A Feb. 4 session will address the Smithton-area facility’s air and water permits. By JOE NAPSHA TribLive From his Mendon Road horse farm, Eric Metz watches white clouds billow daily from the 940-megaw...

The $632,000 is the most ever awarded, and it’s 15% more than was handed out a year ago. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Dwight Brown knows that word of mouth isn’t enough to sustain business growth. Bro...

A single-vehicle accident occurred Thursday at Lincoln Avenue extension in Charleroi. The road reopened later Thursday evening. The Charleroi Fire Department cleaned up hazards following the crash, an...

Commissioners held their annual reorganization meeting earlier this week. Elizabeth Township held its reorganization meeting Monday ahead of its regular monthly meeting to swear in some familiar faces...

The Monessen father testified he had not seen the children. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive One of two Monessen parents charged with endangering their 2-year-old twins told a jury Wednesday he had not se...

Two people suffered life-threatening injuries after being attacked by their dog in an Elizabeth Township home. According to police Chief Ken Honick, police and EMS were called to the home at around 9:...

By JACK TROY TribLive Allegheny County health authorities on Wednesday rejected the federal government’s new childhood vaccine guidelines, promising to stick with the science on immunization practices...

A Donora woman is accused of allegedly blocking a Ringgold school bus and yelling obscenities at the bus driver. Samantha Tatia Mitchell, 32, was charged with unauthorized bus entry, disorderly conduc...

A man accused of kidnapping his wife to Kentucky fled from police Tuesday night as they attempted to serve an arrest warrant in a new case filed by Rostraver police. Latrobe police Lt. Michael Wigand ...

Monessen Fire Dept. No.1 responded Tuesday morning to a report of a gas leak in a residence along McKee Avenue. Firefighters confirmed a gas leak, placed a cross lay as a precaution, shut the gas off ...

Bruce Smith and Joe Sopcak will continue to serve as chairman and vice chairman. Leadership in Fallowfield Township will remain the same following the township’s annual reorganization meeting Monday, ...

Their trial in Westmoreland County will continue today. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Two Monessen parents broke the law when they left their 2-year-old twins trapped in a bedroom strewn with feces and...

Council President Anthony Colecchi and Vice President Mark Stecak were reelected to their positions. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI Several Glassport officials took the oath of office at Monday’s annu...

Mayor Chris Kelly and other officials were also sworn in Monday night. By THOMAS LETURGEY For the MVI History was made during Monday’s reorganization meeting in West Mifflin. Carla Payne-Harrison beca...

The city will honor a longtime public servant by holding Rosalie Nicksich Day Jan. 9. Several Monessen council members and city employees were sworn in to office during Monday’s reorganization meeting...

Nonunion workers who are on the payroll before Jan. 1 will still be eligible. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County’s salary board on Monday rescinded a policy that allowed nonunion employe...

McKeesport HBCU (Historically Black Colleges and Universities) Vision recently hosted its second awards and fourth annual scholarship ceremony at the Monroeville Public Library. Miracle Kelley, a seni...

Achieva received a $1 million grant from health insurer Highmark for the program. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive Across Pennsylvania’s health systems, hundreds of children with disabilities or complex med...

The PA Turnpike Commission has no further plans to close Coal Valley Road, which reopened in December. Coal Valley Road is open again as construction is moving forward with the Mon/Fayette Expressway,...

Pennsylvania residents can apply for assistance through April 10. As winter takes hold in the Mon Valley, some families may wonder how resources like the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program can ...