Community VBS in the Park volunteers recently helped tending to some of the young trees along Arboretum Drive in Renzie Park in McKeesport. They joined city staff in weeding around tree bases before s...

By the MVI A Belle Vernon woman has been sentenced in federal court to one year of probation and ordered to pay restitution of $116,758 on her convictions of Social Security fraud and theft of governm...

President Donald Trump met with reporters in Scotland on Monday to tout his new trade deal with the European Union. Accompanied by United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer, Trump held court for more...

IN TWO YEARS, THERE WILL BE NO Nittany Lions on the Penn State campuses in New Kensington or Fayette County. What will be there remains to be seen. In May, Penn State trustees voted to follow the reco...

To the Editor: Do you remember when late night TV shows were fun and rarely bashed Democrats or Republicans? Hosts Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, David Letterman all made late night a fun experience for eve...

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO AND DAVID CRARY Associated Press MONTREAL (AP) — Throughout his new term, starting with his inaugural address, President Donald Trump has said he was “saved by God” to make Americ...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. By JAMES N. GREGORY Professor of History University of Washington It has happened before...

Elizabeth Forward sophomore Maura Crawford practices marching drills Monday afternoon during the first day of band camp on the field beside the middle school. Band members simulated holding instrument...

Environmental groups say the region is still far away from healthy air. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced that parts of Allegheny County have made significan...

Questions about the status of the Lovedale pump station project in Elizabeth Township were raised at the commissioners’ recent workshop meeting. During July’s regular meeting, commissioners passed a m...

Projects along I-70 and Route 51 are creating huge backups in the township. At Monday’s work session, Rostraver Township commissioners discussed complaints they’ve received regarding road work taking ...

The two-day event will end with an outdoor Mass Saturday night. Those who stop by the Epiphany of our Lord Summer Festival in Monessen will be on island time this weekend. The festival will be held Fr...

Members of the Garden Club of McKeesport would welcome more helpers. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI On a scorchingly hot morning, a tight-knit group of primarily seniors weeded and completed other tasks t...

A Finleyville man has been charged with assault after claiming a firearm accidentally went off inside a hotel room Friday. Raymond Charles Russell Jr., 53, of Hidden Valley Drive is charged with two c...

A woman called police after spotting a man outside with a flashlight. A Monessen man is charged with burglary after allegedly attempting to break into a home over the weekend. Brennan Robert Breakwell...

Police got the 3-year-old to go back inside. A Donora woman has been charged after her 3-year-old child was recently found hanging out of the window of an apartment building. Flonise Dorce, 33, of McK...

IN THE NATIONWIDE ATMOSPHERE of heightened scrutiny on the performance of law enforcement officers, a bill that would expand body camera use by special agents with the office of attorney general, rang...

Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard just released a trove of apparently once-classified documents — with promises of much more to follow. The new material describes the role of the Obama a...

ANigerian priest was giving a weekday sermon at a suburban church in New Jersey, urging us to stop and make time for prayer and quiet contemplation. The priest knew what a countercultural thing he was...

Wyatt Hutskow, 7, of Elizabeth plays in the spray provided by the Port Vue Volunteer Fire Department at the 29th annual Fun To Be A Kid Day held Sunday in Port Vue. He attended the event with his sist...