THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE IS NOW BACK OPEN. A CRASH THIS MORNING NEAR NEWSSTAND LED TO A CLOSURE, AND A 127 MILE DETOUR FOR DRIVERS. A CLOSER LOOK HERE AT THE WRECK SHOWS US A TRACTOR TRAILER FLIPPED OVER, AND IT’S ONE GAME FOR ALL THE MARBLES. THE STEELERS, UPSET BY THE BROWNS IN CLEVELAND WHILE THE RAVENS TOOK CARE OF GREEN BAY. THAT SETS UP A SUNDAY NIGHT SHOWDOWN AT SHAW STADIUM BETWEEN BALTIMORE AND PITTSBURGH. THE WINNER TAKES HOME THE AFC NORTH TITLE, AND THOSE ARE YOUR TOP FOUR STORIES AT 4:00. BUT BACK NOW TO OUR TOP STORY. AND THAT’S PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER. WE’LL HAVE PLENTY OF TIME TO TALK ABOUT THAT GAME COMING UP. YES WE WILL. LOTS OF OPINIONS ON THAT. A LOT OF STRESS WITH THAT. LET’S TALK ABOUT THE WEATHER CHIEF METEOROLOGIST MIKE HARVEY HERE WITH THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. THAT WIND IS HOWLING OUT THERE TODAY. THE WIND IS HOWLING OUT THERE. AND THE TEMPERATURES JUST ABSOLUTELY PLUMMETED. THIS MORNING. WE WERE AT 64 DEGREES AT 2:00 IN THE MORNING. SEVEN HOURS LATER WE WERE DOWN TO 34 DEGREES. A FULL 30 DEGREES LOST IN ABOUT SEVEN HOURS. AND HERE ARE YOUR WINDS. STILL EXTREMELY STRONG OUT THERE RIGHT NOW IN PITTSBURGH. 45 MILE PER HOUR WIND 43. IN MONROEVILLE, 46 IN GREENSBURG. EARLIER TODAY, WE HAD A WIND GUST OF 61MPH. THAT WAS AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. WE’VE HAD A FEW AREAS IN WESTMORELAND COUNTY WHO HAVE ALSO CLOCKED 60 MILE PER HOUR WIND GUSTS. NOW, TEMPERATURES CURRENTLY IN THE 20S. SO YOU ADD IN THE WIND. AND OF COURSE, THAT’S GOING TO MAKE IT PRETTY DIFFICULT OUT HERE. THIS IS THE DIFFERENCE FROM 24 HOURS AGO WHERE WE WERE PITTSBURGH 35 DEGREES COLDER THAN YESTERDAY AT THIS TIME, OBVIOUSLY MUCH COLDER TODAY. AND THE WIND CHILLS. MOST LOCATIONS ARE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS. FEELS LIKE SEVEN IN MONROEVILLE, THREE IN FRANKLIN DUBOIS AT FOUR. PITTSBURGH FEELS LIKE SIX DEGREES AS WE GO FORWARD THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS, THE WINDS ARE GOING TO BE STRONG. NOTHING LIKE TODAY, BUT STILL, WE’LL HAVE WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 35MPH AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY TOMORROW. SO IT WILL BE AN IMPACT DAY. WE DO HAVE A WIND ADVISORY THAT IS IN EFFECT FOR PITTSBURGH. THAT’S UNTIL JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT. ALSO, A HIGH WIND WARNING DOWN INTO GARRETT AND SOMERSET COUNTY. IN ADDITION, WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN THE AREAS IN PURPLE. THOSE ARE THE PLACES THAT WILL HAVE VERY STRONG WINDS. STILL SOME SNOW THAT WILL BE FALLING. SO THAT COULD REALLY REDUCE VISIBILITIES WITHOUT BLOWING SNOW OUT THERE. WE’LL HAVE MORE ON WHAT WE CAN EXPECT GOING FORWARD THIS WEEK AND ANOTHER IMPACT DAY THAT’S COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. SUCH AN UNBELIEVABLE TEMPERATURE SWING HERE, MIKE. OKAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THE HIGH WIND AS WE MENTIONED CAUSING POWER OUTAGES ACROSS THE AREA TODAY. REPORTER