University employees engaged in sexual misconduct. Administrators misappropriating public funds. Scientists paid by industry groups to obtain desirable research outcomes. Open records laws have helped...

Five-year-old Legend Anderson gives his mom Cassie DeStefano a bear hug while they watched the high school baseball game Wednesday at Veterans Field in Charleroi. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independe...

The Ringgold School Board will discuss the matter before voting on recognizing the union. Ringgold’s paraprofessionals and administrative assistants announced they have decided to form a union with th...

Firefighters are warning about the elevated risks of outside fires around this time of year. A combination of windy conditions posed an elevated risk of wildfires Wednesday across the region. Mon Vall...

The Charleroi Regional Police Department board honored retired police Lieutenants Mike Polinski and Mark Yates for their years of service. Shown during Wednesday’s board meeting, from left, are Charle...

More than 72.5 million people, including retirees and children, receive benefits through Social Security. Staff and Wire reports The Social Security Administration is changing policies to strengthen i...

The program aims to foster etiquette, respect and self confidence for the sixth-graders in the group. The Belle Vernon Area school board recognized Marion Elementary students who are part of a school ...

Superintendent Keith Konyk said the district is in competition with cyber charter schools. Cyber charter school funding reform was among the topics addressed by Elizabeth Forward Superintendent Keith ...

IF YOU WANT TO KNOW HOW political power is ebbing and flowing in Pennsylvania, take a look at counties comprising Mon Valley communities. Pennsylvania’s politics swing like the clapper of a bell. It c...

Of all of President Trump’s zany ideas— making boring, self-righteous Canada the 51st state, we take Gaza, Perkins Coie lawyers banned from federal buildings— his claim that Joe Biden’s pardons are in...

The event will raise money for the Mon/Yough Trail Council, which maintains a 15-mile section of the Great Allegheny Passage in Allegheny County. For the MVI The Mon/Yough Trail Council will host its ...

California Area High School assistant baseball coach Ben Carson’s wife, Sarah, and their 2-year old son, Banks, of Charleroi attended the opening-day game against Jefferson-Morgan Tuesday afternoon. S...

The housing authority receives $24 million per year from the federal government. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive Westmoreland County Housing Authority officials said Tuesday they expect cuts in federal f...

They have been training on the state-of-the-art vehicle, which was paid for by Olympus Energy. Elizabeth Township and Blaine Hill Volunteer Fire Department have a new attack truck to fight fires and h...

They include restoration of the middle school roof and replacing Weir Stadium turf. The Belle Vernon Area school board approved several renovations for district facilities throughout the summer and ex...

Rostraver Central firefighters were called Tuesday morning to Interstate 70 west near Exit 46A to extinguish a fire in the cab of an unloaded freight vehicle. No injuries were reported. I-70 was restr...

District officials recently discovered that formal action hadn’t been taken. In a brief special meeting Tuesday, Monessen school board voted to approve an audit report of the district’s 2022-23 fiscal...

A Ringgold student has been charged after a fight broke out in a classroom. David Boyd McGavitt, 18, is charged with aggravated assault, simple assault and harassment. According to an affidavit of pro...

Herschend doesn’t plan to make any immediate changes to the parks. Kennywood will soon be operating under new ownership whose other holdings include Dollywood and the Harlem Globetrotters. Atlanta-bas...

By JOYCE DAVIS Opinion Editor PennLive/The Patriot-News Now, more than ever, you need to know. You not only need to know about the chaos in Washington, but you need to know what’s happening in your ow...