By JOEY CAPPELLETTI and CHRISTOPHER RUGABER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has spent his second term bulldozing elected and appointed officials who resist him or refuse to b...

Meetings in local government this week Here is a look at upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley this week. If there’s an item or other event of public interest, we’ll include that belo...

• Edisa M. Savage, 25, of Charleroi was charged with disorderly conduct engaging in fighting, harassment, criminal trespassing, defiant trespassing and criminal mischief - damage to property stemming ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump issued a flurry of pardons in recent days, including for the father of a large donor to his super PAC, a former governor of Puerto Rico and a woman whose sente...

Natalie Walsh sits with her niece, Lily Walsh, in the stands during Thursday’s girls basketball game between Belle Vernon and Ringgold. Walsh had extra reason to cheer, with two nieces on the court. P...

Director Jason Pavlecic dissented, arguing that the $12,940 annual cost is too expensive. The McKeesport Area school board approved a proposal Thursday that would allow the district to update its webs...

Rostraver Township police and firefighters were called to a crash shortly before 4:30 p.m. Thursday on Interstate 70 near mile marker 44. Two people were transported by Rostraver West Newton Emergency...

Directors also learned that the high school auditorium project is nearing completion. Several financial items were discussed at West Mifflin Area school board’s work session Thursday evening. The stat...

A public hearing on the matter is set for Wednesday evening. Charleroi officials have scheduled a public hearing to consider the possible abandonment of a portion of Ninth Street to accommodate an exp...

Cash flow issues resulted from a state budget impasse and a subsequent freeze on allocations. A dozen Westmoreland County employees who have been furloughed saw their positions abolished Thursday, res...

Spirit Airlines’ continued operation is viewed as a “50-50 proposition at best.” Air traffic through Arnold Palmer Regional Airport last year fell to its lowest level since 2011 even as local leaders ...

He called it an “extreme” position in a post on X. U.S. Sen. John Fetterman is rejecting calls from some fellow Democrats to abolish the federal government’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement follow...

A PYRAMID CAN BE the strongest shape humans know how to build. Load-bearing. Enduring. It also can be a scheme — something that looks solid from the top down but collapses when the base proves hollow....

If the byproduct of a raid on a Washington Post journalist’s home is to deter probing reporting of government action, the Trump administration could hardly have chosen a more compelling target. Hannah...

In Trump World, where alternative facts rule, reality is starting to make comeback. For months, the president has hammered Jerome Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, denouncing him as a “numbsku...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — An investigation into a sprawling betting scheme to rig NCAA and Chinese Basketball Association games has ensnared 26 people, including more than a dozen college basketball players...

• Michael Sims, 43, of Cottonwood, Ariz., was charged with fleeing or attempting to elude police, simple assault, recklessly endangering another person, evading arrest, DUI and traffic violations stem...

Residents across the state, from Allegheny to Lackawanna, have expressed concerns about the onslaught of data centers. By KATE HUANGPU Spotlight PA HARRISBURG — Steve Hacker’s well ran dry in October ...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday threatened to invoke an 1807 law and deploy troops to quell persistent protests against the federal officers sent to Minneapolis to enforce his ad...

Bailey Powell, 2, of Smithton smiles while participating in the “Tiny Tykes Tadpoles” story-time program at the Rostraver Public Library on Wednesday morning. The weekly program introduces toddlers to...