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Is there an increase in coyote sightings? A game warden explains

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February 2, 2024

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Is there an increase in coyote sightings? A game warden explains

GREEN TREE, Pa. (KDKA) — The social media posts keep popping up, and so do the coyotes.

But are more coyotes moving in, or are we just more aware of them?

What’s less than 4 miles away from the city and filled with coyotes? If you guessed Green Tree, you are right.

“We get them howling at night,” Green Tree resident Phil Aley said. “That’s the biggest thing, when there’s a family of them out there.”

Aley has lived on Warriors Road for 35 years, and his backyard looks like prime coyote real estate.

“Lots of deer down here in these woods and lots of other vermin,” Aley said.

Neighbors in Green Tree started posting on social media about coyotes weeks ago, putting them on the radar of residents.

“When they hear about one down the street or in the neighborhood, they’re more apt to look for it,” Game Warden Sgt. Matt Kramer said.

Kramer said that does not mean there is any increase in the coyote population. He also wants to clear up one thing: Coyotes are not more aggressive in mating season. He said they are just hungry.

“Food resources are at their lowest point for any wildlife species, coyotes included, so from February to March it’s a hard life out there in the woods,” he said.

So, coyotes might expand their range to find food. And your neighbors could be doing something that attracts them.

“They leave that food out overnight for these critters and they’re well intended but every raccoon, every possum, every rat and mouse in the neighborhood is going to come to that food source,” Kramer said. “The next predator up the line is the coyote.”

And they will go for any small cat or tiny dog. Kramer said unlike wolves, coyotes do not have a pack mentality. They do have families, and if you think removing them from your neighborhood will make them go away, Kramer said a new family will just move in.

Meghan Schiller

Meghan Schiller is an Emmy-nominated journalist who joined KDKA in October 2017. She’s thrilled to be back in her hometown and reporting at the station she grew up watching.

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CMU acquires Chatham’s Eastside location, will lease back part of property

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March 27, 2026

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CMU acquires Chatham’s Eastside location, will lease back part of property

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Sidney Crosby leaves Penguins-Senators game, will not return

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March 26, 2026

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Sidney Crosby leaves Penguins-Senators game, will not return

Updated on: March 26, 2026 / 10:25 PM EDT
/ CBS Pittsburgh

Sidney Crosby left the Pittsburgh Penguins’ game against the Ottawa Senators at the Canadian Tire Centre on Thursday and did not return.

The team initially did not disclose why Crosby was ruled out of the game, but coach Dan Muse told reporters postgame that Crosby has a lower-body injury. Crosby left the ice and went to the locker room early in the second period. The Penguins went on to beat the Senators in a shootout, 4-3.

Pittsburgh also played Thursday’s game without Evgeni Malkin, who has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury. It remains unclear how long he will be out, with the team only saying Malkin is “day-to-day,” according to a post on X from March 24.

Crosby returned to Pittsburgh’s lineup on March 18 against the Carolina Hurricanes after missing four weeks due to a lower-body injury suffered during the Olympic tournament. Crosby was injured during Team Canada’s quarterfinal win over Team Czechia after a hit by Anaheim Ducks defenseman Radko Gudas.

Crosby was placed on injured reserve and missed 11 games. In the five games since returning to the lineup, Crosby has tallied five points. This season, the 38-year-old star for the Penguins has a team-high 28 goals, and he is third on the team with 36 assists.

With 10 games remaining in the regular season, Pittsburgh (36-20-16) sits in second place in the Eastern Conference’s Metropolitan Division with 88 points. The Columbus Blue Jackets and New York Islanders both have 87 points.

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$1.5 million-winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket sold at Pittsburgh hospital

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March 26, 2026

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.5 million-winning Pennsylvania Lottery ticket sold at Pittsburgh hospital

March 26, 2026 / 9:15 AM EDT
/ CBS Pittsburgh

A Pittsburgh hospital will be getting a big bonus for selling a $1.5 million-winning Pennsylvania Lottery scratch-off ticket.

UPMC Magee-Women’s Hospital sold the Cash Spectacular ticket, and, as a result, will get a $10,000 bonus.

According to the Pennsylvania Lottery, the Cash Spectacular is a $30 game that offers the top prize of $1.5 million.

As they often do when a big winner such as this one happens, the Pennsylvania Lottery is reminding players that scratch-off prizes are valid for one year from the game’s end-sale date, which can be found on their website.

The Pennsylvania Lottery also said that scratch-offs are distributed at random, so neither the lottery nor the retailers know where winning tickets will be sold.

Pittsburgh area million-dollar winners

Since the calendar flipped to 2026, the Pittsburgh area has been one lucky place, with multiple million-dollar or more winning tickets sold since January.

The first came on January 8 when a $1 million scratch-off was sold at a North Huntingdon Township Walmart. The $20 Jackpot Scratch-Off yielded the top prize of $1 million.

Just a week later, again in Westmoreland County, a Match 6 Lotto ticket was sold at the North Huntingdon Sheetz, giving someone a $1.4 million prize.

One of the biggest jackpots of the year came earlier this month in Armstrong County, when one lucky player won $1 million for year for life.

That ticket was sold at a BP gas station on Buffalo Street in Freeport Borough. As a result, the BP got a $100,000 bonus.

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