Karen Mansfield

Twice a year, it happens: Americans adjust their clocks, springing forward or falling back. At 2 a.m. this Sunday, daylight savings time ends, so most people in all states except Hawaii and Arizona (neither follows daylight saving time) will turn their clocks back and gain one hour of sleep. But, experts say, much like springing […]

The 41st annual 2000 Turkeys campaign kicked off Oct. 2, and donations will help Food Helpers, the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank, and City Mission Boxes of Love to provide Thanksgiving dinners to Washington County families in need. In Washington County, more than 18,820 people – about 1 in 8 – face food insecurity, according […]

For the fifth year, UPMC Washington Teen Outreach Common Ground Teen Center will hold its Seesaw Marathon this week. The handmade seesaw will be outside the Teen Center at 92 N. Main St., Washington, from 4 p.m. Friday through 4 p.m. Saturday. Participants will pledge money to seesaw – and those who participate will make […]

For Dr. Mary Jo Podgurski, the mission is personal. As founder of the UPMC Washington Teen Outreach, Podgurski has spent nearly four decades passionately working to close the gap between kids in crisis and the care they need. And now, Teen Outreach is expanding one of its education programs, the Road to Mental Health Education, […]

In August, a victim of domestic abuse was able to alert an onlooker to her situation at a convenience store in California – without raising the suspicions of her alleged abuser, who had accompanied her. She managed to notify the person through the use of a hand signal, according to police. “It was determined that […]

On Friday, when blue-and-gold-clad Avella Eagles football fans flood through the gates at the stadium to watch the Eagles football team take on the Mapletown Maples in the homecoming game, another team will ensure that a high-quality stream of the football game reaches area homes. Avella Area High School’s media production team – made up […]

Wilfred R. Cameron Wellness Center marked its 25th anniversary on Wednesday with a celebration that included food, health activities, and a donation from 99-year-old philanthropist Nan Cameron. The wellness center opened on Oct. 1, 2000, bolstered by a $5 million donation from the late Wilfred R. Cameron and his wife, Nan Camerson, longtime Washington business […]

A member of St. Oscar Romero Parish in Washington County who was held at an ICE detention facility for nearly three months has been reunited with his family. Jesus Teran, 35, a father of two, was apprehended on July 8 while reporting to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office in Pittsburgh for a scheduled […]

Hundreds turned out at Washington Park on Saturday for the annual Out of the Darkness Walk coordinated by the Western Pennsylvania chapter of the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention and the Washington County Suicide Prevention Task Force. WIth each step along the 1½-mile route, the 270 participants honored friends and loved ones lost to suicide […]

Since President Dontald Trump said at a press conference alongside Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F Kennedy Jr. on Monday that taking acetaminophen during pregnancy was linked to a “very increased risk” of autism in children, several pregnant women have had questions for Dr. Lawrence Glad, an obstetrician and Director of Women’s and Pediatric […]