The First Christian Church of Charleroi, 61 Walnut Ridge Road, is hosting the annual Community Cantata at 3 p.m. Sunday. This year’s program is entitled “A Simple Christmas.” A tasting party will be h...

Metro Creative Services Get inspired Traditions are hallmarks of most holidays, but they’re particularly prominent during celebrations that fall at the end of the year. The customs people hold dear ar...

The Edward V. Monaghan Charitable Youth Foundation nonprofit organization recently made a donation to “Tickets for Kids,” a Pittsburgh/national organization that provides free access to underprivilege...

Commencement ceremonies will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at California, Clarion and Edinboro campuses. For the MVI Pennsylvania Western University will honor its fall 2025 graduates during simultan...

Jacob Callaway of Rostraver Township has been named to the 2025 summer trimester dean’s list at Palmer College of Chiropractic’s main campus in Davenport, Iowa.

Focus on filling in the gaps and acquiring knowledge, experience and skills. Refuse to let negativity take over when a positive attitude will attract upbeat connections. Position yourself for success ...

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been married to a narcissist for 28 years. He has gaslighted me for our entire 30 years together. He has had a “work wife” and a flirtation with the next-door neighbor hottie, and he p...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend really upset me recently. We made plans to go out to a restaurant that I’ve been looking forward to for weeks; it was special to me, and he knew how excited I was. The day...

The Nordic countries are no strangers to the long, dark winter. Despite little to no daylight — plus months of frigid temperatures — people who live in northern Europe and above the Arctic Circle have...

• American Legion Post 28, Monessen, meeting, Monessen Volunteer Fire Department No. 1 fire station, Donner Avenue, Monessen, 2 p.m. • Dine and Donate, to benefit Mon Valley Paws, Small Town Tavern, 1...

The California Area Historical Society will host the first concert by the California Area School District’s Violin Club at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Gallagher House, 429 Wood St. The students created the...

Penn State students are shown as they picketed a barber shop on Dec. 10, 1948, in State College, Pa., over alleged refusal of the shops in the college town to cut the hair of African-American students...

LIBRARY DONATIONS The Monongahela Area Library shelved the following in July, August, September and October: Memorials David Miller “Pollinators and Native Plants for Kids: An Introduction to Botany” ...

Express yourself, your likes and dislikes, and see how much you save emotionally and financially this year. Your tell-it-like-itis attitude will help you clear up unfinished business. Refuse to let wh...

DEAR ABBY: I’m a twice-divorced woman who has no children. I was raised by two deeply religious parents (now deceased) who attended church every Sunday and took me along. I regularly attended church u...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My colleague has a tendency to be unapologetically late, and I can’t stand it! We’ve traveled together in the past for work, and I have seen firsthand how careless he can be with his t...

St. Andrew the Apostle Parish will hold a Blue Christmas service at 7 p.m. Thursday at the Donora site, Second Street Extension and Park Manor Road in Donora. The gentle, prayerful gathering is for an...

U.S. infantrymen pray in the Vietnamese jungle on Dec. 9, 1965, during memorial services for comrades killed in the battle of the Michelin rubber plantation, 45 miles northwest of Saigon. AP

• Christmas card watercolor paint and sip, Donora Public Library, 510 Meldon Ave., 6 to 8 p.m. Cost is $20 for the BYOB event. Register by calling 724-379-7940. • Ernest E. Jobes Post 212 American Leg...

The following have applied for marriage licenses through the Westmoreland County Register of Wills: • Madhu Sai Shirdeesh Pydipati, 33, and Lisa Marie Miller, 49, both of West Newton.