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Election HQ: A voter guide to 2021 primary races
Primary election day in Pennsylvania is Tuesday. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m., and anyone in line at 8 p.m. will be allowed to vote. The state has an online tool to let voters find their polling place by entering their address here. For more information on...
‘Nothing like this in the city’: Baywood Mansion in Highland Park on market for $3.3MVideo
The Baywood Mansion takes a person back in time. The original Belgian block driveway from this 1869 house in Highland Park, just off North Negley Avenue, encircles the entrance. An expansive front veranda greets guests. An afternoon breeze can be felt when sitting in one of the wicker chairs. The...
Eat it or toss it? What those food expiration dates really mean
You pull an item out of the refrigerator, freezer or pantry and see it’s past the date on the package. “Should I eat this or not?” “Those dates are there for a reason,” said Martin Bucknavage, senior food safety extension associate for Penn State University in the college of agriculture...
Job fair scheduled for Live! Casino Pittsburgh ahead of new restaurant opening
Officials with Live! Casino Pittsburgh are hosting a hiring event next week as another restaurant prepares to open at the Hempfield facility. The Monday event will be held in the casino’s recruitment center in Westmoreland Mall. Up to 40 positions are available at PBR Pittsburgh, a country-themed bar and restaurant...
Pitt cyber expert says critical U.S. infrastructure is vulnerableVideo
The Colonial Pipeline has restarted operations after a ransomware attack forced it to shut down. It’s just one of the attacks on critical U.S. infrastructure in recent months. Last January, the U.S. government identified Russia as the source of a massive, ongoing cyber attack that compromised government and private sector...
Inside one network cashing in on vaccine disinformation
The couple in the website videos could be hawking any number of products. “You’re going to love owning the platinum package,” Charlene Bollinger tells viewers, as a picture of a DVD set, booklets and other products flashes on screen. Her husband, Ty, promises a “director’s cut edition,” and over 100...
Signature Dishes: Wings and things make Hula a Hawaiian vacation in VeronaVideo
This is part of an ongoing series highlighting Signature Dishes at locally owned restaurants in the region. See Trib Total Media’s new online directory of restaurants, Dine Local, at dinelocal.triblive.com. Hula Bar and Grill in Verona is best known for its wings and variety of sauces. Sherry and Randy Satz...
TV Talk: Summer TV series already debuting on cable, streamersVideo
It’s not yet Memorial Day but cable networks and streamers are already setting up their summer scripted series premieres, in part to get them out the door before the Summer Olympics in late July, a noticeably lighter month for premieres. On Friday Amazon’s Prime Video debuts “The Underground Railroad,” adapted...
Pittsburgh Diocese to open churches to full capacity
Starting on Memorial Day, all Diocese of Pittsburgh churches will be allowed to have 100% seating capacity for Mass. Masks, however, still will be required in accordance with state orders. The announcement comes on the heels of Gov. Tom Wolf’s decision last week to lift covid-19 mitigation orders except for...
Trib Total Media raises $1 million for Ronald McDonald House families
When people buy a copy of the Tribune-Review at a McDonald’s restaurant, they’re doing more than buying a newspaper. Since 2000, the Trib has donated 50% of the revenue from newspaper sales at the restaurants to Ronald McDonald House Charities of Pittsburgh and Morgantown. The money helps provide an enjoyable...
Schools ditch student mask requirements in growing numbersVideo
As a lengthy, bitter fight over mask requirements for students neared its conclusion, the chairperson of a Florida school board announced that she would agree to lift a mandate that had been in place since September even though she preferred leaving it in place until the end of the academic...
TV Talk: Netflix sets premiere date for Pittsburgh-filmed ‘The Chair;’ ‘This is Us’ ending
Filmed-in-Pittsburgh Netflix comedy “The Chair” will premiere on the streaming service Aug. 27. The six-episode, half-hour comedy stars Sandra Oh and filmed locally earlier this year. The series follows the chair (Oh) of a university English department and should not be confused with Starz’s 2014 movie-making reality competition series, also...
Music returns to Hartwood Acres this summer thanks to Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra
Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra will bring music to the open air during “Summer With the Symphony” concerts in the amphitheater at Hartwood Acres Park in Allegheny County. The series will feature a full orchestra performing eight concerts — four classical, three pops and one family-themed — running from July 23 to...
