A few years ago, Kurt Neesley of Redondo Beach, California, was brainstorming where to put his family’s Elf on the Shelf for his three kids to find the next morning. He decided to make it look like the doll, named Elfie, had painted on their kitchen wall. Neesley used Tootsie Rolls to build ...

A growing exotic pet trade has conservationists calling for stronger regulations to protect the reptiles, birds and other animals in the wild that are increasingly showing up for sale on internet marketplaces and becoming popular on social media. The two-week Convention on International ...

Ken Tedora strings garland above the front door of his North Second Street home in Juniata on Monday afternoon. Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski

Ebensburg will host its 20th annual “Dickens of a Christmas” in the downtown historic district Dec. 5-7. This Victorian event encompasses the true spirit of Christmas and will take visitors back in time to experience an old-fashioned holiday. Events kickoff on Friday at the Cambria ...

The Clearfield Arts Studio Theatre will stage “A Christmas Carol” at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 11-13 and Dec. 18-20. This year’s production features the Charles Dickens classic, adapted by Charles Ludlam, who created a delightfully ridiculous yet remarkably faithful retelling of the classic ...

Free clothing, food offered The Geeseytown Lutheran Church, 462 Route 22, Hollidaysburg, will hold a free clothing and nonperishable food giveaway from 9 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 6. Future clothing giveaways will be held on the first Saturday of each month, weather permitting. Advent Quiet ...