Mars Area Middle School Seventh Grade Girls Volleyball Team ended the 2026 Season with a record of 13-0. In addition to being undefeated, the Lady Planets swept every match except one. Team members Annabelle Bombick, Carmia Erasmus, Makayla DaSilva, Rayleigh Edwards, Paige Graham, Ariana Grusca, Sienna Reilly, Kylie Rhea, Kate Sherwin, Bee Swanson, and Emily Weiner.

The Pennsylvania Emergency Health Service Council announced their annual recipient for the Emergency Medical Service (EMS) Agency of the Year for 2026. The McCandless-Franklin Park Ambulance Authority (MFPAA) of northern Allegheny County has been selected for this distinguished honor.

Most people have a reasonable mental model of what acupuncture does: needles, specific points on the body, something to do with energy and circulation. Fewer people have heard of low-level laser therapy (LLLT), also called cold laser therapy or photobiomodulation. That's starting to change, and for good reason.

Almost every summer, we go to Dewey Beach in Delaware with my husband’s side of the family in July. It’s a week full of traditions: riding the Jolly Trolly to the boardwalk, getting fresh hot donuts from Fractured Prune, trying to take sweaty stressful photos on the beach at the end of the week. Every day is pretty much the same, we pack up and meet at the beach, stay as long as the heat allows.

If you had grandparents growing up, do you remember any gift they bought you when you were a child? Until I was 12, I had two great-grandparents and three grandparents living, and I tried to remember the gifts they had given me. All I could come up with was a pink pillow shaped like a guitar one of my grandmas gave me for Christmas and a pair of tights another grandma gave me when I was about 11 that looked like support hose or something Ruth Buzzi would wear when she played

Summer in Pittsburgh means festival season! Local communities are gearing up to celebrate with food, games, rides, performances and more.

Explore local dances, concerts, entertainment and more this July!

Mars Area Elementary School student John Clark served as a youth advocate for insurance coverage for prosthetics and orthotics during a visit to the Pennsylvania State Capitol in Harrisburg on June 2, where he shared his personal experience and spoke in support of legislative change.

Summer is all about fun, staying up late, watching movies, eating popcorn and overindulging in ice cream! Ice cream screams for pure summer energy. What can be better than sunshine and sticky fingers?

This year’s Independence Day is extra special because America is turning 250, a milestone known as the Semiquincentennial. All over the country, people will celebrate with historic reenactments, picnics, parades, and spectacular fireworks.

The film Forrest Gump premiered on July 6, 1994, and Gary Sinise’s role as Lt. Dan Taylor left a lasting impression. He played an embittered, wounded Vietnam veteran with pain, determination, and hope. Viewers felt his struggles and cheered for his victories. Sinise’s powerful performance earned him an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.

At Genesis Medical Associates, patients receive more than access to a trusted primary care physician – they gain the support of an entire healthcare team working together to help them achieve and maintain their best possible health.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to preventing heart disease. However, there are key lifestyle changes you can make to support a healthy heart and lower your risk of developing heart disease.