As Father’s Day approaches, many are rethinking the traditional gifts that accompany the celebration of dads everywhere. Neckties, once the go-to present, are being set aside in favor of something tha...

Metro Creative Services Dads do a lot for their families, and Father’s Day is the perfect time to acknowledge those efforts. The days when dads would receive a colorful necktie for Father’s Day are la...

CDA Court Monessen 776 met May 21 in the Epiphany Church Hall. Regent Debbie Genemore welcomed members and guests and opened the meeting with the flag pledge and opening ode. The charter was draped in...

Members of American Legion Auxiliary Unit 212, Donora, will meet 6:45 p.m. Friday at the post on Meldon Avenue in Donora. Members are urged to attend. Strawberry festival to be held at Penn Highlands ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a 25-year-old woman, and I want to pursue a relationship with my childhood friend. He and I have been friends since we were 5 years old. We went to the same schools from elementar...

DEAR ABBY: My older brother has had a tumultuous marriage to a manipulative, alcoholic, just-plain-mean woman. It has been bad over their entire 40-year marriage, including her physically assaulting h...

The following students were named to the 2023-24 Charleroi Area High School fourth-quarter honor roll: Grade 12 Highest honors Bella Carroto, Zoe Duhon, Jenna Fox, Sarah Fox, Aiden Jackson, Riley Jone...

The following students were named to the 2023-24 fourth nine-weeks honor roll at Charleroi Area Middle School: Grade 8 Highest honors London Powell, Shaheen Roscoe-Bennett, Emily Wheatley High honors ...

At what age should kids be on social media? Should they be on it at all? If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs? Should parents monitor their conversations? Do parental controls work? Navigating ...

• “Camp Firelight” vacation Bible school begins, First Church of God, West Newton, 6 to 8 p.m. To register or for more information, call 724-872-7467. • Car show, Thomas J. Reid III Park, Allenport, h...

The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet noon Tuesday at Beulah Park United Methodist Church on Grandview Avenue. Al-Anon is a support and educational group for relatives and friends of problem drinkers...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My son is 10 years old and is behind his peers academically. His literacy and writing skills are not nearly where they are supposed to be, and I can’t afford to help him. I am a single...

DEAR ABBY: I have been friends for 20 years with a kind and caring woman, “Brenda.” We always shared life moments, until recently. I thought of her children as my own. Her son got married (not in a fo...

American Legion Post 659, Belle Vernon, will meet Wednesday. The club meeting is held at 7 p.m., post meets at 7:30 p.m.

• Monongahela Rotary free peeling license plate replacement event, Monongahela Aquatorium, 10 a.m. to noon. • Star party, free public event, Mingo Creek County Park, off Route 136, Nottingham Township...

DEAR HARRIETTE: Am I being selfish for pointing out to my girlfriend that she will not always be the top priority in our relationship, which is a reality due to my commitments as a performer and dance...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married to a wonderful man for 17 years. Recently, I reconnected online with an old high school flame. We have been talking about my hometown, which is where he lives. So many t...

Valley Garden Club held its monthly meeting May 9 at the Lynnwood Lutheran Church in Washington Township. President Roxanne Huss led the flag pledge. Birthdays for the month were: Pam Gregor, May 1; C...

The culminating dinner for the Catholic Women’s College Club was held 5:30 p.m. May 6 . The women gathered at St. Andrew the Apostle social hall, Donora site, for a buffet dinner. President Helen Bedn...

WESTPORT, Conn. (AP) — Kate Bulkeley’s pledge to stay off social media in high school worked at first. She watched the benefits pile up: She was getting excellent grades. She read lots of books. The f...