PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - Scammers exploit people's emotions and passions, sometimes using their love of a team or a star player to extract a victim's money. Now, two die-hard Steelers fans threw up a penalty flag when internet fraudsters impersonated TJ Watt to try to get their hard-earned cash.

Pittsburgh Public Schools announced it will move to remote learning Wednesday as the brutal cold continues across our area.

Classes for Pittsburgh Public Schools students will be remote on Tuesday due to the forecasted extreme cold, district officials say.

Over 50 years ago, in a historically Black neighborhood in Pittsburgh, a little-known group of trailblazers changed emergency medicine forever.

Zoey Deligianis has never taken a shortcut to be the accomplished basketball player she is today. So with legendary status on the line on Jan. 29 in Conneaut, Madison’s senior guard

Frontier Airlines’ second attempt at acquiring rival Spirit Airlines could impact not only one but two western Pennsylvania airports although the bankrupt air carrier said it preferred to emerge from bankruptcy protection as a standalone carrier.

Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey is close to nominating the city’s acting police chief, a 30-year veteran officer, to lead the police bureau on a permanent basis, City Council President R. Daniel Lavelle said Wednesday.

All three of the Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks from the 2024 season are set to be unrestricted free agents. Russell Wilson, Justin Fields and Kyle Allen all came to the Steelers on one-year contracts last season and so Pittsburgh will have some contract decisions to make.

T hroughout February, numerous Pittsburgh-area organizations will celebrate Black History Month with commemorative events and programming. Here is a sampling of what’s happening:

Pittsburgh Pirates right-hander Johan Oviedo lost the first salary arbitration result of the year and will earn $850,000 in 2025, MLB.com reported Wednesday.

South Side restaurant Bonfire Food & Drink will close its doors on Feb. 15 after the restaurant decided to not renew its lease for the 2100 E Carson St location after operating in the space for over six years.

Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to cap a two-point game as the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a 3-2 victory over the Utah Hockey Club on Wednesday in Salt Lake City.