To the Editor: When driving I have used my God-given sight to notice the thousands of new vehicles on the highway, stores full of customers shopping, restaurants full of patrons eating, sports venues ...

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A Penn State Extension expert says they’ve decreased significantly since last year. Spotted lanternflies are still a pest in Western Pennsylvania, but populations are trending lower in certain regions...

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. (AP) — The politics of immigration look different from the back patio of Ardovino’s Desert Crossing restaurant. That’s where Robert Ardovino sees a Border Patrol horse trailer rumbl...

Belle Vernon Area’s Gabby Dusi, right, shakes hands with Hampton’s Grace Stitt after defeating her to win the WPIAL Class 2A Girls Individual Tennis Championship Thursday at Bethel Park High School. I...

A week later, there’s plenty of national attention on the borough’s Haitian population. Remarks by former President Donald Trump in a campaign speech last week continue to make waves in Charleroi. Tru...

The move came despite heated objections from one school board member. The West Mifflin Area school board granted a five-year contract extension during Thursday’s meeting to Superintendent Jeffrey Sole...

The site hasn’t been used since the church shut down in 2018. The Diocese of Greensburg has begun the process of selling the former church property of the Epiphany of Our Lord Parish in Monessen. Loca...

South Allegheny School District Superintendent David McDonald introduced two new young faces to the school board at this week’s meeting. Teagan Noll and Cody Deliman are the new student body represent...

Police pulled over David Levdansky Tuesday night in Duquesne. A Forw ard Township supervisor has been charged with DUI after an incident Tuesday in Duquesne. David Levdansky, 69, is also charged with ...

Representatives from the company visited the district to see how their products are being used. Elizabeth Forward is among 17 districts in the country to receive recognition as an Apple Distinguished ...

Haitian immigrant Rony Jean Lherisson said he is here legally, pays taxes and feels many like him are being treated unfairly. Getro Bernabe is an immigrant liaison in Charleroi. It’s been a hectic wee...

Donora council voted to create an ordinance dealing with portable storage containers due to recent issues. According to council President Cindy Brice, the containers have become a problem throughout t...

Laura Magone is being featured by the MVI as part of the Hero Profiles series in conjunction with the Pittsburgh Media Partnership By JULIANA MORELLO For the Mon Valley Independent As is the case with...

The celebration featured music performed by the Thomas Jefferson High School band and included cheering from the high school cheerleading and color guard squads. By JOYCE HANZ TribLive A 5-year-old bo...

Despite opposition from the community and Protect PT, the DEP previously approved a Landfill Leachate Air Permit for the Rostraver Township-based landfill. Westmoreland Sanitary Landfill (WSL) withdre...

Superintendent Keith Konyk said they are taking a proactive approach to keep students and staff safe. Last week, Elizabeth Forward School District Superintendent Keith Konyk sent a letter out to distr...

After yet another assassination attempt on Donald Trump — or as The New York Times calls it, “what the FBI is calling an assassination attempt” — it’s time for Trump to hire Blackwater to do his secur...

THE OFT-USED PHRASE is “it takes a village to raise a child.” In updated parlance, it isn’t so much a village as it is a volunteer — or lots of volunteers. It is hard to calculate everything in our li...

A clerical error was blamed for not advertising the agenda prior to Tuesday’s meeting. Glassport Borough Council will hold another meeting next week after realizing the agenda for Tuesday’s voting mee...