ORGAN DONATIONS save lives. The story of medicine in Pittsburgh has included huge chapters on the growth of transplant surgery. Livers, hearts, kidneys and lungs — all of these are the critical organs...

PLAINS, Ga. (AP) — Before reaching the 1978 peace deal between Egypt’s Anwar Sadat and Israel’s Menachem Begin, Jimmy Carter managed months of intense preparation, high-stakes negotiations at Camp Dav...

Some Valley residents wouldn’t think of starting 2025 without one. If you’re looking for good fortune this time of year, turn to the pretzel. Having a bite of New Year’s pretzel for good luck is a lon...

The Mon Valley Independent news staff takes a look back at the year’s top stories. swolford@yourmvi.com From an eclipse, immigration controversy, uncertainty in the steel and glassmaking industries, t...

No vote was taken on a revised version of the township’s spending plan. Forward Township will head into the new year without a spending plan in place. On Monday, a scheduled budget meeting only lasted...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com While the new year can mark new beginnings, fresh starts and lots of things to look forward to, for many people it starts with paying homage to tradi...

Most of them are focused on economic development and bringing more jobs to the Mon Valley. With the new year almost here, leaders throughout the Mon Valley are reflecting on what 2025 will look like f...

The 39th president focused on humanitarian work after leaving the White House in 1981. ATLANTA (AP) — Jimmy Carter, the peanut farmer who won the presidency in the wake of the Watergate scandal and Vi...

Kristy Johnson and her six children weren’t home at the time of the fire Friday evening. A GoFundMe has been launched for a family of seven who lost their possessions in a fire that ravaged their home...

All of them received “Best of the Best” honors from the Tribune-Review. Elizabeth Borough Council recognized a few businesses and events at a meeting last week. This year, “Sounds Like Summer on Plum”...

The entrance will be upgraded to increase safety, and new auditorium lights will be installed. Improvements are coming to McKeesport Area High School, including an upgrade to the entrance area and new...

The annual 12-hour fundraising marathon was held in November. Charities across Fayette County had a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. On Dec. 12, the Community Foundation of Fayette County g...

Decisions made by a powerful state oversight board could shape spending decisions for years to come. By ED MAHON Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — This was a crucial year for opioid settlement money in Pennsy...

Teacher Joanne Cloherty and Annika Jackowski sold tickets at the entrance to the South Allegheny Holiday Basketball Tournament Saturday afternoon. Jackowski’s sons, Joshua and Adam, play on South Alle...

Nationally, the number of waterfowl hunters is at its lowest level since 1962. Fat off stale bread and hip to locations of warm sewage outflows, ducks are plentiful on the Allegheny River. “We saw hun...

Two family films dominated the holiday box office this week, with “Sonic the Hedgehog 3” winning the three-day weekend over “Mufasa” by a blue hair. Paramount’s Sonic movie earned $38 million, while “...

IT TOOK MORE THAN THREE YEARS, but it finally happened: The State Department has deemed Marc Fogel wrongfully detained. In August 2021, the teacher from Oakmont was returning to Russia to teach at the...

By HALELUYA HADERO and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press President-elect Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause the potential TikTok ban from going into effect until his administrati...

Monessen cheerleading coach Siyah Frost holds her 1-year-old son, A’Iress Stevenson, while attending the Delvin Miller Christmas Basketball Tournament on Friday. To purchase this photo and more from o...

Michael’s Ovation focuses on activities the 14-year-old Rostraver Township resident loved prior to his death in 2020. Be kind. Be a friend. Be aware. Make a difference. That’s the message that local n...