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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 13, 2014

Steelers' QB Announces Nine Pittsburgh Area K-9 Grants

The Ben Roethlisberger Foundation at The Giving Back Fund will be distributing nine grants totaling $77,000 to police departments in the Pittsburgh, Pa., area where the Steelers play their home games.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 11, 2014

Steeler QB's Foundation to Replace Slain Pittsburgh K-9

Pittsburgh Steelers’ Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger has announced that the Ben Roethlisberger Foundation (BRF) and The Giving Back Fund will be making a contribution to the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police in honor of K-9 Rocco who was recently stabbed and killed in the line of duty.

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Newsby Staff WriterFebruary 6, 2014

High Bond Set in Pittsburgh Police Dog Killing

The district judge who set a $1 million bond for the man accused of killing a Pittsburgh police dog last week said that he set the amount that high -- at least in part -- because he considers the victim, Rocco, a German shepherd, to be a police officer.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2014

Updated: Stabbed Pittsburgh K-9 Succumbs to Wounds

The dog was injured Tuesday night while helping Pittsburgh police capture a fugitive, 21-year-old John Rush of Stowe, who police said was found lurking in the basement of a building in the 3700 block of Butler Street in Lawrenceville.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 23, 2014

N.C. Deputy Wounded, K-9 Killed in Standoff

A 19-year-old Davie County, N.C., man was arrested Wednesday night after he was accused of shooting a deputy and a police dog during a standoff before surrendering to authorities.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 21, 2014

Texas K-9 Handler Critically Injured in Crash

Deputy Jason Denham, a 10-year veteran of the sheriff's office, was flown by LifeFlight medical helicopter to Memorial Hermann-The Texas Medical Center, officials said.

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Newsby Staff WriterJanuary 9, 2014

S.C. Man Gets 35 Years for Killing Police Dog

Deputies say McCreary was involved in an armed robbery in mid-December of 2011. He allegedly ran from deputies and in the process fired at them multiple times, hitting K-9 Fargo who later died.

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 19, 2013

Michigan Sheriff's K-9 Killed in Storm

Luger, a K-9 with the Ingham County (Mich.) Sheriff's Department, was hit by a car and killed Sunday after escaping his kennel damaged in a storm

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Newsby Staff WriterNovember 4, 2013

Man Charged with DUI in Death of Illinois Officer, K-9

Jason C. Collins of West Columbia was charged Friday with one count of reckless homicide, two counts of aggravated driving under the influence, and two counts of DUI related to the death of Officer Casey Kohlmeier, 29, and his K-9 partner, Draco.

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Newsby Staff WriterOctober 31, 2013

Illinois Officer, K-9 Killed in Traffic Accident

Pontiac (Ill.) Police Officer Casey Kohlmeier was killed when his squad car crashed on I-55. K-9, Draco, also died in the crash.

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