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Hoda Kotb returns to ‘Today’ show after family health issue
NEW YORK — Hoda Kotb returned to NBC’s “Today” show Monday after spending a few weeks tending to her 3-year-old daughter, Hope. “My youngest, Hope, was in the ICU for a few days and in the hospital for a little more than a week,” Hoda said at the top of...
Tap-It Brewery & Grill brings the heat with popular habanero beer
It took Shane and Kari Hissem a couple of tries to get the heat index just right when they started brewing habanero beer at their Tap-It Brewery & Grill, near the Mt. Pleasant Township village of Norvelt. “How much bite depends on how much habanero oil goes in,” Shane Hissem...
Daycation: Bedford offers bounty of history, heritage and hospitality
History and heritage collide for an educational travel destination in rural Bedford County. A daycation to the town of Bedford offers a variety of activities drenched in American history dating to the 1700s. Bedford is positioned near the crossroads of two ancient Native American trading routes and served as a...
Martin’s Specialty Shop to close after 123 years on the Diamond in Ligonier
Ligonier residents are saying goodbye to a store that has dressed generations in upscale casual clothing since 1900. The 123-year-old Martin’s Specialty Shop will be closing its doors permanently this month. Mary Lou Fleming, owner and granddaughter of the shop’s founder, Robert S. Martin, is hosting a retirement sale for...
Greensburg’s headless ‘muffler man’ ready for his makeover
Editor’s note ‘What’s That?’ is a recurring feature in the Tribune-Review’s Westmoreland Plus edition. If there’s something you’d like to see explored here, send an email to gtrcity@triblive.com. The hulking, 20-foot headless male figure who for the last half century has kept watch outside of a Greensburg auto repair shop...
Tom Sizemore, ‘Saving Private Ryan’ actor, dies after brain aneurysm
LOS ANGELES — Actor Tom Sizemore, known for his work in films such as “Saving Private Ryan,” “True Romance” and “Black Hawk Down,” has died at 61 after a brain aneurysm. Sizemore died Friday at a hospital in Burbank, according to his manager, Charles Lago. The actor had been taken...
2nd annual ‘Restaurant Ramble’ features 10 downtown New Kensington eateries
An Allegheny Township man who took over a Lower Burrell pie business will be opening a storefront in New Kensington in time for the city’s second annual “Restaurant Ramble” this month. Jim Rennick, owner of Farm House Fresh, said a mini cheesecake will be his contribution to the small bites...
Historic Hempfield cemetery seeks volunteers, donors to help care for grounds
William McBride stepped on something hard as he walked through Hempfield’s Union Cemetery last week. Using his hands to dig at the turf, he uncovered a long-hidden marker for a Civil War veteran: Henry C. McKenzie, who served with Company K of the 4th West Virginia Infantry Regiment and died...
Glass show at New Kensington Quality Inn draws hundreds for ‘treasure hunt’
Susan Conforti of Green Tree stopped counting her collection of Depression-era wine glasses at 120. As she gleefully perused the offerings Saturday at the 46th annual Depression Glass and Pottery Show at the Quality Inn in New Kensington, her husband tagged along behind and playfully shook his head. “I just...
Who’s benefiting from Russia’s war on Ukraine? Arms dealers and manufacturers
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — There’s always an element of the surreal at arms fairs. You catch it in the chipper tone of salespeople hawking new instruments of destruction; in the euphemisms — “defense” instead of “warfare,” “weapons platforms” rather than “guns” — sprinkled throughout glossy brochures; in the...
Models strut the runway with their canines for the Bark and Swagger Dog Fashion Show
Krystine Gregorich walked the red carpet wearing a dress with a wine colored top and hunter green hued bottom. She had a green bow in her hair. Accompanying her on the runway was her 12-year-old dog, Bella, a poodle bichon frise mix who wore a similar outfit and matching bows....
Franco Harris statue moves to landside terminal at Pittsburgh airport
The life-size figure of Pittsburgh Steelers legend Franco Harris — with the iconic pose of him catching the football just above his shoes for the Immaculate Reception on Dec. 23, 1972 — has a new home at the Pittsburgh International Airport. And the best part: You no longer need to...
