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Pittsburgh officer returns to work 2 years after Tree of Life shooting
It was a long road back from the Tree of Life shooting, but Pittsburgh Police SWAT Officer Timothy Matson is on the job once again. Matson returned to work Monday, according to a social media post. He return comes nearly two years after he suffered multiple gunshot wounds in the...
Hospice memorial walk planned for those who lost loved ones during pandemic restrictions
Erin Klems could not visit her mother, Mary Lou Flavin-Stumpf, before she died alone of an infection on April 28 in a Pittsburgh-area hospital. At that time, covid-19 restrictions prevented any visitation by the public to local hospitals. Many other people died alone. Then, the survivors mourned alone. But no...
8 times Pittsburgh played a role on ‘Saturday Night Live’ 
After Pittsburgh was the setting for a skit on the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live,” we wanted to find the other times the city or its sports teams have been featured on the long-running NBC comedy show. Here’s a partial list of the times Pittsburgh was featured in skits....
TV Talk: Verizon's FiOS TV drops AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh
In the latest retransmission dispute impacting local viewers, Verzion’s FiOS TV dropped AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh. A Verizon spokesman said its agreement to carry AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh expired Sept. 30. Verizon released a statement saying, “AT&T SportsNet Pittsburgh has demanded a significant increase to an already high rate so fans can...
West Deer couple, neighbor invite people to come and see their haunted houses 
If you ask Greg McWilliams why his West Deer house looks like a Halloween paradise, he’ll give you a simple answer: It’s for the kids. “If it was just me and (my wife), we probably wouldn’t do it. It’s all for our kids,” McWilliams said. “We love seeing the smiles,...
Child advocate, horse rescue ranch partner to promote healing 
As a survivor of child sexual abuse, Nicole Cermak of Murrysville found herself making an instant connection with Sunday, a 15-year-old mare she fed and worked with as a volunteer at the Pleasant Valley Rescue Ranch. Sunday was about to be sold to a slaughterhouse in the spring of 2017...
Firefighters bring youth prevention message to the streets of Greensburg 
Greensburg children got a special visit from firefighters Sunday and a lesson in fire prevention brought right to their doorstep. Volunteers with the city’s fire department delivered plastic fire hats, coloring books and other items to help children learn how to stop fires before they even start. It’s a lesson...
Pittsburgh featured in 'Saturday Night Live' skit 
Pittsburgh TV news was featured on the season premiere of “Saturday Night Live.” A local TV news report on a potential super-spreading event at the legal change of name office in the Pittsburgh federal building was the setting for a skit on “SNL” with a lot of sexual innuendo. The...
Renshaw Farms PumpkinFest offers fall-themed activities, attractions for all ages 
What began as a roadside stand is a sprawling, pumpkin-themed destination in South Buffalo Township. The 12th annual Renshaw Farms PumpkinFest continues Fridays through Sundays during October, offering fall-themed activities and attractions for all ages. Established in 1834, Renshaw Farms is owned and operated by sixth-generation Renshaws. “We have thousands...
'How much blood do you want on your face?': Haunted-house performers revel in roles 
“Do you want me to dress like this for the wedding?” Holli Stiltenpole asked. Fake blood was splattered all over Stiltenpole’s straitjacket, one eye appeared glazed and useless thanks to a colored contact lens and a cross was crudely “carved” into her forehead with makeup. Tiarra Shank of Ligonier started...
Allegheny Township's Great Pumpkin, Olga, goes to state weigh-off 
Olga the 1,174,5 pound pumpkin was severed from her stalk in an Allegheny Township patch Friday evening and loaded into a truck bound for the Pennsylvania Giant Pumpkin Growers Association weigh-off Saturday in Cambria County. Olga beat Justin Reiter’s personal pumpkin best of 1,136.5 pounds during Saturday’s weigh-off. This great...
Parkland parents create AI video of slain son to spur voters 
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Wearing his signature hoodie and beanie, an earbud casually hanging from one ear, passionate Parkland teen Joaquin Oliver urges his peers to vote for lawmakers who will end gun violence in a new video released Friday. Next month’s election would have been his first chance to...
