WASHINGTON — The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits moved up last week to 332,000 from a pandemic low, a sign that the spread of the delta variant may have slightly increased layoffs.

CONNEAUT LAKE — The sixth Ice House Festival will be held Dec. 4 at Ice House Park on Water Street, which is a change from the usual February date.

Outdoorsy types are encouraged to apply for the job of counting raptors at the Allegheny Plateau Audubon Society’s hawk watch near Central City.

After more than year of reduced on-campus capacity because of the COVID-19 pandemic, Slippery Rock University’s enrollment remains strong now that SRU is fully back to in-person classes and activities. For the fall 2021 semester, there are 8,424 students enrolled at the University, according…

There are a lot of unhappy campers at Shenango River Lake. Well – make that people who wanted to be campers at the lake.

The Neshannock High School Class of 1970, known as The Dimensions, dedicated a memorial bench at the school on Sept. 11. More than 60 people were in attendance for the ceremony including three teachers and two wives of teachers.

George and Pamela Pendergrass, associate directors of Frontier Fellowship, will kick off the 2021 Spiritual Emphasis Westminster Speaker Series on Sunday.

Family members of current Westminster College students are invited spend a day on campus during the college’s annual Family Day event Sept. 25.

Nevada Pacifico was crowned homecoming queen Friday night at Laurel High’s Len Rich Stadium. 

After being suspended last school year, the After School Arts program is returning to Arts & Education at the Hoyt.

NEW YORK (AP) — We know when it paused. But when did it restart?

Heartworm is a term many pet owners hear but few really understand.

This week we take a break from cooking, grilling and smoking and share a dining experience.

NEW YORK (AP) — Billie Eilish went full glam in a huge peach ball gown at the pandemic-delayed Met Gala on Monday night, while fellow host of the evening Amanda Gorman was breathtaking in cobalt blue custom Vera Wang with a diamond laurel wreath in her hair.

Somerset County is usually a tranquil, bucolic area full of small towns, fertile farms and gorgeous mountain scenery.

For the sixth time since 2015, Butler County Community College has been selected as the No. 1 community college in Pennsylvania, most recently by a third organization joining others that determine rankings after assessing institutions of higher education.

LONDON (AP) — Kermit the Frog. Miss Piggy. Animal. Statler and Waldorf. The Swedish Chef. The list goes on and on.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 8.3 percent last month from August 2020, the biggest annual gain since the Labor Department started calculating the 12-month number in 2010.

When it comes to sales pitches to seniors about insurance to fill the gaps in Medicare coverage, there is a lot of incomplete and deceptive information involved. And sometimes, total misinformation.

SHARON – Sharon Regional Medical Center employees said Wednesday that they were told by higher ranking medical staff that the hospital system may be planning to close its birthing unit – but a final decision hadn’t been made.

American Legion Post 343 will host a combined POW-MIA/Vietnam Memorial observance at 7 p.m. Friday.

Lil Nas X won video of the year at Sundays MTV VMAs on a night that Justin Bieber triumphantly returned to the stage as a performer and as winner of the artist of the year.

SHARON – It’s official, Sharon Regional Medical Center confirmed reports Thursday that it intends to close the maternity unit at its on or around Dec. 31.

It’s true, nostalgia sells.

Due to extreme abuse, the electric wheelchair that I use for weeding broke.

Read about Dorothy Knight Burchett and her Sweetheart as she turns everyday events into causes for introspection, humor and good will.

The Eintracht Männerchor will host a scaled-down version of its annual Oktoberfest this year.

Homecoming season at Lawrence County’s high schools begins this weekend with the Laurel School District kicking off the annual fall tradition.