A Fallowfield Township man is accused of raping a 12-year-old juvenile. Miguel Angel Pedrosa, 62, was arrested Sunday after state police received a report Saturday about the alleged assaults. Accordin...

The new state senator hopes to attend meetings in all 37 communities he represents by April. Newly sworn-in state Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, has been visiting township officials and reside...

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...

IT’S TIME TO THINK about elections. There’s a sentence no one was ready to hear. The effects of the 2024 election are just barely becoming reality. The inauguration happened last week. Confirmation he...

Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because the Left’s hysterical style of attacking Trump no longer worked. After a decade of this unhinged furor, it proved worthless in winning public support...

WASHINGTON — There was tremendous, albeit unintentional, cultural clarity in two late-term actions Joe Biden took before the end of his presidency. Call it the tale of two medals. Right before Thanksg...

A parade was held Saturday in Monongahela in honor of Wanda Magone’s 100th birthday. Wanda looks out the window of her Sherman Street home with her daughter, Laura Magone of Monongahela, along with Ma...

The airport is projected to lose $15,000 every month due to a limited flight schedule. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County directs $2.6 million annually to support Arnold Palmer Regional ...

The university operates 19 commonwealth campuses, including one in McKeesport. Gabrielle Green is in it for the long haul at Penn State New Kensington. The 18-year-old from Altavista, Va., is a second...

Some of the books will start being used in March. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved a major textbook purchase for teachers and students at its meeting last week. The board unanimously approv...

Camera Bartolotta, Pat Stefano and Nick Pisciottano have all received their committee appointments for 2025-26. Legislators who serve Mon Valley constituents have receives their committee appointments...

The competition is held twice a year by Carnegie Mellon’s CS Academy. Several Elizabeth Forward students were winners of the Carnegie Mellon University CS Academy Fall Creative Task Contest. Student L...

The project will eliminate sanitary sewage discharges into the Monongahela River. The Mid Mon Valley Water Pollution Control Authority was awarded a $400,279 grant and low-interest $4.1 million loan f...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Republicans put Pennsylvania and Wisconsin back in the win column in the 2024 presidential race, and they’re hoping that momentum carries over to contests this year that will de...

TORONTO — This is a big country with only one thing on its mind: Donald Trump. South of the border, no one is taking seriously the notion that the president wants to make Canada the 51st state. To Ame...

PENNSYLVANIA HAS NOT yet decided where it will stand with marijuana. Sure, the state has a position on medical marijuana. It’s legal with one of a list of approved diagnoses and a card issued by an ap...

A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help one of the victims. A structure fire Friday morning in Roscoe destroyed part of a house and caused damage to a neighboring funeral home. No injuries were re...

Councilwoman Karen Cosner will update the calendar with city events. Monessen will soon launch a community calendar on its website to keep residents in the loop of various happenings in the city. When...

The club was formed by a few hobbyists in 1950. In the 1940s, a group of model train enthusiasts enjoyed hanging out at a McKeesport hobby shop. Eventually they began meeting to discuss their hobby an...

Dave Magiske remains on the board as supervisors and audience members discussed his replacement. Despite a supervisor’s resignation being listed as a business item on the agenda of a “resumed” meeting...