PARIS (AP) — Two Renoir paintings stolen from a museum in southern France last month have been found, and six people arrested, local authorities said Friday. The mayor of the town housing the Renoir M...

When a nor’easter recently hit the Eastern Seaboard, it transformed my driveway into a stretch of whitewater rapids and nearly obliterated my perennials, their shapes irretrievably distorted by high w...

Happy Birthday: Positive changes can be put in play this year. A move will give you the creative boost you need to follow your heart’s desire and get exposed to people, situations and pastimes that ma...

DEAR ABBY: I am a man in my late 60s who hasn’t had a family birthday party since I was a child. My mother’s birthday is seven days from mine, so celebrations were always for her, and mine were sort o...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My neighbor ran over my cat and is lying about it, even though we captured it on our Ring Doorbell camera. Our cat is an indoor and outdoor cat, and during the day he likes to wander a...

NEW YORK (AP) — Cancer stick. Coffin nail. Cowboy killer. Those are nicknames, through the decades, for the cigarette — the once-glamorous desideratum of American society that has been tied to tens of...

NEW YORK (AP) — Four quarters used to buy a can of AriZona Iced Tea. You’d crack it open and savor the artificially flavored, high-fructose-corn-syrup-sweetened drink between fits of giggling on the w...

I just cleaned out and filled a couple of birdfeeders to help my migrating backyard buddies fuel up for their long journeys south. And I’ll keep it well-stocked with high-energy seed mix throughout wi...

As the summer garden winds down, it’s time to think about spring flowers, and the best way to ramp them up would be to plant bulbs now. We’re all familiar with tulips, daffodils and hyacinths, the pop...

Today in history: Today is Friday, Oct. 9, the 282nd day of 2026. There are 83 days left in the year. On Oct. 9, 2009, President Barack Obama won the No - bel Peace Prize for what the Norwegian Nobel ...

A craft show will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mon Valley LifeSpan Senior Community Center, 4313 Walnut St., McKeesport. Included will be unique crafts, holiday gift ideas, food item...

The Rostraver Township Lions will hold a drive-through only barbecue from 11 a.m. to sellout Saturday at the Howard Hanna Simon Real Estate Services parking lot, 1751 Rostraver Road, Rostraver. The di...

• Walk for Hunger and Health, Central Highlands Community United Methodist Church, 100 Timothy Drive, Elizabeth, 9 a.m. to noon, to benefit Meals on Wheels of Elizabeth Forward and the Central Food Ba...

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

Today in history: Today is Thursday, Oct. 8, the 281st day of 2026. There are 84 days left in the year. On Oct. 8, 1871, the Great Chicago Fire began; more than 300 people died and more than 17,000 st...

Monessen High School alumni gathered at the Monessen Elks on Sept. 26 for a Greyhound reunion dance. Those in attendance included, front row, from left, Sandy Greco, Class of 1965, Cathy Tkachik ’67, ...

Proceeds from the Monessen High School alumni dance held on Sept. 26 were donated to the Monessen Elks. DJs Ralph Trilli and Dennis Wince donated their time. Shown during the check presentation from l...

Happy Birthday: Push forward with purpose and meaning. Use your imagination, and dig deep for solutions. Become the go-to person and the one who brings order to unruly situations. Change begins with y...

DEAR ABBY: My fiance gets annoyed and calls it weird that I talk to my daughter every morning on my way to work and in the afternoon on my way home. She’s a wife and young mother of two, ages 1 and 4....

DEAR HARRIETTE: I said “I love you” during sex, and I meant it. I’ve been dating my guy for less than a year, but I appreciate everything about him and our bond. We have grown so close in so little ti...