Millions of dollars in funding was awarded to local municipalities for projects. This week, several state legislators announced millions of dollars in Local Share Account (LSA) grant funds for their r...

Students say arts programs at PennWest California are in jeopardy. By KELLEN STEPLER TribLive Students at Pennsylvania Western University’s California campus fear that planned academic program changes...

No white Christmas is expected for the Mon Valley this year. By the MVI High winds and dangerous snow squalls impacted roads and caused power outages around the Mon Valley Friday. Multiple counties ac...

While legal in Pennsylvania, capital punishment has been temporarily prohibited for a decade. By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive When Burgettstown resident Joshua George was charged with the 2022 death of his ...

One of the worst features of the election primary system in our polarized “Red vs. Blue” time is the tendency of primary voters to flock to the candidate they most want to “destroy” the other party, n...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s glowing account of progress under his watch Wednesday was out of tune with the experience of price-squeezed Americans and the story told by some of his gover...

The spirit of Christmas is alive and well in the Mon Valley, where local churches, civic organizations, volunteer firefighters, police, students, educators and many volunteers in our communities are w...

The walkway traces final trajectory of United Flight 93. By PATRICK VARINE TribLive A critical piece of the Flight 93 National Memorial in Somerset County has been restored to its original vision just...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department released thousands of files Friday from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein even as it acknowledged that its documents disclosure abo...

By PAUL WISEMAN AND ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writers WASHINGTON (AP) — At a time when Americans are frustrated and angry over the high cost of living, the government released a report Thursday sh...

President Donald Trump has directed his administration to work as quickly as possible to reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug. Trump’s executive order on Thursday does not legalize marijuana ...

Santa and Mrs. Claus arrived in Donora on a fire truck Thursday night and spent some time with Branson Prunty, 2 months, and Vivian Gaskill, 8 months, both of Donora. Heather Hart / Mon Valley Indepen...

Janae Michaux said her son has been able to make a full recovery from the Nov. 11 incident. The mother of a 16-year-old boy who was shot in the head last month in Monessen is offering a reward for any...

Three major projects will be covered through funds and grants that are already in place. Fallowfield Township supervisors unanimously approved the township’s 2026 budget Wednesday night, keeping the t...

It will take place Sunday in Elizabeth Township. Christmas at the Rock, a fun-filled family holiday event, will be held from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday. Located at 999 Rock Run Road in Elizabeth Township, the...

Tourism executive Jeff Kotula claims the move is a violation of state law. Washington County commissioners voted Thursday to move forward with amending the county’s hotel tax ordinance, advancing a pr...

It took 60 years for the descendants of the Triggiani family of Monessen to finally get together for a reunion with the remaining family members. The Triggiani family’s roots began at a home at 344 Sc...

By MEGAN TROTTER TribLive The VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System plans to cut nearly 10% of its positions as part of the agency’s effort to reduce its workforce nationwide. A memo obtained by Trib-Live s...

Investors will include Oracle, Silver Lake, MGX. SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — TikTok has signed agreements with three major investors — Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX — to form a new TikTok U.S. joint venture, e...

Alittle more than 10 years ago, Jack Danforth, a former Republican senator from Missouri, wrote a prescient essay in Time that declared, “Today’s Republican Hardliners Aren’t ‘Conservatives’ — They’re...