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TV Talk: New weather, sports personnel arrive at KDKA-TVVideo
New, young faces on local newscasts are common on Pittsburgh TV these days, but it’s unusual to have back-to-back arrivals in weather and sports — as viewers have seen in recent weeks at KDKA-TV with the debuts of meteorologist Trey Fulbright and sports anchor/reporter Cassidy Wood. Trey Fulbright Fulbright, 24,...
Quantum Theatre’s ‘A Moon for the Misbegotten’ glows bright on outdoor stage
After driving through the peaceful Longue Vue Club in Verona and parking, audience members made their way to an array of chairs on risers in a clearing. Before them, with a copse of trees whispering in the breeze behind it, sat the cross-section of a simple shanty. Ushered into silence...
Review: Slipknot brings Here Comes the Pain 25th anniversary tour to PittsburghVideo
When bands launch album anniversary tours, they generally play that album and sprinkle in the rest of their hits throughout the set or save them for the encore. Not so for Slipknot, who brought their Here Comes the Pain 25th anniversary tour to the Pavilion at Star Lake in Burgettstown...
Bushy Run continues clearing damage from June tornado, receives financial support from community
The sounds of cannons and rifle fire that were supposed to ring through the air at Penn Township’s Bushy Run Battlefield this weekend were replaced with the whirring of chain saws. Six weeks after a tornado whipped through the state historical site, Bushy Run is still picking up the pieces...
Organizers cancel Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna over fears of an attack
VIENNA — Organizers of three Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna this week called them off on Wednesday after officials announced arrests over an apparent plot to launch an attack on an event in the Vienna area such as the concerts. Swift was scheduled to play at the Austrian capital’s Ernst...
Podcast: Looking back at the Rustic Ridge explosion
In August 2023, the Rustic Ridge neighborhood in Plum, was rocked by a catastrophic explosion that killed six people and caused extensive damage. TribLive reporters and the Plum community have been searching for information to explain the cause of the explosion for the past year. Listen as host Zac Gibson...
TV Q&A: Do anchors go home between 6 and 11 p.m. newscasts?
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen answers reader questions every Wednesday at TribLive.com in a column that also appears in the Sunday Tribune-Review. Q: I’ve noticed that most/all of the 6 p.m. news anchors will also be on their respective 11 p.m. broadcasts for the local news. Do those...
Sewickley cancels ‘Night Out’ event, Blawnox reschedules
Sewickley Police Department’s inaugural attempt to join a national effort supporting community engagement and police partnerships has been canceled. The borough’s National Night Out was set for Tuesday night along Nevin Avenue. Officers hoped to mingle with families and provide safety information and pass out plastic badges, stickers and sunglasses...
Mere-Exposure Effect shooting video, hosting fundraiser for PAAR
This Sunday, local band Mere-Exposure Effect will be offering the public an opportunity to appear in a music video — and raising money for a good cause. The group will be shooting scenes for a video to support their powerful song “Survive” at Linden Grove Nightclub and Restaurant in Castle...
Steelers featured in Bud Light commercial, limited-edition canVideo
The Pittsburgh Steelers are at training camp, meaning football season is upon us. Another sign? The commercials. In the new ‘Easy to Sunday’ commercial for the 2024 NFL season, the opening scene features a Steelers fan steaming his jersey and strutting through his house decked in Steelers’ gear before the...
Who has the best pizza in Bloomfield? Find out at Little Italy Days
Who has the best pizza between three shops along Liberty Avenue in Bloomfield? It will be determined at Little Italy Days, running Aug. 15-18. The annual festival features four days of food, games, crafts and live entertainment with more than 30 acts on three stages. New this year is a...
Allegheny Valley Hospital exposes students to health care profession during Career Academy
Deer Lakes junior Cori Baughman has known for years she plans to pursue a job in the medical field. A hands-on career academy Monday at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison solidified it. “Since I was a kid, I’ve been interested,” said Baughman, 16. She already is enrolled in the nursing...
