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Santa Claus makes a stop at the Free Care Fund phone bank
Today on PTL, it's the fourth annual KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon! And, Santa Claus is stopping by the phone bank.
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Today on PTL, it's the fourth annual KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon! And, Santa Claus is stopping by the phone bank.
PTL hosts Heather Abraham and David Highfield sit down with Rachel Petrucelli, the president of the UPMC Children's Hospital Foundation, to talk about all the good the Free Care Fund does for children each year.
Today on PTL, it's the fourth annual KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon! We're jumpstarting the fundraising toward the Free Care Fund Telethon in December. PTL's Daisy Jade and Ron Smiley talk with some of the volunteers manning the phone bank.
What Amanda and Adam thought was going to be, at most, a one-day visit to UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, turned out to be a 22-day stay at the hospital for their young daughter, Rosie; KDKA's Lindsay Ward reports.
For the fourth annual KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon, we're looking back at the history of the fund and of hospital for children's here in Pittsburgh.
Taylor Roles' miracle recovery from a very rare condition is thanks to the doctors, nurses and therapists at UPMC Children's Hospital. KDKA's John Shumway has the story of our KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon junior co-host.
Today on PTL, it's the fourth annual KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon! We're jumpstarting the fundraising toward the Free Care Fund Telethon in December. Hosts Heather Abraham, David Highfield, Daisy Jade and Ron Smiley have more!
On today's show: the KDKA-TV Free Care Fund Christmas in July Telethon! Click for more information about today's guests!
Since 1954, KDKA-TV has partnered with UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh to help support the hospital's Free Care Fund with our annual Free Care Fund Telethon during the holiday season. Here's a look behind the scenes of the 69th annual telethon!
Jackson Hawkins, 4, of Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been defying the odds since before he was born.
Jackson Hawkins, 4, of Sharon, Pennsylvania, has been defying the odds since before he was born.
Lacqueeta Oduogo was born in Kenya, and at 9 months of age, she was diagnosed with sickle cell disease.
Eat n' Park and the Neighborhood Ford Store have teamed to give away a vehicle to benefit the KDKA-TV Free Care Fund.
Eat n' Park and the Neighborhood Ford Store have teamed to give away a vehicle to benefit the KDKA-TV Free Care Fund.
Norah Caporali will be celebrating two years cancer free this January.
What Amanda and Adam thought was going to be at most a one-day visit, turned out to be a 22-day stay at the hospital for their young daughter, Rosie.
In the glow of their family Christmas tree, Maelynn "Mazey" Tribendis and her mother Kaitlyn enjoy some mommy-daughter time.
In the summer of 2020, Taylor Roles was a happy, healthy, typical 11-year-old girl busy with cheerleading practice.
Your generous donations, once again, to the Free Care Fund have overwhelmed us.
Crews will now work to demolish the railway bridge after the dump truck collided with the trestle.
The Butler County native has been in Russian prison since 2021.
Should I freeze my credit? Here's what experts say, and how to stop bad actors from accessing your file.
On Today's Show: Adam Ray comedy, Iron City Car Cruise, and the Neighborhood Ford Store Quilt for the Cure!
Fans of the Nittany Lions can keep track of the team's ranking with this one-of-a-kind bobblehead!
Crews will now work to demolish the railway bridge after the dump truck collided with the trestle.
The Butler County native has been in Russian prison since 2021.
Should I freeze my credit? Here's what experts say, and how to stop bad actors from accessing your file.
Fans of the Nittany Lions can keep track of the team's ranking with this one-of-a-kind bobblehead!
Little Italy Days are taking over Bloomfield, but we've got plenty more for you to do this weekend!
The Butler County native has been in Russian prison since 2021.
A local sniper likely saved lives at former President Donald Trump's rally in Butler Township last month when his single shot hit the gunman.
A Pennsylvania congressman who was on the ground in Butler Township for three days submitted his preliminary report to the U.S. House task force investigating the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump.
Trump has not appeared at an outdoor rally since mid-July, when a gunman took several shots, grazing his ear.
President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris appeared together to announce lower costs on 10 prescription drugs for Medicare recipients.
New requirements from the FDA could impact your medicine cabinet, your shower routine and even your skin.
