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<\/p>\nInternationally known Pittsburgh sculptor, Thaddeus Mosley, dies at 99<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tWELCOME BACK! THIS WEEKEND, KENNYWOOD AND SANDCASTLE ARE GEARING UP FOR OPENING DAY. BOTH ARE HOSTING JOB FAIRS TODAY. THE EVENT IS GOING TO HAPPEN AT KENNYWOOD PARK IN WEST MIFFLIN FROM 10 TO 3. SO ABOUT AN HOUR FROM NOW, KENNYWOOD SAYS THEY\u2019RE LOOKING TO HIRE MORE THAN 1500 TEAM MEMBERS, WHILE SANDCASTLE WATER PARK NEEDS ABOUT 500 PEOPLE TO FILL ITS ROSTER. APPLICATIONS WILL BE ACCEPTED. INTERVIEWS CONDUCTED THERE ON THE SPOT. YOU WILL ALSO GET SOME FREE POTATO PATCH FRIES. THAT\u2019S ENOUGH TO GET ME THROUGH THE DOOR THIS MORNING. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ONLY INDOOR PUBLIC SWIMMING POOL SET TO REOPEN TODAY. THE OLIVER BATHHOUSE ON SOUTH 10TH STREET IN THE SOUTH SIDE FLATS HAS BEEN CLOSED SINCE 2020. RENOVATIONS BEGAN IN 2023. NOW, ACCORDING TO THE CITY\u2019S WEBSITE, THE POOL HAS AN OPEN SWIM SCHEDULED FROM 1 TO 8 TODAY, 9:00 ON THE DOT. NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR DAY. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. THIS MORNING STARTS NOW, AND WE DO BEGIN THIS MORNING WITH A SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY. SO LET\u2019S GET RIGHT TO YOUR FORECAST. YOU KNOW, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED. SHE\u2019S GOING TO WALK US THROUGH THE TIMING OF THIS BECAUSE TIMING IS EVERYTHING. IF YOU LOOK OUT YOUR WINDOW RIGHT NOW IT\u2019S LOVELY. OH MY GOSH IT\u2019S ALMOST 70 DEGREES HERE. IT\u2019S ONLY 9:00 IN THE MORNING. BUT ALL THIS WARMTH, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZY DAY. WE KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS HERE. IT\u2019S GOING TO LEAD TO SOME STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON IS REALLY. THE TIMING IS THE BEST FOR THESE STORMS TO THRIVE ACROSS WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. SO PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO SOME WEATHER ALERTS, MAYBE PUSHED OUT THROUGH THE WTAE APP BETWEEN ABOUT 4:00 AND 8:00 TODAY. SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH DAMAGING WINDS BEING OUR PRIMARY THREAT. STILL TRACKING A LITTLE BIT OF SHOWER ACTIVITY, EVEN SOME BRIEF DOWNPOURS, ESPECIALLY AS WE WORK THROUGH ARMSTRONG NOW. CLARION COUNTIES AS WELL. DECENT LITTLE DOWNPOURS SITTING OVER SOUTH BEND. ALSO, TRAVEL NORTH OF KITTANNING AS WE GET UP TOWARDS THE I-80 CORRIDOR BETWEEN CLARION AND ALSO JEFFERSON COUNTIES. RIGHT NOW, WIDENING OUT THE VIEW, OUR COLD FRONT NOW STARTING TO COME OUT OF INDIANA INTO WESTERN OHIO. THAT GETS HERE LATE THIS AFTERNOON, PROMPTING AGAIN OUR SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY FOR THE TIME BEING, ALMOST 70 DEGREES WITH A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE. MORE THAN A BREEZE, I SHOULD SAY. SOUTHWEST AT 15MPH. THAT WILL CONTINUE TO DRIVE UP TEMPERATURES. IT\u2019S THE WARMTH. IT\u2019S THE WIND ALL