The election is finally shaping up to be not only liberal Democrat Kamala Harris versus conservative Republican Donald Trump. Instead, it has become a larger contest between those who talk down to the...

This can be a miserable time, the run-up to a presidential election. I have a few consolations, though, when politics is driving me crazier than usual. One is the Al Smith Dinner, which raises money f...

DISCUSSION AND DEBATE has always been a part of small-town America. From coffee shops to the local bars and restaurants, small-town folks aren’t afraid to show their loyalty for one candidate or anoth...

Charleroi Area Middle School held its annual color run Friday. From left, students Zayna Benning, Olivia Kostelac, Leah Klinger and Carsen Hartley ran through plenty of brightly colored chalk. To purc...

Mary Kay Glunt guided First Presbyterian Church through the pandemic after arriving in 2020. Mary Kay Glunt of Belle Vernon First Presbyterian Church has decided to retire after serving as a pastor si...

Kelsi Stanley opened the business last week in West Elizabeth. Doggy Detailing LLC is the newest business popping up at 1005 Fifth St. in West Elizabeth for those looking for high-quality, full-servic...

Few of them are considering the option of relocating to the company’s Ohio plant. Bernie Sobek of Perryopolis had a job at the Charleroi glassmaking plant that appeared, on the surface at least, to la...

The district is getting input from students and staff members before taking any action. Charleroi Area leaders have taken a multifaceted approach to review how cellphones are used during the school da...

Interested organizations must apply by Nov. 15. The Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs announced that two recovery support services in Allegheny County for people in recovery from substance use d...

A Greensburg woman was playing slots at Live Casino Pittsburgh when an overhead pipe burst, covering her with raw sewage, according to a lawsuit filed this week in Westmoreland County Court. Rita Roma...

FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering qu...

ELECTION INTEGRITY IS IMPORTANT. We have to be able to trust that the votes cast in an election represent the will of the people. That means they need to be the votes that belong to a specific area. W...

He also questions business deals involving the private equity firm behind the closure. U.S. Sen. Bob Casey released a report Friday exposing how a private equity firm is shattering Charleroi’s 132-yea...

The Forward Township supervisor was found not guilty of harassing the township secretary. A Forward Township supervisor previously found guilty of harassment had that verdict reversed after an appeal ...

More than 50 veterans showed up for the Jefferson Hills event. Veterans were treated to breakfast Friday morning at a special event hosted by state Rep. Andrew Kuzma, R-Elizabeth Township. More than 5...

Ringgold High School’s Samuel Alvarez and Cameron Komonich were crowned homecoming king and queen Friday night. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

Raidon Kuroda and Ella Hixson are this year’s homecoming king and queen at Yough High School. Submitted

Madonna Catholic School students collaborated with the City of Monongahela’s Street Department to paint the city’s snow plows on Friday. Shown above with a snow plow are students Nicholas Mull, Michae...

A group of Republican state lawmakers earlier this month in Harrisburg claimed double voting was a potential problem in Pennsylvania. Lauren Elliott suspected the worst when she listened to a voice me...

Since its founding in 1927, more than 100,000 individuals have utilized the services of Life’sWork to achieve independence and self-sufficiency. For the MVI Life’sWork of Western PA hosted this year’s...