Wire damage causes power outages for thousands of Allegheny County residents
PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. TRACKING RAIN MOVING IN ON THIS IMPACT DAY. WE’RE NOT DONE JUST YET. TOMORROW’S IMPACT DAY FEATURES MORE RAIN CHANGING TO SNOW, STRONG WINDS AND BITING WIND CHILLS. I’VE GOT YOU SET WITH BOTH IMPACT DAYS NEXT. YOU’RE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW BREAKING NEWS CREWS BATTLING A FIRE AT A HOME IN ALLEGHENY COUNTY. WE WILL TAKE YOU TO THIS SCENE A█ND EVEN MOREBREAKING NEWS. A MAN FOUND SHOT MULTIPLE TIMES IN PITTSBURGH’S ALLENTOWN NEIGHBORHOOD EARLIER THIS MORNING. COMING UP, THE LATEST ON THIS INVESTIGATION. AND A BIG QUESTION TODAY, CAN THEY CLINCH THE DIVISION TITLE. THE STEELERS FIGHTING TO BE AFC NORTH CHAMPIONS IN CLEVELAND. WE’LL LOOK AT THE DIVISION STANDINGS HEADING INTO THEIR GAME AGAINST THE BROWNS. PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. WE HAVE A LOT TO GET TO. AS WE SAY. HERE WE GO. AND GOOD MORNING. THANKS 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 ON THIS DAY. THE FIRST OF TWO IN A ROW, BUT FOR VERY DIFFERENT REASONS. RIGHT. AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE SOME RAIN MOVING. IN FACT, IT’S MOVING IN FOR SOME NEIGHBORHOODS RIGHT NOW. BUT IT’S NOT GOING TO LAST ALL DAY TOMORROW. WE’VE GOT QUITE A MIX OF WEATHER TO TALK ABOUT. SO SOME HEAVY RAIN AT TIMES BETWEEN NOW AND ABOUT 2:00. IT’S GOING TO GET WARM AS TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 60S, IN SOME CASES ACROSS THE AREA FOR US THIS AFTERNOON. TOMORROW, THOUGH, TEMPERATURES CRASH AS WE’LL SEE RAIN CHANGING OVER TO SNOW BY LATE DAY. FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES WILL BE IN THE SINGLE DIGITS AND TEENS. SPEAKING OF THAT, RAIN STARTING TO PICK UP IN COVERAGE AND YOU FEATURE A FEW POCKETS OF DOWNPOURS ACROSS LAWRENCE AND BEAVER COUNTIES. THE EDGE OF THAT RAIN NOW STARTING TO NOSE CLOSER TO BUTLER AT THIS POINT, WON’T BE TOO LONG UNTIL WE SEE THE RAIN IN DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. ALREADY. SOME AREAS, LIKE ROBINSON OUT NEAR THE AIRPORT, SOUTH PARK, SO PARTS OF THE SOUTH HILLS EVEN DOWN TOWARDS WASHINGTON SEEING THAT RAIN. BUT THAT’S ABOUT IT AS THINGS ARE A LOT DRIER SOUTHERN PARTS OF WASHINGTON COUNTY, BACK TOWARDS WAYNESBURG AND ALSO SPREADING OVER INTO FAYETTE COUNTY AS WELL. SO THAT BAND OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO TRACK ITS WAY TOWARDS THE NORTH AND EAST AS WE CONTINUE ON THROUGH THIS MORNING. BEHIND IT, THERE IS SOME DRIER CONDITIONS AND DRIER WEATHER, SO THINGS WILL DRY OUT EVENTUALLY INTO THE AFTERNOON WARM UP BIG TIME AS WELL. AGAIN, WITH THAT HIGH OF 60 DEGREES, RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS TOMORROW. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE DAY THOUGH, WILL FEATURE SOME STRONG WINDS. MUCH COLDER AIR TOO. THESE ARE FEELS LIKE TEMPERATURES INTO THE AFTERNOON MONDAY, WHICH COULD BE DOWN INTO THE SINGLE DIGITS, AND IT KICKS OFF A COLD AND SOMEWHAT SNOWY PATTERN AS WE WIND DOWN THE YEAR AND LOOK TOWARDS THE START OF 2026, WE’LL BE BREAKING IT ALL DOWN WITH THE REST OF YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE IN JUST MINUTES. JILL. THANK YOU. WE CONTINUE TO FOLLOW THAT BREAKING NEWS THIS MORNING. CREWS BATTLING A FIRE AT A HOME IN WHITEHALL, ALLEGHENY COUNTY. THIS WAS THE SCENE ON OAK RIDGE DRIVE