A brief history of the presidents who were ill while in office
President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump announced early Friday that they have tested positive for covid-19. But this is hardly the first time a president has fallen ill in office. Here’s a brief history of presidents who have faced severe ailments while in the Oval Office: Andrew Jackson...
Those stinking stink bugs are back in Western Pa.
Well, this stinks. Stink bugs are showing up in homes across Western Pennsylvania. With fall and winter approaching, they’re becoming more prevalent as they seek shelter in homes and buildings. “I would say anecdotally speaking, there was an increase in stink bugs from last summer. Stink bugs tend to have...
Mom, nurse, cancer survivor, singer: 'Miss Freddye' soothes in all aspects of her life 
When Freddye Stover learned she had breast cancer in 1998, the tears flowed.“Receiving the ‘C’ diagnosis is heartbreaking,” said Stover, known in the regional music scene as “Miss Freddye.” “I cried for 24 hours straight. I went to bed crying. I woke up crying. I cried in the shower. I...
Latest banned books list topped by works delving into gender identity, LGBTQ issues
Horror master Stephen King, Judy Blume of young readers’ fame and Kurt Vonnegut, he of “Slaughterhouse-Five,” are out. The three renowned authors — whose works were on the American Library Association’s list of 100 most frequently banned and challenged books from 1990 until 2009 — apparently are no longer so...
Super Bowl MVP Santonio Holmes to deliver Caliente pizzas
Imagine ordering a pizza, driving to pick it up and having a Super Bowl MVP run it out to your car. It could happen. October is National Pizza Month and Super Bowl XLIII MVP and former Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes is partnering with Caliente Pizza & Draft House. The...
Row House Cinema hosting drive-in movies in Pittsburgh's Strip District
Row House Cinema is teaming up with the Terminal in the Strip District for a month of drive-in movies. Row House Cinema will show a movie every Friday and Saturday in October — except for Oct. 30 — at the Terminal at 21st Street and Smallman Street. Doors will open...
Stanton Heights mom runs uneven path to create smoother 1 for daughter
Gina Mannion prefers to run on trails. Jogging courses of rough terrain represent the ups, downs, hurdles and rocky roads she’s been navigating since the birth of her oldest daughter 14 years ago. Maeve Mannion was born with Down syndrome. Her mother uses running as a means to get her...
Pittsburgh police, Global Links give out 100,000 free masks in partnership with Trib Total Media
Pittsburgh police and local nonprofit Global Links will end their joint free mask program after giving out more than 100,000 masks — 10 times as many as they started with. The Need a Mask, Take a Mask program started in May as a way to get lifesaving face masks to...
Meet the Bee Lady: Penn Hills widow bringing levity to a heavy time
Darlene Kuszyk likes waving at people — it makes her feel better. The 68-year-old widow from Penn Hills doesn’t sleep much through the night. She takes anti-depressant medication and hasn’t gone to the gym as often as she’d like. She’s unable to volunteer at the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium...
TribLive Taste Test: McDonald's Spicy Chicken McNuggets 
As the weather got cooler, McDonald’s started heating up with the announcement that it would serve a spicy version of longstanding favorite Chicken McNuggets, along with a special “Mighty Hot Sauce,” for a limited time. TribLive Taste Test correspondent Patrick Varine is working out of “The Dungeon,” aka his basement...
State trooper tracks down Springdale teacher who picked up meal tab in act of kindness
Dan Pschirer believes it doesn’t take much effort to be kind. So when he recently saw a state trooper behind him at a Wendy’s drive-thru, he knew what he had to do. “Whenever we got up to the window I said to the lady working, ‘I’d like to pay for...
Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank returns with season 2 of Food Podcast
The second season of the Food Podcast by the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank launched this week. The podcast will be a weekly installment on the TribLIVE Podcast Network and shared on TribLIVE.com. The first episode of this season of the podcast, sponsored by Clearview Federal Credit Union, features host...
Carnegie Mellon University scientists solve 90-year-old math puzzle
Think solving a math problem isn’t exciting? Try telling that to John Mackey, part of a team of Carnegie Mellon University computer scientists and mathematicians that spent four months solving the last piece of Keller’s conjecture, a geometry problem that’s been out there for over nine decades. “I was really...


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