Family, friends, and the St. Paul Baptist Church community gathered Feb. 16 to celebrate the remarkable 102nd birthday of Susan Ross Hunter The congregation was led in worship, their voices carrying m...

Students and staff at Penn State’s Greater Allegheny campus in McKeesport are concerned about their future studies and jobs. A day after learning Penn State University plans to close some of its branc...

Colin and Sarah Peck of Eighty Four purchased the property in December and are excited to become a part of the Valley’s community. Smitty’s Marina, a longtime Mon Valley staple, has new owners, and th...

Hunger affects students’ grades and health, but thousands of Pennsylvania kids fall just outside the income threshold for even reduced lunch. Advocates say free lunch for all is the solution. By SARAH...

The supervisors agreed to hold off on major roadway projects until after an Interstate 70 project is finished. Work will be done to a few different stretches of roads in Fallowfield Township that are ...

The shooting happened at Tube City Cafe. By the MVI A man is now facing charges in connection with a fatal shooting in McKeesport Wednesday morning. Allegheny County police said Floyd Noell, 39, was t...

Saint Andrew the Apostle Parish will hold a Lenten Monster Fish Fry from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Ash Wednesday, March 5, and continuing every Friday of Lent, except for Good Friday. The drive-through onl...

A McKeesport home was heavily damaged in a fire late Wednesday afternoon. First responders were called to a home in the 1800 block of Federal Street just before 5 p.m., WTAE reported. There were no re...

I gotta admit, Joy Reid was indeed blindsided when she was fired from MSNBC this week. How could she possibly have seen this cancellation coming? Sure, by the end, she was down to 11 actual viewers na...

To the Editor: It can’t be that the left is that dumb, but they sure act like it. Sixty-percent of the electorate approve what the current administration is doing. Securing our borders, eliminating DE...

ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON, after 46 hours of dancing and months of fundraising, Penn State celebrated what is the university’s proudest moment each year. The total of money pulled in for Thon, an event bill...

A man had cocaine in his system and was driving more than 100 miles an hour when he caused a fatal crash in Homestead in July, police said Wednesday as they announced criminal charges. Jesus Luciano, ...

The Mon-Yough River Valley Rotary Club will serve as the new sponsor for the Interact Club at Charleroi Area High School. A new Rotary club is coming to the Mon Valley and its members are excited to b...

One of the Japanese steelmaker’s top leaders told reporters in Tokyo he plans to meet with federal officials in the U.S. Nippon Steel plans to meet with federal officials to work out a solution to the...

The city was awarded a $2.9 million multimodal transportation grant from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to re-route the bike trail in 2018. Rerouting McKeesport’s portion of the Great Allegheny Pass...

The goal of the Riverwalk project is to bring more people and businesses into the borough. During Tuesday’s monthly meeting, Elizabeth Council discussed several upcoming projects thanks to grants the ...

An incident over the weekend at the Edgar Thomson Steel Works facility in Braddock resulted in damage to the building, described as a hole. U.S. Steel submitted a breakdown report to the Allegheny Cou...

Parishioners of Epiphany of Our Lord Church, 44 Pennsylvania Blvd., Monessen gather with their new administrator, Rev. Vincent Concepcion, in preparation for their annual Lenten fish fry. Parishioners...

Charleroi Area eighth-grade students got into character during Tuesday’s science class to model what happens during a lunar eclipse for their classmates. From left are Logan Barcus (the sun), Trinity ...

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