Students from several area schools take part in the event each year. BVA LifeSkills’ annual Valentine’s Dance was full of fun and laughter Thursday morning, with more than 180 students from LifeSkills...

The Charleroi facility will continue to operate through at least the middle of May. Many employees of the Corelle Plant in Charleroi were expecting to work their last shift today as glass production c...

Council moved toward extending interim financing on its second USDA loan. Phase 3 of the Monessen sewer rehabilitation project, which involves a bulk of the pipe repair in the yearslong undertaking, i...

The devices were a gift from GBU Life. North Belle Vernon police officers will have two new devices to help residents in case of vehicle emergencies. Councilman Harry Jones, who chairs public safety, ...

The percentages haven’t changed in the borough for more than three decades. After more than 30 years, the tax collector in Donora will see an increase in compensation. Tax collectors receive a percent...

The lawyer for Jonathan Liani claims he was “an outside vendor who had signatory powers only.” One of three men from New York accused of stealing $580,000 related to the Mon View Heights housing compl...

County council voted Tuesday to extend all the deadlines by one month. Allegheny County residents will begin receiving 2025 real estate tax bills this week, but deadline information in the enclosed bu...

The district is making changes with help from the state Department of Education. McKeesport Area school board made an addition to its special education program at Thursday’s meeting. The board unanimo...

A WESTMORELAND COUNTY SCHOOL board took action to censure one of its elected members. While the Norwin School District is not part of the Mon Valley, it’s a good example and a conversation for all sch...

President Trump’s current assault on the basic structure of democracy represents a far more serious threat than the occupation of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Four years ago, an angry mob, egged ...

The Monessen center is collecting Valentine’s Day cards from all 50 states. SPHS Child Learning Center in Monessen is celebrating love this month by participating in Hearts Across America as a special...

More than a century of glassmaking in Charleroi will come to a sad end Friday. At noon Friday, the whistle at the Corelle plant will sound for the final time – commemorating a sound thousands of resid...

Washington County and local elected officials toured the current garage and the site of the new one. Washington County Commissioners presented a $250,000 check from the Washington County Local Share A...

Anthony Olasz was sworn into his council seat by his father, District Judge Richard Olasz. West Mifflin Borough Council voted on a new member to fill the vacancy left by newly-elected state Rep. John ...

Rostraver Township police and Rostraver Central firefighters were called to this vehicle crash on Route 51 at Snyder Lane. Crews had to use extrication tools to free an occupant. Rostraver West Newton...

Sabr Ellis decided to change his not guilty plea a day after his trial started in the stabbing death of Anthony Koontz in Clairton. A day after the start of trial for a Clairton man accused of killing...

TO WHOM SHOULD PENNSYLVANIA’S consumer advocate be answerable? The consumer advocate is a position created in 1976. The goal is to represent the people in state and federal proceedings involving utili...

Democrats, those stalwart champions of democracy who tried to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, have an endlessly malleable understanding of whose view prevails whenever disputes arise between any com...

To the Editor: I have a question you or one of your readers may answer for me. I have watched this battle between Ukraine and Russia. It would seem that this Russian leader was more in need of taking ...

Fabric and crafts retailer Joann will close at least 30 stores in Pennsylvania, including most in the region. The embattled retailer, which declared bankruptcy in March 2024 and then again in January,...