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New requirements from the FDA could impact your medicine cabinet, your shower routine and even your skin. KDKA-TV's Meghan Schiller has more.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
Financial expert, YouTuber and author Rachel Cruze has some tips for making a budget before going back to school shopping. She says it can really help to eliminate overspending.
Pittsburgh Today Live's Heather Abraham and David Highfield talk about all the latest goings on and preview what's to come on today's show.
PTL's Daisy Jade visit with former Pittsburgh Pirates closer Jason Grilli to find out more about his 50 Finest nomination and the Grillipalooza event to help a young girl living with cystic fibrosis.
Kidsburgh Ambassador Yu-Ling Behr is back with a look at some of the best family-friendly events and fun in and around Pittsburgh this August.
Pittsburgh Magazine's Sean Collier has a look at what's going on around town this weekend.
For our final Pittsburgh Restaurant Week feature, we've got Mount Washington's Steel Mill Saloon in the kitchen showing off their wide range of menu items!
New requirements from the FDA could impact your medicine cabinet, your shower routine and even your skin.
A viral TikTok recipe that includes melting Jolly Ranchers landed a 9-year-old in the hospital with severe burns.
Smoke and vape shops seem to be popping up everywhere you look these days, and not everyone is happy about that.
Is the Gainey administration fulfilling its promise to create new affordable housing in Pittsburgh?
Gov. Josh Shapiro signed legislation aimed at saving pharmacies from going out of business.
Parents and other caregivers urged to stop using loungers linked to 5 fatalities and an infant bed tied to 1 death.
The creeks around East Palestine, Ohio, were so badly contaminated by last year's disastrous Norfolk Southern derailment that some workers became sick during the cleanup.
Hundreds of thousands of the tiny wind-soaring and itch-inducing critters can fall from trees every day and are packed with a venom that can paralyze prey 166,000 times their size.
Florida cucumber grower used untreated canal water found to be tainted with salmonella bacteria, laboratory tests found.
Trader Joe's reports 14 incidents of high flames, a handful resulting in minor burns and limited property damage.
Fans of the Nittany Lions can keep track of the team's ranking with this one-of-a-kind bobblehead!
It's going to be a packed weekend on the North Shore, here's what fans need to know.
The Paralympic games start soon in Paris, and one of the athletes representing the U.S. is from Bethel Park.
The "Frozen Confines: Big Ten Hockey Series" will feature a pair of doubleheaders on Jan. 3 and 4.
The Steelers and Bills are holding a joint practice this afternoon at Acrisure Stadium.
Some Rue21 stores, including two in the Pittsburgh area, are reopening under new ownership.
The Steelers' annual training camp in Latrobe has had a big economic impact these last few weeks.
Videoboards are being added to the stadium among other improvement projects.
"We have to make sure our downtown is spruced up and ready to welcome all these visitors."
A Pittsburgh-area Big Lots is one of nearly 300 that will be closing.
Gena Rowlands, hailed as one of the greatest actors to ever practice the craft, died at 94 on Wednesday, her representatives confirmed.
Kaley Bastine got quite the surprise of her own during the event aimed at raising money for the department.
Steel City Con is taking over the Monroeville Convention Center this weekend.
The shows were called off after the Austrian government uncovered what it called an ISIS-inspired terror plot aimed at the concerts.
Gardell will be at Kennywood on Sunday to kick off the Fall Fantasy Parades at Kennywood.
Stay on top of local weather with meteorologist Mary Ours’s forecast!
This morning a dump truck hit a railroad trestle in Beechview, now making a traffic headache worse. KDKA's Lauren Linder has the latest.
Pittsburgh Today Live's Heather Abraham and David Highfield talk about all the latest goings on and preview what's to come on today's show.
Little Italy Days are taking over Bloomfield this weekend but that's not all Pittsburgh has to offer!
The National Labor Relations Board filed an injunction against the paper, saying it violated striking workers' rights.
The northern lights and the Perseid meteor shower were spotted in the Pittsburgh area on Monday.
The driver of a truck smashed into an overpass on Route 40 in Washington County on July 31, 2024.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have reported to Saint Vincent College in Latrobe for another summer of training camp action.
KDKA-TV had a busy day on Friday at Picklesburgh in Downtown Pittsburgh.
Cranberry Township police asked all residents to shelter in place and lock their doors while they searched for a "suspicious person."