Those who paid attention in geography class may remember the world’s highest-altitude mountain peaks are in the Himalayas.By contrast, many tend to know little about the people who live there, or the people who used to live there. Organizers of a recent event in South Park are looking to ...
In the mid-19th century, a Polish physician noticed workers in salt mines tended not to suffer from respiratory issues.As a result, Dr. Feliks Boczkowski began advising patients to go underground to breathe salt-enriched air in chambers that became known as salt caves. Since then, what ...
Thanksgiving is supposed to be an event worthy of a perfect Norman Rockwell portrait, with happy families consuming homemade smorgasbords.Unfortunately, not everyone gets that particular picture.To help brighten the fourth Thursday of November for people who otherwise would have trouble ...
In the context of the federal Americans With Disabilities Act, “no” doesn’t necessarily mean no.To help her cope with symptoms associated with her post-traumatic stress disorder, U.S. Army veteran Debbie Ritchey has a service dog, which she was quick to point out that she didn’t name, ...
The last Thursday of October already looked to be a special day at Ave Maria Academy’s Mt. Lebanon campus.Students were treated to a morning dance-a-thon followed by classroom Halloween parties in the afternoon. And in between, they gathered in St. Bernard Church’s Clairvaux Hall for a ...
An online fundraising account set up by the family of the 12-year-old Chartiers Valley Middle School student who died during basketball practice Wednesday has raised more than $60,000.The GoFundMe page in remembrance of Jayson Kidd of Bridgeville was set up Thursday afternoon to help for the ...
