Dry, hot weather brings out timber rattlesnakes

The California girls’ basketball team was making shots and getting stops in the first quarter of its season opener Thursday against Burrell. But the game quickly turned in the second, as the Buccaneer...

• Breakfast with Santa, First United Methodist Church, 200 State St., Belle Vernon, (downstairs) 9 to 11 a.m. The mission is open to all at no charge. • Monessen Community Christmas celebration, “Thri...

Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1409 will hold a meeting at 7 p.m. Monday at the post, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela. The Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave., will welcome the McKeespo...

A recent survey finds 81% of Americans show love for family and friends by preparing holiday dishes, but there’s always one dish at Christmas that tests how polite your family is. Someone’s one forkfu...

Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)

By the Associated Press Russian President Vladimir Putin says some proposals in a U.S. plan to end the war in Ukraine are unacceptable to the Kremlin, indicating in comments published Thursday that an...