YASMIN RODRIGUEZ IS JOINING US NOW FROM LIVE DRIVE FOR YASMIN. I KNOW ON MY DRIVE IT FELT LIKE THE CAR WAS KIND OF BLOWING AROUND ON THE PARKWAY. HOW ARE CONDITIONS WHERE YOU GUYS ARE? YEAH. KELLY. CONDITIONS ON THE ROAD LOOK CLEAR, BUT IT’S THAT WIND. I MEAN, ABSOLUTELY HOWLING. WE’RE IN LIVE DRIVE. IT’S A PRETTY BIG MOBILE UNIT. WE’VE BEEN GETTING TOSSED AROUND A LITTLE BIT. I’M GOING TO SHOW YOU WHAT THE ROADS LOOKING LIKE. A LITTLE BIT OF FLURRIES. FOR THE MOST PART. IT’S PRETTY CLEAR WE ARE DRIVING THROUGH CHURCHILL. WE’RE ABOUT TO GET ON THE PARKWAY NOW. WE’VE SEEN A COUPLE POWER OUTAGES HERE IN CHURCHILL. A LOT OF DOWNED WIRES, SOME TREE BRANCHES SNAPPING TO THAT WIND. REALLY, REALLY, REALLY TAKING A HIT ON THOSE POWER LINES. DUQUESNE LIGHT ON WEST PENN POWER DID TELL US EARLIER TODAY THEY ARE DEALING WITH A NUMBER OF OUTAGES. THEY ARE WORKING TO RESTORE THEM. WE ARE ON OUR WAY NOW TO ONE AREA IN CHURCHILL, COLLINS AVENUE, WHERE DUQUESNE LIGHT DID TELL ME THERE’S ABOUT 1500 PEOPLE WITHOUT POWER BECAUSE OF THESE STRONG WINDS. WE ARE GOING TO CHECK IN, GO TO THAT AREA, SEE WHAT. DUQUESNE LIGHT IS WORKING ON AN ESTIMATED RESTORATION TIME, AND WE WILL LET YOU KNOW LATER. BUT FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN CHURCHILL. YASMIN RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. YASMIN, WE WILL CHECK BACK WITH YOU. MEANTIME, WE’RE LEARNING MORE ABOUT 13 YEAR OLD BOY KILLED SATURDAY EVENING IN WEST MIFFLIN. TERRELL BYERS JUNIOR WAS HIT BY A CAR AND KILLED. THIS ALL HAPPENING ALONG KINGWOOD BOULEVARD NEAR GLEN STREET. AND THAT IS WHERE WE FIND OUR REPORTER KALEA GUNDERSON THIS AFTERNOON, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY FOR US IN WEST MIFFLIN. KELLY, ARE WE LEARNING MORE TODAY ABOUT EXACTLY HOW THIS HAPPENED? WE ARE. KELLY. AND FIRST, I JUST WANT TO ESTABLISH, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIM. HE’S 13 YEARS OLD, A SIXTH GRADER AT LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN NORTH VERSAILLES. TAKE A LOOK AT THIS PHOTO THAT HIS FAMILY SHARED WITH US TONIGHT. IT WAS RIGHT HERE ALONG KENNYWOOD BOULEVARD THAT HE WAS HIT AROUND 5:00 SATURDAY EVENING. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR WAS ON SCENE AND CAPTURED A VEHICLE WITH HEAVY FRONT END DAMAGE. NOW, IT’S UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT IF ANY CHARGES WILL BE FILED AGAINST THE DRIVER, BUT WEST MIFFLIN POLICE ARE CONTINUING TO INVESTIGATE. AND TONIGHT, TERRELL’S FAMILY TELLING ME THAT THEY WANT ANSWERS AND ACCOUNTABILITY FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM. AND KELLY, IN TALKING TO PEOPLE IN THAT AREA, YOU UNDERSTAND THEY’RE EXPRESSING CONCERNS ABOUT THAT STRETCH OF ROAD. