With 36 days until Christmas, three western Pennsylvania theme parks are already ready for the summer fun to begin, ...

Kennywood Park, Sandcastle Water Park, and Idlewild & SoakZone have announced their opening days for the 2026 season.

Here are some of the latest news items from this morning, Thursday, May 25: Sandcastle to open with new slides, pools Sandcastle, Pittsburgh’s big water park, is set to open for the season on Saturday ...

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A body was found in the river near Sandcastle waterpark on Thursday afternoon. Pittsburgh Public Safety said first responders were called to the shoreline near Sandcastle for ...

Patrick Damp is a web producer for CBS Pittsburgh. A Pittsburgh native who grew up watching KDKA-TV, Patrick studied journalism at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. After half a decade in sports ...