Happy Birthday: Set your standards and your goals high. Engage in what allows you to present and promote what you do best and who you are as a person. Dedicate your time and effort to selfimprovement ...

Happy Birthday: Live and learn. Be cognizant of facts, and fulfill your responsibilities and promises. If you take the time to do things right this year, the rewards will be greater than anticipated. ...

DETROIT (AP) — Read this quickly, before it melts. Ice cream was a rare and expensive treat for centuries because of the difficulty of storing ice. In the summer of 1790, President George Washington s...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Full disclosure: this should really be two tales. How better to pay tribute to the natural and perhaps inevitable combination of two distinctly American icons: fast food and cars? Th...

TODAY IN HISTORY Today is Saturday, Aug. 22, the 234th day of 2026. There are 131 days left in the year. On Aug. 22, 1851, the schooner America outraced more than a dozen British vessels off the Engli...

• Line dance lessons, Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Department Social Center, 130 Baird St., 6 to 8 p.m., $5, no partner required. • Bingo, Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co., doors open at 5 p....

The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet at noon on Tuesday at the McKeesport Area Shared Ministry Beulah Park United Methodist Church campus on Grandview Avenue. Al-Anon is a support and educational gr...

• Belle Vernon Rotary Club’s sixth annual Regatta on the Yough, including the paddle parade, kids’ zone and duckie derby race, boat launch area of Cedar Creek Park, Rostraver Township, 11 a.m. to 5 p....

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been seeing “Brad” for nine months. We both have children of our own. He has a daughter, and I have a son. The little girl is a few months older than my 7-year-old son. I can see mysel...

Happy Birthday: Spring into action. Your goal is to put the past behind you and forge ahead with gratitude and the intent to finish what you start. Enjoy the rewards attached to reaching your goal. Le...

DEAR ABBY: My friend of many years, whom I consider to truly be part of the family, has made food the only thing that makes her happy. Besides my husband, she’s all I have left. She went to a doctor a...

DEAR HARRIETTE: While my friend and I were walking, we found a wallet on the ground. My friend’s first instinct was to steal the cash inside instead of trying to get it back to the owner. She is a 40-...

Today in history: Today is Friday, Aug. 21, the 233rd day of 2026. There are 132 days left in the year. On Aug. 21, 1831, Nat Turner launched a violent slave rebellion in Virginia, resulting in the de...

For the MVI The start of a new school year brings a buzz of activity but, beneath the excitement, many children carry a quiet uncertainty. Whether adjusting to new teachers, making new friends or meet...

The Mon Valley YMCA will have its annual doggie paddle from 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday at the outdoor pool, 101 Taylor Run Road, Carroll Township. Cost is $5 a pup. Wednesday’s swim will be fo...

For the MVI The Mon Valley Alliance Foundation (MVAF), through the cfsbank Business Resource Center, announce that applications are now open for its new Business Improvement Grant Program, funded thro...

• 23rd annual Rostraver gathering, cfsbank Event Center (Rostraver Gardens) 111 Gallitin Road, Rostraver Township, 11 a.m. • “Lost Amusement Parks of Western Pennsylvania,” with speaker Jennifer Sopko...

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

The musical will debut at 7 tonight at the Grand Theatre in Elizabeth. By the MVI The Penguin Project at Mon River Arts will debut “Shrek The Musical Jr.” tonight and they’re hoping to give the audien...

The committee thanked the sponsors for prize and gift donations. By the MVI The 99th Donora community picnic day at Kennywood Park was held Aug. 12. The community picnic committee announced the follow...