{"id":96750,"date":"2026-01-26T01:17:20","date_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96750\/"},"modified":"2026-01-26T01:17:20","modified_gmt":"2026-01-26T01:17:20","slug":"pittsburgh-mayor-corey-oconnor-gets-first-big-snow-response-test-during-sunday-snowstorm-wpxi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/96750\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor gets first big snow response test during Sunday snowstorm \u2013 WPXI"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PITTSBURGH \u2014 Sunday\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/major-winter-storm-moving-through-pittsburgh-region-14-inches-snow-or-more-possible-some\/CXW3N2HUAJCZ3D7X4X3W3E62CI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/weather\/major-winter-storm-moving-through-pittsburgh-region-14-inches-snow-or-more-possible-some\/CXW3N2HUAJCZ3D7X4X3W3E62CI\/\">major winter storm<\/a> was the first big snow response test for Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor and his administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/live-updates-snow-blanketing-pittsburgh-region-biggest-winter-storm-years-moves-through\/T2W5C5IT35DVHMND2AS54HGM5E\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/live-updates-snow-blanketing-pittsburgh-region-biggest-winter-storm-years-moves-through\/T2W5C5IT35DVHMND2AS54HGM5E\/\">&gt;&gt;&gt; LIVE UPDATES: Snow blanketing Pittsburgh region as biggest winter storm in years moves through &lt;&lt;&lt;<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Channel 11\u2019s Gabriella DeLuca caught up with O\u2019Connor to get an update on the day\u2019s efforts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">O\u2019Connor said three shifts were rotating to make sure there\u2019s around-the-clock coverage for snow removal. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">At that time, crews couldn\u2019t put any salt on the roads, which they were working to clear of snow.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">PREVIOUS COVERAGE &gt;&gt;&gt; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-pittsburgh-outlines-plans-prepares-biggest-snowfall-years\/TSFG2U5M7NDSBE6GA53Y2IMN5U\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/city-pittsburgh-outlines-plans-prepares-biggest-snowfall-years\/TSFG2U5M7NDSBE6GA53Y2IMN5U\/\">City of Pittsburgh outlines plans, prepares for biggest snowfall in years<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Once the snow is cleared, that\u2019s when they can start salting to make the streets safe for drivers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">\u201cI think the worry that we\u2019re talking about, and we\u2019re prepping already for what happens after the snow\u2019s done, and then our temperatures \u2014 some projections we see even in the low teens if not negative \u2014 so that\u2019s going to create a big problem with freezing conditions,&#8221; O\u2019Connor told Channel 11.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">We also asked if there were any major emergency incidents so far on Sunday, and O\u2019Connor said they had a few breakdowns and people stuck in the snow, but overall, no significant emergencies.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Download the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/mobile-apps\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FREE WPXI News app<\/a> for breaking news alerts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph\">Follow Channel 11 News on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wpxi\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WPXI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>. | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/video\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Watch WPXI NOW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM CHANNEL 11 NEWS <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 gJuxXh body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PITTSBURGH \u2014 Sunday\u2019s major winter storm was the first big snow response test for Pittsburgh Mayor Corey O\u2019Connor&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":96751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[4304,46234,10882,40377,4931,32118,3824,84,139,859,73,75,74,420,860],"class_list":["post-96750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-channel","tag-channel_eve","tag-corey_oconnor","tag-cory_oconnor","tag-gabriela","tag-gabriela_deluca","tag-gordon","tag-mayor","tag-news","tag-ott_news","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-video","tag-wpxi-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}