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. FROM SPEED TO PAST CRASHES. AND NOW SHOCKED TODAY TO LEARN ABOUT A YOUNG CHILD WHO WAS HIT AND KILLED WHILE CROSSING THE STREET. YOU CAN HEAR FROM THEM COMING UP TONIGHT AT 5:00 COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN WEST MIFFLIN. KALEA GUNDERSON PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. KELLY. THANK YOU. THE MAN CONVICTED OF KILLING 11 PEOPLE AT THE TREE OF LIFE SYNAGOGUE IS APPEALING HIS SENTENCE. OUR PARTNERS AT THE TRIB REPORT, THE ATTORNEYS FOR ROBERT BOWERS, HAVE FILED AN APPEAL IN THE THIRD U.S. CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS. BOWERS OPENED FIRE INSIDE THAT SYNAGOGUE ON OCTOBER 27TH OF 2018. IT IS THE DEADLIEST ANTI-SEMITIC ATTACK IN U.S. HISTORY. IN 2023, A JURY FOUND HIM GUILTY OF ALL COUNTS AGAINST HIM, LEADING TO A DEATH SENTENCE. NOW, IN THIS NEW FILING, BOWERS LAWYERS ACKNOWLEDGE HIS GUILT BUT CLAIM FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OVERREACH, JURY SELECTION ERRORS, AND AN UNNECESSARY ADMISSION OF EVIDENCE AND MORE. BOWERS ATTORNEYS HAVE PREVIOUSLY FILED AN APPEAL, WHICH WAS DENIED, COVERING GREENE COUNTY. NOW, POLICE HAVE CAPTURED THE 18 YEAR OLD THEY SAY KILLED HIS MOTHER AND INJURED HIS FATHER. THAT TEENAGER THEN WENT ON THE RUN BEFORE GETTING CAUGHT IN WEST VIRGINIA. REPORTER MARCIE CIPRIANI IS OUTSIDE THE JAIL WHERE HE’S BEING HELD THIS AFTERNOON. BREAKING DOWN THE DETAILS OF THE INCIDENT. THE 18 YEAR OLD WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY HERE IN WEST VIRGINIA AND BOOKED HERE INTO THE NORTHERN REGIONAL JAIL AFTER POLICE SAY HE TURNED VIOLENT INSIDE HIS HOME IN PENNSYLVANIA, JUST OVER THE BORDER ON THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. THIS IS JARED NOELL, CAPTURED IN WEST VIRGINIA ONE DAY AFTER POLICE SAY HE KILLED HIS MOTHER, THEN TRIED TO KILL HIS FATHER HERE AT THEIR GREENE COUNTY HOME. ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS, JARED NOEL SHOT HIS MOTHER, MARY NOEL, IN THE FACE AND HEAD OUTSIDE THEIR HOME ON DECEMBER 26TH. THEN POLICE SAY THE TEEN WENT INSIDE WHERE, ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, JARED NOEL’S FATHER TOLD INVESTIGATORS HIS SON WAS, QUOTE, ACTING ERRATICALLY AND SEEMED POSSESSED, ADDING, QUOTE, IT LOOKED LIKE HIS SON WAS DROOLING FROM THE MOUTH. POLICE SAY THE TEEN TOLD HIS DAD THAT NEIGHBORS WERE TRESPASSING, AND WHEN FATHER AND SON WALKED OUTSIDE, POLICE SAY JARED NOEL FIRED A SHOT INTO THE BACK OF HIS FATHER’S HEAD, ACCORDING TO COURT PAPERS. THE BULLET DIDN’T PENETRATE, SO JAMES NOEL MANAGED TO GET INTO THE HOME WHERE THERE WERE SMALL CHILDREN AND CALL 911. POLICE SAY JARED NOEL FLED AND DURING A MORE THAN 24 HOUR MANHUNT, POLICE SHARED THESE IMAGES OF THE TEEN INSIDE A BUSINESS. EARLIER THAT SAME DAY, WEARING THE SAME CLOTHES. POLICE SAY SOMEONE IN HUNDRED, WEST VIRGINIA, RECOGNIZED HIM AND CALLED 911. POLICE TELL ME WHEN THEY APPROACHED JARED NOEL, HE WAS CARRYING THE MURDER WEAPON, A 22 CALIBER HANDGUN. JARED NOEL IS CHARGED WITH HOMICIDE AND ATTEMPTED HOMICIDE. HE WILL BE EXTRADITED TO PENNSYLVANIA TO FACE THOSE CHARGES. COVERING MARSHALL COUNTY IN MOUNDSVILLE, WEST VIRGINIA. MARCIE CIPRIANI. