Portion of Kennywood Boulevard closed after crash; 1 person injured
NEW THIS MORNING. THE COUNTDOWN IS ON IN NEW YORK CITY FOR THE ANNUAL NEW YEAR’S EVE CELEBRATION IN TIMES SQUARE. THE GIANT, SEVEN FOOT TALL 2026 NUMERALS HAVE OFFICIALLY BEEN INSTALLED AND ILLUMINATED FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR, THE NUMBERS WILL BE ABLE TO DISPLAY AN ARRAY OF COLORS AND PATTERNS, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MORE THAN 100 YEARS, THE BALL WILL DROP TWICE IN 2026. THE SECOND TIME WILL BE JULY 3RD, THE NIGHT BEFORE INDEPENDENCE DAY, MARKING THE NATION’S 250TH ANNIVERSARY, AS WELL AS THE SIGNING OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. AFTER THE FIRST DROP, THE BALL WILL BE LIT IN RED, WHITE AND BLUE, AND AN AMERICA 250 DESIGN. A PREVIEW OF HOW IT WILL LOOK FOR THAT SECOND DROP. 2,000 POUNDS OF PATRIOTIC CONFETTI WILL ALSO BE SET OFF. THE NIGHT WILL WRAP UP WITH A PYROTECHNICS DISPLAY TO RAY CHARLES VERSION OF AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL. A LOT TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN THE NEW YEAR. 9:00 ON THE DOT. NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR SATURDAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS. A SHOOTING IN MARKET SQUARE OVERNIGHT, SENDING ONE PERSON TO THE HOSPITAL. COMING UP, WHAT WITNESSES SAY HAPPENED AS DETECTIVES STILL SEARCH FOR THAT SUSPECT. PLUS, THE LATEST AS A MAJOR WINTER STORM TARGETS THE NORTHEAST. STRAIGHT AHEAD THIS MORNING. HOW THE EXTREME WEATHER IS IMPACTING TRAVEL FOR MILLIONS. AND SOME FLIGHTS THIS WEEKEND. AND BOWL SEASON IS IN FULL SWING WITH THE PITT PANTHERS AND NITTANY LIONS SET TO PLAY. WE PREVIEW THOSE MATCHUPS AND MORE. PLUS, WAITING STRONG FOR HALF A CENTURY TO MARK THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE TERRIBLE TOWEL. TODAY WE TAKE A LOOK AT HOW THE MOST FAMOUS TOWEL IN THE WORLD AND THE ICONIC SYMBOL OF STEELERS NATION CAME TO BE RIGHT HERE AT WTAE CHANNEL 4. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. WE’RE PROUD OF THAT FACT. WE ARE STRESSING THAT THIS MORNING, AS WE SAY, GOOD MORNING AND THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. I’M LILY COLEMAN. YOU KNOW PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WHETHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED. SHE’S HERE TO GET THINGS STARTED THIS MORNING WITH OUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. WE WON’T NEED OUR TERRIBLE TOWELS TO REALLY DO ANYTHING TO WIPE AWAY ANYTHING TODAY. THERE WAS A GAME. THINGS COULD BE NICE AND QUIET DRY FOR US TOMORROW, THOUGH. A LITTLE BIT OF A DIFFERENT STORY FOR MAKING THE TRIP UP TO CLEVELAND. THE TOWN MAY COME IN HANDY TO DRY THE SEEDS, AS WE ARE EXPECTING MORE RAIN TO BUILD IN. RAIN WILL STICK AROUND INTO MONDAY AS WELL. OUR SECOND OF TWO IMPACT DAYS, BUT TEMPERATURES ARE GOING TO CRASH, LEADING TO A BURST OF SNOW, SOME WINDY CONDITIONS TOO, AND STILL MORE OF A WINTRY TUNE AS WE HEAD INTO NEXT WEEK AND EVEN INTO THE START OF THE NEW YEAR AS WELL. STILL EYEING SOME POCKETS OF FOG THIS MORNING. PRIMARILY BEEN SETTING UP NORTH OF THE CITY WHERE YOU SAW MORE OF THAT SUMMER RAIN AND FREEZING RAIN YESTERDAY. VISIBILITY STILL AROUND FIVE MILES AROUND BUTLER, SO STILL COULD BE A LITTLE BIT PROBLEMATIC COMING