Sisters of Charity’s Greensburg harvest sends wheat on journey from field to mill to oven
When the Sisters of Charity of Seton Hill give thanks for their daily bread, they’ll know every step of how it arrived on their plates. On Monday, the local community of 80 nuns harvested the first crop of wheat from the plantings near their Caritas Christi motherhouse in Greensburg. The...
Western Pa. disability consortium spotlights intersection of race and disability
The Western Pennsylvania Disability History and Action Consortium is expanding its advocacy efforts within the disabled community, while also delving into the history of people of color with disabilities, according to project director Cindy Leonard. The ongoing “Intersection of Race and Disability” project highlights the stories of 12 pioneers of...
Los Angeles home of Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson burglarized
Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson have become the latest victims in an uptick of Hollywood home invasions. The couple’s luxury estate was burglarized while they were out of town. According to TMZ, the robbers got access to the home by smashing in the glass to their guest house. However, the...
North Side restaurant to rebrand from 40 North to Alfabeto
The former 40 North restaurant on the North Side will be called Alfabeto when it reopens later this month. The plan is to open by late August as a Northern Italian cuisine restaurant, according to executive chef Maurizio Esposito. An Australian native, Esposito came to Pittsburgh in December and was...
Microplastics are everywhere, but are they harming us?
NEW YORK — Microplastics have been found in the ocean and the air, in our food and water. They have been found in a wide range of body tissues, including the heart, liver, kidneys and even testicles. But are they actually harming you? Evidence suggests they might, but it’s limited...
Singer-songwriter Emma G brings message of empowerment through music to Pittsburgh
New Zealand native Emma G is here to save the world, one song at a time. “Music has been my love language, it’s how I connect with people,” the singer-songwriter said in an interview. “I was born with a relatively rare brain condition called hydrocephalus, and so I had my...
West Leechburg native pens trilogy of books about his international aerospace career
Most jobs don’t result in your car being destroyed by debris from an exploding rocket. But for Daniel Kovalchik, formerly of Allegheny Township, Leechburg and West Leechburg, a workday in 1997 turned tragic at Cape Canaveral, Fla., when the launch of an unmanned Delta II rocket experienced a failure, sending...
TV Talk: What it’s like to attend a taping of CBS’s ‘After Midnight’Video
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — When you sign up to attend the taping of a late-night show, you never know what guests you’ll get. Last month for a taping of CBS’s “After Midnight” (12:35 a.m. weekdays, KDKA-TV),...
Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Summer Fest continues to growVideo
The Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Laurel Region’s third annual Summer Fest drew hundreds of people to Hempfield’s sun-drenched Twin Lakes Park on Sunday. The festival that was born out of the pandemic to replace a flagging fundraising event for the nonprofit now serves as its biggest fundraiser. Gabrielle...
Daycation: Visit the celebrated home of Punxsutawney PhilVideo
It’s not necessary to wait until February to take a rural rodent-themed road trip to Punxsutawney in Jefferson County to see the world’s most famous groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil. Avoid the wave of Groundhog Day’s 35,000-plus tourists that descend upon Punxsutawney every Feb. 2 with an off-season visit to the small-town...
With arms wide open: Pittsburgh welcomes Creed on Summer of ’99 tourVideo
Creed, one of the biggest bands in modern rock, is no stranger to struggles. Despite selling millions and millions of records, the post-grunge band could never seem to win over music critics. Singer Scott Stapp faced mental health issues and battled alcoholism and addiction. The band broke up in 2004,...
Ligonier Township restaurant showcases large-scale collection of Erector models
Build it, and they will come. That’s proven true with a wide-ranging collection of vintage Erector set construction toys and kits on display at Ligonier Township’s Gray Goose restaurant. Trains, blimps and Ferris wheels are just some of the scale model structures built by the late Michael Kent that line...
A Pittsburgh homecoming: Dan + Shay feel the love at Star Lake
Here are some fun facts about Dan Smyers: he’s a born-and-raised native of the Pittsburgh area; he’s a Steelers fan; he still calls Acrisure Stadium by its previous name, Heinz Field; he’s half of a Grammy Award-winning country duo called Dan + Shay; and, according to him, he had the...
