Do you remember the song “Ironic” by Alanis Morissette? Well isn’t it ironic that companies that sell food with addictive chemicals, toxins and carcinogens donate money to cancer foundations and “rese...

The following Frazier Elementary School, Perryopolis, students were named to the 2024-25 fourth nine-week honor roll: Grade 5 Highest honors Lucas Bryan, Charlotte Crilly, Verity Dunn, Summer Gibson, ...

The following students were named to the fourth-quarter honor roll at Geibel Catholic Junior-Senior High School in Connellsville: Grade 12 Highest honors Autumn Bartos, Alexander Hilling, Elias Martin...

The head of the Statue of Liberty is on display in early 1884 in France prior to being shipped to the United States. AP

• Monongahela High School Class of 1955 luncheon meeting, Eat ’n Park, Monongahela, 1 p.m. • Eucharistic Adoration, St. Andrew the Apostle Monongahela church, 722 W. Main St., 6 to 7 p.m. • Bingo, Nor...

For the MVI Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Greensburg is expanding its outreach through its Older Adult Services, to expand vital support and companionship for those aged 60 and older across Arm...

Kassidee Kennedy, 14, who will be a sophomore next school year at Elizabeth Forward High School, continues to excel as a competitive cheerleader at Rain Athletics Kassidee began cheering at age 6, fir...

Bellmar High School Class of 1958 will have a luncheon meeting at 5 p.m. Thursday at Lock 4 at Smitty’s Marina, lower Speers, 5 p.m. Members of Donora American Legion Auxiliary Unit 212, Donora, will ...

NEW YORK (AP) — The first thing Alison C. Jones does when she wakes up is to name three things she’s grateful for. It can be as simple as the breeze from a fan or as meaningful as the way a friend sho...

DEAR ABBY: I am a mother of six and a grandma to four. We are a close family and enjoy each other’s company. My mom is nearly 80. For reasons I could never understand, she didn’t enjoy my children whe...

This pasta dish, a riff on an offering served at Trattoria Bertozzi in Bologna, Italy, is a golden, fresh combination of guanciale (cured pork cheek), fragrant saffron, summery zucchini and short, cur...

The Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport will hold a free Celebrate Freedom Juneteenth Day event from 1 to 5 p.m. Thursday at the library, 1507 Library Ave., McKeesport. Included will be Kia’s Little D...

• Father’s Day celebration service, Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, 11 a.m. • McKeesport Lions summer concert featuring the Vogues, Lions bandshell, Renzie Park, McKeesport, 7 p.m. ...

• Hibachi Lou, Japanese food truck, Penn Highlands Mon Valley, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Bingo, Center on the Hill, 100 Summit Road, Washington Township, 10 a.m. • ...

The following students were named to Monessen Middle School’s 2024-25 fourth nine-week honor roll: Grade 8 Highest honors Kennedy Lindsay, Mason Reeves, Noelle Spagnolo High honors Giselle Joseph, Mya...

Westminster College in New Wilmington, Pa., named the following local students to its spring 2025 semester dean’s list: • Ellian Ascencio, Venetia, chemistry major, graduate of Peters Township High Sc...

By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com A day at the Pennsylvania Trolley Museum is a full-sensory experience. From the ring of the bell to the hum and shake of the trolley as it rides down the tracks, th...

Story and photos by Matt Petras For the MVI The original owners of Triple B Farms have been at it for 40 years, but they still keep themselves plenty busy. Carolyn Beinlich makes a habit of racing aro...

By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com It might seem like Life’sWork is new to the Mon Valley, but the nonprofit has been making an impact in the community long before the opening of its Monessen offic...

Story and photos by Matt Petras For the MVI Decades ago, passionate history lovers ran the Donora Historical Society, but it didn’t get a lot of attention. It started in the basement of an old communi...