The Latest Breaking News from Pittsburgh

PITTSBURGH — A Penn Hills couple hurt in the Fern Hollow Bridge collapse said this week they intend to sue PennDOT, the city of Pittsburgh and the Port Authority of Allegheny County for their injuries.

PITTSBURGH — At first, Simone Joy Jones aspired to be Beyonce. But after seeing Leslie Odom Jr. and Renee Elise Goldsberry in "Hamilton," she found a new career goal and a path to get there.

As president of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum in Kansas City, Mo., Bob Kendrick is plenty familiar with the players who starred for the Grays and Crawfords and made Pittsburgh an integral part of Black baseball, names like Josh Gibson, Oscar Charleston, Satchel Paige, Cool Papa Bell or Buck Leonard…

PITTSBURGH — All hail Mickey Mouse. According to AAA, the No. 1 destination for Pittsburgh travelers remains Orlando, Florida, the home of Walt Disney World.

Shirley Cuban, the mother of Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, has died

PITTSBURGH — When Patrick Wilson attended Carnegie Mellon University in the early 1990s, he remembered hearing Holly Hunter and other famous alumni speak on campus and thinking about how long it would take to have a career like that.

PITTSBURGH — Steelers president Art Rooney II said the NFL has not seen enough advancement with hiring minority head coaches, but he defended how advancements and new policies implemented in the Rooney Rule have impacted front-office positions in the league.

PITTSBURGH — Kedon Slovis entered the transfer portal on Dec. 13 and signed with Pitt on Dec. 21. But really, Slovis was in the portal for only five days. That’s all it took for the USC quarterback to leave the Trojans and move 2,000 miles away.

PITTSBURGH — A national study released Wednesday confirms Pennsylvania is among the leaders in bridges rated in poor condition across the country, but it is hardly alone.