A hearing on a petition from the family of missing Unity Township woman Cassandra Gross seeking to have her declared legally dead is scheduled for today, Jan. More...
A man from New York has filed a personal injury lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for Western Pennsylvania alleging he was blinded in one eye in a fireworks accident two years ago in Ligonier Township. More...
DETROIT (AP) — Darlene Hardison would have loved to have a funeral for her father and uncle and bury them in marked graves at a Michigan cemetery. More...
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — When the flags were removed from the caskets and folded with military precision, there were no family members there to receive them. So, the banners were passed, hand-to-hand, through the crowd. More...
ADEL, Iowa (AP) — Aformer Iowa school district official has been given three years of probation for embezzling nearly $217,000 over the course of several years. More...
A review of television advertising turns up keys to what is really bothering Americans — making them grouchy, despairing and causing them to vote in strange ways. More...
If people of area counties want a respite from thinking about the partial federal government shutdown, they have the option of focusing on two growing trends in education — four-day weeks and bans on homework — that, who knows, might some More...
Last week I discussed the topic of subject-verb agreement. Many of you wrote in and asked about sports teams, particularly sports teams whose names don’t end in “s”: are they considered singular or plural? More...
The University of Pittsburgh at Greensburg presents “They Call Me Q,” a one-woman show written, performed and co-produced by Qurrat Ann Kadwani. The show begins at 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. More...
International award-winning ‘Legally Blonde - The Musical’ is the ultimate Broadway tribute to Girl Power! “Legally Blonde - The Musical” will be at the Pasquerilla Performing Arts Center, University of Pittsburgh at Joh More...
Greg Bensko’s art these days has been focused on birds. For one thing, he’s planning another painting to enter in the annual Pennsylvania Duck Stamp Contest that benefits the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s Waterfowl Management Program. More...
The Westmoreland County Bureau of Parks and Recreation is offering grants to nonprofit organizations to support art-related projects and activities for county residents. In all, $9,500 is available for grants this year. More...
NEW YORK (AP) - Democratic presidential contender Julian Castro launched his campaign by pledging support for “Medicare for All,” free universal preschool, a large public investment in renewable energy and two years of free college for all Americans. More...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - As Americans commemorated Martin Luther King Jr., Democratic presidential hopefuls fanned out across the country to honor the civil rights leader and make themselves heard on the national stage. Sen. More...
(AP) — The percentage of TSA airport screeners missing work has hit 10 percent as the partial government shutdown stretches into its fifth week. The Transportation Security Administration said Monday that Sunday’s absence rate compa More...
The Greater Latrobe girls’ basketball team did what it needed to do early in Monday’s WPIAL Class 5A Section 3 home game against section leading Oakland Catholic. More...
For not having six of its wrestlers from last year’s team that captured it second section title in three seasons, finished second in the WPIAL and became the first in school history to make it to Hershey for the PIAA Championships, Derry Area has don More...
For the second straight game, Greater Latrobe’s defensive effort and timely scoring were the biggest factors in a key division victory. The host IceCats held the potent Upper St. More...