A Mass and balloon release were held in memory of the 25-year-old Allenport resident. Family and friends of Tori Demo held a Mass Sunday morning and released balloons in her memory one year after her ...

Trees were toppled and power was knocked out in several parts of the region. Heavy rainfall and winds swept through the Mon Valley as multiple severe weather alerts were issued Sunday afternoon. Accor...

District Governor Dan Dougherty welcomed the new Mon-Yough River Valley Rotary Club. The new Mon-Yough River Valley Rotary Club had its charter celebration Saturday night, making it the newest Rotary ...

North Belle Vernon garbage bills will go out this week, but online billing won’t be an option quite yet. Sanitation service is still running smoothly with the borough’s new refuse provider, ProWaste L...

The gathering was a who’s who of Pennsylvania politicos, all looking to share in the credit of a transformational $600 million reimagination of Downtown Pittsburgh. Gov. Josh Shapiro, Pittsburgh Mayor...

CAIRO (AP) — The United States and Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen are both vowing escalation after the U.S. launched airstrikes to deter the rebels from attacking military and commercial vessels o...

Donald Trump is a singular figure in United States political history — an elitist at war with the country’s elite, a beneficiary of the American commercial system who is resentful of the institutions ...

EARLIER THIS MONTH, Pittsburgh Mayor Ed Gainey got his hackles up about money. Was it about the financial troubles his city finds itself experiencing? Nope. It was about the funds of his Democratic ch...

Portraying the T-Birds at South Allegheny High School’s production of “Grease” Friday night are Donnavin Peterson, Island Russell-Akkoyun, Kazhmeire Braucher, Justin Dyer, Corinne Elton and Aaron Mart...

Political, business and community leaders gathered for a discussion of the region’s future. Mon Valley leaders got together recently to talk about the future. The Southwestern Pennsylvania Municipal P...

Rostraver Central Fire Department responded to a car accident Friday evening in the 1100 block of Rostraver Road. According to a Facebook post from the department, firefighters had to use Jaws of Life...

Borough and police officials responded after the incident was posted on social media. A video posted to Facebook Wednesday appeared to show a Donora police officer knocking a phone out of a resident’s...

The man suffered a broken arm, but was conscious and alert at the scene. An SUV slammed through the roof of a building in White Oak early Friday morning. According to our news partners at WTAE, the cr...

The iSH Company is in the midst of another record-setting year. By SARAH PELLIS spellis@yourmvi.com spellis@yourmvi.com The iSH Company, aka “In Student Hands,” at Elizabeth Forward High School has be...

The money will be used for Promethean interactive panels for kindergarten classes at Marion and Rostraver Elementary. By LADIMIR GARCIA lgarcia@yourmvi.com The Community Foundation of Westmoreland Cou...

Pennsylvania’s been a hub for eye-catching license plates honoring everything from river otters to D.A.R.E to Quaker friendliness. By ASHA PRIHAR Spotlight PA Pennsylvania license plates haven’t chang...

Carrie Gregor and Jeri Book hold a dozen homemade pierogis Friday afternoon at a fish fry at the Monessen Hilltop Fireman’s Club. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

To the Editor: Donald Trump, aided by Elon Musk, a billionaire with no federal governmental connection, in a month has managed to eliminate thousands of federal workers, entire agencies, and has creat...