Bethel Park intersection closed until further notice after water main break

Bethel Park intersection closed until further notice after water main break

COOKIE SEASON IS ALMOST HERE AND WE ARE GETTING YOU READY WITH A BRAND NEW EDITION OF. FOR THE RECORD, A LITTLE LATER THIS MORNING. HERE’S ANCHOR MICHELLE WRIGHT WITH A PREVIEW. COMING UP SUNDAY MORNING ON FOR THE RECORD, THE START OF GIRL SCOUT COOKIE SEASON. IT’S COMING UP ON JANUARY 6TH, AND I’M GETTING AN EARLY LOOK AT THE SKILLS THESE YOUNG SCOUTS LEARN DURING COOKIE SALES. GIRLS WHO ARE FIRST STARTING OUT AS GIRL SCOUTS MAYBE HAVE NEVER GOTTEN A CHANCE BEFORE TO BUILD ON THESE VERY ADULT SKILLS THAT YOU DON’T LEARN JUST BY BEING A KID IN THE WORLD SOMETIMES. AND SO GIRLS BECOME MUCH MORE CONFIDENT. THEY ARE EXCITED. THEY’RE COMING UP WITH MORE CREATIVE IDEAS BECAUSE ONCE YOU, YOU KNOW, OVERCOME THE FEAR OF INTERACTING WITH PEOPLE FOR THE FIRST TIME, THEN YOU CAN SAY, WELL, I DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. LET’S THINK ABOUT WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO NEXT. WHAT’S THIS GREAT IDEA THAT WE’RE GOING TO USE TO SELL? SO IT INCREASES THEIR CREATIVITY AND THEY FEEL MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE IN ALL OF THEIR LIVES BECAUSE THEY HAVE THESE SKILLS. PLUS, I SPEAK WITH THREE YOUNG SCOUTS AND TWO TROOP LEADERS ABOUT THEIR EXPERIENCES. CATCH THIS. ALL NEW. FOR THE RECORD, SUNDAY MORNING AT 11 RIGHT HERE ON. CHANNEL FOUR. I’M MICHELLE WRIGHT, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR 9:00 ON THE DOT. NEWS, WEATHER AND SPORTS. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. OUSTED VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO IS IN U.S. CUSTODY AFTER THAT OVERNIGHT ATTACK EARLIER THIS WEEKEND. COMING UP, WE HAVE THE REACTION POURING IN FROM LOCAL LAWMAKERS AND LOCAL VENEZUELANS, PLUS, A NEW TOLL INCREASE ALONG THE PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE OFFICIALLY TAKING EFFECT OVERNIGHT. HOW MUCH MORE YOU’LL BE PAYING AND WHY THIS HIKE WON’T BE THE LAST. AND IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS. THE STEELERS AND RAVENS AT ACRISURE STADIUM TONIGHT, A PLAYOFF SPOT AND THE AFC NORTH TITLE ON THE LINE. THIS MORNING. WE HAVE A PREVIEW OF THAT BIG MATCHUP. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO ON THE STEELERS SUNDAY. AS WE SAY. HERE WE GO. AND THANK YOU FOR WAKING UP WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR I’M LILY COLEMAN. YOU KNOW PITTSBURGH’S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED. SHE IS HERE WITH A LOOK AT YOUR CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. WE ARE DRESSED IN OUR BEST BLACK AND GOLD. HOPING FOR THE BEST OUTCOME TONIGHT BECAUSE IT ALL COMES DOWN TO THIS, RIGHT? IT’S WINNER TAKE ALL AS WE HEAD CLOSER TO THE START OF THE PLAYOFFS FORECAST, THOUGH, SETTING THE SCENE FOR A GREAT GAME LATE TONIGHT. IT’S GOING TO BE COLD ONCE AGAIN TODAY. TEMPERATURES PEAKING AROUND 30 SHOULD BE DOWN INTO THE 20S IN TIME FOR THE GAME, BUT EVERYTHING CHANGES AS WE ENTER THIS FIRST FULL WEEK OF JANUARY. JANUARY THAW ALREADY UPON US. TEMPERATURES WILL BE CLIMBING, NOT JUST FREEZING, BUT ALSO INTO THE 40S. TOMORROW. EVEN