Two bus drivers urged the McKeesport Area School Board to hire more bus monitors in order to help cut down on student misbehavior and improve transportation safety. During Thursday’s board meeting, Kr...

Borough residents expressed interest in fixing the issues with two of the homes. White Oak council held a condemnation and demolition hearing for four properties Monday evening before its regular meet...

Rostraver Township commissioners voted Monday to accept funds for a solar farm that will be placed in the township. They unanimously approved a host community benefit agreement between the township an...

Five performances are set for the young actors from Thursday night to Sunday afternoon. Mon River Arts will take audiences on an underwater journey with some of Disney’s most iconic characters in its ...

Dave Magiske first submitted his resignation in November. Letters of interest are being accepted from residents who want to fill a vacancy on the Forward Township board of supervisors. The process to ...

Hospitals and health systems largely decide how their charity care programs work and who qualifies, which can limit access to this help. Most U.S. hospitals offer some relief to patients who struggle ...

An Elizabeth Township road was temporarily closed Monday morning after a tractor-trailer became stuck while navigating a turn. Firefighters issued a traffic advisory around 10 a.m. to inform residents...

Over the last three decades, elite American universities have engaged in economic, political, social, and cultural practices that were often unethical, illegal — and suicidal. They did so with impunit...

To the Editor: I certainly wish there was some way to apologize to Mr. Zelenskyy. It was truly a shame what he had to go through in the meeting with the dictator, now posing as our president and one o...

“Good morning. I’m Kathryn, what’s your name?” It was a natural enough question — at that awkward part of a meeting where we knew the vaguest things about one another. I knew he had a family member be...

SUNSHINE WEEK IS AN ANNUAL March observation that celebrates the importance of shedding light in the darkness, and the Mon Valley Independent takes the Sunshine Act, the public’s right to know and the...

Riley Burrow (Prince Dauntless) sings to Kyla Karasinski (Princess Winnifred) during West Mifflin Area High School’s production of “Once Upon a Mattress.” See more photos from the spring musical on Pa...

A Mass and balloon release were held in memory of the 25-year-old Allenport resident. Family and friends of Tori Demo held a Mass Sunday morning and released balloons in her memory one year after her ...

Trees were toppled and power was knocked out in several parts of the region. Heavy rainfall and winds swept through the Mon Valley as multiple severe weather alerts were issued Sunday afternoon. Accor...

District Governor Dan Dougherty welcomed the new Mon-Yough River Valley Rotary Club. The new Mon-Yough River Valley Rotary Club had its charter celebration Saturday night, making it the newest Rotary ...

North Belle Vernon garbage bills will go out this week, but online billing won’t be an option quite yet. Sanitation service is still running smoothly with the borough’s new refuse provider, ProWaste L...

The gathering was a who’s who of Pennsylvania politicos, all looking to share in the credit of a transformational $600 million reimagination of Downtown Pittsburgh. Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pittsburgh Mayor...

CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels o...

Donald Trump is a singular figure in United States political history — an elitist at war with the country’s elite, a beneficiary of the American commercial system who is resentful of the institutions ...

EARLIER THIS MONTH, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey got his hackles up about money. Was it about the financial troubles his city finds itself experiencing? Nope. It was about the funds of his Democratic ch...