Students will compete with five other area schools in a quiz-bowl format. The Academic League has returned to Charleroi Area High School, bringing back a competitive academic program that connects stu...

It’s located at the southbound weigh station off Interstate 79 in Washington County. Commercial drivers traveling through the Mon Valley now have more safe parking options along Interstate 79. Pennsyl...

The U.S. senator revealed in an online post that he needed 20 stitches to repair the damage. WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. John Fetterman says he has returned home to his family in Pennsylvania after being h...

After a period of psychiatric hospital closures and investment in community support, the state has shifted focus to the most restrictive care possible. By DANIELLE OHL Spotlight PA The state’s core pr...

Skip Flack of Latrobe started a new family tradition this year. By HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive Each year he and his wife, Kay, would participate in Toys for Tots drives. They would buy a couple hundred d...

Police say a man was found shot dead behind a house in Clairton early Saturday morning. A report of shots fired in the parking lot of the Village Inn in the 800 block of Miller Avenue was made to 911 ...

WASHINGTON — In the next several days, Simon & Schuster will bring forth a little book, 7 inches tall and 5 inches wide, that should shake the country. It is called “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written...

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — When President Donald Trump addressed Congress earlier this year, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was there holding an American flag and wearing a red baseball cap that said “...

IF THERE’S ONE THING public schools understand, it’s how to apply math to a word problem. “Jimmy has five apples” and “a train leaves Philadelphia heading east at 30 miles per hour” are the kind of th...

• Roscoe Lions Club meeting, Hoss’s Steak and Sea House, Rostraver Township, 5:30 p.m. • Creative Writing Club, for writers in grades 6-12, Rostraver Public Library, 700 Plaza Drive, Rostraver Townshi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said House Republicans should vote to release the files in the Jeffrey Epstein case, a startling reversal after previously fighting the proposal as a growing n...

The Clairton band performs during Friday night’s victory over Bishop Canevin in the WPIAL Class 1A semifinals. Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent

The superintendent talks about his vision for the district in a new video. Superintendent Dr. Robert Motte is stepping out from behind the desk and speaking directly to the community in a newly releas...

It will be held Monday morning at the intersection of Lysle Boulevard and Coursin Street. By JENNIFER MCCALLA McKeesport Community Newsroom The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims will b...

Gov. Shapiro sought $292M in additional funding for next year. By HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive Pennsylvanians woke up Thursday to a $50.1 billion state budget that makes additional investments in public s...

The township’s junior commissioner is seeking improvements to the middle school practice field. Elizabeth Forward school board will consider an accelerated budget opt-out resolution next week that cer...

Monessen Elks Lodge 773 recently received a $2,000 Spotlight Grant from the Elks National Foundation, which was donated to Mon Valley Paws, a nonprofit organization that provides assistance to individ...

Hourly payments will increase to more than $15 per hour for people providing personal care services. By JACK TROY TribLive Workers directly hired by the people they care for will see their perhour sta...

For generations, foreign policy eggheads debated the question, “Who lost China?” I’m wondering if election analysts might soon ask, “Who lost the Latinos?” Almost exactly one year ago, President Trump...

This week started out with amazing displays of patriotism and gratefulness for our nation’s veterans. The Mon Valley never misses an opportunity to honor those who have served our country, and once ag...