COMING TOGETHER TO CREATE THOSE SPRINGTIME SPRINGTIME STORMS. ALREADY 70 DEGREES IN GREENSBURG. ALSO WASHINGTON AND MORGANTOWN. MEANWHILE, IT\u2019S THE MID 60S AS WE WORK RIGHT ALONG THE 422 CORRIDOR FROM NEWCASTLE INTO BUTLER, KITTANNING AND ALSO INDIANA. RIGHT NOW, HERE\u2019S AN HOUR BY HOUR LOOK AT FUTURECAST FOR YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. AGAIN, WE\u2019RE GOOD THROUGH ABOUT TWO 3:00 THIS AFTERNOON. THAT LINE STARTING TO MOVE INTO VENANGO MERCER ALSO CLEARING OUT. EXCUSE ME, LAWRENCE AND BEAVER COUNTIES. EVENTUALLY WE\u2019LL SEE IT IN CLARION COUNTY AGAIN. THAT CONTINUES TO ZIP INTO ALLEGHENY COUNTY. PROBABLY THE BUSIEST TIME ON THE RADAR WILL BE BETWEEN ABOUT 4:00 AND 6 P.M. YOU CAN SEE THE BACK EDGE STARTING TO PUSH INTO SPOTS LIKE INDIANA AND ALSO WESTMORELAND COUNTIES. AS WE HIT 8:00. WE\u2019RE GOOD. A LOT OF THOSE STORMS WILL BE OUT. JUST SOME LEFTOVER SHOWERS POSSIBLE AS WE GO THROUGH THE EARLY PARTS OF THIS EVENING TO YOUR FOUR DAY FORECAST. COULD SEE SOME RECORD WARMTH TODAY WITH A HIGH OF 76 ON THE SEVERE WEATHER ALERT DAY, WE SPRING FORWARD, BUT TEMPERATURES NOT AS WARM TOMORROW 60. BUT THEN WE GET RIGHT BACK INTO THAT SPRING FEELING EARLY NEXT WEEK. THE REST OF YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST IS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. ALL RIGHT, JOE, THANK YOU. AND DUQUESNE HEIGHTS, AS THEY\u2019RE MAKING EXTRA PREPARATIONS FOR TODAY\u2019S SEVERE WEATHER, THEY\u2019RE INCREASING STAFF SO THEY CAN OFFER QUICKER RESPONSE TIMES TO ANY POSSIBLE OUTAGES. THEY ARE ALSO PASSING ALONG A FEW IMPORTANT REMINDERS TO KEEP YOUR PHONE AND ALL ESSENTIAL ELECTRONICS CHARGED, AND ENSURE THAT YOU HAVE EMERGENCY SUPPLIES LIKE WATER AND NONPERISHABLE FOOD READY TO GO. THEY ARE ALSO REMINDING EVERYONE TO AVOID AND REPORT ANY DOWNED WIRES THAT YOU SEE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ALLEGHENY COUNTY SANITARY AUTHORITY OFFICIALS ARE WARNING PEOPLE TO STAY OUT OF LOCAL WATERWAYS FOR THE NEXT 48 HOURS, THEY SAY, BECAUSE OF A POWER OUTAGE AT THEIR WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT BETWEEN 6 AND 8 LAST NIGHT, THE FACILITY COULD NOT PROCESS WASTEWATER FOR ABOUT TWO HOURS NOW. THAT CAUSED THE SYSTEM TO OVERFLOW, ULTIMATELY SENDING UNTREATED DISCHARGE INTO THE OHIO RIVER. POWER HAS BEEN RESTORED. THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION HAS BEEN NOTIFIED. IN THE MEANTIME, THOUGH, THEY ARE URGING EVERYONE TO LIMIT CONTACT WITH WATER THAT INCLUDES RIVER ACTIVITIES FOR THE NEXT TWO DAYS. IN PITTSBURGH\u2019S EAST LIBERTY NEIGHBORHOOD, POLICE SAY A TEENAGER WAS STABBED IN. THE SUSPECT WAS BEATEN BY TEN PEOPLE BEFORE BOTH HAD TO BE TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. POLICE RESPONDED TO PENN AVENUE, RIGHT OUTSIDE OF TARGET, AROUND TWO THIS MORNING FOR REPORTS OF A STABBING. OFFICERS SAY A GROUP OF ABOUT 200 YOUNG PEOPLE HAD BEEN WATCHING VEHICLES DO DONUTS AND BURNOUTS IN THE STREET. WHEN OFFICERS ARRIVED, THEY ALL STARTED TO RUN AWAY. AT THAT SCENE, THEY FOUND A 17 YEAR OLD BOY STABBED IN HIS BACK MULTIPLE TIMES. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT, A 19 YEAR OLD, WAS THEN PUNCHED, KICKED AND PISTOL WHIPPED BY ABOUT TEN PEOPLE. HE, TOO, WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE\u2019RE ALSO TOLD IN STABLE CONDITION. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY ARE REVIEWING VIDEO EVIDENCE. SO FAR, NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN MADE HAPPENING. LATER TODAY, PITTSBURGH DEMONSTRATORS WILL GATHER FOR THE SECOND ANNUAL STAND UP FOR SCIENCE NATIONAL DAY OF ACTION. THIS IS HAPPENING TODAY FROM 1 TO 3 AT ALLEGHENY LANDING PARK. ORGANIZERS SAY THEY WANT TO SEND A MESSAGE ABOUT THE DIRECTION OF SCIENCE AND RESEARCH FUNDING UNDER THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. HERE\u2019S PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER YASMINE RODRIGUEZ WITH THE DETAILS. REALLY HEARTENING TO SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME OUT AND HOW MANY PEOPLE CARE ABOUT THIS. LAST YEAR IT WAS AT SCHENLEY PARK, BUT THIS YEAR, THERE\u2019S A REASON ORGANIZERS WANTED THE DEMONSTRATION AWAY FROM COLLEGE CAMPUSES. WE ACTUALLY WANT TO PULL IN, YOU KNOW, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY KNOW THAT THIS IS GOING ON, BUT PEOPLE WHO AREN\u2019T AS AWARE OF WHAT\u2019S GOING ON. CAREY MCDONOUGH ORGANIZED THE EVENT IN PITTSBURGH LAST YEAR AFTER LEARNING ABOUT THE STAND UP FOR SCIENCE PROTESTS NATIONWIDE. THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF STAND UP FOR SCIENCE SAYS IT\u2019S ABOUT NOT ONLY SAVING SCIENCE, BUT PROTECTING HEALTH AND DEMOCRACY. WE WERE RINGING WARNING BELLS, RIGHT? IT WAS THAT WE WERE HEADED IN A BAD DIRECTION. SCIENTISTS COMING TOGETHER TO SAY, HEY, THIS IS NOT GOOD. WE\u2019RE NOT GOING IN A GOOD PATH. AND SO NOW IT\u2019S LESS OF A CANARY IN A COAL MINING MOMENT AND MORE A, HEY, WE ARE FIRMLY ON THIS PATH. SCIENCE IS BEING DECIMATED BY THIS ADMINISTRATION ON PURPOSE, AND IT IS OUR ETHICAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY TO STAND UP TO SAVE SCIENCE. IN A STATEMENT TO PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR, A SPOKESMAN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS, QUOTE, UNDER PRESIDENT TRUMP, THE U.S. REMAINS THE LARGEST FUNDER OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH AND HOME TO THE LARGEST PUBLIC PRIVATE ECOSYSTEM FOR INNOVATION IN THE WORLD. THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION\u2019S EFFORTS TO SLASH TAXPAYER FUNDING OF WASTE, FRAUD AND ABUSE IN RESEARCH GRANT SPENDING ARE ONLY STRENGTHENING WHAT\u2019S DRIVEN AMERICA\u2019S DOMINANCE IN RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT. BUT DOCTOR JEREMY BURKE, A RESEARCHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH AND A FORMER NIH DIRECTOR, SAYS IT COULD BE BETTER. NIH IS DOING OKAY IN SOME WAYS, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN VERY SLOW IN GETTING NEW GRANTS FUNDED. NORMALLY AT THIS POINT