State Rep. Matt Gergely was hospitalized over the holidays. McKeesport officials shared messages of support for state Rep. Matthew Gergely, who was hospitalized over the holidays, at Wednesday’s counc...

A Westmoreland County jury deliberated two hours before finding Jerry Francis Griest of Monessen not guilty. A Monessen man was acquitted of sexual assault charges on Wednesday. After nearly two hours...

By BILL BARROW AND DARLENE SUPERVILLE Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Joe Biden is the consummate Washington insider. Jimmy Carter was anything but. Yet the 46th and 39th U.S. presidents had a deca...

Norm Baker played in the snow with his grandkids, Anthony Matinko, 12, Tommy Degnan, 8, Anita McGrew, 7, and Violet McGrew, 5, MondaNorm Baker played in the snow with his grandkids, Anthony Matinko, 1...

Both parties had an equal number in the House due to a health issue involving Democrat Matthew Gergely of McKeesport. A new legislative session started Tuesday in Harrisburg, with swearing-in day. Tue...

Supervisor Dave Magiske has rescinded the resignation that he announced in November. Forward Township has agreed on a spending plan this year — though it’s a bit confusing whether or not there’s a tax...

Residents had been complaining about the 9 a.m. start time, which was adopted when the pandemic began in 2020. After four years of meeting early in the morning, supervisors in Carroll Township have li...

Capt. Kara Martin said Mon Valley residents responded to a last-minute request for donations. The Mon Valley Salvation Army started off the new year with some good news — it has met a majority of its ...

Final decisions on what will be included will be made next month. Monessen school board will narrow down the scope of work for the district’s upcoming project to update its aging infrastructure and mo...

This story originally appeared in a previous electronic only edition. Improvements are coming to McKeesport Area High School, including an upgrade to the entrance area and new light fixtures in the au...

On Thursday (Jan. 9), the United States Postal Service will suspend regular mail delivery and retail services to observe a national day of mourning for former President Jimmy Carter. Due to the postal...

President-elect Donald Trump will be inaugurated on Jan. 20. For now, his days in Mar-a-Lago are filled with getting ready to be president — meetings with aides, nominees, and world leaders. (The Ital...

To the Editor: Trump wants Greenland, the Panama Canal, and Canada to be a new state. A recent MVI letter writer says he was only joking but the left fell for it! Haha! The rest of the world already k...

NEWLY ELECTED MEMBERS OF THE state government were sworn into office Tuesday, including many from the Mon Valley. Two newly elected members of Congress from Pennsylvania took their oath of office Frid...

Cleaning up after Monday’s heavy snowfall in Fallowfield Township were Noah Lehr, Blake Lehr, Tucker Scanlon and AJ Karelli. Submitted by Jessica Lehr

The search for a new director of Westmoreland County’s election bureau could begin in earnest this month as officials said Monday they want to have a new leadership team in place before the May primar...

The lawyer for a Monessen man told a Westmoreland County jury that a sexual relationship between his client and a Rostraver woman more than two years ago was consensual. Jerry Francis Griest, 63, is c...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 44 years after Jimmy Carter left the nation’s capital in humbling defeat, the 39th president returns to Washington for three days of state funeral rites starting on Tuesday. C...

TORONTO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced his resignation after facing an increasing loss of support both within his party and in the country. Now Trudeau’s Liberal Party must fi...

See more local snow photos on Pages A2 & A7 Most Mon Valley schools canceled classes Monday, and hazardous road conditions were reported in several areas. The Mon Valley woke up to multiple inches of ...