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For many, March 20, the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, is essentially Christmas morning.
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For many, March 20, the beginning of the NCAA Tournament, is essentially Christmas morning.
Fans gathered at the UPMC Events Center to send the team off to Cleveland ahead of their first-round matchup against Alabama.
Amarr Knox's layup with a second left lifted Alabama State to its first NCAA Tournament win, 70-68 over Saint Francis (PA) in a matchup of No. 16 seeds at the First Four.
After being the first team left out of the tournament, West Virginia's governor and attorney general announced an investigation.
The winner of the game will be a No. 16 seed and face Auburn.
UCLA is the top overall seed in the women's NCAA March Madness tournament.
Auburn is the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, with Duke, Houston and Florida joining the Tigers on the No. 1 line in the March Madness bracket.
The Colonials were greeted by the band and fans after coming home from a Horizon League Championship.
The school's basketball team punched its ticket to the NCAA Tournament on Tuesday night.
For the first time in 10 years, RMU is heading to the NCAA Tournament.
The Colonials will take on the Youngstown State Penguins in the final of the Horizon League with a chance to earn a berth to the big dance.
The Colonials are one game away from earning a spot in the NCAA Tournament.
Cameron Corhen and Brandin Cummings each scored 16 points as Pitt snapped a four-game losing streak.
Robert Morris erased an early 10-point deficit and came back to win the game with relative ease.
With home court advantage, the team is asking fans to pack the UPMC Events Center to help spark what they hope is a long postseason run.
Pitt has one game remaining left on their regular season schedule.
McConnell, a senior, is leading all of NCAA Division I players with 115 steals and has had five or more steals in a game on 11 different occasions this season.
The Colonials are on a six-game winning streak and have just one game remaining until the tournament.
Pitt has three regular season games remaining.
JT Toppin scored 22 points, freshman Christian Anderson had a season-high 21 points with five 3-pointers in his first career start and ninth-ranked Texas Tech beat West Virginia 73-51.
After a 20 win season Robert Morris University's men's basketball team improves and makes a comeback.
Ishmael Leggett and Zack Austin scored 19 points apiece and Pittsburgh rallied from an 11-point deficit to beat Syracuse 80-69.
Ishmael Leggett had 21 points and 10 rebounds, Cameron Corhen scored 17 and Pittsburgh defeated Miami 74-65 to snap a four-game losing streak.
Freshman Egor Demin scored 16 points to lead BYU to a 73-69 win over West Virginia.
Kario Oquendo scored 17 points, Samet Yigitoglu had 17 points and 10 rebounds and SMU never trailed in an 83-63 victory over Pittsburgh for its fifth straight win.
There are several ways people will be able to provide comment and feedback.
The crash happened around 1:45 a.m. when traffic was temporarily stopped outside the tunnel.
Wind gusts will be around 20 mph at times throughout the day and then diminish overnight.
Archbishop Wood was eyeing the history books, but South Fayette had other things in mind.
Police in Beaver Borough have arrested a contractor they say is responsible for spray-painting swastikas onto the side of a home last week.
There are several ways people will be able to provide comment and feedback.
The crash happened around 1:45 a.m. when traffic was temporarily stopped outside the tunnel.
Wind gusts will be around 20 mph at times throughout the day and then diminish overnight.
The annual KDKA Fish Fry Guide is back for Lent! Check our listings for a 2025 fish fry near you in Pittsburgh.
Archbishop Wood was eyeing the history books, but South Fayette had other things in mind.
The nonprofit institute's mission is to promote conflict resolution and the prevention of conflicts globally.
For the first time in the lead-up to the election, all four mayoral candidates sat down to discuss their plans for the city.
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy will cut 3,500 jobs from the Food and Drug Administration and 2,400 from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
President Trump on Wednesday said he is imposing a 25% tariff on automobiles not manufactured in the U.S.
The Supreme Court was considering a challenge to a 2022 regulation that sought to regulate ghost guns.
On April 3, new tariffs will hit cars coming into the U.S. from other countries.
At least 19 accounts were impacted after an 18-year-old man hacked into them in order to steal gas.
Now is the time for cleaning and getting things in order, and that includes your credit card and other debts.
