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...

Even though her father isn’t a phone call away anymore, Cassidy Gamble knows his kind nature is still making an impact on others. James Forish became a tissue donor after his Aug. 1 death, allowing hi...

They were taken to an animal shelter as police seek information about who abandoned them. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive Two miniature pinschers were at an animal shelter Friday after they were found in t...

Dr. Ed Zelich confirmed that Facebook posts about the disease are inaccurate. Rumors are once again circulating about the immigrant population in Charleroi. On Tuesday, Charleroi Area Superintendent D...

Borough officials plan to start reviewing applications for the position in the middle of January. North Charleroi is looking to hire a full-time member for its street department for the new year. The ...

Knights of Columbus, Monessen Council 954, recently collected $1,500 for the Association for the Rights of Citizens with Developmental Disabilities (ARCDD) Mon Valley, a chapter of the national organi...

There were close to 500 crashes in Pennsylvania from Dec. 24 to 26. State police reported 495 crashes and 138 DUI arrests throughout Pennsylvania during the Christmas holiday. In a report released Fri...

In the wake of a successful effort to kill a year-end spending bill and replace is with more limited legislation to keep the government open, Elon Musk declared victory last week on X (formerly Twitte...

Thumbs up to a meaningful name. Congress is not known to get much done — especially not in the last few years when lawmakers have been paralyzed by partisanship. But this month something crawled acros...

The Charleroi Area High School cheerleaders were still in the spirit of Christmas Thursday evening for the start of the Charleroi Holiday Basketball Tournament. In front, from left, are Madalyn Cherry...

The sale is currently in the hands of President Biden, who can block the deal before his term ends. By the MVI Nippon Steel has pushed back the closing date for its proposed $14.9 million acquisition ...

Members of the Monessen Police Department, Monessen No. 1 (downtown) Fire Department , Monessen Hilltop Fire Department and Mon Valley Emergency Medical Services attended an inaugural Monessen First R...

Stephanie Urchick serves as president of Rotary International. By HARRY FUNK TribLive Smile. You’re promoting peace. “It is such a simple thing that we can all do,” Monessen native Stephanie Urchick s...