Fighting against full transparency is Pennsylvania’s top elections official, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A battle for election transparency is being waged acr...

State Rep. Matthew R. Gergely, D-McKeesport, announced that a $568,000 state grant was awarded to United States Steel Corp. – Clairton Works for several improvements to rail infrastructure at the faci...

BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec— Macaroons. Chocolate eggs. Candy polar bears, lambs, owls and bunnies. A 3-foot-tall figure from “Lord of the Rings,” constructed all in chocolate. Let’s talk about those confect...

WESTMORELAND COUNTY Director of County Operations Greg McCloskey has retired. People do this every day. Yahoo Finance reports an estimated 6.1 million Americans have retired this year — or will in the...

By BILL BARROW AND WILL WEISSERT Associated Press PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump suggested Sunday that his new administration could try to regain control of the Panama Canal that the United States “fooli...

Dena Seykoski’s first-grade class at Monessen Elementary Center showed their excitement for the start of the holidays. The elementary school hosted Christmas parties on Friday and students wore pajama...

The program is sponsored by the Belle Vernon Area Ministerium. For the MVI The Little Things for Little People program, sponsored by the Belle Vernon Area Ministerium, helped more than 125 families du...

Kepler Rhoden and Alan Anderson were officially sworn in as officers with the Charleroi Regional Police Department by Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter during a regional police board meeting. Jen...

The school board also promoted high school Principal Greg Seraceni to assistant superintendent. The Ringgold School Board extended Superintendent Randall Skrinjorich’s contract for five years and prom...

John Hepple and James Bell presented a discussion and shared photos about the historic tragedy at the Rostraver Township Historical Society. By JIM BUSCH For the MVI On Dec. 19, 1907, a tremendous exp...

Rates will remain the same for residents under the new refuse hauling plan. Rostraver Township officially announced dates and times for its new garbage program that begins in January. In October, the ...

Magisterial District Judge Eric Porter Porter swears in newly appointed Charleroi Regional Police Department sergeants Mike Leasure, Jackson Bucy, Walker Bakewell and Marcus Richardson. Jenn Codeluppi...

Spotlight PA sued after the Pennsylvania Senate refused to turn over emails between lawmakers and lobbyists. HARRISBURG — As the Pennsylvania legislature prepared to pass sweeping updates to the state...

By QUINCEY REESE TribLive As the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reports an all-time high monthly revenue driven by increases in sports betting, profits also are on the rise at Western Pennsylvania ...

President-elect Donald Trump’s billionaire ally Elon Musk played a key role this week in killing a bipartisan funding proposal that would have prevented a government shutdown, railing against the plan...

One of Donald Trump’s closing campaign arguments was that he would deliver a new “golden age” for America. This week, he announced that this Trump-powered golden age has already begun. That’s fitting ...

The Monessen Knights of Columbus was recognized with the STAR Council Award for outstanding achievement in membership, insurance, programming and overall operations. Only about 14% of councils worldwi...

The money will be used to buy much-needed equipment for both fire departments. Two local fire departments received grants from Norfolk Southern to help put safety first for first responders who are de...

The organization tries to do something special at the holidays, along with its other charitable work. Christmas came a little early for a Mon Valley family who lost everything in a recent house fire, ...

The donation from the Western PA Pittsburgh Toy Run will brighten the holiday for the children who are living at the shelter. The Western PA Pittsburgh Toy Run donated more than $800 worth of toys to ...