Editor’s note, this column is an extension of a series about Don Pavelko’s recent trip to Pilsen in the Czech Republic for the 80th Anniversary Liberation Festival and honoring the three men from Dono...

Work toward your goals quietly. The less you divulge, the more you’ll accomplish this year. Refuse to let temptation get the better of you. Emotional acts will cost you if you make unrealistic promise...

DEAR ABBY: My husband slipped, fell and broke his hip. As I write this, he is having a total hip replacement. Family and friends have offered to “come and sit with me.” I have been polite (when I real...

DEAR HARRIETTE: When I was younger, I developed a strange habit of picking at the back of my hair. I did it so much that my hair thinned almost completely on the back of my head. I ended up getting a ...

Metro Creative Services Many families will soon be partaking in a springtime tradition that has spanned generations: coloring Easter eggs. While eggs once symbolized fertility and rebirth in Pagan cel...

Metro Creative Services Egg hunts are a traditional component of many people’s Easter celebrations. Children often delight in searching for eggs around the house or in the backyard. Egg hunts are so p...

The Mary & Martha Joy Fellowship, a non-denominational ministry, will hold a meeting Monday at the Christian Center Church, 130 Charity Lane, Rostraver Township. Fellowship will be held at 6:30 p.m. T...

• M&R Chocolates and Charmaine’s Jewels sale, Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. • The Passion of the Lord Good Friday service, Saints Joachim ...

On Monday, members of the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission, state Sen. Nick Pisciottano, state Rep. Dan Goughnour, McKeesport Mayor Tom Maglicco, staff members and other volunteers worked togethe...

For the MVI In celebration of six decades of service to Fayette County residents, Fayette County Community Action Agency (FCCAA) recently announced the launch of its “$60,000 for 60 Years” Anniversary...

WellSpan Health recently announced a significant expansion of its award-winning Medicare Accountable Care Organization (ACO) with Penn Highlands Healthcare becoming its newest member. ACOs work with m...

The Rostraver Township Board of Commissioners is the Mon Valley Paws April sponsor of the month. Shown with Mon Valley Paws member Elmer Spiker representing the commissioners are Rostraver Township po...

DEAR ABBY: I have a grown daughter who is most likely an alcoholic. I am not a doctor, so I really don’t know. We live in different cities. A few years ago, she was sitting on the sidewalk outside her...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My mom has gotten into burning incense lately, and whenever I bring my 10-year-old daughter over, she has an allergic reaction to it. She starts coughing and sneezing and has even gott...

Stand on guard and be ready to act. Your ability to see situations and solutions simultaneously will help you carry out your plans with ease this year. Sticking to the rules will help you dodge tempta...

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, April 1, the 91st day of 2026. There are 274 days left in the year. This is April Fool’s Day. Today in history: On April 1, 1945, American forces launched the amph...

Gail Sheehy, author of “Passages,” at podium, right, reads during the “First Banned Books Read Out” in New York on April 1, 1982. The rally protested censorship by school and public libraries of certa...

• Easter bake sale pickups, St. Mary’s Russian Orthodox Church, 330 Shaw Ave., McKeesport, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Charleroi Area Goldenagers meeting, Riverside Place, 303 Chamber Plaza, Charleroi, noon. •...

The Valley Garden Club held its monthly meeting March 12 at the Lynnwood Lutheran Church in Belle Vernon with 18 members in attendance. President Roxanne Huss presided and led the members in the flag ...

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language instruct...