The City of McKeesport Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating Frank Olds, a 70-year-old Black male who has been reported missing and is considered endangered. Olds was last seen...

Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...

Single-lane restrictions will continue this weekend on Interstate 70 between Exit 43 (Route 201/Fayette City) and Exit 46 (Route 51/I-70 Interchange) in Rostraver Township, weather permitting. The lan...

Carroll Township • Brody K. Nichols, 42, of Monroeville was charged with DUI, driving while operating privileges are suspended or revoked, reckless driving and careless driving stemming from an allege...

The curriculum prepares students for the FAA’s Remote Pilot Certification exam. Ember Tomlinson’s interests came together this week at a drone flight camp held at South Fayette High School. “I’ve had ...

Police say a White Oak resident lied about finding a dog on the roadside. A White Oak woman is being accused of several animal cruelty charges that led to the euthanization of a dog. Sandra I. Alvarad...

Costs for Pennie users could climb significantly in 2027. Pennsylvanians who buy their health insurance through Pennie, the state’s Affordable Care Act marketplace, could see significantly higher prem...

Leadership in Westmoreland County’s Park Police Department and solicitor’s office was granted salary hikes Thursday. The county’s salary board, which consists of the three commissioners and Controller...

The West Mifflin lowincome community has been the subject of an ongoing criminal case. The Allegheny County District Attorney’s Office has asked a judge to visit the Mon View Heights apartment complex...

A Penn Hills man is accused of attacking residents in a West Mifflin apartment complex and trying to escape through a bedroom window. Erajah Suddeth-Jones, 22, is charged with terroristic threats, sim...

• Heather Rose Butler, 42, of McKeesport was charged with recklessly endangering another person, DUI and failure to stop and render aid stemming from an alleged traffic incident July 8, court records ...

PennDOT District 12 announced traffic impacts will continue on Interstate 70 between Exit 43, which is Route 201 Fayette City, and Exit 46, which is the Route 51/I70 Interchange in Rostraver Township....

Some of the 850 tons of road salt that the borough ordered was recently delivered. West Mifflin Public Works Director Anthony DiCenzo said at Tuesday’s meeting that weather has pushed back road millin...

The Commercial Street Bridge replacement has progressed faster than the agency expected. With the new Commercial Street Bridge now bolted in place, PennDOT is sure the Parkway East will open to traffi...

The second suspect accused of taking part in an armed robbery at a Rostraver Township gas station earlier this month has been arrested. Riley Austin Coulter, 21, of Finleyville, was arraigned on charg...

Clairton • Dannayja Cain, 23, of Clairton was charged with persons not to possess, manufacture or control stemming from an alleged incident June 3, court records state. • Daniel Cain, 20, of Clairton ...

Thursday Events • Country Line Dancing, H Lounge, Hollywood Casino at the Meadows, North Strabane Township, 7 p.m. • Bike night, Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar, Finleyville, 6 p.m. • Line dancing, PBR Pittsbu...

Roughly 600 households were invited to participate in the testing, which will produce data for national health policies. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, known as NHANES, began to...

Monongahela parents are facing one felony and two misdemeanors for child endangerment after what police said are five separate incidents. Abigail Kachur, 31, and Paul Alexander, 33, were both charged ...

A Fallowfield man is charged with abusing his pregnant girlfriend. Martin Craig, 47, is charged with strangulation, simple assault and harassment stemming from an alleged incident July 17 at his resid...