A MEDICAL EXAMINATION in the aftermath of a sexual assault is not easy. For many people, it is a second traumatic invasion. Even for those committed to working with law enforcement toward prosecution,...

California has become a test case of the suicide of the West. Never before has such a state, so rich in natural resources and endowed with such a bountiful human inheritance, self-destructed so rapidl...

Three area blood drives are scheduled in July. The American Red Cross of Greater Pennsylvania is in critical need of blood and platelet donors. The nonprofit humanitarian organization is urging everyo...

NEW YORK (AP) — Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other. Republican Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts with serious c...

Despite uncomfortable conditions, hundreds of people turned out for two days of music. By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Muggy weather didn’t stop The Commonheart frontman Clinton Clegg from grooving around ...

Administrators say it’s necessary to balance the budget without job cuts. Property owners in the Charleroi Area School District will see a slight rise in their taxes next year. On Thursday, school boa...

By JUSTIN VELLUCCI Trib Total Media The Allegheny County Health Department on Thursday fined U.S. Steel nearly $80,000 for air pollution the department said its Clairton Coke Works created in the firs...

Township officials say it will be easier to deal with absentee landlords. Carroll Township’s new quality of life ordinance will help supervisors get properties cleaned up in the township without so mu...

By RENATTA SIGNORINI Trib Total Media For Trish Walch, living at Odin View Apartments in Hempfield is a dream come true. It’s in large part a nod to the Westmoreland County Housing Authority building’...

The PROSPER Act promises sustainable energy jobs for areas with high unemployment in natural resources & mining sectors. Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato expressed support for legislation sp...

The school board will search for replacement coaches before officially accepting them. Elizabeth Forward school board voted Wednesday to deny the resignations of two middle school soccer coaches until...

The far-right Republican governor of Louisiana, Jeff Landry, has just signed a law requiring every public school classroom in his state to display a copy of the Ten Commandments. “If you want to respe...

PHILIPS RESPIRONICS is taking its manufacturing out of the Westmoreland County communities of Murrysville and Upper Burrell. The Bakery Square workers will head to other locations by the end of the ye...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris says “everything is at stake” with reproductive health rights in November’s election as the Biden campaign steps up its focus on contrasting the position...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The last time Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the U.S. Congress, nearly 60 Democrats skipped his speech nine years ago, calling it a slap in the face to then-Pres...

The tribute to those who lost their lives in the War on Terror will be displayed until noon Monday. With the sun shining down and engines roaring, Roscoe American Legion riders and friends proudly esc...

More than 2,660 entries were submitted in the annual statewide contest. By the MVI The Mon Valley Independent earned three Keystone Press Awards in the 2024 Pennsylvania NewsMedia Association’s annual...

A project to remove the dam near Elizabeth is scheduled to begin July 10. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District is adding navigation safety signs and buoys upstream and downstream of Mo...

Classmates gathered Thursday for their third annual “Class of 1968 Weenie Roast.” By JIM BUSCH For the MVI It has been 56 years since they walked the halls of the McKeesport Senior High School togethe...

The Elizabeth Township festival featured games, food trucks, raffles and a car cruise. By MICHAEL RICHTER mirchter@yourmvi.com Despite the heat, many showed up Friday to enjoy the Saints Joachim and A...