Family Features Simplifying family dinners after the holiday season starts with easy recipes that don’t sacrifice flavor. To save time heading into the new year, add a recipe like Shrimp Spaghetti to ...

Family Features Whether you’re preparing to power through workouts or recharging for a day of play, a filling, satisfying breakfast is a fitting way to start the morning. Shaking off the sleepiness ca...

Try this soup for a nourishing weeknight meal. It takes inspiration from an Italian minestrone soup, with a tomato-based stock and a wedge of a hard cheese rind. Yes, that’s right: A chunk of a hard I...

By CHRISTINE HAINES For the MVI I was going to share another dessert recipe today, but the cold snap has me in a soup mood so goodies will have to wait for another column. Two of my favorite hearty so...

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...

• The band “Reminiscence” will perform, Carnegie Free Library of McKeesport, 1507 Library Ave., McKeesport, 1 to 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. • All-you-can-eat spaghetti dinner, Be...

The following students were named to the fall president’s and dean’s lists at Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, N.H.: Dean’s list Brownsville: Dominique Fike Elizabeth: Daymond Morris Pre...

President-elect Ronald Reagan and his wife, Nancy, and Vice Presidentelect George Bush and his wife, Barbara, stand at the top of the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington on Jan. 17, 1981. A ce...

Emotions, money and communication will collide this year if you don’t choose your words wisely. It will be easy to send the wrong message or to be misled by others. When in doubt, ask questions, verif...

DEAR ABBY: I am a senior woman in great shape. I am active, and I have never had a problem attracting men. Five years ago, I married a man I had known for many years. We used to have a pretty active s...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My daughter has vitiligo and is adjusting to the changes in her skin and hair. She’s only 7 years old, and as most of us know, kids can be insensitive. Some of her classmates can be ju...

About half of Americans (46%) have a will. The other half are complicating the task of settling their affairs for their survivors. That’s why it’s important to have a plan in place in the event of you...

Metro Creative Services The death of a loved is difficult to confront. Emotions are elevated and grief is prominent. which can make it hard to make important decisions. Quite often several people need...

Metro Creative Services The period surrounding the death of a loved one can be difficult to navigate. Mourning a recently deceased family member or friend can dominate individuals’ thoughts, compromis...

• Saturday Stories, children’s program of folk and fairy tales for preschool and early elementary children, Saturdays until March, Belle Vernon Public Library, 505 Speer St., North Belle Vernon, 1 p.m...

Pastor Dennis Stitch of the First Christian Church in Charleroi will be the guest speaker for the annual Washington, Pa. NAACP celebration in honor of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The event is set ...

Here’s a look at lunch menus for local centers for next week: (All menus may be subject to change.)

Lynn Swann, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers, gets ready to shoot a frame of his teammates during picture day in Miami on Jan. 16, 1979, for the upcoming Super Bowl XIII. Swann bruised his le...

DEAR ABBY: Please help me move forward. My brother- in-law is dating a woman my husband was intimate with once before we were married. It makes family functions very awkward for me, but most of the fa...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A couple of years ago, a friend of mine lent me a pair of pants. Soon after the occasion, I stopped by to visit her and totally forgot to bring her pants with me. I admitted my mistake...