The organization is expanding the programs it offers throughout the Valley. Volunteers and instructors are needed to help as the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts continues to expand its programs. The M...

Hispanics account for more than half of the state’s population increase over the past 20 years. New Spanish grocery stores are opening, adding a fresh flavor to the city. Amid the usual Pittsburgh tra...

The clinical placement program will begin when classes resume. The Belle Vernon Area School District reached an agreement in May with the University of Pittsburgh’s Nursing School that will allow the ...

Spotlight PA conducted a months-long probe into woefully slow investigations of allegations of abuse and neglect involving older adults. In Pennsylvania, county-level agencies investigate allegations ...

NEW YORK (AP) — After a historically bad first half of the year, the box office is suddenly booming. “Despicable Me 4,” the Illumination Animation sequel, led the way over the holiday weekend with $75...

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Marking nine months since the war in Gaza started, Israeli protesters blocked highways across the country Sunday, calling on Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to step down and ...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — President Joe Biden urged his supporters to stay unified at a rousing Black church service in critical Pennsylvania on Sunday, even as his campaign team quietly braced for growing ...

CHAPIN, S.C. (AP) — President Joe Biden ‘s campaign provided lists of approved questions to two radio hosts who did the first interviews with him after his faltering debate performance, both hosts sai...

WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA is not a melting pot of cultures. The people who have come to or passed through Pittsburgh and surrounding communities have not blended into a homogeneous puree of creamy uniformi...

DEAR ABBY: We adopted our daughter, “Opal,” at the age of 2. She is 6 now. Opal lived with us off and on as a newborn, but by age 1, she lived permanently with us. We live in a small community, so eve...

• Elizabeth Township Seniors meeting, Rock Run Inn, 11 a.m. • Bellmar High School Class of 1966 meeting, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, Rostraver Township, 2:30 p.m. • South Hills Coin Club, Bethel Park ...

About 36 million people are under an excessive heat warning. LOS ANGELES (AP) — A long-running heat wave that has already shattered previous records across the U.S. will persist, baking parts of the W...

A hurricane warning has been issued for much of the state’s shoreline. MATAGORDA, Texas (AP) — Texas officials are telling coastal residents to expect power outages and floodings as Beryl was forecast...

By JOHN LEICESTER, LORI HINNANT and SYLVIE CORBET Associated Press PARIS (AP) — A coalition of the French left that quickly banded together to beat a surging far right in legislative elections won the...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — As President Joe Biden tries to revive his embattled reelection bid, Vice President Kamala Harris led a parade of Black Democrats who warned Saturday that the threat of another Dona...

The organization will celebrate its 75th anniversary this week. WASHINGTON (AP) — Growing skepticism about President Joe Biden’s reelection chances has European leaders heading to the NATO summit in W...

FAMILY FEATURES Most parents know – or soon will – crying is completely normal for babies. Even once you’ve determined a cause for the cries, finding foolproof ways to soothe baby can be difficult. Wh...

Amy Smaracheck, who started the Belle Vernon enterprise, has a son in the Air Force. Belle Vernon’s new food truck spot, COP-A-SQUAT, held a military appreciation day on Friday for veterans and active...

This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country during the war. From the cockpit of his P-47 Thunderbolt fighter, Monessen...

Jacob Posey is charged with homicide by vehicle in the March 16 death of Tori Demo. A Fayette City man is accused of driving 118 mph when he crashed into another vehicle on Interstate 70, resulting in...