A utility pole fell on a vehicle Saturday in the 100 block of Finley Road in Rostraver Township due to inclement weather. There were no reported injuries. The road was closed until Sunday while West P...

The expense of charter school students and questions about federal funding create uncertainty looking ahead to 2025-26. West Mifflin Area School District released a statement last week addressing the ...

This aerial photograph captured an accident Sunday afternoon on Interstate 70 east bound near Exit 42 (North Belle Vernon). North Belle Vernon firefighters responded. Dave Wadsworth / For the Mon Vall...

Topics included proposed cuts to Pittsburgh Regional Transit that would affect service in the Mon Valley. Pennsylvania’s Senate Democratic Caucus held a hearing last week regarding issues facing mass ...

Five properties were designated in March to be torn down. White Oak council members discussed ongoing demolition projects at a workshop last week. Council voted in March to move forward with the demol...

Monessen Fire departments No.1 and No. 2 responded to two calls for a rubbish fire that extended to a concession stand and a downed utility pole at Monongahela Street and Second Street. Monessen Fire ...

Pennsylvania and federal open records laws don’t require elected officials to release their work calendars to the public. STATE COLLEGE — Since President Donald Trump’s inauguration, multiple protests...

This is an era when the great certainties that ruled American life for nearly three generations are being questioned more deeply, more widely and more seriously than at any time in decades. When the C...

IMAGINE FOR A MOMENT having your whole life derailed by a traffic ticket. You decided to study business in Mississippi, and, after getting that degree, you applied to graduate school. You looked at al...

Vickie Law and her late husband hosted the Easter event for more than three decades. An annual family and friends Easter tradition is returning for its 33rd year, but this time things look a little di...

Little information has been released since Jennah Seibert was killed in her Rostraver Township home. By TOM DAVIDSON TribLive A week has passed since Jennah Marie Seibert was found dead in the Rostrav...

Cody Balmer admitted having “hatred” toward Gov. Josh Shapiro. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The district attorney prosecuting a man accused of setting fire to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro’s official resid...

Activities will begin at 9 a.m. today with celebrity guests and free food. Today marks opening day for the new Boston ballfield in Elizabeth Township, as ballplayers and guests will be able to enjoy t...

The Rev. Levi Hartle leads parishioners through the streets of Monongahela Friday for St. Andrew the Apostle Parish’s Stations of the Cross observance, held annually on Good Friday. See more photos fr...

Monessen firefighters responded to a car accident Thursday evening along Pacific Boulevard in Monessen. Municipal fire Chief Delmar Hepple said they received a call at 7:19 p.m. about a car that had d...

A tractor-trailer hauling gravel was involved in a two-vehicle crash shortly after 12:30 p.m. Friday on Route 51 north near the Rostraver Airport plaza. Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services evalua...

Here are the winners of the Mon Valley Independent’s annual Easter coloring contest, from left, Bella Brown of Monessen, Aliyah Knepshield of McKeesport and Annalyse Spagnolo of Monessen. MVI

r. Tom Burke, pastor of Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish, washes the feet of soon-to-be new members of the parish at Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord’s Supper at Queen of the Rosary Church in Gla...

They expressed their opposition in an editorial published Friday on StateCollege.com. Four current or former Penn State University trustees, including late football Coach Joe Paterno’s son, are urging...

They’re being made available through the state Department of Community and Economic Development. Local organizations can apply to receive free laptops from the state. The Pennsylvania Department of Co...