After yet another assassination attempt on Donald Trump — or as The New York Times calls it, “what the FBI is calling an assassination attempt” — it’s time for Trump to hire Blackwater to do his secur...

THE OFT-USED PHRASE is “it takes a village to raise a child.” In updated parlance, it isn’t so much a village as it is a volunteer — or lots of volunteers. It is hard to calculate everything in our li...

A clerical error was blamed for not advertising the agenda prior to Tuesday’s meeting. Glassport Borough Council will hold another meeting next week after realizing the agenda for Tuesday’s voting mee...

Steelers tight end Connor Heyward (middle right in hoodie) posed with members of the Elizabeth Forward High School football team Tuesday at the annual Camp of Champions. See story on B1. To purchase t...

Translators were on hand to make sure those who attended have access to available resources. Nonprofit Beverly’s PGH held a free community baby shower Tuesday in Charleroi for Haitian Creole-speaking ...

He served as a magisterial district judge in Charleroi until January 2020. Larry Hopkins doesn’t like taking time off. After retiring as magisterial district judge in Charleroi in January 2020 and wor...

It offers the fun of the normal presentation, but in a less frightening way. Allen’s Haunted Hayrides in Smock, a beloved local attraction and family tradition since 1979, will host its third annual s...

Anthony Hairston would have received 25 to 50 years in prison under the agreement. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive A Belle Vernon man awaiting trial for the alleged road rage killing of a motorist two ye...

Potential dates will be discussed at next week’s school board meeting. At Tuesday’s meeting, Belle Vernon Area school board members discussed setting a date to consider renovations to the district’s s...

It caps off a stretch of giving that began in June. By the MVI The Washington County Community Foundation will host its countywide giving event Thursday to benefit local charitable nonprofits. Each ye...

THE DATING OF BALLOTS in Pennsylvania is a Groundhog Day kind of issue. No, we don’t mean that it pops its head up in February and then crawls back into its burrow to finish a long nap. No, we don’t m...

In the days before Vice President Kamala Harris visited Wilkes- Barre, Pa., on Friday the 13th, some Trump supporters in this northeastern Pennsylvania town speculated that she would have trouble attr...

Pennsylvania ballots for the November general election have been finalized by the state, and voters in Allegheny County can expect mail-in ballots to start arriving the week of Sept. 30, according to ...

• Amy L. Vernon, 54, of West Newton was charged with indecent exposure, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness stemming from an alleged incident Aug. 25, court records state. A preliminary hearing ...

Belle Vernon Area volleyball fans Anthony Dicenzo and Timmy Schwerha attended Monday’s game against Frazier. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

Monessen High School will host homecoming festivities during Friday night’s home game at Memorial Stadium. This year’s homecoming court queen candidates, from left, are Jadyn Bradley, Deborah Garry, B...

All single-serve food donations will be distributed to needy students in the district. When football teams from Belle Vernon Area and South Fayette meet on the field Friday night, another challenge wi...

The crowd was expecting to hear about low water levels in the Mon River. Dozens of Mon Valley residents concerned about the drop of the Monongahela River level were incensed when Monongahela Area Revi...

Sean Logue, chairman of the county party, plans to file complaints with the IRS and the Pennsylvania Department of State. The Washington County Republican Party has announced its intention to take act...

A moment of silence was held to remember former councilman Ken Robb. White Oak council held two recognitions and a moment of silence Monday for noteworthy members of the community. Casey Donahoe, 39, ...