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President Joe Biden’s speech in Chicago on Monday night reveals the true nature of today’s Democratic Party. As the world now knows, he obviously had no concept of anything being done in his name over...

To the Editor: Eos Energy Enterprises announced plans out of the blue late last fall to shut its Turtle Creek factory for the holidays and only pay workers if we used paid time off (PTO) during the do...

There is very little, if anything, I can offer concerning my dear friend, Kenny Wiltz, that has not already been so eloquently expressed by this newspaper’s Taylor Brown and Jeff Oliver. Yet, because ...

The new system will offer enhanced payment options for customers. Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County water and sewer customers will see enhanced payment options when a new billing system is im...

Charleroi Area Elementary Center second-grade teacher Marissa Trilli gets her classroom ready for students to arrive Thursday morning. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

Installation of the beams will take place from late Friday night through early Monday morning. Bridge beam installation for the next phase of the Route 51 to I-376 Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission’s s...

Elaine Pappasergi will take her place as vice president of the school board. Barbara Pepper is the new leader of the Charleroi Area School Board. Pepper, the only nominee, won in a unanimous vote Tues...

The Chester Foundation offers financial help to cancer patients. Lucky Dawgs Doggie Day Care Center in Forward Township partnered with the Chester Foundation a Mon Valley-based cancer charity, to rais...

North Charleroi leaders continue to take a slow but steady approach to update the borough’s book of ordinances. In January, council discussed plans to update its ordinances, a process that began in 20...

Belle Vernon Mayor Gerald Jackson talked about the area’s need for more volunteer firefighters at Tuesday’s council meeting. Jackson told council he’s noticed that local volunteer fire departments are...

By JEFF HIMLER Trib Total Media There is strength in numbers — and warmth. That’s something Sophia Bankosh is grateful for this week as she and a handful of friends are camping out overnight together ...

They’re able to attend meetings with party delegates, news outlets and other organizations. By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media Sydney Speicher, a rising senior at Pennsylvania Western University, rode...

WITH THE DEMOCRATIC National Convention in full swing and the Republican convention a month in the rear view mirror, we are in the last leg of what seems like the longest power struggle in history. An...

President Joe Biden‘s half-century career in electoral politics came to an end Monday night in Chicago. It wasn’t voluntary. The 81-year-old president had planned for this week to be the moment he acc...

The obesity epidemic has long impacted the United States, and here in Allegheny County, our communities have fared no different. Residents of all ages and backgrounds have been impacted by obesity, an...

By PAULA REED WARD Trib Total Media A McKeesport man accused of shooting a motorist in the face last month as both drivers merged onto Interstate 376 in Pittsburgh is in custody. Rashawn Hall, 22, was...

Tycir Jones, 3, of McKeesport was among the first in line Monday to meet Alex Highsmith of the Pittsburgh Steelers during a Back to School Bash at the LaRosa Youth Club in McKeesport. To purchase this...

A renovation project gone wrong has led to a string of problems for Rick and Shelly Cameron. Rick and Shelly Cameron of Carroll Township never expected their home of 15 years to collapse right before ...

The Big Twist bash included backpack giveaways, raffles, prizes, games and ice cream. With students in the Rostraver Township and Elizabeth Township areas heading back to school this week, one busines...