SOME RAIN SHOWING UP A LITTLE LATER ON THIS WEEK. BUT RIGHT NOW, TEMPERATURES STILL HOLDING STEADY AT 23 AT PITTSBURGH. INTERNATIONAL SKIES ARE CLOUDY, A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE MAKE IT MAKES IT FEEL LIKE 15 IN THAT BREEZE WILL STAY ON THE LIGHT SIDE AS WE GO THROUGHOUT THE DAY. BUT OF COURSE, STILL ONE MORE COLD ONE TO GET THROUGH. HIGH TEMPERATURE OF 30 FOR THE CITY. ALSO MONROEVILLE, 32, IN WASHINGTON, MEANWHILE 28 FOR KITTANNING AND NEWCASTLE, 29 IN CRANBERRY. SOME SPOTS, THOUGH CLOSER TO THE WEST VIRGINIA BORDER, YOU COULD GET A LITTLE CLOSER TO THAT FREEZING MARK THIS AFTERNOON AS WE LOOK AT YOUR GAME DAY FORECAST. NEED ALL OF THE BLACK AND GOLD LAYERS? BRING ONE MORE ALONG WITH YOUR TAILGATING GEAR A LITTLE LATER ON FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS YOU’RE ENTERING THE STADIUM AS WELL. KICKOFF AT EIGHT 2026 DEGREES. MOSTLY CLOUDY AGAIN. WE’LL CONTINUE TO DROP THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE EVENING. WE WILL STAY DRY. RAIN CHANCES THOUGH, SHOWING UP AS TEMPERATURES START TO WARM. HELP YOU PLAN AHEAD FOR THAT WITH YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST IN A FEW MINUTES. JILL. THANK YOU. WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS INTO OUR NEWSROOM THIS MORNING. A WIDESPREAD POWER OUTAGE IMPACTING NEIGHBORS IN BETHEL PARK AND UPPER SAINT CLAIR. ACCORDING TO FIRST ENERGY, THIS IS IMPACTING ABOUT 4000 HOUSEHOLDS. THE BETHEL PARK POLICE DEPARTMENT SAYS THIS IS DUE TO SOME DOWNED WIRES IN THE AREA. HERE’S WHAT WE KNOW SO FAR. BETHEL CHURCH ROAD IS CLOSED RIGHT NOW BETWEEN DRAKE AND ALTON MCMURRAY ROAD IN UPPER SAINT CLAIR IS ALSO CLOSED RIGHT IN FRONT OF SAINT LOUIS CHURCH. IF YOU’RE FAMILIAR WITH THIS AREA, POLICE ARE ASKING DRIVERS TO DRIVE WITH CAUTION TO AVOID THE AREA. AND JUST A REMINDER THAT YOU SHOULD TREAT ALL NONFUNCTIONING TRAFFIC SIGNALS AS STOP SIGNS. AT THIS POINT, IT’S UNCLEAR HOW LONG THAT OUTAGE IS GOING TO LAST AND HOW LONG THOSE ROADS WILL BE CLOSED. WE’RE WORKING ON GETTING YOU MORE INFORMATION, SO WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED ON AIR AND ONLINE. ALSO, JUST INTO OUR NEWSROOM THIS MORNING, AN EARLY MORNING FIRE HEAVILY DAMAGING A HOME IN WEST MIFFLIN, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. THIS IS VIDEO FROM A VIEWER OF THAT SCENE ON WOOD STREET AROUND 3:00 THIS MORNING. JUST TAKE A LOOK AT THOSE FLAMES SHOOTING FROM THAT HOME. A SHORT TIME LATER, OUR PHOTOJOURNALIST CAPTURED THIS VIDEO OF THE AFTERMATH. THE HOUSE IS SEVERELY DAMAGED. YOU CAN SEE CREWS WITH BULLDOZERS WORKING TO CLEAR THE LARGE AMOUNT OF DEBRIS THAT’S LEFT BEHIND. WE’RE WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS INCIDENT AS WELL, AND WHETHER ANYONE WAS INSIDE. WE’LL KEEP YOU UPDATED AS WE LEARN ANYTHING NEW THIS MORNING. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING IN THE CITY’S LAWRENCEVILLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THIS HAPPENED IN ON BUTLER STREET AROUND 415 THIS MORNING. POLICE RESPONDED TO THE AREA FOR REPORTS OF AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AFTER A MAN WALKED INTO A LOCAL BUSINESS TO CALL 911. OFFICIALS SAY HE HAD A SMALL PUNCTURE WOUND TO HIS RIB CAGE. