The Greater Monessen Historical Society was founded in 1995 with a mission to protect, preserve, and enhance Monessen’s strong ethnic diversity and rich industrial heritage. It is a recipient of the A...

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The United Way of Mon Valley was organized by citizens in our communities in 1961 to help meet the human care needs of the people of the Mid-Mon Valley. The United Way of Mon Valley provides leadershi...

Family Owned & Operated For Over 90 Years! When you’re looking for a new kitchen or bath your first stop should be at Santori Kitchen and Bath at our giant newly renovated showroom located at 920 Donn...

• John Bickerton, 68, of West Mifflin was charged with indecent exposure and open lewdness stemming from an alleged incident June 4, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Distr...

WFAMILY FEATURES ith temperatures forecasted to run at least 2 degrees higher than historical averages across more than half the country, according to projections from AccuWeather, heat waves may lead...

• Desmond Joseph Ham, 44, of Charleroi was charged with communications with 911, stemming from an alleged incident May 20, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together Wednesday to demand that the Trump administration stop the steppedup immigration raids that have spread fear acro...

WORLD BRIEFLY (AP) — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and o...

A McKeesport man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the theft of guns from a North Huntingdon home in 2021. John Steven Hudak, 49, was charged nearly three years ago with the theft and illegal possession an...

Tonight’s Music • Recycled Vinyl, Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar, Finleyville, 6:30 p.m. • Ledfoot Lover, Plum Street, Elizabeth Borough, 6 p.m. • Michael Bagel, Bloom Brew, West Newton, 5:30 p.m. Tonight’s E...

David Byrne, the innovative musician and founding singer of the Talking Heads, announced a new album and world tour Tuesday — with a stop in Pittsburgh. His new album, “Who Is The Sky?” will be releas...

DEAR ABBY: My 40-year-old daughter is on weight-loss injections and a no-sugar diet. I offered to bake her a sugar-free cheesecake, and she agreed, but she asked me to make a “tester” cake three days ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My husband wants to have a baby; I do not. Now, you’re probably thinking that we should’ve discussed this before we got married, but I don’t think either of us had a hard stance on the...

One seller on eBay has a 1970s 2-quart Pyrex casserole dish listed for $100,000. And while it’s doubtful they’ll get a buyer at that price, many of these vintage crockeries do sell for hundreds and ev...

Before Celine Song was an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, she was a playwright in New York who needed day jobs to pay rent. That’s how she found herself as a professional matchmaker. What may have begun as...

NEW YORK (AP) — The daughter of accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann believes he “most likely” committed the infamous killings in New York even as her mother steadfastly defends her ex-husb...

By S. FRED NATALE While watching a parade in Connellsville, Pa., one evening, S. Fred Natale was approached by a man who said, “See that man,” pointing to Natale’s father (Saverio) Samuel Natale. “If ...

DEAR ABBY: A few months ago, I found out my adult child is transgender. Nobody knows yet except for me, my husband and my other child. Until this year, I have always worked in a very caring, loving an...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I helped my friend “Erica” get hired at my company. I usually do not like recommending people I know to work with me, but the job market has been tough, so I didn’t mind. Erica was hir...