TV Q&A: Where has a WTAE-TV forecaster gone?
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 thought Ashley Dougherty returned from maternity leave already but I haven’t seen her on the noon news lately. Is she still with the station?...
TV Talk: John Shumway will anchor weekends on KDKA-TV
KDKA-TV veteran John Shumway will take over the weekend evening anchor desk this summer. The change in KDKA’s weekend anchor lineup comes after longtime weekend anchor Paul Martino was reassigned to weekday general assignment reporting and subsequently opted to retire July 1. KDKA reporters Bryant Reed and Royce Jones frequently...
American Red Cross teams with actor James Van Der Beek and wife, Kimberly, for donations
Every two seconds someone is in need of a blood transfusion, according to the American Red Cross. Actor James Van Der Beek’s wife, Kimberly Van Der Beek, was one of those people. She experienced back-to-back miscarriages which required blood transfusions. The couple has collaborated with the American Red Cross to...
Famous Honus Wagner baseball card gets Wiz Khalifa-inspired remix from DJ Skee
The 1909 Honus Wagner T206, considered the most famous baseball card in the world, features a stoic-looking Wagner, who played for the Pittsburgh Pirates from 1900-1917. A new remix version of the card issued by Topps offers a 21st century update, with inspiration from Pittsburgh’s own, rapper Wiz Khalifa. As...
Highland Park tour to showcase 10 unique gardens
Highland Park visitors can stop and smell the flowers during a tour showcasing 10 unique gardens. The Highland Park Garden Club, which supports community gardening and promotes gardening education, will host its first Highland Park Secret Garden Tour July 11. The event will run from noon to 4 p.m. The...
Kids clothes that grow with themVideo
Just imagine buying clothes for your child that they didn’t outgrow in one year. After seeing how fast his nephew outgrew his clothes, aeronautical engineer Ryan Yasin set out to address the problem and created Petit Pli, a cool line of clothes for kids featuring pleats that expand and contract...
Sportscaster Kenny Mayne leaving ESPN after 27-year stintVideo
“SportsCenter” anchor Kenny Mayne and ESPN have agreed to part ways after 27 years. “Salary cap casualty,” is how Mayne announced the decision via Twitter on Monday. I am leaving ESPN.Salary cap casualty.Thanks for the opportunity Vince Doria & Al Jaffe & for taking my solicitationsHerman/Stinton/Lynch.I will miss the people.I...
Carnegie Mellon born, the musical ‘Godspell’ celebrates 50th anniversaryVideo
NEW YORK — It will come as little surprise to its legion of fans that the first professional musical to be mounted in the U.S. during the pandemic was “Godspell.” The Berkshire Theater Group in western Massachusetts put on a production in August with plexiglass partitions between the actors and...
TV Talk: Bethel Park’s Joe Serafini stars in ‘High School Musical’ Disney+ seriesVideo
Trib Total Media TV writer Rob Owen offers a viewing tip for the coming week. When the Disney+ series “High School Musical: The Musical: The Series” debuted in late 2019, Bethel Park native Joe Serafini had a recurring guest role in the show while still studying musical theater at the...
CNX grant to reclaim unsightly ‘burgundy discharge’ and boney pile along Roaring Run Trail
CNX has awarded a $5,000 grant to reclaim the “burgundy discharge” and boney pile along the Roaring Run Trail in Kiski Township. There is a hint of purple around the boney pile, a major eyesore and a source of pollution for years midway on the 5-mile Roaring Run trail. The...
Trib earns 26 Keystone Awards, top honor for ‘Tragedy at Brighton’Video
The Tribune-Review received 26 Keystone Press Awards in the Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s annual competition, including its most prestigious recognition, the G. Richard Dew Award, for its “Tragedy at Brighton” project. The Dew Award is presented to a news organization or individual across all circulation categories that has made an outstanding...
Trib Sports section honored with Associated Press Sports Editors award
The Tribune-Review was selected by national Associated Press Sports Editors (APSE) as one of the top 10 daily and Sunday sports sections in the United States for its circulation division. Results of the 2020 APSE Section Contest were announced last weekend. “APSE’s section contest is a look at your overall...