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SUSPICIOUS DEATH IN THE PERRY NORTH NEIGHBORHOOD EARLY SUNDAY MORNING. OFFICERS FOUND 44 YEAR OLD MICHELLE STURDIVANT UNRESPONSIVE ON WATSON BOULEVARD. SHE WAS PRONOUNCED DEAD AT THE SCENE. NO ONE HAS BEEN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AS DETECTIVES INVESTIGATE HER DEATH. A PITTSBURGH WOMAN IS CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY. POLICE SAY SHE ZIPPED A PUPPY IN A SUITCASE ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT. POLICE RESPONDED TO AVERY STREET ON THE CITY’S NORTH SIDE. OFFICERS QUESTIONED JAMIE WHIT, WHO THEY SAY WAS CARRYING THE SUITCASE THE PUPPY WAS IN. ACCORDING TO THE CRIMINAL COMPLAINT, SHE BEAT THE DOG BEFORE PUTTING IT INSIDE WHERE THERE WAS NO WAY FOR IT TO BREATHE. NOW THE DOG WAS NOT SERIOUSLY HURT. WHAT IS NOW BEING CHARGED WITH ANIMAL CRUELTY, DISORDERLY CONDUCT AND MORE. WELL, HERE WE ARE, THE STEELERS SEASON NOW ALL COMES DOWN TO ONE GAME. THE RAVENS COME TO TOWN FOR SUNDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL WITH THE AFC NORTH IN THE BALANCE. THIS ALL COMES AFTER A VERY BAD AFTERNOON IN CLEVELAND. THE BOTTOM DWELLING BROWNS HOLDING THE STEELERS TO JUST A PAIR OF FIELD GOALS IN A GAME THAT COULD HAVE CLINCHED THE DIVISION FOR PITTSBURGH. REPORTER SHELDON INGRAM IS JOINING US LIVE RIGHT NOW ON THE NORTH SHORE. AND SHELDON, YOU SPOKE TO SOME FANS TODAY WHO, NO SURPRISE, ARE VERY UNHAPPY WITH HOW THE END OF THE SEASON IS PLAYING OUT. ANDREW. ANDREW, CALL IT MISERABLE MONDAY. THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP AND DESCRIBES HOW STEELERS FANS THEIR MOOD TODAY. AFTER WATCHING THE TEAM LOSE. AND HERE’S WHY THEY FELT ABSOLUTELY SICK WHEN WATCHING THE STEELERS LOSE TO THE BROWNS YESTERDAY. THEY DIDN’T EVEN SCORE A TOUCHDOWN. KNOWING THE HIGH STAKES GOING INTO THE GAME. SO TODAY FANS ARE FEELING 5050 ABOUT THEIR CHANCES TO WIN ALL THE THE ONE OF THE ALL IMPORTANT REGULAR SEASON FINALE AGAINST THE RAVENS ON SUNDAY NIGHT. AND EVEN IF THEY WIN, FANS ARE NOT SURE THE STEELERS WILL EVEN SHOW UP FOR THE PLAYOFFS. THEY JUST DON’T HAVE IT THIS YEAR. IT’S PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EVERY YEAR. JUST PUT A GOOD ENOUGH TEAM TO JUST HOVER AROUND 500. I MEAN, WITH THE CURRENT ADMINISTRATION, I JUST DON’T THINK THAT THEY’RE GOING TO GO TO THE NEXT LEVEL. EVEN MORE REACTION FROM A LOT OF FANS IN THE NEXT HOUR. FOR NOW, COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY ON THE NORTH SHORE SHELDON INGRAM PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. WELL, RIGHT NOW, THE PITTSBURGH ZOO AND AQUARIUM IS CLOSED DOWN. THIS IS DUE TO A WATER MAIN BREAK THAT WILL IMPACT OPERATIONS INTO TOMORROW. ZOO SAYS THE WATER BREAK ON ONE WILD PLACE FORCED THE GATES TO CLOSE AT 1230 TODAY. WELL, TONIGHT, WILD ILLUMINATION’S THE HOLIDAY LANTERN SHOW WILL BE CLOSED AND DONATION DAY, WHICH IS SET FOR TOMORROW, WILL BE RESCHEDULED FOR A LATER DATE. WELL, BOTH OF THE PILOTS INVOLVED IN A MID-AIR HELICOPTER COLLISION IN NEW JERSEY HAVE NOW BEEN PRONOUNCED DEAD. AUTHORITIES IDENTIFIED THEM AS FRIENDS KENNETH KIRSCH AND MICHAEL GREENBERG. WITNESSES SAY THE HELICOPTERS HAVE BEEN FLYING CLOSE TOGETHER JUST BEFORE THE CRASH ON SUNDAY HAPPENED ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF FROM THE AIRPORT IN HAMMONTON, JUST SOUTHEAST OF PHILADELPHIA. TH
