“I am mother!” cried “Saturday Night Live” host, and former cast member, Maya Rudolph on Mother’s Day weekend, On the show, she was dubbed the “Mother of the House of Rockefeller,” and she proceeded t...

After a recent summit between new partners China and Russia, General Secretary Xi Jinping and Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin issued an odd one-sentence communique: “There can be no winner...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Monessen High School seniors had a tailgate party in the teachers’ parking lot as a senior prank Friday morning, blocking the teachers from using their parking ...

Robert Haramia of American Legion Post 75 in Clairton is working to preserve the past. Serving in Vietnam and as a commander in the U.S. Army, Robert Haramia has belonged to American Legion Post 75 in...

By the MVI Memorial Day is a national day of mourning created to honor those in the United States military who died in defense of our country. Traditionally, communities commemorate the day with parad...

Memorial Day and Veterans Day each honor the military, though the two holidays are not the same. Memorial Day, which is celebrated annually on the last Monday in May, honors the brave men and women wh...

Editor’s note: This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country during World War II. By January 1945, Monessen’s Lt.. Berna...

Al Marcy, who will retire next week, has been looking out for students during the past 24 years. RESA Regional Police Sgt. Al Marcy took a bit of a detour on his morning patrols Thursday. Marcy, a lon...

Nine Allegheny County council members hosted a public hearing this week to gather input on what a reassessment might entail. Allegheny County could be on a collision course with a countywide property ...

MEMORIAL DAY has evolved to a time when people place flowers on the graves of loved ones, but the original intent was to honor military service personnel who have lost their lives in service to Americ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump isn’t known for letting slights pass. Yet for weeks, the famously combative presumptive Republican nominee has sat silently — to the point of sometimes seeming asleep — in...

The Biden and Trump campaigns agreed to two presidential debates last week. Who among us can contain our excitement? Well, it depends on what you mean by “us.” In my corner of the professional world —...

An official from Life Remembered says it’s been an ongoing issue for the past four years. Operators of Mon Valley Memorial Park Cemetery were unable to find enough volunteers to place flags Thursday a...

The problem was discovered during a site visit conducted Thursday by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers discovered a potential issue with rusting barges during an inspe...

City Mission hopes to have the facility in place by the end of 2025. City Mission in Washington held a groundbreaking event and breakfast Thursday for its new 50-bed homeless shelter for women. Roughl...

Democrats continued to vote on behalf of a lawmaker after police issued a warrant for his arrest, leading Republicans to call for restrictions on the practice. HARRISBURG — In April, a firestorm erupt...

A woman was attacked Tuesday outside of Carl J. Spallino funeral home in Charleroi. Lori Mitchell told WPXI she was on “high alert” as she suspected a woman was following her as she walked up to the 8...

Homicide charges have been filed against a juvenile in connection with the death of an 18-year-old Monongahela resident. Annalaya Wilkerson was fatally shot April 13 in the 500 block of Jolly School R...

• Tiffany Lynn Timmons, 27, of Fayette City was charged with use/possession of drug paraphernalia after an alleged incident Wednesday, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Dis...

Veterans in Westmoreland County will have a new, larger outpatient medical clinic to serve them by 2026. The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs confirmed Thursday a new 33,000-square-foot facility wi...