The representative of District 9 has been on council since 2006. Bob Macey, the longest-serving current member of Allegheny County Council and a fixture in Mon Valley politics and community organizati...

The steel companies are suing the Biden administration, the USW and Cleveland-Cliffs. WASHINGTON (AP) — Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel filed a federal lawsuit Monday challenging a Biden administration de...

Saturday’s event in Charleroi was popular with the more than 75 people who attended. A community event held Saturday in Charleroi encouraged people to love anyway — and share a meal with their neighbo...

Colleagues and people throughout his district offered get well wishes in online posts. State Rep. Matthew Gergely, D-McKeesport, was hospitalized after a “medical emergency over the holidays,” accordi...

A camera will be attached to one of the borough’s patrol cars to help officers spot suspicious or stolen vehicles. Donora will solicit quotes to buy and install a NeoPatrol Camera for an automatic lic...

An update was also provided on the township’s pump stations. With the new year here, Elizabeth Township commissioners filled various board and township positions at Monday’s meeting. The board appoint...

For the MVI Penn Highlands Mon Valley is reopening the Blood Draw Center in Monongahela, located in the Mon View Medical Building at 447 W. Main St. Skilled phlebotomists will be on site from 6:30 to ...

PITTSBURGH IS A STEEL TOWN. Pennsylvania is forged from coal and coke and iron. Maps are peppered with the words “furnace” and “mills.” The history of metal production in the Keystone State began in t...

Less than a year before the end of World War II, then U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau drew up a nightmarish plan to punish postwar Germany. After the serial 18701871 Franco-Prussian Wa...

“We care about young women. We care about young children. And we want to make it possible to choose life.” Perhaps the mere fact that Sen. J.D. Vance — now the vice president-elect — felt the need to ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is moving to ban new offshore oil and gas drilling in most U.S. coastal waters, a last-minute effort to block possible action by the incoming Trump administration...

PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron said his country was a “a solid ally” of President-elect Donald Trump on Monday as he outlined his vision for global diplomacy in 2025, while warning that...

Monessen High School senior cheerleaders Rayne Hall and Jadyn Bradley pose for a photo during halftime of Friday’s boys basketball game against Serra Catholic. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent...

The National Weather Service says up to 8 inches could fall in some areas. Across the Mon Valley, communities are expected to experience heavy snowfall from Sunday night to this evening. The National ...

Work on the project will keep going despite a wintry forecast. Construction on the Mon/Fayette Expressway is chugging along for this upcoming week, according to the Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission. W...

Some don’t believe any other buyer will provide the same guarantees that Nippon Steel was offering. WASHINGTON (AP) — By blocking a Japanese company’s takeover of U.S. Steel, President Joe Biden said ...

They’re being conducted in cooperation with Penn State Fayette. needs more EMTs. They are not alone, as many first responder agencies are in need of help. RWNES, in conjunction with Penn State Fayette...

President Joe Biden’s decision to thwart a Japanese firm from buying U.S. Steel doesn’t pen an obituary for the Pittsburgh- based industrial titan whose decades-long fall from grace has been inextrica...

ATLANTA(AP) — Jimmy Carter ‘s extended public farewell began Saturday in Georgia, with the 39th U.S. president’s flag-draped casket tracing his long arc from the Depression-era South and family farmin...

The district has several options, depending on how much snow falls. Winter weather has arrived in the Mon Valley, which means Belle Vernon Area families have to navigate how to get their children to s...