Pittsburgh Lenten fish-fry map unites innovation, tradition
By the time the doors open at 4:30 p.m., a boisterous line of 50 hungry people is looping around the gymnasium foyer at Blessed Francis Seelos Academy. Their objective: to occupy tables on the basketball court and, for the parish’s first time since the pandemic descended in 2020, sit down...
5 things to do in Westmoreland County this weekend: March 3-5
Queen of bluegrass “Queen of Bluegrass” Rhonda Vincent will perform with her band, The Rage, at 8 p.m. Friday at The Lamp Theatre, 222 Main St., Irwin. A singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, Vincent won a 2017 Grammy Award for best bluegrass album and was inducted into the Grand Ole Opry...
5 things to do in Pittsburgh this weekend: March 3-5
It’s the first weekend of March. Here are some things to do this weekend. History Uncorked The Senator John Heinz History Center in the Strip District will host the 25th “History Uncorked: A Beautiful Night in the Neighborhood” from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Friday. The annual fundraiser for young professionals...
TV Talk: Mel Brooks’ ‘History of the World, Part II’ belatedly arrives on Hulu
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. PASADENA, Calif. — I remember getting into Mel Brooks movies in middle school in the mid-1980s and wanting to see the comedic director/writer/star make a sequel to his 1981 sketch comedy film “History of the...
Café Momentum Pittsburgh offers 2nd chance to those exiting juvenile facilities
It’s about second chances at Café Momentum Pittsburgh. The restaurant that debuted in Downtown on Wednesday serves more than food and drink — it dishes out hope. “We want our young people to know they are not defined by one action,” said Gene Walker, executive director of Café Momentum Pittsburgh,...
Experts, ideas abound at Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show
At first glance, the giant arch appears to be made of rock — but looks can be deceiving. Decide for yourself when you encounter it at the 41st annual Pittsburgh Home & Garden Show, which opens Friday and runs through March 12 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center, Downtown....
TV Talk: Potential Hollywood strikes loom; ‘Perry Mason’ returns; KDKA-TV renovatesVideo
TV viewers, brace yourselves: There’s a perfect storm brewing that may disrupt TV and film production – and by extension, what turns up on living room TVs — as early as May 1. That’s the date the current contract between Hollywood producers and the Writers Guild of America expires. And...
Joni Mitchell honored with Gershwin Prize at tribute concertVideo
WASHINGTON, D.C. — When Joni Mitchell finally took the stage near the end of an all-star tribute concert honoring her as this year’s recipient of the Library of Congress Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, she opted to perform a cover rather than one of her own songs. The 79-year-old music...
Voting opens for best craft brewery in Pennsylvania
Western Pennsylvania craft beer lovers can show their support for area brewers by voting for them in a statewide contest to determine the best craft brewer in the Keystone State. A number of breweries from the region were selected to be in the field of the 64 top craft brewers...
New Kensington-Arnold retirees, others volunteer to read to students for Read Across America Week
Debbie Schreckengost hasn’t been inside one of New Kensington-Arnold’s schools since retiring from her maintenance job with the district eight years ago. An invitation to read to students during Read Across America Week brought her and other retirees to Roy A. Hunt Elementary in Arnold on Wednesday. An initiative of...
Giant Eagle expands discounts to food nearing its ‘best-by’ date
More shoppers will have a chance to snap up discounted food at Giant Eagle. The O’Hara-based grocery chain is expanding to all of its corporate stores its partnership with Flashfood, an app that connects users to discounted food that is nearing its “best-by date.” Giant Eagle and Toronto-based Flashfood launched...
How officials cracked case of eyedrops that blinded people
NEW YORK — The patients’ eyes were painfully inflamed. They could sense light but could see almost nothing else. A doctor called one case the worst eye infection he’d ever seen. It was the beginning of a national outbreak caused by an extremely worrisome bacteria — one that some say...
Native American tradition meets modern art in Westmoreland Museum exhibit
Past meets present in “Action/Abstraction Redefined: Modern Native Art, 1945-1975,” running through May 28 at The Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg. With 52 paintings, sculptures and works on paper by 32 artists, the traveling exhibition is the first of its kind exploring the innovation and experimentation present in...
