A Pittsburgh councilmember has proposed a partial hiring and spending freeze for the city to help avoid a tax hike. The proposed plan to partially freeze hiring and spending comes from councilmember Theresa Kail-Smith. No formal legislation has been introduced yet, but she'd like to put in partial hiring and spending freezes for the city.

Aaron Rodgers and the Pittsburgh Steelers can take firm control of the AFC North with a victory at the Cincinnati Bengals on Thursday night.

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Two of the African elephants at the Pittsburgh Zoo are on the move. The zoo says female elephants Victoria and Zuri will be moving to the International Conservation Center in Somerset. The zoo says the move is to help "ensure appropriate companionship" for elephants at both facilities and allow the herd to grow.

On both sides of the ball, Pittsburgh (4-2, 1-0) played with an edge that powered its 22nd consecutive regular-season home win over Cleveland. The victory also kept the Steelers atop the AFC North ahead of the Bengals, Ravens and Browns. Conversely, the loss dropped Cleveland to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in AFC North play.

The Browns went to Pittsburgh in Week 6 looking to beat the Steelers in an AFC North game. Here's what we liked and didn't like from the game.

A man is dead after a crash involving a motorcycle and a car on I-279 late Tuesday night. Pennsylvania State Police said the crash happened just before midnight in the southbound lanes at mile marker 2.8 in the city of Pittsburgh.

Here we will look at and discuss the Florida State Seminoles most to blame for crippling their loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers.

The Panthers ultimately finished the season 17-15 and 8-12 in conference play, which landed them in a tie for ninth place. Pitt ultimately was eliminated in the ACC Tournament by Notre Dame, 55-54, and weren't invited to the NCAA Tournament, and declined an invitation to the NIT.