Emmy award-winning TV News Reporter @ KDKA-TV My news philosophy is simple: tell good stories! JBorrasso@kdka.com
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A truck crashed through the wall of a home.
This is off of Route 30 near Maroadi Plaza.
A business owner gave us pictures of the aftermath.
I reached out to police for more information if anybody was hurt.
And if anyone was at home when this happened.
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Delays and long lines at @PITairport
officials say just before 3:30pm a lighting strike knocked out power impacting operations.
About 45 minutes later, teams started restoring it.
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@PITairport A KDKA-TV viewer shared this video after power went out
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PAID PARENTAL LEAVE BILL in Allegheny County praised by parents as business owners raise concerns
Allegheny Co. has proposed legislation to require all employers in the county to offer up to 18 weeks of paid leave at 100% base pay for new parents.
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KDKA-TV is a 2026 Regional Edward R. Murrow Award winner for Overall Excellence.
Of the awards given to journalists, the Murrow Awards are among the most respected journalism awards in the world!
KDKA-TV is committed to serving the community.
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Breaking in McKeesport
Physical assault, shooting sends two women to the hospital according to Allegheny County Police
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This is the first non-stop flight from @PITairport Pittsburgh to Dublin, Ireland 🇮🇪☘️
@AerLingus The pilots waved @steelers terrible towels after they taxied into the gate.
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TEEN takeovers
Pittsburgh City Council & community stakeholders met to address flash crowd disturbances Downtown & teen violence.
“I definitely think safe spaces” Teen Aaliyah Taylor”A lot of these kids just need someone to talk to."
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NEW Jacinta Stevens was drunk & speeding when she drove off a snow embankment on I-376 and plunged into the icy Monongahela River in Jan. Pa State Police said. Stevens had just left a Pittsburgh bar & hit two vehicles without stopping.
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Rising violence in Pittsburgh’s Market Square.A forum on solutions for young people got heated.Sheldon Williams, Pittsburgh Public Safety Dir: “It is a known fact that we have increased activity in & around Market Square & in &
around Pittsburgh.”
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BREAKING Pittsburgh’s Market Square Man shot in torso area rushed to the hospital in critical condition an officer on the scene told me.
Man was found outside the Chipotle. One witness told me he heard at least 4 shots.
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UPDATE: Pittsburgh deadly 5-vehicle crash.
The SUV that flipped off the ramp & landed on Reedsdale St. near Pittsburgh’s Fort Duquense Bridge was just towed away. That male driver was killed.
4 other cars smashed.
A woman who had to be cut out of her vehicle also died.
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❗️UPDATE: The Allegheny Co. ME’s Office has identified the man whose SUV went off the ramp and landed on Reedsdale Street below as Michael Smith of Pittsburgh.
He was 52.
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❗️UPDATE: The Allegheny Co. ME’s Office has identifed the second victim killed in the five-car crash. Danielle Jackman of Churchill was 58.
Emergency crews used the jaws of life to free her on the bridge.
She was taken to UPMC Mercy where she later died.
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A northeastern, Pa man is behind bars accused of using Discord to lure a 14 y/o girl from Allegheny Co. across the state. Christopher Jones, 27, drove hundreds of miles. He picked the victim up in Whitehall & drove her to his home near Wilkes-Barre.
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A Florida woman has been arrested and charged with six counts of aggravated cruelty to animals after she was captured on camera throwing a small dog twice and kicking it.
Deputies took the dog to a veterinarian where it is receiving care for a broken leg.
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Pittsburgh-area teacher at a school for students with special needs is behind bars charged with sex crimes police say.
Authorities arrested Justin Pavetto of Cranberry Twp.
Police say Pavetto worked at the New Horizon School in Beaver Co.
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Five Upper St. Clair HS students are running in Sunday’s Pittsburgh Marathon Relay to honor the life of their coach’s son, Sam Levin, who died of a rare, incurable brain tumor.
The boys hope to raise $5,000 and bring awareness to DIPG.
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