PITTSBURGH — A Civil War buff from Western Pennsylvania has returned a historic revolver to the Chicago museum from which it was stolen decades earlier.

Robert Hassinger on Tuesday turned over the 1851 Colt revolver to officials from the Chicago History Museum. The revolver once belonged to Owen Brown, a son of John Brown, the abolitionist who led an ill-fated 1859 raid on a military arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Va.

The North Hills man traded for the revolver at a gun show in 1991, owning it for a decade before discovering that its serial number matched that of a weapon missing since the 1940s.

PITTSBURGH — Pittsburghers who look forward to the city's annual Three Rivers Arts Festival are now being asked to help make the event a success.The organizers of the free festival are encouraging people to donate money to the festival between now and June 3. Contributions can be sent to the Pittsburgh Cultural Trust.