IN THE YEAR, NATIONWIDE, THERE\u2019D BE MORE THAN 2500, AND NOW THERE ARE ABOUT 400. MANY GUESTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE THERE AND SPEAK, INCLUDING FORMER ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR HEALTH OF THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES DOCTOR RACHEL LEVINE, YASMINE RODRIGUEZ, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND HAPPENING TODAY AS WELL. PITTSBURGHERS PLAN TO PROTEST AS PART OF A NATIONAL MOVEMENT AGAINST THE IRAQ WAR. THIS IS SET TO HAPPEN AT THE CORNER OF SOUTH HIGHLAND AVENUE AND PENN AVENUE AROUND TWO THIS AFTERNOON. NOW, THE WAR WITH IRAN IS NOW REACHING THE ONE WEEK MARK, AND BOTH SIDES CONTINUED ATTACKS OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SAID IN A SOCIAL MEDIA POST THIS MORNING THAT, QUOTE, IRAN WILL BE HIT VERY HARD TODAY. AT LEAST 1230 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN IRAN, MORE THAN 200 IN LEBANON AND AROUND A DOZEN IN ISRAEL. THAT\u2019S ALL ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS IN THOSE COUNTRIES. MEANWHILE, SIX U.S. TROOPS ALSO LOST THEIR LIVES. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US IN OUR BUREAU THIS MORNING WITH THE VERY LATEST, JACKIE. LATER TODAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE FIRST LADY WILL ATTEND THE DIGNIFIED TRANSFER OF THE SIX U.S. SERVICE MEMBERS KILLED DURING THE CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST AT DOVER AIR FORCE BASE IN DELAWARE. A SOLEMN REMINDER OF THE HUMAN COST AS THE U.S. MILITARY CAMPAIGN IN IRAN INTENSIFIES AFTER ONE WEEK OF WAR, THE PENTAGON SAYS IT HAS STRUCK MORE THAN 3000 TARGETS IN IRAN, WITH AT LEAST 43 IRANIAN SHIPS DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT TRUMP MET WITH DEFENSE CONTRACTORS ABOUT SPEEDING UP PRODUCTION OF AMERICAN WEAPONS. HIS ADMINISTRATION ALSO APPROVING THE SALE OF MORE BOMBS TO ISRAEL ON AN EMERGENCY BASIS. SO BYPASSING CONGRESSIONAL REVIEW, THE WHITE HOUSE INSISTS THAT AMERICA HAS ENOUGH WEAPONS STOCKPILES TO ACHIEVE ITS GOALS IN IRAN, AN OPERATION THAT COULD LAST MORE THAN A MONTH. PRESIDENT TRUMP, NOW SAYING THAT HE WANTS TO BE INVOLVED IN PICKING IRAN\u2019S NEXT LEADER. AND DESPITE CALLS FOR DE-ESCALATION AND DIPLOMACY FROM SOME, THE PRESIDENT WROTE ON SOCIAL MEDIA, QUOTE, THERE WILL BE NO DEAL WITH IRAN EXCEPT UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER. WHAT THE PRESIDENT MEANS IS THAT WHEN HE, AS COMMANDER IN CHIEF OF THE U.S. ARMED FORCES, DETERMINES THAT IRAN NO LONGER POSES A THREAT TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE GOALS OF OPERATION EPIC, FURY HAS BEEN FULLY REALIZED, THEN IRAN WILL ESSENTIALLY BE IN A PLACE OF UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER, WHETHER THEY SAY IT THEMSELVES OR NOT. IRAN\u2019S PRESIDENT SAYS THAT THE U.S. DEMAND FOR UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER IS A, QUOTE, DREAM THAT THEY SHOULD TAKE TO THEIR GRAVE. HE ALSO APOLOGIZED FOR IRAN\u2019S ATTACKS ON NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND SAID THOSE ATTACKS WOULD HALT IN WASHINGTON. I\u2019M JACKIE DEFUSCO. