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How sweet it is! Submitted To take part Anyone interested in participating in "Her 16th Wish," a charity walk to benefit Children's Hospital and the mentoring group Strong Women, Strong Girls, can e-mail Jatara McGee at e-mail or call her at 724-335-7102. Walkers can sign up the day of the race, but are encouraged to register before Saturday.

Venture Outdoors will lead a moderate to difficult 6- to 8-mile hike through Bear Run Nature Reserve on Saturday.

Paranormal investigator Don Wagner of Finleyville with Marci McGuinness of Ohiopyle have written "Hauntings of Pittsburgh and the Laurel Highlands," outlining 28 investigations of supernatural activities.

The WPIAL has announced the sites for the eight semifinal football games that will be played at 7:30 p.m. Friday.

As far as we can ascertain, artistic ability is not a requirement to be a ketchup heiress.

InA thisA 2008 file photo, Sean O'Connell, right, and Julia O'Connell, rear left, eat dinner with their two children atA their home inA Fox Chapel, Pa.

The book is closed on Monaca after its 27-0 loss to Avonworth in the opening round of the WPIAL playoffs, but Center still has a chance to make history.

Three Rivers Film Festival offers a wide range of screenings, from major directors and stars - like Heath Ledger, Johnny Depp and Emily Blunt - to lesser known, local filmmakers.

With the memory of Halloween still haunting us, Gregory Miller couldn't have picked a more appropriate time for the launch of his latest book, "Scaring the Crows: 21 Tales for Noon or Midnight." The Monroeville resident said the stories run the gamut from fantasy, horror, mystery, thriller and ghost story to mainstream tales and quiet character ...

Step inside Gail Gilliland's Fox Chapel Road home, and it's clear she's an artist.

By Mary Ann Thomas , VALLEY NEWS DISPATCH Wednesday, November 4, 2009 Last updated: 9:08 am The Army Corps of Engineers is moving on a plan for a proposed $1.8 million project to reroute stormwater that floods Aspinwall's sewage system.

While 325,000 education jobs nationwide have been reported created or saved because of the economic stimulus so far, Pennsylvania is reporting just 531 such jobs.

New Kensington businessman and philanthropist Charles H. Booth Jr. is suing the estate of his dead attorney for alleged errors made in documents intended to protect Booth's estate from federal taxes.

Ruth and James Weir stand in front of the Greek Revival farmhouse where they reared five children while Mr.

The Allegheny Health and Rehabilitation Center hopes to make Saturday's Make a Difference Day fundraiser an ongoing project.

If the Penn-Trafford golf team wins a WPIAL Division I Team Championship today, then it might want to thank Max Palinski.

Once Janet Burke made up her mind, she succeeded - whether it dealt with raising five sons or working as a do-everything newspaper editor at a time when such jobs were the province of men.

Today and tomorrow : Feathers, the Shadyside fine linens and down store, will have a trunk show of Peacock Alley's exclusive Couture Bedding Collection with a personal appearance by company founder Mary Ella Gabler from 1 to 6 p.m. today.

The body of Gene Roddenberry, creator of Star Trek, was shot into space. The ashes of writer Hunter Thompson were blasted out of a cannon with fireworks.

Visitors to Harrison Hills Park soon will have a dedicated place to climb, make music, paint trees, run up and down hills and gaze into a wooded canopy.