Metro Creative Services Parents of young children have undoubtedly read or learned about the benefits of giving children time to engage in creative pursuits. Such activities can help foster cognitive ...

Metro Creative Services Long gone is the era when individuals could store their personal data almost exclusively on paper. Modern life mandates that much of society now does everything from banking to...

The Charleroi Lions Club selected Ethan Hartley as its January cub of the month. The son of Mike and Kendra Hartley, he is enrolled in academic courses at Charleroi Area High School, where he has been...

“A Little History of Large,” which was scheduled for 6 p.m. today at the McKeesport Regional History and Heritage Center, 1832 Arboretum Drive, McKeesport, has been canceled and will be rescheduled. A...

• The Fudge Guy, Penn Highlands Mon Valley lobby, 1163 Country Club Road, Carroll Township, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. • Ballet story time, geared toward ages 3 to 6, Rostraver Public Library, 700 Plaza Drive,...

The following students were named to the Geneva College, Beaver Falls, Pa., 2025 fall-semester dean’s list: Belle Vernon • Cameron Kennedy, sophomore Coal Center • Kaylee Kaneshiro, freshman • Niamh M...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 51-year-old mother and grandmother whose kids don’t talk to me. The reason: My son, “Aaron,” was sexually assaulted by his friend, “Eli,” and I told him his friend was no longer allow...

DEAR HARRIETTE: When my husband and I first got married, we started off in Georgia. He wanted to go to medical school and was accepted to a school in Virginia. At this point, we already had our first ...

Civil rights demonstrators rush officers of the Georgia State Patrol in an attempt to enter the State Capitol in Atlanta on Jan. 14, 1966, during a demonstration protesting the Georgia House’s barring...

The Dignity Robes group will meet from 9 a.m. to noon Friday at the St. Andrew the Apostle Parish sewing room in Donora. Come and join in this wonderful project that involves simple sewing and cutting...

• Mon Valley Coin Club meeting, VFW Post 1409, 793 E. Main St., Monongahela, 7 p.m. • Sweaters and hoodies buy one, get one free, California United Methodist Church thrift store, 227 Third St., Califo...

Members of St. Mary’s Ladies Guild of St. Mary’s Byzantine Catholic Church in Monessen met Jan. 4 for their annual Christmas dinner at the Lock 4 restaurant at Smitty’s Marina, 119 River Ave., Belle V...

DEAR ABBY: My grandson “Ethan” and his fiancee lived with his mother until four years ago. When they moved out, they decided not to give his parents their new address. It has been several years since ...

• Ernest E. Jobes Post 212 American Legion, Donora, meeting, at the post, 513 Meldon Ave., Donora, 6 p.m. • Eucharistic Adoration, St. Andrew the Apostle Parish, Monongahela site, 722 W. Main St., 6 t...

Long Branch Community Grange, 210 Chestnut St., Coal Center, is holding “souper” day sales each Tuesday and Wednesday this month and in February. Featured today will be potato, chicken dumplings, corn...

Annette Buffer and SueAnne Antonucci will receive the honor from the Brownsville Area Ministerial Association. Two longtime leaders of the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts will be recognized later this...

DEAR ABBY: My son married a lovely woman, “Noelle,” two years ago. They live a couple of hours away and have a 1-year-old son, my third grandchild. Noelle’s parents live 10 miles from my home. She and...

• Washington County Veterans Advisory Council meeting, Washington County Office Building, 95 West Beau St., Washington, 6 p.m. • Sambol’s, selling hot dogs, hot and sweet sausage, hoagies, cookies, ca...

DEAR ABBY: My mother passed away six years ago. She was a manipulative woman who had alienated all family members except my adult son. She promised him a sizable amount of money when she passed but di...

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...