DEAR HARRIETTE: I’m struggling with a friendship that used to mean a lot to me but now feels increasingly one-sided. This person was once one of my closest friends, but over the past several months, I...

The Donora Smog Commemorative Committee is sponsoring the 99th Donora Community Picnic on Aug. 12 at Kennywood Park. To continue the tradition, the committee is asking for the public’s support of this...

• Saints Joachim & Anne Parish community festival, St. Eugene Church grounds, 3210 Liberty Way, Liberty Borough, food booths and flea market, 5 p.m.; games, music with DJ Tim, 6 to 11 p.m.; live enter...

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. The dinners (chic...

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Wednesday, Aug. 5, the 217th day of 2026. There are 148 days left in the year. On Aug. 5, 1962, South African anti-apartheid activist Nelson Mandela was arrested on charges o...

DEAR ABBY: There are two significant secrets in my family, and as I’m a member of the oldest generation and likely in my last decade, I wonder if they should see the light of day. The first involves m...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A few months back, my boyfriend was laid off. He’s done his part to manage financially, but emotionally he’s been rather down, and it’s put a lot of pressure on our relationship and me...

Happy Birthday: You have way too much going for you to let your emotions step in and ruin your chance for happiness. You may not relish change, but with the right influence around you and the willpowe...

• Saints Joachim & Anne Parish community festival, St. Eugene Church, 3210 Liberty Way, Liberty Borough, food booths and flea market, 5 p.m.; 6 to 10 p.m., games, music with DJ Tim; live entertainment...

St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Charleroi campus, 624 Washington Ave., will hold its annual Festival of Nations from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday. Featured will be American, Greek, Hawaiian, Italian, Mex...

For the MVI If you are a sports fan, you have probably heard of Tommy John surgery. But the injury behind the procedure, a UCL tear, is not limited to professional athletes. Repetitive stress, overuse...

The Roscoe Lions recently presented the Tori Demo Memorial Scholarship to 2026 California Area High School graduate Sydney Dunn. The annual $1,000 club scholarship is in memory of Demo, 25, of Allenpo...

The following have applied for marriage licenses through the Westmoreland County Register of Wills: • Thomas Joseph Hunter, 45, and Cassidy Christina Colbert, 32, both of East McKeesport • Homer Jacks...

Penn Highlands Mon Valley received five American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines achievement awards for demonstrating a commitment to following upto- date, research-based guidelines for the ...

GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) — Law enforcement officials say a set of stolen Civil War-era cannonballs was discovered in a passenger’s suitcase during a security screening at an Alabama airport. The federal...

DEAR ABBY: I am in a relationship with my hotand-cold fiance. I caught him cheating after we moved in together. He had been courting someone at work. I eventually forgave him. That was five years ago....

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Tuesday, Aug. 4, the 216th day of 2026. There are 149 days left in the year. On Aug. 4, 2020, nearly 3,000 tons of ammonium nitrate that had been improperly stored for years ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My current form of birth control is about to expire, and my partner does not want me to renew it. He knew this time was coming, but it feels like he deliberately waited until just a fe...

Happy Birthday: Take the high road and be the one to enlighten, awaken and revive those around you who have lost their way. Your output of love and generosity will elevate you as much as it does those...

Have you ever heard the saying “all good things come to those who wait?” We live in an ever-changing society where we want it now, at the click of a button, at the swallow of a pill or when we pick up...