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Penguins host 2 children through Make-A-Wish Foundation
The Pittsburgh Penguins “signed” two children to one-day contracts at the team’s facility in Cranberry on Monday Jayden Flick and Kent Kennedy were hosted by the team through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. A press conference was staged in which president of hockey operations Kyle Dubas signed contracts with Flick and Kennedy....
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ films in Millvale
Millvale residents saw an increase in police activity on Monday, but not because of crime. According to a Facebook post from the Millvale Police Department, the television show “Mayor of Kingstown” is filming in the area. Police cars with “Kingstown Police” written on the side could be seen parked in...
Taylor Swift chugs beer, cuddles Blake Lively and gets mobbed as Chiefs beat 49ers in Super Bowl
LAS VEGAS — With t he run she’s having, how could Taylor Swift be on anything other than the winning side? Swift was smothered by her celebrity suite-mates at Allegiant Stadium when her significant other Travis Kelce’s Kansas City Chiefs c linched an overtime win over the San Francisco 49ers....
TV Talk: Best/worst Super Bowl ads; Pittsburgh native Jeff Goldblum appears in 3
Advertisers largely avoided weird, non-sequitur ads in favor of celebrity-starring commercials during Super Bowl LVIII. And often the spots didn’t feature just one star — additional bold-name folks made cameos. Pittsburgh native Jeff Goldblum not only starred in an Apartments.com ad but he also had a cameo in a Homes.com...
TV Talk: WPXI-TV back on DirecTV; Jon Burnett and CTE
A little more than a week after Cox Media Group stations, including Pittsburgh’s WPXI-TV, went dark on DirecTV, the two companies reached a deal. Channel 11 is now back on DirecTV. The retransmission dispute began on Feb. 3 and was resolved just in time for Cox-owned CBS stations in other...
Poet Terrance Hayes reads at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh in celebration of Black History Month
The light beamed down on Terrance Hayes on Saturday afternoon as he stood center stage in the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh’s lecture hall. The award-winning poet and South Carolina native read several poems from his selections “So to Speak,” “American Sonnet for My Past and Future Assassin” and others, as...
Iconic Three Rivers Stadium implosion anniversary falls on Super Bowl SundayVideo
It was a beautiful day for the end of a sporting era on this day 23 years ago in Pittsburgh. Three Rivers Stadium was imploded under cold temps and sunny blue skies on Feb. 11, 2001 to make way for two newer sporting venues — PNC Park and Heinz Field...
This small New York village made guns for 200 years. What happens when Remington leaves?
ILION, N.Y. — Remington began here two centuries ago and generations of workers have turned out rifles and shotguns at the massive firearms factory in the middle of this blue-collar village in the heart of New York’s Mohawk Valley. Now residents of Ilion are bracing for Remington’s exit, ending an...
TV Talk at TCA: ‘Percy Jackson’ and its Pa. teen star plot 2nd season; ‘Ghosts’ returnsVideo
PASADENA, Calif. – Last week, Disney+ renewed “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” for a second season that will be based on the novel “Sea of Monsters” and on Saturday, the show’s three young lead actors described how their lives have changed since the show’s premiere. “Mostly it’s been with my...
Allegheny Valley Hospital art exhibit showcases tales behind the scrubs
In her nearly 40 years of nursing at Allegheny Valley Hospital in Harrison, Becky Podobnik says her scrubs have seen it all. “I’ve watched people recover, and I’ve watched people die,” she said. “I’ve comforted families, and I’ve sat with that person who is scared in the middle of the...
Audubon Society wants eyes to the skies for annual Great Backyard Bird Count
In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the Audubon Society held its annual Christmas Bird Count. This month, they’ll ask avid avian watchers to cast their eyes to the skies once again for the annual Great Backyard Bird Count from Feb. 16-19. In Monroeville, the local library will host a...
Soup was the star at annual American Legion ladies auxiliary fundraiser benefiting veterans in Brackenridge
Just call him ham man. Jodie Deiseroth of Harrison has a special cooking technique with ham, so he decided to try his luck at the annual Soup Cook-Off sponsored Saturday by Brackenridge American Legion Auxiliary. “It’s ginger ale,” Deiseroth whispered when asked which secret ingredient makes his soup so special....
Too warm: Plants, insects, people likely to pay the price for warm winters
The active milkweed bug Chris Kubiak found this week is not a good sign. The harmless-to-humans bug was out and about at Beechwood Farms Nature Preserve in Fox Chapel, where Kubiak is director of education. It, like most other insects native to the region, should be inactive, waiting out winter...
