DURING PASSOVER, the Jewish people remember the liberation of their ancestors from slavery in Egypt. It is a time of reflection and rejoicing. It is marked by solemnity and celebration. On Saturday, G...

To the Editor: In “No pain, no gain” ( MVI, 4-9-25) the letter writer makes a valiant effort to put lipstick on Trump’s tariff war with China. He turns history upside down to imply China betrayed our ...

Much of the public’s attention to the Trump tariff situation focuses on 1) each person’s individual loss, or possible loss, in the stock market and 2) whether tariffs will result in inflation going fo...

United Steelworkers and ATI have reportedly reached a tentative contract agreement. The USW announced the development Tuesday evening via a text to its members. ATI spokeswoman Natalie Gillespie confi...

Members of the Stuff the Bus Committee stopped by with Easter gifts for students at Charleroi Area Elementary Center on Monday. Leo Breegle and Lovemika Joseph received their gifts from Larry Hopkins,...

The vacancy board approved Amy Cline in a 2-1 vote. Amy Cline has a new hat to wear in Forward Township — that of a township supervisor. On Monday, Cline was selected over seven other interested resid...

Secretary Mike Carroll emphasized that the policy is being mandated by the federal government. With the REAL ID deadline fast approaching, PennDOT Secretary Mike Carroll addressed some questions Monda...

Police are seeking help from area residents in tracing his whereabouts on the day of the murder. By the MVI Investigators said Monday they have identified a person of interest in the slaying of a woma...

The SWAT team commander spoke to council last week. Monessen police Chief Dave Yuhasz is asking city officials to join the Westmoreland County SWAT team to give his officers more opportunities to gain...

Valley Rotarians will hold a special dedication ceremony 3 p.m. Saturday at Monessen City Park. For the MVI A Peace Pole bearing the universal message “May Peace Prevail on Earth” will be dedicated in...

Scott Pirilla did his first grass-cutting of the year Monday in Rostraver Township. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

They include finding a new police chief as well as filling vacancies on public works & the pool management team. White Oak is in the process of hiring new staff to its police department and public wor...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — A man who allegedly scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and set fire to the Pennsylvania governor’s mansion was denied bail Monday as he face...

An Indiana, Pa., man is accused of stealing $600 and cigarettes from the Sunoco on Rostraver Road in July 2023. An arrest warrant has been issued for Malcolm Lavourr Crews, 45, who police said held a ...

To the Editor: Why doesn’t the left deal with facts, instead of spewing out DNC talking points? While reading some of these “Letters to the Editor,” I wonder why they want this country and Trump to fa...

1. President Donald Trump’s so-called “trade war.” Many call the American effort to obtain either tariff parity or a reduction in the roughly $1 trillion trade deficit and 50 years of consecutive trad...

Pope Francis making snow angels. That image adorned the cover of an issue of The New Yorker in December 2013. I have a coffee mug I picked up in Rome early on in his pontificate depicting him as a sup...

ACCORDING TO PENNSYLVANIA LAW, your land is not your possession and affords no expectation of privacy. That was the argument Deputy Attorney General Anthony Kovalchick made to the Pennsylvania Supreme...

Lorenzo Trilli, 5, Nova Melvin, 4, and Alena Trilli, 10, all of Monongahela, posed with the Easter bunny at Saturday’s Easter Egg Hunt in Monongahela. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

Gov. Josh Shapiro and his family were evacuated around 2 a.m. Sunday. Hours after allegedly jumping a fence, breaking into the home of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and family and setting it on fire,...