The Hyacinth House

“What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?  What are they doing in the Hyacinth House?  To please the lions this day “……. It’s official! The house at 8216 Norton Avenue where Jim Morrison and Pam Courson once lived is now a bed and breakfast....

Tough Cop Rescue

  Jack Mook may have a tough exterior, but make no mistake — the Pittsburgh police detective has a heart of gold. On Sept. 16, the 45-year-old bachelor officially became the adoptive father to 15-year-old Josh and 11-year-old Jessee, Trib Total Media...

GENTLE CAT

As Edwin Gehlert drew his last breaths in a hospital bed at the VA Center, the World War II veteran was surrounded by his wife, daughter, son-in-law, a nurse — and an orange tabby cat named Tom. Tom lay on a bookcase and watched over the emotional scene in Gehlert’s...

Forgotten Words

October 16 is World Dictionary Day, marking the birthday of the great American lexicographer Noah Webster. Born in Connecticut in 1758, Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language, in 1806, but it was his two-volume...

MY KINGDOM FOR A HORSE

King Richard III’s last moments were likely quick but terrifying, according to a new study of the death wounds of the last king of England to die in battle. The last king of the Plantagenet dynasty faced his death at the Battle of Bosworth Field on Aug. 22,...