AROUND 730 THIS MORNING WHEN FIREFIGHTERS ARRIVED AND STARTED WORKING TO PUT OUT THOSE FLAMES. YOU COULD SEE LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMOKE JUST BILLOWING FROM THAT HOME AND THE FLAMES STILL SHOOTING FROM THE ROOF AT ONE POINT BEFORE THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THINGS UNDER CONTROL. RIGHT NOW, IT’S STILL UNCLEAR IF ANYONE WAS INSIDE AT THE TIME. IT’S ALSO UNCLEAR HOW THIS FIRE STARTED. EVEN MORE BREAKING NEWS FOR YOU. PITTSBURGH POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING THIS MORNING AFTER A MAN WAS SHOT IN ALLENTOWN. OFFICIALS SAY POLICE RESPONDED TO MANTON WAY JUST AFTER 4:00 THIS MORNING. THAT’S WHERE THEY FOUND A MAN IN THE STREET WITH MULTIPLE GUNSHOT WOUNDS. HE WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL IN CRITICAL CONDITION. DETECTIVES SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. NO WORD ON ANY SUSPECTS AT THIS TIME. AND MORE HEADLINES FOR YOU ON THIS SUNDAY MORNING. TRENTON POLICE ARE SEARCHING FOR A LOWER BOROUGH MAN ACCUSED OF TRYING TO STAB ANOTHER MAN BEFORE STEALING HIS CAR. THE VICTIM HERE HELPING POLICE IDENTIFY THE SUSPECT AS 35 YEAR OLD ROBERT HARMON. HE SAID HARMON THREATENED HIM WITH A KNIFE AT THE MARATHON GAS STATION ON EAST SEVENTH AVENUE FRIDAY AFTERNOON. HARMON THEN ALLEGEDLY STOLE THE VICTIM’S MINIVAN. THE SUSPECT ALSO HAS ARREST WARRANTS IN PITTSBURGH. AT LAST CHECK, HE WAS STILL NOT IN POLICE CUSTODY. IN WEST MIFFLIN. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING AFTER A PEDESTRIAN WAS HIT BY A CAR. THIS HAPPENED YESTERDAY AFTERNOON ON KENNYWOOD BOULEVARD. THE CRASH SHUT DOWN THE ROAD BETWEEN GLEN STREET ALL THE WAY TO THE HOFFMAN BOULEVARD FOR HOURS. WE CAN TELL YOU, AS OF THIS MORNING, THE ROADWAY HAS REOPENED. THAT PERSON WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. WE ARE STILL WORKING TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE VICTIM AND THE EXTENT OF THEIR INJURIES. NO DETAILS ON THE DRIVER, DRIVER OR ANY POTENTIAL CHARGES AT THIS TIME IN GREENE COUNTY. STATE POLICE SAY THEY HAVE ARRESTED THE MAN ACCUSED OF SHOOTING HIS PARENTS AND KILLING HIS MOTHER. YOU’LL REMEMBER WE TOLD YOU ABOUT THE SHOOTING INVESTIGATION YESTERDAY MORNING. POLICE HAVE NOW CHARGED JARED KNOLL WITH CRIMINAL HOMICIDE AND ATTEMPTED CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. THEY SAY HE RAN AFTER THE SHOOTING ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON ALONG GARRISON RIDGE ROAD IN FREEPORT TOWNSHIP. POLICE SAY WHEN THEY ARRIVED AT THE HOME, THEY FOUND A MAN AND A WOMAN BOTH SHOT. OFFICERS LATER REALIZED THE VICTIMS WERE KNOWLES PARENTS. THE COUPLE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL IN MORGANTOWN, WEST VIRGINIA, WHERE THE MOTHER LATER DIED FROM HER INJURIES. WE’RE TOLD THE FATHER WAS RELEASED IN STABLE CONDITION. POLICE CAPTURED NO LESS THAN 48 HOURS AFTER THAT SHOOTING. STATE POLICE SAY THEIR INVESTIGATION IS ONGOING. 