Paul Guggenheimer stories, Page 11

Bret Michaels makes no secret of his love for the Pittsburgh area and can’t seem to get enough when it comes to performing here. Fresh off this year’s extensive stadium tour with his band Poison — including an August performance at PNC Park – Michaels has announced he will perform...

When most people think about the Beach Boys, images of surf, sand and summer come to mind. But carving out their signature, sunny California sound did not prevent them from getting into the Holiday spirit each year when Christmas came around. In a phone interview with the Tribune-Review from Los...

Earlier this year, North Hills High School senior Sam Coldren was passing through Bruno Sammartino Park, not far from his family’s home in Ross. He noticed that a new playground and new basketball court had just been put in and figured people would be riding their bikes to the park...

The fascination Earthlings have long held for the neighboring red planet of Mars is playing out in a big way with a new permanent, immersive exhibition at the Carnegie Science Center on Pittsburgh’s North Side. “Mars: The Next Giant Leap,” a $4.5 million project, opens Friday, and Science Center officials...

The new national institution dedicated to ending antisemitism housed at the site of the worst antisemitic attack on U.S. soil has named Carole Zawatsky its first chief executive officer. Zawatsky is tasked with leading a re-imagined facility designed to be part memorial, part museum and part worship space, according to...

There are plenty of chicken restaurants in Pittsburgh, but the first of Guy Fieri’s chicken eateries known as Chicken Guy! opened Monday in PPG Place adjacent to the iconic ice skating rink Downtown. The opening had been anti­cipated with word spreading last week, and the food appeared to be worth...

Thomas Jefferson High School senior Rachael Parsons is concerned that young people her age aren’t showing enough appreciation for the sacrifices American veterans have made over the years. So, the 17-year-old is doing what she can to change that. On Nov. 10, she took part in a stirring “Salute to...

It was a possibility that tantalized political pundits for the four weeks leading up to the November general election. When state Rep. Tony DeLuca, a Democrat, died on Oct. 9 at the age of 85, after a brief battle with lymphoma, his name remained on the ballot because it was...

The persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany began at least five years before the events of Kristallnacht, but what happened on the “Night of Broken Glass,” as it’s known in English, took that persecution to another level. On Nov. 9 and 10, 1938, the Nazis burned synagogues, looted Jewish businesses...

Trib Total Media is looking for students to apply for its popular scholarship program, which this year is adding a business, marketing and technology component. Trib Total Media’s Journalism Scholarship Program began in 2019 with the launch of the Jim Borden Memorial Scholarship in honor of Tribune-Review managing editor Jim...

A chase involving Pittsburgh police turned deadly early Sunday morning. One man died after fleeing the police in Pittsburgh’s Marshall-Shadeland neighborhood and crashing into a wall. The events began when officers responded to a crash scene at Eckert Street and Beaver Avenue around 6:40 a.m. They saw a car pinned...

Investigators have identified a person killed early Sunday morning in an off-road utility vehicle accident in Washington County. The coronor’s office said 20-year-old Cole Shergi of Burgettstown was driving a side-by-side off-road utility vehicle which lost control on Joffre Cherry Valley Road in Smith Township around 2 a.m. Sunday morning....

A Washington County man was killed in a motorcycle crash early Sunday in Westmoreland County. The crash happened about 12:50 a.m. on Route 31 in East Huntingdon, according to Westmoreland County Coroner Timothy Carson. The driver was identified as Timothy Lee Glover Jr., 28, of Roscoe. Glover was headed west,...

Motorists waiting for slide repair work on Saxonburg Boulevard to be finished will have to wait a while longer. The full around-the-clock road closure of Saxonburg Boulevard, between Russellton-Dorseyville Road and McClure Hill Road, has been extended through late November. Traffic will remain detoured. During the closure, in place since...

Outside of Mick Jagger and Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones, there aren’t many rock ’n’ rollers who can boast that they’ve been in the same band for 60 years. Drummer Garry Peterson of The Guess Who is one of the few who can make that claim. Peterson was 17...

For the second time in three months, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts will be performing in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Downtown Partnership announced at a press conference Wednesday that the Rock and Roll Hall of Famers will be the headline performers at Light Up Night on Nov. 19. Jett and her...

Duquesne University graduate Kendra Whitlock Ingram has been named the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust’s new president and chief executive officer succeeding Kevin McMahon, who is retiring. Ingram will be the first person of color and the second woman to become president and CEO in the Cultural Trust’s 38-year history. She takes...

Construction fatigued Pittsburghers will have another road project and accompanying detour to look out for this weekend. PennDOT has announced the closure of the westbound I-376 (Parkway East) ramp to northbound Boulevard of the Allies from Friday at 8 p.m. continuously through 5:30 a.m. Monday morning. All ramp traffic will...

Organizers of the 2023 Dick’s Sporting Goods Pittsburgh Marathon are encouraging those thinking of registering for next year’s race to do so in the next few hours to save money. On Oct. 27, the entry fee for the marathon will increase by $20, the price for the UPMC Health Plan...

The Carnegie Science Center is opening what it’s referring to as the most ambitious new experience built since the museum opened in 1991 — a $4.48 million exhibition called “Mars: The Next Giant Leap.” The Mars exhibit will open to Carnegie Museum members Friday, Nov. 18 with the public grand...

If you’re a Jane’s Addiction fan still disappointed about the cancellation of their show scheduled for last Saturday in Pittsburgh, you are not alone. The ‘90s alternative rockers, who were set to open for the Smashing Pumpkins as part of the “Spirits on Fire” tour, have also announced the cancellation...