Trisha Pittman
Trisha Pittman is the traffic anchor for Channel 11 Morning News from 5 to 7 a.m.
Trisha arrived at Channel 11 in October 2002. A native from the Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, Trisha graduated from Bloomsburg University with a Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications, with a concentration in broadcast journalism. Trisha’s first job was with WAEB & WZZO Radio in Allentown, Pa. She then worked in television and radio at KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh. Trisha and her husband have a wonderful son, two dogs and a cat.
Trisha has received two AIR Awards for “Best Traffic Reporter”. She feels very lucky to live and work in Western Pennsylvania. “I met my husband here, adopted my pets here, found a great job here, and my son was born here. I also found a city that takes your breath away when you come through the Fort Pitt Tunnels,” Trisha says. “Plus, I get to raise my child here and teach him what it means to be from a place that people always come back to. It just doesn’t get any better than that.”
Latest from Trisha Pittman
Snow Tire Rules In Effect For Pa. Drivers
When it comes to winter driving many people have questions about what is and is not allowed on the roadways.It may be a "tired" old question, but here are the rules in case you forgot. According to Penn DOT, chains on tires are no longer allowed in the state of ...
Consumer Group Says Some Products Don’t Live Up To Package Claims
The Center for Science in the Public (CSPI) Interest published a list of what it calls "8 Food Frauds".The group said, "Food marketers are seemingly stopping at nothing to convince consumers that fairly ordinary products like waffles, green tea and jam hold the secret to better health. These claims are ...
Changes In Transplant Policy Getting Livers To Patients Faster
Until five years ago patients needing liver transplants were put on a list and whoever was on the list the longest would get the first available organ.Five years ago that policy changed.Instead, the most critically ill patients went to the top of the organ transplant list.A new study just published ...
5 Factor Diet Helps Hollywood Stars Drop Pounds Fast
Star workouts are always in style since so many people want to look like a superstar.One diet has really caught on in Hollywood and now it's spreading to the streets of Pittsburgh.Why? Because as reporter Trisha Pittman found out, lots of young women want to be Jessica Simpson.Five meals a ...
Dog Used To Sniff Out Dangerous Mold In Homes
Dogs are used to sniff out bombs, explosives and drugs, so why not mold?That is exactly what one local dog is trained to do.Two-year-old Kody works for Susan Weiss, owner of K-9 Mold Service in Pittsburgh.Weiss brings Kody into a home and lets the dog sniff around. “When she finds ...
Study Finds Most Sunscreens Not Up To The Job
#tau, .AssocContent {display:none} A new report says many sunscreens just don't work as well as consumers think, and some don't do what they advertise.With hundreds of sunscreens on the market, choosing one can often be overwhelming.When we do pick one, we expect it to protect us from the sun’s harmful ...
Croc Shoes, Look-A-Likes Pose Danger On Escalators
The shoes are big, and colorful and very popular, but Crocs and similar shoes may have a hidden danger.Crocs was the first to make the light and flexible shoe. Now many companies sell similar shoes, but they all have the same potential problem when it comes to escalators.There have been ...
Twins Drop Identical Amount Of Weight After Surgery
Gastric bypass surgery has become a popular way to lose weight, but the success rate for losing the weight and keeping it off is only about 10 percent.Louise and Linda are twin 47-year-old sisters from Erie. They once weighed 320 pounds each.Now they weigh that much combined.The women were overweight ...
6-6-06: Day Of Devil Or Bunch Of Bunk?
June -- it started like any other month. But, Tuesday’s date, 6-6-06 sets it apart.In fact, some say it could mean doomsday. But does the date really have evil significance or is it just another day?There are many ways of looking at it -- religious, superstitious, paranoid or oblivious Tuesdays ...
Heavy Rains Continue To Cause Landslides
Since the beginning of January, the Pittsburgh area has seen almost twice the amount of rain fall that is typical for this time of the year. And Meteorologist Steve Teeling predicts more of the same for the rest of the winter.Over saturation of the ground has lead to mud, rock ...
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