The action is part of a merger of the township’s fire departments. Rostraver commissioners approved new response plans Tuesday during a special meeting held due to the merger of the Rostraver Central ...

Elizabeth Forward pitcher JB Crovak leaves the field as Indiana’s Charlie Manzi approaches home plate after hitting a two-run, walk-off homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to win Tuesday’s WPIAL Cl...

Elected officials, city employees, veterans and community members gathered Monday for the annual service honoring Memorial Day. City of McKeesport Mayor’s Office photo

Shown during West Mifflin’s annual Memorial Day service, from left, are state Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, Maj. Gen. John R. Pippy, Pennsylvania’s 55th adjutant general and head of the Depar...

Here is a basic question about Original Sin, the new book detailing the White House’s attempt to hide former President Joe Biden‘s in-plain-sight mental and physical decline: Why is it having such an ...

PENN STATE TRUSTEES took a vote Thursday that will close seven Commonwealth Campuses. At the end of Spring 2027, the New Kensington and Fayette campuses, along with five others, will stop being landgr...

To the Editor: Future generations of Pittsburghers will remember this week as a defining moment for the “Steel City.” President Donald Trump announced that U.S. Steel will maintain its headquarters in...

It was unveiled for the first time Monday by the American Legion Riders at a Memorial Day ceremony. On a day to remember our fallen heroes, the Charleroi American Legion Riders unveiled a new memorial...

Poppy Queen Ella Marie Davis of Fayette City rides in a 1930 Ford Roadster Hot Rod driven by Gary Tonkavich of Fayette City during Monday’s Memorial Day parade. See more photos on A8. Jeff Helsel / Mo...

The spending plan is balanced and received near-unanimous approval. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved a proposed budget last week for the upcoming school year with no tax increase. Every dir...

Mid-Mon Valley Shipmates Darrell Molinari is shown during the two-bell ceremony during Memorial Day services in Monongahela. See more photos on A7. Heather Hart / Mon Valley Independent

A crash on Lincoln Avenue Extension in Charleroi at old Route 71 caused the road to be closed Monday afternoon. Charleroi VFD

Sophia Smith, 11, of Monongahela and Jackson Trilli, 8, of Monessen participate in the wreath-laying ceremony at Sunday’s Memorial Day observance in Donora.  Heather Hart / For the Mon Valley Independ...

A ceremony was held Friday to celebrate the honor. Elizabeth Forward Middle School has received the Schools To Watch designation for the fourth time. In 2013, Elizabeth Forward Middle School was desig...

Monessen Magisterial District Judge Wayne Vlasic, a veteran, reads the names of Monessen veterans who died serving the United States from World War I through the Persian Gulf War during Monday’s servi...

Brendan Parsons was formerly a star athlete at Clairton High School. By the MVI A McKeesport man was fatally shot Sunday night at a picnic in Clairton, according to authorities. The Allegheny County M...

Rostraver Township firefighters and police were called to a multi-vehicle crash Saturday on Interstate 70 west near Exit 41. Two people were transported by Rostraver West Newton Emergency Services to ...

State Sen. Pat Stefano cited the need to quickly fix power outages. After a powerful windstorm caused extensive and prolonged power outages in southwestern Pennsylvania a few weeks ago, conversations ...

ON FRIDAY, PRESIDENT Donald Trump pivoted. He dropped his previous opposition to the acquisition of U.S. Steel, a marquee name in the history of American manufacturing, by Nippon Steel, a larger force...

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