If you spend any time gardening, you probably understand what I mean when I say it feels good — despite the lifting, sweating and straining involved. Yes, exercise is good for our bodies, but there’s ...

Metro Creative Services Natural disasters and severe storms can leave a trail of devastation in their wake. When such events occur, people are left to pick up the pieces, and that may involve assessin...

• Outreach car wash, Dierken’s Pharmacy parking lot, across from Sheetz, Monongahela, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., $10 donation. • McKeesport Rib Festival, Renzie Park, McKeesport, noon to 9 p.m., performance b...

The Donora Public Library board of directors will conduct its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the library, 510 Meldon Ave., Donora. Rostraver High School Class of 1959 will meet for ...

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

Even the swift, streamlined locomotive hasn’t helped railroads much in competition with other passenger carriers. A modern train in the background can travel at 100 mph. The old teakettle boiler with ...

The books follow the love lives of three women in their late 50s who became best friends in high school. MATT PETRAS For the MVI Chris Posti once lived in Coal Center, and that Mon Valley area stuck w...

TribLive If you are heading to the North Shore this Labor Day weekend it is best to have a game plan, especially on Saturday. The University of Pittsburgh football opens its season hosting cross-town ...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I recently received a job offer from another company that comes with a significantly higher salary than what I’m currently making. The role is in a field I’ve been wanting to move into...

DEAR ABBY: My daughter, “Violet,” lives about two hours away. She and her mother (my wife) do not get along. Violet was always a rebellious, independent wild child, as well as the source of a lot of f...

By The Associated Press Daniel Craig’s Benoit Blanc is back. So are the stars of “Wicked” and the animals of “Zootopia.” Summer may be known as sequel season, but part twos, and threes, will play big ...

• Customer appreciation day, 10 items of clothing for $1, Care & Share thrift store, California United Methodist Church, 227 Third St., 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. • Shortbread City Mercantile sale, Penn Highlan...

Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, will host an outreach car wash from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at the Dierken’s Pharmacy parking lot, across from Sheetz in Monongahela. The donation...

Penn Highlands Healthcare welcomes certified registered nurse practitioner Olivia Bickmore, CRNP, to its medical staff. Bickmore joins the team at Penn Highlands Oncology/ Hematology, located at 1163 ...

DEAR ABBY: About eight months ago, I stumbled on my husband watching online porn. He admitted to habitual use but said it was just a stress reliever and he would stop viewing it. Meanwhile, I am plagu...

NEW YORK (AP) — Fall books mean more than literary fiction. The top releases this season range from a fairy tale newly told to memoirs about a famous writer’s indomitable mother and life after marriag...

• Peach festival, West Newton Lions Field House, 511 Pittsburgh St., West Newton, 4 to 7 p.m., held by West Newton First Church of God. • Customer appreciation days, 10 items of clothing for $1, Care ...

The monthly Young Adult Book Club will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday at the Monongahela Area Library, 813 W. Main St., Monongahela. The club is typically for ages 13 and older and focuses on what interests ...

This year marks the 250th birthday anniversary of the United States Marine Corps. The August meeting of the Mon Valley Leathernecks was called to order by Commandant Mike Sowko at VFW Post 1409 in Bla...

ST. NIKOLAUS, Germany (AP) — Santa’s elves start early in Germany. Three postal workers set off Aug. 9 on their nearly 1,860-mile bicycle journey from St. Nikolaus, Germany, to the small town of Rovan...