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND BE SURE TO STAY WITH AS THE WAR WITH IRAN DEVELOPS. YOU CAN GET THE LATEST UPDATES ON WTAE.COM AND ON OUR WTAE APP. THERE YOU CAN ALSO READ OUR STORIES WITH LOCAL PEOPLE WHO ARE CURRENTLY STILL STUCK IN THE MIDDLE EAST. TURNING TO OTHER HEADLINES NOW. ON THIS SATURDAY MORNING, POLICE IN MOUNT LEBANON SAY THEY ARE SEARCHING FOR A MISSING 14 YEAR OLD WITH MEDICAL CONCERNS. INVESTIGATORS SAY MICHAEL CLEVENGER LEFT HOME AT AROUND 1:00 YESTERDAY MORNING IN AN UBER. YOU SEE HIS PICTURE THERE ON YOUR SCREEN. POLICE BELIEVE HE TRAVELED TO BEAVER COUNTY, WHERE OTHER AGENCIES ARE NOW INVOLVED IN THAT SEARCH. HE\u2019S DESCRIBED AS BEING FIVE FOOT EIGHT WITH BLOND HAIR AND POSSIBLY WEARING PLAID PAJAMA PANTS AND A BLACK SWEATSHIRT. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO CALL POLICE. ALSO HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN WILKINS TOWNSHIP, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. POLICE ARE STILL SEARCHING FOR THE DRIVER, WHO THEY SAY HIT AND KILLED A PEDESTRIAN YESTERDAY MORNING AND THEN JUST TOOK OFF. FIRST RESPONDERS WERE CALLED TO THE AREA OF WILLIAM PENN HIGHWAY AND PENN CENTER BOULEVARD, RIGHT BY THE SHEETS IN WILKINS TOWNSHIP AROUND 5:00 YESTERDAY FOR REPORTS OF A BODY IN THE ROAD. THAT\u2019S WHERE THEY FOUND THE MAN DEAD AT THE SCENE. HIS IDENTITY HAS NOT BEEN RELEASED. INVESTIGATORS SAY THEY\u2019RE NOW WORKING TO TRY AND IDENTIFY THE VEHICLE INVOLVED. ANYONE WITH INFORMATION IS ASKED TO GIVE POLICE A CALL. WE TURN NOW TO AN UPDATE ON A MURDER-SUICIDE INVESTIGATION THAT LED TO TWO DIFFERENT CRIME SCENES, ONE HERE IN PENNSYLVANIA, THE OTHER IN ILLINOIS. ALL THREE PEOPLE WHO DIED HAVE NOW BEEN IDENTIFIED. ON WEDNESDAY, POLICE IN HILLSIDE, ILLINOIS, DISCOVERED THE BODY OF 67 YEAR OLD A.C. BYRD, WHO DIED FROM A SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND. EARLIER THAT DAY. HE CALLED POLICE REGARDING TWO BODIES AT HIS HOME IN JACKSON TOWNSHIP, BUTLER COUNTY. POLICE FOUND BOTH 63 YEAR-OLD AMY BYRD AND 19 YEAR-OLD LANAYA LEWIS SHOT TO DEATH. WE\u2019RE TOLD ALL THREE ARE RELATED. PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. COVERING WESTMORELAND COUNTY. A FORMER GREENSBURG FIRE CHIEF IS BEHIND BARS AND BEING HELD WITHOUT BAIL. MATTHEW WHITE FACED A JUDGE FOR AN ARRAIGNMENT YESTERDAY. HE\u2019S ACCUSED OF STEALING MORE THAN $170,000 FROM HIS OWN DEPARTMENT\u2019S BANK ACCOUNT. WHITE\u2019S FAMILY SAYS HE SKIPPED TOWN. STATE TROOPERS LATER ARRESTED HIM IN SOUTH CAROLINA, AND HE WAS RECENTLY EXTRADITED BACK TO WESTMORELAND COUNTY. THE ALLEGED THEFT GOES BACK ALL THE WAY TO 2023.\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
Internationally known Pittsburgh sculptor, Thaddeus Mosley, dies at 99<\/p>\n
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\n\t\t\tUpdated: 4:15 PM EST Mar 7, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n