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Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi, a Marine Corps veteran, walked with the Mon Valley Leathernecks in the 2024 Veterans Day parade in Charleroi.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader John Thune quickly swatted down a Democratic offer to reopen the government and extend expiring health care subsidies for a year, calling it a “nonstarter” as ...

Five search warrants were executed at Tim Warco’s office this week. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive Washington County Coroner Tim Warco has been accused by county District Attorney Jason Walsh of withholdi...

OVER THE PAST FEW WEEKS, the pages of this newspaper have been filled with photos captured by our MVI photographers of hundreds of people of all ages attending Halloween parades around the Mon Valley....

Clairton • Jamie Yarmon Miller, 22, of Clairton was charged with injuring park property, criminal mischief and public drunkenness stemming from an alleged incident Oct. 31, court records state. Donora...

FAMILY FEATURES Ahome is more than four walls – it’s where birthdays are celebrated, holiday dinners shared, illnesses weathered and losses mourned. Home is, as the saying goes, where the heart is. It...

A MILESTONE MAKEOVER Juan Lopez, a 63-year-old U.S. Army and Air Force veteran, has always been a do-ityourselfer. When an ice storm sent a tree limb crashing through his roof, the damage was more tha...

NEW YORK (AP) — The UPS cargo plane crash on Tuesday at the company’s global aviation hub in Kentucky, which killed at least 12, will temporarily disrupt the supply chain and result in some shipping d...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Aviation Administration said Wednesday that it would reduce air traffic by 10% across 40 “high-volume” markets beginning Friday morning to maintain travel safety as air t...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com The races for open seats on Valley-wide school boards were among some of the most competitive in Tuesday’s general election. Here are the unofficial results of se...

NOW THAT COLDER WEATHER is here and we moved our clocks back one hour for Daylight Saving Time, we’d like to remind the public to make another change that could save their lives. That change is the ba...

To the Editor: With each passing day, I am so grateful that I voted for Donald Trump. He is living up, or attempting, to fulfill all of his campaign promises. I would vote for him again if the 2024 el...

THE GENERAL ELECTION IS TODAY, and while it might not attract the widespread attention and participation of a presidential race, what happens on this Election Day holds the potential to most personall...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — People across the country formed long lines for free meals and groceries at food pantries and drive-through giveaways Saturday, after monthly benefits through the federal Supple...

By TERRY TANG, JAYLEN GREEN AND GRAHAM LEE BREWER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the nation, a line stretched along the side of the Holy Apostles Soup Kitch...

(AP) — A Michigan defense lawyer is disputing FBI Director Kash Patel’s allegations that his 20-year-old client and four other young suspects were planning to carry out a terror attack on Halloween we...

By MARGERY BECK and GEOFF MULVIHILL Associated Press The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, is a major piece of the U.S. social safety net used by nearly 42 million, or about 1 in 8 A...

Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...

• Justin Michael King, 47, of Bentleyville was charged with terroristic threats, harassment disorderly conduct and theft by unlawful taking stemming from an alleged incident Monday, court records stat...