Increased payroll and benefit costs as well as “unfavorable” pension changes also cut into profits. Pennsylvania’s wine and spirits sales dipped last fiscal year for only the second time in the past t...

Nearly four years ago, on Jan. 18, 2022, this newsletter wrote about a frenzy that was sweeping the anti-Trump world. It had to do with a novel theory regarding the 2020 presidential election dispute....

The board discussed setting pay rates for substitute teachers. Four new and returning Monessen school board members were sworn into office Tuesday evening by Magisterial District Judge Wayne Vlasic. M...

BRUSSELS (AP) — NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte brushed off fresh concern Tuesday about the United States’ commitment to the military organization on the eve of a meeting of allied foreign ministers...

• Benjamin Gray, 36, of McKeesport was charged with public drunkenness and similar misconduct stemming from an alleged incident Nov. 17, court records state. • Ronald Locke, 33, of Wilkinsburg was cha...

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND MARLON GONZÁLEZ Associated Press TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Reyna Vega whips up simple breakfasts of eggs, fried bananas with cream and refried beans with corn tortillas a...

The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. ANDY SCHULTZ Wellesley College, and DAVID MCCUNE William Jewel College American democrac...

Former Corelle workers were joined by public officials for an emotional ceremony in Charleroi. Charleroi stood in the cold Monday in Meadow Avenue Park to say goodbye to the plant that shaped its peop...

The worst part of the storm is forecast for today’s morning commute. The first big snowfall of the season hit Western Pennsylvania on Tuesday morning, coating the ground and roadways. Speed limits hav...

The new agreement with Hoffman Kennels will run for one year. Elizabeth Township commissioners renewed a contract with Hoffman Kennels for one year for deer removal and dog control services despite so...

Pennsylvania American Water installed the new hydrant Monday and submitted the broken one to the manufacturer. Pennsylvania American Water has replaced a fire hydrant on Dillon Road in Elizabeth Towns...

The long-running holiday celebration will feature dozens of decorated trees. By the MVI Renziehausen Park’s Jacob Woll Pavilion will be converted into a village of Christmas trees this week, which is ...

Charleroi Fire Department responded Monday night to a collision involving two cars at Fifth and Washington Avenue in Charleroi. Charleroi FIre Department

The Monongahela Rotary held its annual donation of new dictionaries to third-grade students at Ringgold North, Ringgold South and Madonna Catholic Regional School as part of its global Rotary dictiona...

The SPHS Monessen Family Center (MFC) joined three other local teams, Little Things for Little People, Gate of Heaven COGIC and Orchard Christian Fellowship – for the TeamHumanity Good Neighbor Grocer...

ABCs BECOME WORDS, then sentences, then books. Counting becomes adding, then long division, then algebra. If you don’t get a good grounding at the primary level, everything gets harder until the learn...

To the Editor: If you didn’t throw away the Wednesday, November 26 copy of The Mon Valley Independent (MVI), turn to page B6 and there you will find the article “Thankful for life’s big—and small —ble...

The current generation “Z” — those now roughly between 13 and 28 years old — is becoming our 21st-century version of the “Lost Generation.” Members of Gen Z are often nicknamed “Zoomers,” a term used ...

If you had a condition that could lead to a more serious health problem, wouldn’t you want to know? Nearly 90% of the people who have prediabetes are unaware that they have it which is unfortunate bec...

On Dec. 8, holiday donations will be dropped off at the Washington County Fairgrounds. For the MVI Each year, the Washington County Children And Youth Social Service Agency serves the children and fam...