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The “Furries” are returning to Pittsburgh this week, and are going to be raising money for a McDonald-based cat rescue. Nose 2 Tail Cat Rescue is the official charity of Anthrocon 2025, which will take place at David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Downtown Pittsburgh from July 3 to ...

It was hot and muggy, and storms were on the horizon, but that didn’t stop festival-goers from celebrating UniontownĢƵ annual Founding Day Festival at Marshall Park on Saturday. Uniontown shares its birthday with the United States - it was founded on July 4, 1775. And SaturdayĢƵ ...

Gus Pagonis grew up in Charleroi three-quarters of a century ago, amid smokestacks and among countless Mon Valley kids who likewise were uncertain of their lifetime trajectories. “I was in a rock ’n roll band in the Valley when I was younger,” Pagonis recounted. “I think I was 15 or ...

As temperatures soar into the 90s this week, pet owners should refrain from allowing dogs to be outdoors for an extended period of time. Gretchen Grasser, the humane officer for the Washington Area Humane Society, warned that she will be issuing citations to those who violate ...

EditorĢƵ note: This is the first in an occasional series about the origin of unusual names of places in Washington, Greene and Fayette counties. Growing up in Avella, Joey Gonzalez heard plenty of stories about Shades of Death Road. ItĢƵ a place where people were murdered and hanged. ...

The fiance of a Rostraver Township woman often glared angrily at the suspect accused of killing her as he testified about finding her body the afternoon of April 11. Dorian Coral Jeri-Greene, of Bowie, Md., appeared at the Westmoreland County Courthouse Thursday for his preliminary hearing on ...