He will be greeted by a large crowd when the sun rises Sunday morning on Gobbler’s Knob. By the MVI Groundhog Day is tomorrow, and this year will see another crowd of revelers making their way to Punx...

A truck knocked down a West Penn Power pole with wires on Twilight Hollow Road near Webster Avenue around 11 a.m. Friday. Charleroi firefighters assisted at the scene. Charleroi Fire Department

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A medical transport jet with a child patient, her mother and four others aboard crashed into a Philadelphia neighborhood shortly after takeoff Friday evening, exploding in a fireba...

By the MVI Monessen School District has placed a staff member on leave as it investigates alleged “inappropriate physical contact of a non-sexual nature” between an employee and student. In a statemen...

The township switched to Big’s at the start of 2025. New garbage service is going well so far in Fallowfield Township. In November, supervisors unanimously selected Big’s Sanitation, also known as Ear...

Donald Trump has long complained that Democrats are better at sticking together than Republicans are. He’s already revisited this gripe. In meetings with Republican leaders from the House and Senate a...

Thousands of early risers will tune in Sunday morning to watch Punxsutawney Phil emerge from a tree stump and predict the weather. The groundhog — arguably the most famous member of his species and th...

Monessen, Elizabeth Forward and California Area are local school districts that use the service. Mon Valley school districts learned in early January that they were impacted by a cybersecurity breach ...

Monessen’s varsity cheerleaders held a fundraiser and promoted school spirit for the Greyhounds at the girls basketball game against Serra Catholic Thursday night. From left are Shyla’Rae Hall, Bry’Au...

Michael Cherepko has been the city’s mayor for the past 14 years. Mayor Michael Cherepko has announced his candidacy for magisterial district judge in McKeesport. Cherepko has spent the last 14 years ...

Justin Ward, a former Laurel Highlands teacher, was approved at a special meeting. The Belle Vernon Area school board hired a new assistant principal for the high school at a special meeting Thursday....

Chief Delmar Hepple said the fire was caused by an electrical issue. Emergency crews were called to a fire in Monessen Thursday afternoon that displaced two people and resulted in the death of a dog. ...

Immigrant liaison Getro Bernabe says nobody is panicking in Charleroi. Members of the local immigrant community are taking things day by day after President Donald Trump signed a slew of executive ord...

“The Gaster Girls,” originally from Elizabeth, talk about their lives in an effort to help others. Two Elizabeth natives are relying on their experiences with mental health to try to spread awareness ...

Students and staff at Homeville Elementary School in the West Mifflin Area School District had some fun celebrating their 100th day of school earlier this week. Homeville Elementary School

NEW YORK (AP) — Tax season is underway, and the IRS expects 140 million people will file returns by April 15. The agency has also debuted a new online tool to help taxpayers check the status of any re...

A former Monessen resident was sentenced in federal court to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 10 years of supervised release, on his conviction of production of material depicting the sexual expl...

THE SOMEWHAT SIMPLIFIED diagrams in social studies textbooks and the catchy tunes of “Schoolhouse Rock!” have taught us a rudimentary idea of what society looks like and how government fits into that....

Elon Musk hailed Donald Trump’s second presidential term as “the return of the king,” and Trump is acting that way, governing as if he possesses a divine right to exercise unlimited power. He’s even d...

To the Editor: What a wonderful time to be alive and see what one man can do to change the lives of thousands. So many things are happening so quickly, it’s hard to keep up. One would hardly notice ho...