Pittsburg, PA
Graduating Pitt students, Pittsburgh residents prepare for extended power outage
Neighbors on Phillips Street could be without power until May 6th according to Duquesne Light’s website. They believe it’s because of a massive tree hanging in power lines.
Dan Simons said he got power back a few hours after the storm but is still feeling the impact while helping his neighbors, “We’ve been holding onto all of their food in both our fridge and freezer for the past three days now,” said Simons. “You can barely even open the freezer so it has impacted us and impacted the community for sure.”
Jessica Price lives on Phillips Street as well, but she is one of the unfortunate neighbors without power.
“I had to throw out all of my groceries today and it was at least 100 to 200 dollars worth of food easily,” said Price.
Her friends flew in from Connecticut because this is also her graduation weekend from Pitt.
“We’ve had to pivot a lot this weekend, change plans, figure out how we are going to get ready for graduation, how I’m going to feed everybody, how we are going to stay charged and communicate with out family..It’s been kind of a mess,” said Price.
And it’s not just students in Squirrel Hill. Many Pitt students said the week without power made an already difficult finals week even harder.
“I have an exam, oh gosh, 48 hours from now and getting in touch with the professor about some last-minute questions was obviously tricky, and then accessing material online…,” said Tilman Cooper, a third-year Pitt Law Student.
“It was just really nerve-racking, like all of our parents were coming in and none of us had warm water or anything,” said Ariella Stein, a Senior Psychology Major at Pitt.
“It was kind of tough studying for finals week while the power was out at the same time. At first, we thought it was going to come on the night it went out, but it just kept staying out and we were all really unprepared,” said Sam Melchior, a Senior Engineering Student at Pitt.
Pitt said all graduation ceremonies are still on schedule, as most of Oakland now has power.
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Pittsburgh braces for heavy snowfall and frigid temperatures | Live First Alert Weather
A Winter Storm Warning goes into effect at 1 p.m. for counties south of Allegheny County, and a Winter Weather Advisory is in effect for Allegheny County and others to the north.
National Weather Service issues Winter Storm Warning
Earlier this week, the National Weather Service issued a Winter Storm Warning for parts of the Pittsburgh area along and south of I-70 for today and Sunday due to what they described as “a band of heavier snow.”
As of Friday evening, nearly all of the Pittsburgh area is expected to see between two and four inches of snow.
In Pittsburgh, the estimate is 3-5 inches and 5-10 for the ridges.
Snow will be coupled with frigid temperatures
As the snow tapers off around midnight Sunday morning, it will remain scattered, but cold air will follow, leaving the low temperatures in the single digits, and the wind chill below zero as gusts could reach up to 15-20mph.
Road crews prepare for winter storm
Crews across western Pennsylvania say that they’re prepared for the impending snowfall.
In Allegheny County, there are two dozen trucks and more than 9,000 tons of salt at the ready.
Even with the preparations, they’re asking those who don’t need to go out to stay off the roads in order to give them the space to clear them.
A hunter in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, was charged after nearly shooting a person, according to police.
Karen Gaus, 42, was arrested and charged with recklessly endangering another person and disorderly conduct in connection with the incident, officials said.
The Susquehanna Regional Police Department said in a news release that officers responded to Beattys Tollgate Road in East Donegal Township on Nov. 29 for a hunting complaint. Police said a homeowner was outside their residence when they heard multiple gunshots and a bullet passing by.
Officers began investigating and found Gaus nearby, who admitted that she was hunting and fired two shots at a deer in the direction of the victim’s home, according to the news release.
Gaus, according to court documents, is awaiting her preliminary hearing, which is scheduled for Jan. 12, 2026.
Pennsylvania’s firearms deer season ends on Saturday. It opened on Nov. 29 and included two Sundays: Nov. 30 and Dec. 7. Earlier this summer, Gov. Josh Shapiro signed a bill that reversed what state lawmakers called the “outdated” ban on Sunday hunting.
Before the firearms deer season began, the Game Commission said it expected more than 500,000 hunters would be out and about.
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