DOWN ROUTE EIGHT, EVEN ALONG PARTS OF 2.283.56 AS WELL, EVEN OVER INTO JEFFERSON COUNTY. THAT WAS REALLY THE AREA HIT HARDEST BY THE FREEZING RAIN YESTERDAY AS WELL. AS YOU WORK THROUGH THE AFTERNOON, TEMPERATURES BASICALLY IN NEUTRAL, MAYBE INCHING A FEW DEGREES UP THROUGH THE MID TO UPPER 30S WILL SETTLE CLOSER TO 40 IN THE CITY FOR WAYNESBORO, UNIONTOWN AS WELL. BREAKING DOWN TOMORROW’S IMPACT DAY. AROUND THIS TIME WE’LL START TO SEE SOME RAIN ON THE RADAR, ESPECIALLY WEST OF I 79. SEE SEVERAL HOURS OF STEADY RAIN THROUGH THE EARLY AFTERNOON. NOT DONE JUST YET. ANOTHER BURST OF RAIN WILL SHOW UP EARLY ON MONDAY, BUT BEHIND THAT, TEMPERATURES NOSEDIVE. THE WINDS ARE GOING TO PICK UP AND WE EVEN COULD BE TRACKING SOME SNOWFLAKES AS WELL. WE’LL TAKE A CLOSER LOOK AT THOSE IMPACT DAYS. AND OF COURSE, WHAT’S TO COME INTO THE START OF 2026 IN YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST. ALL RIGHT, JILL. THANK YOU. BREAKING OVERNIGHT, A SHOOTING IN MARKET SQUARE ARE UNDER INVESTIGATION. THIS HAPPENED AROUND 1230 THIS MORNING NEAR THE OLD ARCADIA, RIGHT NEAR THE DUNKIN. IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING. THEY SAY ONE MAN WAS SHOT IN THE LEG. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IN STABLE CONDITION. WITNESSES TOLD POLICE THE MAN HAD BEEN IN SOME SORT OF FIGHT WITH ANOTHER MAN BEFORE THAT SHOOTING HAPPENED. THE SUSPECT RAN FROM THE SCENE. DETECTIVES SAY THEY ARE NOW REVIEWING SECURITY FOOTAGE FROM THE AREA. SO WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN NEW DETAILS. MEANWHILE, IN PITTSBURGH’S SHADYSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD, ALLEGHENY COUNTY POLICE ARE NOW LOOKING INTO A SHOOTING INVOLVING A PITTSBURGH POLICE OFFICER. THIS HAPPENED AROUND FOUR YESTERDAY. PITTSBURGH POLICE RESPONDING TO REPORTS OF AN ASSAULT ON CENTER AVENUE. POLICE SAY THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN THREATENING A WOMAN AND HER DOG WITH A GUN. THE SUSPECT SHOT AT THEM AND POLICE FIRED BACK. NOW, NO PEOPLE WERE INJURED, BUT THE DOG WAS SHOT AND IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. THAT SUSPECT WAS QUICKLY TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN HIS NAME NOW. COUNTY POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING, WHICH IS PER PROTOCOL. IN THIS TYPE OF SITUATION. THEY SAY THE SUSPECT THREATENED WORKERS AS WELL AND FIRED A SHOT TOWARDS AN EMPLOYEE AT A NEARBY BUSINESS BEFORE POLICE ARRIVED. THEY SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS STILL ONGOING. THIS MORNING. IN GREENE COUNTY. STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A SHOOTING IN NEW FREEPORT. THIS HAPPENED ON GARRISON RIDGE ROAD AROUND FOUR YESTERDAY. AT THIS POINT, IT’S STILL UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. BUT TROOPERS SAY THEY BELIEVE IT WAS AN ISOLATED SITUATION AND THERE IS NO THREAT TO THE PUBLIC. WE HAVE REACHED OUT TO THEM TO LEARN MORE, BUT AT THIS POINT WE HAVE STILL NOT HEARD BACK. HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON, POLICE ARE LOOKING FOR A SUSPECT WANTED IN CONNECTION TO A SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED BACK IN NOVEMBER. THEY SAY IT HAPPENED IN FRONT OF THE WASHINGTON COMMUNITY CLUB. THE CITY POLICE DEPARTMENT POSTING ONLINE