A lot has been written about something that happened 50 years ago Monday — the Friendship 7 spaceflight that made John Glenn the first American to orbit the earth. This is about something that happened 50 years ago Sunday — my television debut. In my min

A lot has been written about something that happened 50 years ago Monday — the Friendship 7 spaceflight that made John Glenn the first American to orbit the earth. This is about something that happened 50 years ago Sunday — my television debut. In my min

What made last year's Groundhog Day snowpocalypse even more memorable was seeing a national television legend right here in Peoria. Willard Scott was in town last year for a Groundhog Day fundraiser at Wildlife Prairie State Park. The bad weather forced

The "Today" show gathered many esteemed alums to celebrate its 60th birthday Friday morning. Among them: Deborah Norville, Katie Couric, Meredith Vieira, Jane Pauley and Lee Meriwether. Hugh Downs, Tom Brokaw, Bryant Gumble and Willard Scott were also in

As a society, we tend to quietly sweep elderly people under the rug. Outside of that Smuckers-sponsored Willard Scott segment on the Today Show and the occasional hyperbolic news item on the rise of STDs in rest homes, we don’t see imagery of anyone over

TODAY TODAY anchors past and present stepped into a photo booth this morning to commemorate TODAY’s 60 th anniversary. See below for some of the behind-the-scenes images of our anchors celebrating together. TODAY TODAY senior producer Steve Thode dressed

Following an opening skit filmed in black and white with extras dressed in 1950s period costume (to mark the news show's 1952 debut), current hosts

Live Poll 1. Who was the first host of the TODAY show? 172842 A. Hugh Downs 19% 172843 B. David Hartman 6% 172844 C. Dave Garroway 69% 172845 D. Tom Brokaw 6% Vote Total Votes: 36 Live Poll 2. What is the name of the chimpanzee who once co-anchored the T

Scott McIntyre/Staff Lee County Commissioner Frank Mann, center, surprises his mother, Barbara B. Mann, with a birthday cupcake for her 99th birthday while filming a segment on the Naples Daily News' Newsmakers with Jeff Lytle on Wednesday morning. Man

Birthdays are an occasion for hail and farewell: celebrate the achievement, mourn the passing. In previous That Old Feeling columns we have noted the natal anniversaries of Marilyn Monroe (75), Jean Shepherd (80), Marlene Dietrich, Richard Rodgers and Og

Ed Goldman, president of Goldman Communications Inc. , is a Sacramento writer and marketing consultant. Quibbles and Bits — It’s time once again for a recap of recent news that failed to inspire me to write full-length column/blogs (clogs) about it

There was no way Will Miles Clark was going to let his family stop him from driving over the new Hoover Dam Bypass last year, but he did make one concession. The 106-year-old Oro Valley resident agreed to let his son ride shotgun. Clark, who turns 107 on

The mayor hailed her. So did U.S Rep. Rosa DeLauro, Gov. Dannel Malloy, Willard Scott—even the Pope. But the best congrats came from five children, 13 grandkids, 21 great-grandkids, and one great-great-grandchild. Three dozen family members and friends