The Sweetwater Center for the Arts introduced the first Blooms Market in 2024 to spotlight and uplift local artists and vendors. Since then, the monthly events have brought community members together to support the collective each summer.

Fourteen WPIAL girls lacrosse players were recognized by USA Lacrosse this week with postseason honors.

MADISON, Wis. — A Wisconsin beagle breeding farm that’s been the site of recent violent protests is closing, and its remaining dogs are being taken in by a Florida rescue group.

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Mental health struggles for Black Americans often go overlooked, according to the Rev. Vincent Ponder of Community Baptist Church in the Lincoln Beach section of Upper Burrell.

Kiski Township is welcoming a new face in the municipal building.

LONDON — A rare first-edition copy of ” Wuthering Heights,” complete with spelling mistakes, is up for auction for the first time in more than a century, as Emily Brontë’s tragic, tempestuous romance gains new fans through a big-screen adaptation.

CHICAGO — The Chicago Bulls are finalizing a deal to hire Portland Trail Blazers interim coach Tiago Splitter as their next head coach, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday.

Pennsylvania’s natural gas impact fee rose 48% to $243.8 million for 2025, an increase of $79 million for distribution to counties, municipalities and state programs.

If you own a business in Allegheny County, you’ve probably heard the news: a proposed 18 weeks of paid parental leave, every employer, no exemptions. You’re probably asking the same question every other business owner is asking: How can I afford this?

Residents, lawmakers, and affordable housing advocates are pressing the Pennsylvania Senate to act on manufactured home community protections that have stalled in that chamber for one year.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Officials in Brazil on Monday were inspecting the site of a crash in which six people were killed Sunday, after two helicopters collided midair over a suburb of Rio de Janeiro.

The owner of what was once known as Roaring Run Resort is facing three lawsuits, two filed by former members and a third from the company to which he sold the Donegal Township property in 2025.

WASHINGTON — It’s common knowledge that ticks can spread infections that cause serious illnesses, including Lyme disease. Now health officials are trying to raise awareness of a lesser-known problem: a life-threatening allergy to meat triggered by tick bites.

Michigan junior Liz Tapper peaked at the perfect time.

“Stolen Kingdom” may be a documentary about what goes on after dark at Disney Parks, but there’s no way it will ever stream on Disney+.

Antonietta Fazio-Johnson loved drawing and writing from a very young age.

Gardens in Shaler, McCandless, Franklin Park and Hampton are featured this year for the Shaler Garden Club’s 18th annual “Great Gardens Tour.”

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For Franklin Park residents living near the Interstate 79 and Interstate 279 corridors, a highway noise study will have to wait.

The proposed 2026-27 budget for Greater Latrobe School District does not include a property tax hike.

Independence Day parades in the Alle-Kiski Valley are few and far between. But Tarentum is ready to change that.

A teenager was in critical condition after being shot Sunday evening in Turtle Creek, Allegheny County Police said.

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This year’s Burtner House Strawberry Festival is celebrating a milestone: its 50th anniversary.