The following have applied for marriage licenses through the Westmoreland County Register of Wills: • Isaac Garrett Tabron, 24, of Monessen, and Lexi Alison Thorpe, 28, of Charleroi • David Thomas McM...

Happy Birthday: Pay more attention to your physical and financial well-being. Being accurate will determine how well you do and how far you go personally and professionally. Adapting to change, sizing...

DEAR ABBY: I respectfully disagree with your response to “Woman’s wedding has been hijacked.” These mothers have no business trying to co-opt the bridal couple’s wedding. If the daughter gives in, it’...

Today in history: Today is Monday, Aug. 31, the 243rd day of 2026. There are 122 days left in the year. On Aug. 31, 1997, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed after the car she was riding in crashed i...

Happy Birthday: Listen to your inner voice, not to those trying to talk you into something you don’t understand or want to pursue. Take charge instead of folding under pressure. Be the one to do your ...

Happy Birthday: What you do for others will bring you joy and unexpected benefits. Be the one to make a difference and to stand up for those who can’t. The connections and progress you make will pave ...

SALISBURY, Md. (AP) — “Rocky Raccoon checked into his room, only to find Gideon’s Bible.” Paul McCartney explained those famous lines in the song by The Beatles, saying these Bibles “were in every hot...

EUTAW SPRINGS, S.C. (AP) — Standing beneath the spreading branches of a massive live oak, historian Garrison Marcoux tries to imagine what this scarred, struggling tree saw 245 years ago. Did one of t...

Today in history: Today is Saturday, Aug. 29, the 241st day of 2026. There are 124 days left in the year. On Aug. 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina struck the U.S. Gulf Coast in southeast Louisiana, breachi...

DEAR ABBY: I am at my wits’ end with “Barney,” my husband of 35 years. He retired two years ago, but I am still working and likely will for several more years. I’ve worked from home successfully since...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My 16-year-old daughter is determined to completely isolate herself. She says she doesn’t want any friends, so she acts very mean and disinterested in other kids at school and extracur...

For the MVI Penn Highlands Healthcare earned statewide recognition for its efforts to support and raise awareness about organ, eye and tissue donation. The health system has been recognized with five ...

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

• Summer concert series continues with Let’s Groove Tonight-Earth Wind and Fire tribute, Renzie Park Lions Bandshell, 2370 Palm St., McKeesport, 7 p.m. • Bingo, Carroll Township Volunteer Fire Departm...

The hanging planter on my porch has seen better days. And by better days, I mean the summer annuals have dried to a brown crisp that likely has the neighbors wondering if the Addams Family has moved i...

Happy Birthday: Change may be on your radar, but before you begin, put an end to matters you don’t want to drag into your future. Maintaining a good reputation will help you promote what you want to p...

DEAR ABBY: Twenty-six years ago, I began what was supposed to be an affair with my current girlfriend, “Lacey.” I was married at the time, and when my thenwife caught me, I was told we needed only to ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband and I fundamentally disagree on how to deal with a neighbor who has no boundaries. This guy has fallen on hard times and does virtually nothing to help himself. He has been ...

Today in history: Today is Friday, Aug. 28, the 240th day of 2026. There are 125 days left in the year. On Aug. 28, 1963, during the March on Washington, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his ...

Texting friends, replying to a business email, tapping out some text for a social media post. We do a lot of writing on our smartphones, which are increasingly essential for our work and personal live...