In Pittsburgh's Hill District, the Family Dollar is the only place for people to get certain necessities.
As the Pirates begin their season today, next week they'll be back on the North Shore, and Home Opener ticket prices are going up.
That's a wrap for this week on PTL!
Ron joined us for some quick helpful tips on how make sure your phone is working and as clean as possible.
We got to meet Melissa from Dance Moms on the show today. She's trading in the dance floor for the soccer field, well, sort of.
Daisy stopped by Phipps Conservatory to check out their new exhibit, Tropical Forest Panama!
Chef Jon Lloyd was here to show us how to elevate your backyard BBQ with grilled lamb chops, homemade mint chimichurri and truffle-infused mashed potatoes.
Electronic card skimmers are a perfect match for color, texture and size and they only take seconds to snap into place.
Not everyone getting checks from Pennsylvania's rental rebate program is seeing the money, KDKA Investigates uncovered.
A Caliber Collision auto body shop is being built in Murrysville, but for one couple, it's right in their backyard.
An entire section of a home in Pittsburgh's Knoxville neighborhood has folded, bricks collapsing into the yard next door.
Gecko Robotics is one of the hottest tech companies around and it was founded here in Pittsburgh, but with a stagnant economy, it's only one of a few.
The Bucks County Health Department has identified a measles case in a vaccinated adult who recently traveled to Texas.
Childhood vaccinations have not recovered from the slump that happened after the pandemic, according to new research.
Microplastics are everywhere. While it can seem overwhelming to avoid them, Dr. Natalie Gentile was here to help simplify the process with some easy-to-follow steps.
A Michigan resident died of rabies after an organ transplant in Ohio, health officials say.
There are confirmed cases of measles on the western side of Pennsylvania in Erie County.
Archbishop Wood was eyeing the history books, but South Fayette had other things in mind.
Some people might be anxiously waiting for Aaron Rodgers to make up his mind about whether he's going to play this upcoming season.
Min Woo Lee is finally a winner on the PGA Tour and it he had to sweat it out at the Houston Open.
Sidney Crosby scored a power-play goal in overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Ottawa Senators 1-0 on Sunday.
Thanks to the Steelers, six high schools and seven colleges met for a first-of-its-kind kickoff to the Girls Flag Football season.
Norfolk Southern wants two other companies to help pay for the $600 million class-action settlement it agreed to over its disastrous 2023 train derailment near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border and the toxic chemicals that were released and burned.
A Pittsburgh pizzeria is bringing home the title of World's Best Cheese Slice.
On April 3, new tariffs will hit cars coming into the U.S. from other countries.
In Pittsburgh's Hill District, the Family Dollar is the only place for people to get certain necessities.
In a little over a year, the NFL Draft will call the Steel City home, and plans are well underway for how it will look.
The new BNY Fab Lab opened to the public on March 29.
The actor died Saturday, March 29, in Waimanalo, Hawai'i of complications following a stroke. He was two days shy of his 91st birthday.
The tour coincides with the band's fifth and newest studio album.
The exhibit is back for its second year at the museum.
Pop-punk legends blink-182, Jimmy Eat World, and AFI are among the headliners for the 2025 Four Chord Music Festival.
The crash happened in the inbound lanes of the highway just outside of the Squirrel Hill Tunnel.
The motto for search and rescue nationally is "so that others may live."
Get the latest weather forecast from KDKA First Alert Meteorologist Mary Ours!
The public comment period opens on Monday at 8 a.m. and there a number of ways people can give feedback to what PRT is proposing.
Lorenzo Altobelli wanted to help families like Joey's using his shop, LA Fades.
The crash happened early Friday morning along Park Way.
The annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show kicked off on Friday, March 7, 2025, at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center. As is tradition, Pittsburgh Today Live kicked off the show with a live episode!
A school bus slammed into a tree in Butler County on Thursday morning, sending the driver and two students to the hospital.
KDKA-TV is sad to report that retired host and weather forecaster Jon Burnett died of complications from suspected CTE. He leaves behind an incredible legacy.
A fast-moving clipper system is proving Punxsutawney Phil correct this Sunday late afternoon/early evening with some freezing rain/drizzle and light wet snow making roads north of Route 422 and the Pennsylvania Turnpike slippery.