‘Miserable Monday’ for Steelers fans after loss to the Browns
Updated: 5:06 PM EST Dec 29, 2025
Across different parts of the city of Pittsburgh, the mood of Steelers fans was reflective of the weather — gloomy.VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 This follows the loss to the Browns in Cleveland Sunday night, which ended with a score of 13-6; made even more devastating because the Steelers failed to score a touchdown.Stinky’s Sports Bar in Lawrenceville is where the lunchtime crowd expressed their utter disappointment. “Sad, very sad,” Bob Elliott, who was having lunch with his son, said to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Monday. “Can’t believe they couldn’t even score a touchdown against the Browns. Very disappointing.”His son, Sam, said the upset loss against the Browns does not give him much faith that the Steelers will beat the Ravens at Acrisure Stadium next week, a game that will determine which team gets into the playoffs. “After that loss, losing to a three-win team, that hurts,” Sam Elliott said. “You know what I mean? That hurts your confidence going into a game that means a lot.”If the Steelers do not pull off a win at home against the Ravens, some fans think head coach Mike Tomlin should step down. “They just don’t have it this year — pretty much the same every year. Good enough team to hover around 500,” fan Sam McCullough said. “The current administration, I just don’t think they’re going to the next level.” Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel
PITTSBURGH —
Across different parts of the city of Pittsburgh, the mood of Steelers fans was reflective of the weather — gloomy.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4
This follows the loss to the Browns in Cleveland Sunday night, which ended with a score of 13-6; made even more devastating because the Steelers failed to score a touchdown.
Stinky’s Sports Bar in Lawrenceville is where the lunchtime crowd expressed their utter disappointment.
“Sad, very sad,” Bob Elliott, who was having lunch with his son, said to Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Monday. “Can’t believe they couldn’t even score a touchdown against the Browns. Very disappointing.”
His son, Sam, said the upset loss against the Browns does not give him much faith that the Steelers will beat the Ravens at Acrisure Stadium next week, a game that will determine which team gets into the playoffs.
“After that loss, losing to a three-win team, that hurts,” Sam Elliott said. “You know what I mean? That hurts your confidence going into a game that means a lot.”
If the Steelers do not pull off a win at home against the Ravens, some fans think head coach Mike Tomlin should step down.
“They just don’t have it this year — pretty much the same every year. Good enough team to hover around 500,” fan Sam McCullough said. “The current administration, I just don’t think they’re going to the next level.”
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