The hike is now less than half of what Pa. American Water Company requested. The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission has moved to dramatically reduce the revenue increase sought by Pennsylvania Ame...

The week-long event begins today with a Battle of the Barrel. The Washington Township Volunteer Fire Co. and Fayette City VFD spent Friday evening preparing for today’s start of the 86th annual Fayett...

It was filed by the parents of a McKeesport woman who was fatally shot June 2. The parents of a 28-yearold woman killed in a shooting at a Penn Hills hookah bar sued the owner of the property Thursday...

The facility, which contains more than 750 grocery items, will visit the borough every Thursday. For the first time in more than a decade, Glassport residents are able to shop for fresh vegetables and...

Timber rattlesnakes spotted recently in the St. Clair and Seward areas of Westmoreland County are likely just trying to beat the heat, according to officials with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commis...

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico judge on Friday brought a sudden and stunning end to the involuntary manslaughter case against Alec Baldwin, dismissing it in the middle of the actor’s trial and say...

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A SpaceX rocket has failed for the first time in nearly a decade, leaving the company’s internet satellites in an orbit so low that they’re doomed to fall through the atmos...

Donald Trump isn’t normally thought of as a consensus- builder, but in one sense that’s exactly what he is. Many of Trump’s most ardent fans and foes alike believe he is the leader of a political move...

MID MON VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY LLC. PUBLISHER STACY WOLFORD MANAGING EDITOR LORELI BYRON ADVERTISING/CIRCULATION MANAGER Opinions of the Mon Valley Independent are expressed in the editorials that ...

By ZEKE MILLER, JOEY CAPPELLETTI and SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press DETROIT (AP) — Four years ago, candidate Joe Biden stood before supporters at a Detroit high school, flanked by Kamala Harris and ot...

Most polls are showing the former president with a lead in his race against Joe Biden. For all the usual stagecraft, the Republican National Convention that opens Monday is different from Donald Trump...

Calls for the president to end his race for reelection continued Friday. WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi’s phone lit up the night of President Joe Biden’s debate performance with a question that has ye...

NEW YORK (AP) — A judge threw out Rudy Giuliani ‘s bankruptcy case on Friday, slamming the former New York City mayor as a “recalcitrant debtor” who thumbed his nose at the process while seeking to sh...

The Familylinks service organization hosted a “story time” event with stories, crafts and activities for children Thursday at the Carnegie Library of McKeesport. On the steps outside the library, from...

They will be located on Motheral Avenue and will be available to low-income people who qualify. Westmoreland Community Action will construct five modular, low-income houses on Motheral Avenue in Mones...

It’s a reminder that Pittsburgh isn’t Steeltown USA anymore. PITTSBURGH (AP) — Generations of Pittsburghers have worked at steel mills, rooted for the Steelers or ridden the roller coaster at Kennywoo...

Council will reach out to RVE, which served the borough before being replaced in February. Charleroi Borough’s engineering firm, K2, abruptly resigned Wednesday after less than five months on the job....

Council wants to tear down a building on McKean Avenue near the parking garage. Donora will seek permission for the emergency demolition of the building at 618 McKean Ave. that is threatening the boro...

Demand for her items led Diana Sokol to create Diana’s Crochet Designs. Diana Sokol, 28, of Rostraver Township vividly remembers her love of crafting in elementary school, but she never knew the hobby...

A Donora man has been arrested for allegedly showing up at his ex-girlfriend’s workplace with a hammer demanding that she speak with him. Jason C. Johnson, 43, is charged with simple assault, terroris...