A Pittsburgh man wanted in connection with an assault at the end of May in McKeesport has been taken into custody. Allegheny County Sheriff Kevin M. Kraus announced 37-year-old Ramone Thomas has been ...

CHILDREN WILL MAKE UP elaborate stories to get out of trouble. The broken cookie jar is because of a monster. Or an imaginary friend. Or the dog. Yeah, that’s it. The dog did it. The child will tell t...

The editorial department of the Mon Valley Independent encourages letters to the editor. Letters must be no more than 500 words, must be in good taste and must include the author’s name, town of resid...

The biggest problem Democrats have this year is the mess they’ve made of the border. No matter how many cartwheels the media do for Kamala Harris, immigration remains a top issue for voters — and they...

To the Editor: Well, Monessen folks, you missed another Monessen council meeting (Aug 22), which featured the “Keystone Kops,” otherwise called Monessen’s mayor and council members; and for those who ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden ordered the construction of a temporary pier to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza this year even as some at the U.S. Agency for International Development expressed...

BEIJING (AP) — Beijing and Washington will plan for a phone call in the coming weeks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Joe Biden, the White House said Wednesday after National Se...

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Organizer Ron Chromulak offered his thanks to everyone who donated. Spots of rust and signs of decay are long gone. The M4A3 Sherman tank in Monessen City Park looks ready for battle again. After Ron ...

The event will start at the Arthur H. King Access Area of the WYTC section of the GAP in West Newton By the MVI The Westmoreland Yough Trail Chapter of the Regional Trail Corporation will hold its 31s...

A lawsuit challenging a policy on rejected mail-in ballots was successful. A judge has ruled that Washington County broke state law when election workers refused to tell voters that their mail-in ball...

The young Allenport girl was discovered on the porch of a nearby home. A 2-year-old girl was found early Tuesday morning after going missing from her home in Allenport. At 12:46 a.m., the Stockdale Vo...

A third offense will result in a lifetime ban from district games and other events. Monessen’s school board approved a new fan ejection policy earlier this month aimed to deter unwanted behavior at sp...

Overnight vehicle breakins have been a problem in the borough, and residents requested the removal of some trees. Elizabeth Borough Council discussed road safety items and passed several motions relat...

ice President Kamala Harris Vhas done an impressive job lowering the bar on the question of how she will communicate her views to the American people. As you know, Harris has not done an interview sin...

To the Editor: That is the common theme of the Left, the media, the letter writers to this paper. They hate him so much they will let the country continue to be destroyed by the people in power right ...

U.S. REP. MIKE KELLY opened his news conference at the Butler Farm Show grounds Monday with an explanation. Kelly, R-Butler, co-chairs a committee investigating the July 13 shooting in which former Pr...

Several county residents requested the change, but it’s unlikely to happen by November. The Westmoreland County commissioners were urged Tuesday to abandon touch-screen computerized voting at the poll...

Claudia McFeely, 6, of Dunlevy and Promise Wilson, 8, of Charleroi played on the Charleroi Elementary Center playground Monday. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our...

It began in the district, but was transferred to Life’s Work in Monessen. Belle Vernon Area school board members discussed the possibility of bringing back a work skills program to the district during...