NEW YORK (AP) — President Joe Biden begins an intense period of private preparations Friday at Camp David for what may be the most consequential presidential debate in decades. The 81-year-old Democra...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the general election nears, Democrats are keen to remind union voters in Pennsylvania that pensions for many workers have been preserved as part of a coronavirus pandemic-era aid ...

The bell used to hang from the school building, but it had been in Georgia for several decades. A piece of Fayette City history returned home Thursday. A bell that once hung from the Fayette City scho...

The organization’s Monessen store has been in business for 25 years. When Richard Lenio’s pastor at St. Sebastian Catholic Church in Belle Vernon asked him to form a St. Vincent de Paul Society more t...

The 7-0 vote came after she refused to shake a student’s hand during graduation ceremonies. Charleroi Area school board directors voted Thursday to censure their colleague Adele Hopkins for her action...

It will be held once a month throughout the summer at Renziehausen Park. By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com There was a party-like atmosphere in McKeesport Thursday as Renzie Market held its grand ...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI A lot of what I know about the natural world I learned from my grandfather. He was an old-time Pennsylvania woodsman who knew everything there was to know about the plants and...

Director and founder Jason Togyer places a strong emphasis on local content. By COLETTE FUNCHES McKeesport Community Newsroom Tube City Online Radio, also known as WMCK Radio, is housed in a far corne...

Donald Trump often brags to supporters that he has neutralized the abortion issue by insisting that the states are now in charge of policy, not the federal government. But he’s wrong, and he knows it....

As far as I’m concerned, they can’t put warning labels on social media websites soon enough. Indeed, I’d go a lot further. I’d consider banning smartphones altogether for children under 16. Me, I’m so...

AS PENN STATE CUTS staffing at its 20 Commonwealth campuses and at least two private colleges in our region sink into financial distress, the people who run those institutions point to shrinking enrol...

As a young girl, Maria Kitay visited the hospital when her cousin, Clara Carbone Caputo, had breast cancer. “She put her back up against the wall, and she said, ‘It’s so painful to have this,’” Kitay ...

Chris Vaccaro was on his couch watching Tuesday’s storm when lighting struck his Monessen home and sent him flying to the floor. Vaccaro said he and his wife, Megan, and their cat, Willie, were in dif...

It honors those who lost their lives in the Global War on Terror. The VAU Fallen Heroes Memorial will be displayed in Roscoe this weekend. Roscoe American Legion Post 801 has worked for months to brin...

The new spending plan passed unanimously. By MICHAEL RICHTER mrichter@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board adopted a $56 million budget for the 2024-25 school year Wednesday that includes a tax hike for ...

Gates open at 4 p.m. Friday to kick off the two-day event at the Monongahela Aquatorium. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The Monongahela Aquatorium’s Rockin’ on the Mon latest summer concert series begins ...

The proposed program would apply to firefighters and EMS providers. Elizabeth Forward School Board started Wednesday’s meeting with a public hearing to consider adoption of a Volunteer Tax Credit Ince...

Glassport borough Police Chief Shawn DeVerse said his small department is doing its best to deal with the situation. By JIM BUSCH For the MVI During its first meeting at the new Glassport Municipal Co...

A public hearing on the proposal has been scheduled for Aug. 7. By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com The Rostraver Board of Commissioners discussed an application for a zoning change at Wednesday’s m...

Severe conditions are expected to continue through Saturday. Beating the heat just got harder for Western Pennsylvanians, as the heat dome hovering over the region is now expected to stick around thro...