SAYING THAT THIS MAN, BRENDAN COLE, IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES AS OF THIS WEEK. AN ARREST WARRANT HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. POLICE SAY HE SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS. IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION ON HIS WHEREABOUTS, YOU ARE ASKED TO CONTACT POLICE IN THE CITY OF WASHINGTON. POLICE SAY YOU SHOULD NOT APPROACH THIS MAN. INSTEAD, IMMEDIATELY CALL 911. THEIR INVESTIGATION STILL ONGOING. FIVE AFTER NINE IS OUR TIME. TURNING TO NATIONAL HEADLINES, PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WILL HOST UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT ZELENSKYY TOMORROW IN FLORIDA AS THE ADMINISTRATION LOOKS TO END THE NEARLY FOUR YEAR WAR WITH RUSSIA. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT, CHRISTOPHER SALAS JOINS US IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU THIS MORNING. CHRISTOPHER, WHAT WILL THESE TWO DISCUSS AND HOW CLOSE IS THE WAR TO ACTUALLY ENDING BEFORE HEADING TO MAR A LAGO TO MEET WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP? UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY SAID THE PRESIDENT’S PEACE PLAN TO END THE WAR IS ABOUT 90% READY. THIS MEETING BETWEEN THE TWO LEADERS IS HAPPENING AS RUSSIA HIT KYIV OVERNIGHT WITH MISSILES AND DRONES. A REMINDER THAT THE WAR IS VERY MUCH ACTIVE. ZELENSKYY SAID WHILE HE’S IN PALM BEACH, THE TWO WILL DISCUSS SECURITY GUARANTEES AND ECONOMIC AGREEMENT AND TERRITORIAL ISSUES AS PART OF A DEAL TO END THE WAR. UKRAINE HAS SAID IT WOULD WITHDRAW TROOPS AND CREATE A DEMILITARIZED ZONE WITHIN THE COUNTRY, AS LONG AS RUSSIA ALSO AGREES TO WITHDRAW TROOPS. MOSCOW SO FAR HAS GIVEN NO INDICATIONS IT WOULD DO ANY SUCH WITHDRAWAL, WHICH MEANS, HEADING INTO THESE TALKS, THERE IS HOPE FOR PROGRESS, BUT NO SIGN OF A BREAKTHROUGH. IN WASHINGTON, I’M CHRISTOPHER SALAS CHRISTOPHER. THANK YOU. MORE NATIONAL HEADLINES A MAJOR STORM SLAMMING THE NORTHEAST THIS WEEKEND. MILLIONS ARE UNDER WINTER WEATHER ALERTS, WITH WHITEOUT CONDITIONS EXPECTED DURING ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL STRETCHES OF THE YEAR. ABC’S JOHNY FERNANDEZ BRINGING US UP TO SPEED THIS MORNING. THIS MORNING MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HITTING THE ROADS AND THE SKIES WILL CROSS PATHS WITH MAJOR WINTER WEATHER. MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GOOD TIRES. NEW YORK CITY SEEING THE BIGGEST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON. THIS IS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT SNOWFALL NEW YORK CITY HAS SEEN IN YEARS, AND WE’RE ENCOURAGING ALL NEW YORKERS TO TAKE IT SERIOUSLY. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY BOTH DECLARING A STATE OF EMERGENCY. IN THE MIDWEST, DRIVERS NAVIGATED THROUGH RAIN AND ICE. THE BRIDGE IN MICHIGAN WAS SHUT DOWN IN BOTH DIRECTIONS AFTER IT FROZE OVER AND LED TO A SERIES OF CRASHES IN CALIFORNIA. L.A. COUNTY FIRE SAYS IT RESCUED MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE FROM FLOODED VEHICLES ON CHRISTMAS DAY ALONE IN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, NEIGHBORHOODS WASHED OUT IN THE MOUNTAIN TOWN OF WRIGHTWOOD, MANY LOSING POWER. SOME HAVE LOST MUCH MORE. AS FAR AS LIKE, JUST IMPACT