906 IS OUR TIME. THE ALIQUIPPA COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER FOR A LOCAL BUSINESS, RECOVERING AFTER A DEVASTATING FIRE, AND THEY WANT YOU TO HELP. COVERING BEAVER COUNTY REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR IS HEARING FROM THE OWNERS OF CECINA SAUSAGE COMPANY AS THEY WORK TO GET BACK ON THEIR FEET. THE FAMILY BEHIND CECINA SAYS WATCHING THEIR BUILDING GO DOWN WAS EMOTIONAL, BUT IT’S BECOME EVEN MORE EMOTIONAL KNOWING HOW MANY PEOPLE THEY’VE AFFECTED OVER THE YEARS. IT’S BEEN ABOUT TWO WEEKS SINCE FLAMES TORE THROUGH CECINA SAUSAGE IN ALIQUIPPA. THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT WE MISSED MAKING SAUSAGE ACCOUNTS FOR ABOUT TWO MONTHS OF REGULAR BUSINESS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, THE COSTANZA FAMILY BUSINESS HAD BEEN OPERATING OUT OF THIS BUILDING SINCE 1998, BUT THEY’VE BEEN MAKING SAUSAGE IN ALIQUIPPA MUCH LONGER THAN THAT. THAT’S WHEN THEY STARTED MAKING SAUSAGE FOR THE STORE. MY GRANDMOTHER AND MY FATHER AND US, WE WOULD SIT THERE AND HELP AS LITTLE ONES. AND THEN IN IN 78, THEY OPENED UP THE FIRST SAUSAGE BUILDING. THE SIBLINGS SAY FOR A MOMENT THEY WONDERED IF IT WAS WORTH REBUILDING. THEY HAVE INSURANCE, BUT THAT DOESN’T COVER EVERYTHING. WE DON’T EVEN HAVE PLASTIC BAGS. WE DON’T HAVE BOXES. WE DON’T HAVE LABELS. WE THERE’S WE HAVE NO POWER, NO WATER, NO WINDOWS, NO DOORS, NOTHING. BUT THEIR KIDS AND THEIR COMMUNITY WANT THEM TO GO ON, AND THEY’RE HELPING THEM DO IT. THAT WAS PROBABLY WHAT WAS MORE EMOTIONAL THAN THE BUILDING BURNING WAS THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT AND LOVE. TIM CUMBERLEDGE IS PUTTING TOGETHER A T SHIRT FUNDRAISER, AND THE DESIGN TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE HISTORY OF THE LOGOS. ANOTHER FAMILY MEMBER ALSO HELPED THEM CREATE A GOFUNDME. WHETHER IT’S IN HELPING US WITH PRAYERS OR HELPING US WITH BUYING A SHIRT OR SENDING A FEW DOLLARS TO GOFUND ME. IT’S BEAUTIFUL. IT’S WONDERFUL INFORMATION ON ALL THE FUNDRAISERS WILL BE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WTAE.COM. IN THE NEWSROOM. FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH’S ACTION NEWS FOUR. IN CRAFTON, ALLEGHENY COUNTY FIRE CREWS RESPONDED TO A CAR FIRE YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. OFFICIALS SHARING THESE IMAGES WITH US SHOWING THAT TRUCK ON FIRE AGAINST A BUILDING ON CRENNEL AVENUE. FIRE CREWS SAY THEY WERE QUICKLY ABLE TO GET THE FIRE UNDER CONTROL. FORTUNATELY, HERE, NO ONE WAS INJURED. MEANWHILE, CREWS BATTLED ANOTHER FIRE, THIS ONE AT A THRIFT STORE IN AVALON BOROUGH AROUND 2:00 YESTERDAY AFTERNOON. FIREFIGHTERS RESPONDED TO THE RED, WHITE AND BLUE THRIFT STORE ON OHIO RIVER BOULEVARD. A FIRE IN A NEARBY DUMPSTER REPORTEDLY SPREAD TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE BUILDING. NO WORD ON ANY INJURIES. WELL, AS PARTS OF THE COUNTRY DIG OUT FROM A POST-CHRISTMAS SNOWFALL, A NEW STORM IS FORECAST TO HIT FROM THE MIDWEST INTO THE NORTHEAST WITH MORE ICE, SNOW AND HEAVY RAIN. ABC’S JOHNY FERNANDEZ HAS THE DETAILS. AFTER HEAVY SNOW BLANKETED THE NORTHEAST. A NEW STORM SYSTEM IS MOVING ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BRINGING SNOW AND RAIN. NEW YORK CITY CONTINUES TO DIG OUT, DIG OUT AFTER MORE THAN FOUR INCHES FELL THE MOST SNOW THE CITY HAS SEEN SINCE JANUARY OF 2022. THE CITY IS WORKING PRETTY WELL TO GET THE ROADS SALTED AND EVERYTHING, SO IT’S ALL RIGHT. I THINK IT WAS ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL. WE’RE FROM NORTH CAROLINA, SO IT WAS GREAT TO COME UP TO NEW YORK AND SEE THE SNOW PARTS OF NEW JERSEY, PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO AND MICHIGAN WITH SIGNIFICANT ICING OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS OUT WEST, AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER BROUGHT TORRENTIAL RAINS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. ROADS WERE WASHED AWAY, DRIVERS STRANDED, A CONFIRMED EF ZERO TORNADO TORE DOWN SIGNS, SCATTERED DEBRIS AND BROKE WINDOWS IN THE LOS ANGELES NEIGHBORHOOD OF BOYLE HEIGHTS. RESIDENTS IN THE SAN BERNARDINO MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY OF LYTLE CREEK STRANDED AFTER THIS BRIDGE COLLAPSED IN THE RAGING FLOODWATERS. THE WEATHER IS COMPLICATING THE RETURN HOME FROM THE HOLIDAYS. ROADS AND AIRPORTS ARE JAMMED WITH TRAVELERS, THOUSANDS OF FLIGHTS CANCELED OR DELAYED SINCE FRIDAY. THIS IS WILD. THIS IS NO CHRISTMAS MIRACLE. PARTS OF THE SOUTH AND MIDWEST COULD SEE RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES BEFORE THE WEEKEND IS OVER. JOHNNY FERNANDEZ, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. CLOSER TO HOME IN PITTSBURGH’S ACTION TRAFFIC, THE WABASH TUNNEL WILL REOPEN FOR INBOUND TRAFFIC TOMORROW. THE TUNNEL PROVIDES A SHORTCUT FROM ROUTE 51 TO THE SOUTH SIDE AND DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. IT’S ONLY BEEN OPENED FOR OUTBOUND TRAFFIC SINCE FEBRUARY DURING WORK ON THE MOUNT WASHINGTON TRANSIT TUNNEL. NOW, THAT REOPENED LAST WEEK, THE WABASH TUNNEL WILL BE OPEN WEEKDAYS FROM 6 A.M. TO 2 P.M. THAT’S INBOUND AND OUTBOUND 3 P.M. TO 11 P.M. THE OUTBOUND TUNNEL WILL BE OPEN ON SATURDAYS, BUT THE INBOUND WILL NOT. AND ANOTHER HEADS UP. IF YOU DRIVE ON THE PARKWAY EAST, PENNDOT SAYS THIS WEEK MORE BRIDGE BEAMS WILL BE DELIVERED. THIS IS HAPPENING TOMORROW AND TUESDAY WHEN BEAMS ARRIVE AT THE CONSTRUCTION SITE. TRAFFIC WILL BE STOPPED. NOW THAT SHOULDN’T SHOULDN’T LAST ANY LONGER THAN 15 MINUTES. THE BEAMS SHOULD BE DELIVERED BETWEEN
Wire damage causes power outages for thousands of Allegheny County residents
Updated: 12:48 PM EST Dec 28, 2025
Thousands in Allegheny County are currently without power after Duquesne Light said multiple wires were damaged Sunday.VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 28, 2025 According to DLC’s outage map, officials are working to restore power to nearly 2,000 residents in Mt. Oliver and surrounding areas, including New Homestead and Munhall. A spokesperson for DLC told Action News 4 that the cause of the damage remains under investigation and due to the “complexity of the repairs,” the current estimated time of full restoration is between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.To stay up to date with outages, view DLC’s outage map here. Download the WTAE app to stay connected with breaking news. Sign up for our email newsletters to get breaking news in your inbox.
PITTSBURGH —
Thousands in Allegheny County are currently without power after Duquesne Light said multiple wires were damaged Sunday.
VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh’s Action News 4 on Dec. 28, 2025
According to DLC’s outage map, officials are working to restore power to nearly 2,000 residents in Mt. Oliver and surrounding areas, including New Homestead and Munhall.
A spokesperson for DLC told Action News 4 that the cause of the damage remains under investigation and due to the “complexity of the repairs,” the current estimated time of full restoration is between 7:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.
To stay up to date with outages, view DLC’s outage map here.
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