Good morning, Pittsburgh.

Instagram ads led locals to Zoom casting calls that purported to recruit extras for The Pitt and, according to participants and KDKA, asked for credit card payments; Movie Casting PGH warns background actors should never pay and urges people to verify offers with the show's official casting office or local film offices.

The Pitt filmed season three exterior scenes on Monday at Allegheny General Hospital, including the LifeFlight helipad and main entryways; interior scenes will be shot later at a Warner Bros. studio in California that replicates AGH.

Donnie Iris (nicknamed King Cool), the Ellwood City–born rock singer behind “Ah!

Leah,” died Monday at 83 after a battle with cancer; he had announced his retirement following his final show on Sept. 28 at Citizens Live at the Wylie, saying he’d had chemotherapy that morning.

The Pennsylvania Department of Education awarded nearly $250,000 to 26 libraries to expand services and programming, including grants to libraries in Allegheny, Butler, and Westmoreland counties for projects such as literacy bags, StoryWalks, digital-literacy training, and a five-year reading initiative.

Cornell High School coach Ed Dawson died Friday night of an apparent heart attack during a game at Rochester; funeral arrangements are pending, and the district will decide whether the team will play on Friday with a decision expected today.

The Steelers beat New Orleans 16-10 in Paris on Sunday and improved to (5-2), but Aaron Rodgers said the team isn't playing its best while coach Mike McCarthy praised the running game; Pittsburgh will host Cleveland next.

Pitt women's basketball will open ACC play on Dec.

13 at Georgia Tech after a major offseason turnover that brought new coach Robin Harmony and nearly a full roster rebuild including transfers Taylor and Taryn Barbot and Alancia Ramsey; preseason polls peg the Panthers 17th in the ACC, but Harmony says depth could lift them higher.