Greater Hazleton Area and beyond Hazleton Helps hosts spring fling: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, March 19 to Saturday, March 21. Church Hill Mall.  Tricky trays, spring flowers sale, variety of ...

Mountain Top Social Club meeting 1:30 p.m., March 24 at the American Legion, 1550 Henry Drive, Mountain Top, PA. The parking and entrance are at the rear of the building. For more club information, ...

After the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the exiled Byzantine claimant Andreas Palaiologos bequeathed the imperial title in 1502 to Ferdinand II of Aragon and Isabella I of Castile. Though the ...

Class Penn State Extension will offer a workshop from its Mental Wellness Garden series, “Helping Others In Distress,” noon to 1 p.m. March 10 at the Westmoreland Conservation District, 218 Donohoe ...

In 1204 the soldiers who had set out to retake Jerusalem in the Fourth Crusade changed course—but why? The result would change medieval Europe forever.

YORK, Pa. — The 40-day Lenten season, which commemorates the time Jesus spent fasting in the desert, begins with today with Ash Wednesday. Many Catholics observe Lent by refraining from eating meat on ...

It’s officially fish season. Weekly fish dinners are common in central Pennsylvania, where diners gather for batter-fried and baked fish paired with sides such as coleslaw, mac and cheese and ...

A traditionalist group of Catholic priests that has been at odds with the Vatican for decades threatened a full schism with Rome this weekend, saying it plans to consecrate bishops without approval ...

STARTS NOW WITH BREAKING NEWS. THAT BREAKING NEWS IS FIRST THIS NOON. A WORKER FREED AFTER BECOMING PINNED BY A PIECE OF INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT IN PITTSBURGH, STRIP DISTRICT. THIS HAPPENED JUST A LITTLE ...

John Fisher portrays St. Nicholas during a visit to a Byzantine liturgy at All Saints Catholic Church-Des Moines on Dec. 6, the feast of the saint. Nicholas was a Byzantine bishop from present day ...

The site of the National Catholic Singles Conference was decorated with a mountain aesthetic. The chandelier in the lobby of the Broomfield, Colo., hotel was made of faux antlers, and behind the front ...

The extraordinary life of the Reverend Monsignor Alexis Mihalik began Dec. 8, 1937 in Hagerstown, Maryland, born to Andrew and Agnes Mihalik. After moving to the Youngstown area, he graduated from ...