ON THE TOWN AS A WHOLE, THIS IS PROBABLY THE WORST I’VE SEEN. THE WEATHER’S RIPPLE EFFECTS BEING FELT COAST TO COAST WITH FLIGHTS CANCELED OR DELAYED, HEADING TO TWO OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS THIS HOLIDAY SEASON. JOHNNY FERNANDEZ, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. AND BACK HERE AT HOME, OFFICIALS AT PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT SAY THERE WERE SEVERAL FLIGHT DELAYS AND CANCELLATIONS YESTERDAY DUE TO WEATHER ISSUES AT OTHER AIRPORTS, BUT NONE HERE AT HOME. WE CAUGHT UP WITH SOME PASSENGERS RETURNING TO PITTSBURGH AFTER THEIR CHRISTMAS CELEBRATIONS. IT WAS KIND OF BUSY, BUT IT WASN’T BAD. IT WASN’T BAD. AS LONG AS I GET TO SEE MY SON AND MY AND MY GRANDBABIES, I DON’T CARE WHAT I HAVE TO GO THROUGH. AND ACCORDING TO OFFICIALS AT PITT, ALL OPERATIONS ARE RUNNING NORMALLY. IF YOU ARE TRAVELING, THEY RECOMMEND YOU CHECK WITH YOUR AIRLINE OR FLY PITTSBURGH.COM FOR YOUR FLIGHT STATUS. 908 IS OUR TIME. TODAY MARKS 50 YEARS TO THE DAY THAT THE TERRIBLE TOWEL MADE ITS DEBUT. IT IS OBVIOUSLY AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF STEELERS HISTORY, BUT IT’S ALSO A VERY PROUD PART OF OUR HISTORY HERE AT. WTAE CHANNEL 4. AND IF YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD THE STORY OF HOW THE TERRIBLE TOWEL WAS CREATED, OUR RYAN RECKER IS HERE TO TAKE US THROUGH HOW IT CAME TO BE. THIS IS THE FIRST FLOOR HERE AT CHANNEL FOUR. IF YOU LOOK AROUND, YOU’LL SEE AN OLD RADIO STUDIO HERE, AS THIS WAS ALSO ONCE THE HOME OF WTAE RADIO. AND BACK IN DECEMBER OF 1975, A PAIR OF RADIO EXECUTIVES ARRANGED A MEETING WITH WTAE AND STEELERS BROADCASTER MYRON COPE. MYRON PICKS UP THE STORY FROM THERE. THE TWO GENTS WHO RAN THE RADIO STATION CALLED ME IN AND THEY SAID, MYRON, WE’RE THE STATION THAT BROADCASTS THE STEELERS GAMES AND WE THINK IT WOULD BE A GREAT IDEA IF YOU WOULD COME UP WITH SOME KIND OF GIMMICK FOR THE FANS, FOR THE PLAYOFFS. AND WE THINK BY SO DOING, AND IF THIS IS VERY SUCCESSFUL, YOU COULD DEMONSTRATE TO THE PEOPLE AND TO THE ADVERTISERS YOUR INFLUENCE WITH THE PUBLIC. SO I SAID TO THEM, I’M NOT A GIMMICK GUY. I’VE NEVER BEEN A GIMMICK GUY. AND THEY SAID TO ME, YOUR CONTRACT COMES UP FOR RENEWAL IN A FEW MONTHS. AND I SAID, WELL, LET ME SEE IF I CAN THINK OF A GIMMICK. SO THE EVER CREATIVE MIND OF COPE BEGAN TURNING, AND IT LANDED ON THIS IDEA. I THOUGHT, WHAT IS PORTABLE? WHAT DOES EVERYBODY HAVE? WHAT CAN BE EASILY CARRIED TO THE STATION? IT’S FUNCTIONAL, YOU KNOW, SERVE A PURPOSE. AND I THOUGHT, EVERYBODY HAS TOWELS. YOU COULD BRING A TOWEL TO THE STADIUM, WIPE YOUR SEAT WITH IT, THROW IT AROUND YOUR NECK FOR A MUFFLER AGAINST A COLD. YOU CAN DROP IT OVER YOUR HEAD IF IT RAINS. AND I PROPOSED THAT WE URGE PEOPLE TO BRING A YELLOW OR A GOLD OR A BLACK TOWEL. STEELER COLORS TO THE STADIUM, BUT NOT EVERYONE, INCLUDING STEELER CAPTAIN ANDY RUSSELL, WAS INITIALLY ON BOARD. HE SAID, RUSSELL, I WANT TO KNOW YOU. I GOT THIS IDEA. I SAID, WHAT’S YOUR IDEA, MYRON? HE SAID, I GOT THIS IDEA. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THESE GOLD AND BLACK FLAGS, AND WE’RE GOING TO WE’LL HAVE THEM SHAKE THEM. AND I SAID, MYRON, WE’RE NOT A GIMMICK FOOTBALL TEAM. WE DON’T NEED FLAGS. WE DON’T NEED THAT. WE’RE A SERIOUS FOOTBALL TEAM. WE’VE GOT THE TALENT TO WIN. WE DON’T NEED GIMMICKS. THAT’S THE DUMBEST IDEA I EVER HEARD OF. YOU’RE TERRIBLE. TOWEL. AND HE SAID THAT TERRIBLE TOWEL. JINX US. WELL, RIGHT THEN AND THERE, I CAN JUST SEE RUSSELL. IF THE STEELERS LOST THE GAME, BLAMING IT ALL ON A TERRIBLE TOWEL, JINXING THE STEELERS. AND THAT WOULD BE A CATASTROPHE FOR OUR STATION. DESPITE THE OBJECTION, THE TOWEL DEBUTED ON DECEMBER 27TH, 1975, DURING THE STEELERS PLAYOFF GAME WITH THE COLTS AT THREE RIVERS STADIUM, AND WHO TURNED IN THE GAME’S BIGGEST PLAY THAT DAY. ANDY RUSSELL, WHO TOOK A FUMBLE BACK 93 YARDS FOR A TOUCHDOWN. THE STEELERS WON 28 TO 10 ON THEIR WAY TO A SECOND STRAIGHT SUPER BOWL WIN, AND COPE’S CREATION WAS UNDENIABLE, BECOMING AN INSTANT SENSATION AND SYNONYMOUS WITH THE STEELERS. EARLY ON. THERE WERE VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THE TERRIBLE TOWEL. SOME FANS EVEN MADE THEIR OWN AND TOOK CREATIVITY TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. EVENTUALLY, THERE WAS A PERMANENT SIGNATURE DESIGN SHOWN IN THIS ORIGINAL PRINTING, WHICH IS NOW PART OF A TRIBUTE TO MYRON COPE AND THE TERRIBLE TOWEL IN OUR LOBBY HERE AT WTAE CHANNEL 4, WHERE 50 YEARS AGO, THE IDEA FOR WHAT HAS BECOME ONE OF THE MOST RECOGNIZABLE SYMBOLS IN ALL OF SPORTS WAS CREATED.
Portion of Kennywood Boulevard closed after crash; 1 person injured
Updated: 6:43 PM EST Dec 27, 2025
One person was taken to the hospital following a crash along a well-known road in West Mifflin Saturday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Dec. 27, 2025 In a post from the West Mifflin Police Department, Kennywood Boulevard in the area of Gleen Street to Hoffman Boulevard in the northbound direction was closed due to a crash. The crash, the post said, occurred near the Speedway. Allegheny County dispatchers told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that police and additional responders were called to the scene after 5 p.m. Dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital as a result of the crash. Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 was on the scene following the crash, where a vehicle could be seen with heavy front-end damage. It is unclear what led to the incident. As of 6:40 p.m. Saturday, the road remained closed. 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 person was taken to the hospital following a crash along a well-known road in West Mifflin Saturday night.
VIDEO: Top stories on Dec. 27, 2025
In a post from the West Mifflin Police Department, Kennywood Boulevard in the area of Gleen Street to Hoffman Boulevard in the northbound direction was closed due to a crash.
The crash, the post said, occurred near the Speedway.
Allegheny County dispatchers told Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 that police and additional responders were called to the scene after 5 p.m.
Dispatchers said one person was taken to the hospital as a result of the crash.
Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 was on the scene following the crash, where a vehicle could be seen with heavy front-end damage.
It is unclear what led to the incident.
As of 6:40 p.m. Saturday, the road remained closed.
This is a developing story.
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