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...

Students will seal their phones in Yondr pouches throughout the school day. In a letter to parents and community members, Eric Harper introduced himself as the new McKeesport Area High School principa...

The Frosty Frolic Mon River Romp is a major fundraiser for the California Area School District Foundation. By the MVI Nineteen California Area High School 2024 graduates walked away with 23 scholarshi...

Rostraver Township will host an event in September to allow residents to bring their electronics to recycle. Items will be accepted on three days in September at the Rostraver Township Road Department...

The fallout from President Biden’s miserable debate last week is giving me deja vu. In the political right’s intramural arguments over Donald Trump, I got some things correct and some incorrect. But I...

To the Editor: People better wake up! Who decides what is correct? Only you do. If you believe the one-sided only view of CNN, MSNBC, NPR, ABC, CBS, NBC, and even FOX, where the major hosts make milli...

Several prominent Democrats have called on the president to step down in the wake of his debate performance. MADISON, Wis. (AP) — President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort...

The railroad-themed event recalls the first train to arrive in the area on Independence Day in 1874. Mon Valley residents flocked from all over Thursday for Monongahela Main Street Program’s sixth ann...

A fundraiser is set for 3 to 7 p.m. July 13 at the Eagles club. The Monessen Fraternal Order of Eagles will host a fundraiser July 13 to benefit the Povrzenich family, who lost their Donora home in a ...