From doinks to SpongeBob, technology to play a huge role in the CBS presentation of Super Bowl
Inspiration sometimes happens, or in this case, drinks, at the most opportune times. CBS Sports’ Jason Cohen and Mike Francis had end zone seats during last year’s Super Bowl when Kansas City kicker Harrison Butker had a 42-yard field goal attempt that caromed off the left upright. Cohen, the division’s...
McKee Elementary counts Taylor Swift among its valentines, but it still needs one from Rhode Island
The mysterious package arrived at McKee Elementary School in Jeannette on Wednesday. The return address was Nashville. It contained a 7-foot-tall cardboard cutout of musician Taylor Swift. A Hallmark card inside was addressed to a student with the same first name. One more thing — a red scrawl in the...
Justin Timberlake extends Forget Tomorrow tour, including Pittsburgh concertVideo
Justin Timberlake added 15 more concerts to his Forget Tomorrow tour, including a Pittsburgh date. The “My Love” and “SexyBack” singer will visit PPG Paints Arena on Dec. 14. For his first tour in five years, he will be out in support of his upcoming album, “Everything I Thought It...
Squirrel Hill house in Murdoch Farms on the market for $1,399,000
Located in Squirrel Hill in the area of Murdoch Farms, once a nursery and dairy farm, a home that bas been in the same family since 1948 is on the market for $1,399,000. A two-story colonial, the residence has a 1201 Bennington Ave. address, but the entrance is on Fair...
Trib Lunch Box: Potholes, retirement, Monster Jam, Valentine’s Day
Here are some noon headlines from TribLive, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024: Potholes at Pittsburgh Mills are mall owners’ responsibility Drivers, watch out if you venture up to the Mills mall in Frazer. It’s a familiar concern, according to Frazer Supervisor Lori Ziencik. “We get constant complaints,” Ziencik said. “Calls come...
TV Talk: W.Pa. pups compete in ‘Puppy Bowl XX;’ area native hosts ‘Rescue Bowl’Video
Super Bowl Sunday has gone to the dogs — this time to some dogs with local ties. The annual pet-centric tradition of “Great American Rescue Bowl” (noon-2 p.m. today, Great American Family), hosted by Fox Chapel native Beth Ostrosky Stern, and “Puppy Bowl” (2 p.m. today, Animal Planet, Discovery, TBS,...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: Feb. 9-11
It’s the weekend. Here are some ways to spend it. Monster Jam The Monster Truck show rolls into PPG Paints Arena this weekend. Shows are at 7 p.m. Friday, 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. on Sunday. More than 100 truckloads of dirt were dumped onto the...
TV Talk at TCA: More ‘Dead’ on ABC, AMCVideo
PASADENA, Calif. – The dead live with the return of comedy “Not Dead Yet” on ABC and “The Walking Dead” franchise expanding yet again on AMC. ‘The Walking Dead’ It’s easy to be cynical and suggest AMC has gone to its undead well one, two or three too many times...
Higher chocolate prices unlikely to deter Valentine’s Day buyers
As Joe Dastolfo was buying a box of chocolates for his wife’s Valentine’s Day gift, he didn’t consider the price. The Hempfield resident was shopping this week at McFeely’s Gourmet Chocolate in downtown Greensburg. “I don’t care about the price,” he said. For those who do care, the wholesale price...
Usher says it’s been a challenge to squeeze 30-year career into 13-minute Super Bowl halftime showVideo
LAS VEGAS — Usher found fitting a successful three decades of music into a super-short Super Bowl halftime show a challenge, but the multiple Grammy winner decided to concentrate on past hits, moments from his popular Las Vegas residency and possibly draw from his new album. “I was very mindful...
EPA grant sends 75 electric school buses to Pittsburgh, Southwestern Pa.
Getting to school for thousands of students in Southwestern Pennsylvania is getting a bit quieter and a lot cleaner. Three school districts in Southwestern Pennsylvania will receive 75 new electric school buses thanks to funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Pittsburgh Public Schools, the largest district in the region,...
‘A completely different world’: Virtual reality arcade opens in Westmoreland Mall
When Dan Roble first put on a virtual reality headset in 2016, his reaction was not what he had hoped. “It made me sick (after) the first 15 minutes or so,” said Roble, 35, of Latrobe. But the technology has improved significantly over the past eight years to prevent users...