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL BUT IS EXPECTED TO BE OKAY. POLICE SAY THE VICTIM WAS LARGELY UNCOOPERATIVE WITH THEM. THEY TELL US THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING THIS MORNING, TO BEAVER COUNTY NOW AND NEW THIS MORNING, PENNSYLVANIA STATE POLICE THERE ARE INVESTIGATING A STABBING THAT HAPPENED IN ALIQUIPPA LAST NIGHT. TROOPERS SAY IT WAS AROUND 930 THAT THIS HAPPENED AT THE VALLEY TERRACE APARTMENTS ON SUPERIOR AVENUE. TWO PEOPLE WERE REPORTEDLY INVOLVED IN AN ONGOING DOMESTIC DISPUTE. ONE OF THEM, A 24 YEAR OLD MAN, WAS STABBED IN THE STOMACH. HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL AND IS EXPECTED TO RECOVER. MEANWHILE, 21 YEAR OLD JADA WYNKOOP WAS ARRESTED AT THAT SCENE. WYNKOOP IS CURRENTLY AT THE BEAVER COUNTY JAIL. FIVE AFTER NINE IS OUR TIME THIS MORNING, VENEZUELA FACES AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE. ONE DAY AFTER THE UNITED STATES CAPTURED THE COUNTRY’S LEADER, NICOLAS MADURO, IN A STUNNING STRIKE. THE OPERATION CAPPED MONTHS OF MOUNTING PRESSURE ON MADURO FROM PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, AIMED AT CRACKING DOWN ON DRUG TRAFFICKING. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT JACKIE DEFUSCO IS IN OUR WASHINGTON BUREAU THIS MORNING. JACKIE, WHAT IS THE HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ALL OF THIS? THE REMOVAL OF VENEZUELAN PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO MARKS THE MOST SIGNIFICANT AMERICAN LED REGIME CHANGE EFFORT IN MORE THAN TWO DECADES SINCE THE INVASION OF IRAQ, AND IT’S TEEING UP A FIERCE DEBATE OVER WHAT COMES NEXT. FROM CELEBRATIONS. TO US, THIS MEANS EVERYTHING. SINCE THE MOMENT I WAS BORN, WE HAVE BEEN LIVING UNDER AN ABUSIVE DICTATORSHIP. TO PROTEST WHO BENEFITS? WHO WILL BENEFIT FROM A NEW WAR? A SPLIT SCREEN ON SATURDAY AS VENEZUELA’S LEADER NICOLAS MADURO, ARRIVED IN THE UNITED STATES TO FACE CRIMINAL NARCO TERRORISM CHARGES JUST HOURS AFTER BEING CAPTURED WITH HIS WIFE IN A NIGHTTIME MILITARY OPERATION ORDERED BY PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP. WE’RE GOING TO RUN THE COUNTRY UNTIL SUCH TIME AS WE CAN DO A SAFE, PROPER AND JUDICIOUS TRANSITION. BUT THAT COULD PROVE COMPLICATED. VENEZUELA’S VICE PRESIDENT, WHO WAS NAMED THE INTERIM LEADER ON SATURDAY, IS DEMANDING FREEDOM FOR MADURO, WHILE IN THE US, DEMOCRATS ARE QUESTIONING THE LEGALITY OF THE REMOVAL OPERATION, WHICH WAS NOT APPROVED BY CONGRESS. THIS IS ILLEGAL. IT’S UNJUSTIFIED. IT IS NOT IN OUR NATIONAL INTEREST AND THERE SEEMS TO BE NO PLAN WHATSOEVER FOR WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THIS IS BLOOD FOR OIL. IT’S GOT NOTHING TO DO WITH NARCO TRAFFICKING. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAYS HE ALSO PLANS TO TAP VENEZUELA’S OIL RESERVES TO SELL TO OTHER NATIONS. EXPERTS SAY THAT COULD PROVIDE ECONOMIC LEVERAGE. THE UNITED STATES WILL ESSENTIALLY OWN VENEZUELA’S ECONOMIC LIFELINE AND THEREBY HAVE THE ABILITY TO INFLUENCE THE POLITICAL OUTCOMES IN VENEZUELA. CONGRESS RETURNS FROM ITS HOLIDAY BREAK THIS WEEK, AND DEMOCRATS ARE DEMANDING IMMEDIATE BRIEFINGS FROM THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION ON THIS. MEANWHILE, THE SENATE IS EXPECTED TO VOTE ON YET ANOTHER EFFORT TO TRY TO BLOCK THE USE OF U.S. FORCES AGAINST VENEZUELA WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL FROM CONGRESS. IN WASHINGTON, I’M JACKIE DEFUSCO. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. JACKIE. THANK YOU. IN THE MEANTIME, LOCAL LAWMAKERS ARE WEIGHING IN ON THAT RECENT MILITARY ACTION. SENATOR DAVE MCCORMICK URGING WHAT’S LEFT OF THE MADURO REGIME TO, QUOTE, HONOR THE WILL OF THE VENEZUELAN PEOPLE AND TRANSITION PEACEFULLY TO RIGHTFULLY ELECTED LEADERSHIP. SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN, WEIGHING IN AS WELL, SAYING THAT WE, QUOTE, HAVE THE STRONGEST AND MOST LETHAL MILITARY IN THE WORLD, SAYING THIS PROVES THAT EVEN MORE. IN THE MEANTIME, CONGRESSWOMAN SUMMER LEE CALLED THE ACTIONS UNAUTHORIZED AND ILLEGAL. SHE SAYS CONGRESS MUST ACT AND REASSERT ITS AUTHORITY, ADDING, QUOTE, TO PASS A WAR POWERS RESOLUTION AND STOP THE UNILATERAL EXECUTIVE ACTION IMMEDIATELY. CONGRESSMAN CHRIS DELUZIO AGREEING, SAYING, QUOTE, NO AMERICANS SHOULD BLEED AND DIE IN AN UNNECESSARY WAR AND OCCUPATION THAT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE HAVE NOT APPROVED. HE ADDED, QUOTE, CONGRESS NEEDS TO GROW A SPINE AND TAKE BACK AUTHORITY OVER WAR POWERS. WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM CONGRESSMAN MIKE KELLY. HE SAYS, QUOTE, PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ONCE AGAIN SHOWN THE WORLD THAT THE UNITED STATES WILL DEFEND ITSELF FROM TERRORISM OF ALL KINDS. NOW, MADURO’S CAPTURE WAS MET WITH SOME CELEBRATIONS, SOME APPREHENSION AND SOME PROTESTS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR, CONTINUING OUR COVERAGE THIS MORNING, HEARING FROM SOME VENEZUELANS LIVING HERE IN WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA. I’M VERY HAPPY BECAUSE MADURO IS IN THE JAIL. JESUS CONTRERAS EMIGRATED FROM VENEZUELA TO PITTSBURGH THREE YEARS AGO, JOINING HIS BROTHER AND SISTER IN LAW, WHO HAD COME HERE THREE YEARS PRIOR. IT WAS A NIGHTMARE. I FEEL UNSAFE THE WHOLE TIME WHEN I WAS WITH MY WHEN I HAVE MY FIRST BABY BACK IN VENEZUELA, I FEEL THE WHOLE TIME ANXIOUS AND SCARED TO BE THERE BECAUSE THERE IS A LOT OF. REPERCUSSION. IF YOU ARE AGAINST THE. MADURO, THE FAMILY TELLS PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THEY ARE ANXIOUS BUT HOPEFUL FOR THE FUTURE, AND THAT MILITARY ACTION WAS THE ONLY WAY TO HELP THE VENEZUELANS STILL LIVING THERE THAT THEY SAY HAVE NO WAY TO HELP THEMSELVES. WE’LL PRAY FOR VENEZUELA. WE’LL HOPE EVERYTHING GOES WELL, AND THEN WE CAN TRANSITION TOWARDS LIKE A BETTER STATE FOR EVERYONE AT THE SAME TIME. SATURDAY AFTERNOON, OVER 100 PEOPLE GATHERED IN PITTSBURGH’S EAST LIBERTY NEIGHBORHOOD TO PROTEST BOTH THE INVASION AND ARREST. NO MORE, COUPS, NO MORE WARS. LATIN AMERICA ISN’T YOURS. THEY CARRIED SIGNS WITH ANTI-TRUMP AND ANTI-WAR SENTIMENTS, SAYING THE AMERICAN PEOPLE DON’T WANT ANOTHER INTERNATIONAL CONFLICT. THEY’RE AGAINST THE IDEA THAT TRUMP WANTS TO RUN VENEZUELA FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT IT’S UP TO PEOPLE IN THE UNITED STATES TO DECIDE THE POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC FUTURE OF VENEZUELA, WHEN THAT SHOULD BE THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA’S DECISION THEMSELVES. FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. AND AS THIS SITUATION IN VENEZUELA CONTINUES TO DEVELOP, BE SURE TO STAY WITH PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR BOTH ON AIR AND ONLINE. TO BE THE FIRST TO KNOW WHEN NEW INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE. TEN AFTER NINE IS OUR TIME. WE TURN NOW TO THIS FOR PENNSYLVANIA TURNPIKE DRIVERS, A NEW 4% TOLL HIKE IS NOW IN EFFECT. TURNPIKE OFFICIALS SAY THAT’S LESS THAN LAST YEAR’S INCREASE, AND ACTUALLY THE LOWEST INCREASE IN MORE THAN A DECADE. THE MONEY WILL BE USED TO HELP PAY DOWN DEBT FROM ACT 44, WHICH SUPPORTS TRANSPORTATION NEEDS ALL ACROSS THE COMMONWEALTH. WE UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT CUSTOMERS LIKE US. WE DON’T WANT TO DO IT. THE LAST THING WE WANT TO DO. BUT AS I MENTIONED, BECAUSE OF OUR DEBT SERVICE OBLIGATIONS AND TO ASSURE THE TURNPIKE IS IN THE BEST FINANCIAL FOOTING WHILE ALSO PROVIDING OUR CUSTOMERS THE BEST SERVICE POSSIBLE. THESE TOLL INCREASES ARE NECESSARY. E-ZPASS CUSTOMERS WILL PAY LESS PER TRIP. DRIVERS CAN ALSO CREATE AN AUTOPAY ACCOUNT THAT WILL EARN A 15% DISCOUNT ON TOLL BY PLATE INVOICES, THE TURNPIKE COMMISSION SAYS INCREASES WILL CONTINUE YEARLY, WITH A 3.5% INCREASE NEXT YEAR AND A 3% INCREASE IN 2028 AND BEYOND. TURNING NOW TO THIS. ANOTHER MAJOR CHANGE BEGINS TODAY FOR BUS RIDERS IN PITTSBURGH. OUTBOUND BUS ROUTES WILL BE ELIMINATED STARTING TODAY FROM FIFTH AVENUE IN OAKLAND. THEY’LL BE REROUTED TO GO WITH GENERAL TRAFFIC OUTBOUND ON FORBES AVENUE INSTEAD. THIS IS ALL A PART OF THE UNIVERSITY LINE PROJECT. PRT WILL HAVE STAFF AT BUS STOPS ALONG FIFTH AVENU

Bethel Park intersection closed until further notice after water main break

Updated: 9:48 PM EST Jan 4, 2026

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Bethel Park officials are warning drivers after a water main break closed a busy intersection in the area Sunday night. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 In a Facebook post from the Bethel Park Police Department, Library Road is closed between Logan Road and Berryman Avenue; and Kings School Road is closed at Shirley Drive and Wilson Drive due to a massive water main break. Officials said as of 9:30 p.m. Sunday, it is unclear when the intersection will re-open. Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for the latest updates. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.

BETHEL PARK, Pa. —

Bethel Park officials are warning drivers after a water main break closed a busy intersection in the area Sunday night.

VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4

In a Facebook post from the Bethel Park Police Department, Library Road is closed between Logan Road and Berryman Avenue; and Kings School Road is closed at Shirley Drive and Wilson Drive due to a massive water main break.

Officials said as of 9:30 p.m. Sunday, it is unclear when the intersection will re-open.

Stay with Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 for the latest updates.

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