The body of a driver and his vehicle were pulled from Cheat Lake after a fatal accident. With an 8-inch sheet of ice atop the frigid water beneath their feet, dive teams from Murrysville Medic One and...

They’re asking for monthly updates from center administrators. Westmoreland County’s juvenile detention center, plagued for more than two years by staffing and other issues, may be getting more oversi...

Many commercial drivers have been ignoring signs telling them that the area is off limits. Elizabeth Township Police Chief Ken Honick addressed Elizabeth Borough Council Tuesday about meeting with bor...

Spirit Airlines plans to resume daily flights from Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity to Myrtle Beach, S.C., in May, an airport official said Tuesday. The daily flights from the county airport to...

Four McKeesport Area High School students passed the fall auditions to proudly represent McKeesport Area High School band in the PMEA District One East Band Festival held at Laurel Highlands High Scho...

WHY IS ARNOLD PALMER Regional Airport losing money? The Unity Township airport is a small alternative in Westmoreland County. If you don’t want to brave the parkway and negotiate the sometimes intimid...

It’s a long tradition in American politics to evaluate a president by what he has accomplished in his first 100 days in office. Like so many other traditions of the presidency, Donald Trump has change...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House paused federal grants and loans on Tuesday as President Donald Trump’s administration begins an across-the-board ideological review of its spending, causing confusion...

By the MVI A West Mifflin man was sentenced in federal court to 200 months in jail for his conviction of violating federal firearms and narcotics trafficking laws, Acting United States Attorney Troy R...

McKeesport, UConn and WNBA legend and basketball Hall of Famer Swin Cash greets members of the McKeesport girls basketball team prior to Monday’s dedication ceremony naming the basketball court at Nee...

Ancora Holdings Group is seeking to quash the deal and has nominated nine independent directors in hopes of a company revival. An asset manager is seeking to quash Nippon Steel’s takeover of U.S. Stee...

Wanda Magone of Monongahela looks back on a century of memories. A lot of wonderful things have happened in Wanda Magone’s life in the last century. As she celebrated her 100th birthday last week, she...

The contest to replace Rep. Matthew Gergely will determine which party controls the chamber. A special election is set for March 25 to fill the 35th state House District seat left vacant by the death ...

Bellevue Partners is proposing a five-story building behind the Mon Valley Healthplex. Bellevue Partners gave a presentation Monday night to Rostraver Township commissioners about a potential new apar...

The incident took place Saturday night at Eastgate Sunoco. An arrest warrant has been issued for a Pricedale man charged in the armed robbery of the Eastgate Sunoco in Monessen Saturday night. Raymond...

A Dollar Tree shopping cart made its way to the middle of the icy Youghiogheny River under the bridge in the Boston section of Elizabeth Township on Monday morning. The Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio...

The authority provides water to customers in Westmoreland, Allegheny, Armstrong, Fayette and Indiana counties. Nearly 122,000 Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County customers have been urged to co...

A Fallowfield Township man is accused of raping a 12-year-old juvenile. Miguel Angel Pedrosa, 62, was arrested Sunday after state police received a report Saturday about the alleged assaults. Accordin...

The new state senator hopes to attend meetings in all 37 communities he represents by April. Newly sworn-in state Sen. Nick Pisciottano, D-West Mifflin, has been visiting township officials and reside...

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