Police have identified the body of a man found shot to death last week in a McKeesport cemetery. The Allegheny County Medical Examiner’s Office identified Daniel Anthony Smith, 21, of Duquesne as the ...

The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...

OVER THE YEARS, WE HAVE WRITTEN many times on the pages of this newspaper how the Mon Valley always steps up and comes together in times of crisis or when one of our neighbors needs a helping hand. Th...

President Donald Trump is moving quickly with his plan to end the war in Ukraine. What, exactly, that plan involves is still not publicly known. But given the current status of the conflict, along wit...

WASHINGTON (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron traveled to Washington seeking to convince U.S. President Donald Trump to stand by Europe’s side in his talks with Russia about ending the war in Ukr...

DEAR ABBY: I have been married for 52 years. While looking for a tax document, I found a manila envelope that had a note written on the outside. It said, “If something happens to me, please destroy th...

Tens of thousands of planes take off, land and perform touch-and-goes at the Marana Regional Airport in southern Arizona every year. Without an air traffic control tower, it’s a calculated dance that ...

• Shawn Dale Taylor, 52, of Pittsburgh was charged with knowingly or intentionally possessing a controlled or counterfeit substance by a person not registered, use/ possession of drug paraphernalia an...

She won consecutive Grammys for best record in the early 1970s. NEW YORK (AP) — Roberta Flack, the Grammy- winning singer and pianist whose intimate vocal and musical style made her one of the top rec...

John Boettger says his automobile shop in South Greensburg has seen a number of unwanted visitors over the past year. Boettger on Monday told members of Westmoreland County’s prison board that release...

• Briendin Allen Everett, 25, of McKeesport was charged with burglary, terroristic threats, theft by unlawful taking and simple assault stemming from an alleged incident Sunday, court records state. •...

Pennsylvania State Police are looking for a woman who was possibly abducted in the McKeesport area. Kylee Fair, 22, was last seen Thursday in the McKeesport area “after being dropped off by a known pa...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump backed Elon Musk’s demand that federal employees explain their recent accomplishments by the end of Monday or risk getting fired, even as government agency off...

Carson Skomsky, son of Amanda Skomsky and Joshua and Renee Skomsky, was recently recognized as the Monessen Lions Club February student of the month. Carson’s activities include: Group for the Perform...

Andrew Duarte was serving as a patrolman in West York. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A funeral service will be held later this week for a Pennsylvania police officer shot and killed while responding to a hos...

The following have applied for marriage licenses through the Westmoreland County Register of Wills: • James Larry Dick, 60, and Edi Sutrisno, 36, both of Rostraver Township.

DETROIT (AP) — A Michigan court struck down a large chunk of an $88,550 verdict for a Detroit-area organic gardener whose beloved clover lawn was destroyed by a man spraying herbicide — at the wrong a...

DEAR ABBY: Over the last few years, my family has faced a lot of loss, especially my mother. In the span of three years, she has lost her parents, my father and my brother. We had a little joy with my...