ATLANTA — Since it first emerged in April, the global swine flu epidemic has sickened more than 1 million Americans and killed about 500. It's also spread around the wor...
WASHINGTON — Fever, chills, vomiting: It starts like a stomach bug or the flu. But bacterial meningitis can go on to kill terrifyingly fast — one of the few infections i...
Rolling Stones' guitarist drowned
LONDON — Forty years after the body of Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones was found floating in his swimming pool following a binge of...
Signs reveal links to past
You might drive past one every day or see one on a city building. Maybe you've even stopped to read a few of the inscribed words.
But few know...
Tae kwon do keeps families together
Ron Sankey chuckled at the mere thought of it.
A 38-year-old man taking up tae kwon do with his kid? Ridiculous.
"I figured I was a li...
MOHNTON, Pa. — After surviving a roadside bomb attack and 39 surgeries, Staff Sgt. Todd Meckley received a Purple Heart medal Aug. 22.
Meckley, 35, originally of Prospec...
History is fascinating, especially if it is presented in such a way to grab the reader or listener quickly, and then hold that interest.
We learn a lot more from history...
There are a few weeks left in the summer party season, and you're thinking of inviting a couple dozen friends for a sit-down dinner. Or 200 for a backyard blowout saluti...
Star musicians headline event
BUTLER TWP — A gala benefit concert benefiting The Community Health Clinic of Butler County on Oct. 3 will feature several world-renowned mu...
Spina Bifida group will use more sites
WEXFORD, Allegheny County — The Spina Bifida Association of Western Pennsylvania renamed its camping and retreat program to match i...
