Music Tonight • Ledfoot Lover, Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar, Finleyville, 6 p.m. Friday Music • Frogstar Karaoke, Rich’s Parkside Den, little Boston, 9 p.m. • DJ/Karaoke, The Drunken Hippie, Monongahela, 9 ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Snoopy, Charlie Brown and the “Peanuts” gang are staying put. Apple TV+ is announcing a five-year extension as the exclusive streaming home for all things “Peanuts,” The Associated Pre...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new report on book bans in U.S. schools finds Stephen King as the author most likely to be censored and the country divided between states actively restricting works and those attemp...

AS WE DO EACH YEAR, the Mon Valley Independent is going pink this month to support an important cause. Through the end of October, we will place a pink ribbon on our masthead to mark Breast Cancer Awa...

Despite years of congressional hearings, lawsuits, academic research, whistleblowers and testimony from parents and teenagers about the dangers of Instagram, Meta’s wildly popular app has failed to pr...

LONDON (AP) — Want to switch to Apple Music because you can’t find your favorite indie band on Spotify? Or maybe you’re on Amazon Music but saw a new subscriber offer on Tidal that’s too good to pass ...

• Jonathan Michael Puskar, 31, of Everson, was charged with DUI/BAC .16% and greater and DUI/unsafe driving stemming from a traffic stop on Aug. 3, court records state. • Stephen Gency, 67, of Mononga...

• Casey Jo Dale, 37, of McKeesport was charged with terroristic threats, disorderly conduct and escape stemming from an alleged incident Friday, court records state. • Francis Colagrande Conlon, 31, o...

A PROMISE HAS BEEN MADE for the Pittsburgh steel industry. Again. Last week, U.S. Steel announced it was committing $100 million to a new slag recycler at the Edgar Thompson Works in Braddock. Any inv...

• Anything Goes Book Club, Monongahela Area Library, 813 W. Main St., Monongahela, 6 p.m. • Farm-To-Family Produce Market, Dee’s Event Center, 514 McKean Ave., Charleroi, 2 to 5 p.m. • Pizza/pizza bur...

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

• Daniel A. Howard, 55, of New Eagle was charged with home improvement fraud and theft by deception stemming from an alleged incident Nov. 5, 2024, court records state. • William James Means, 30, of M...

• Victor Manuel Maisonet Serpa, 37, of Donora was charged with theft by unlawful taking, criminal mischief, loitering and prowling at night time and defiant trespassing stemming from an alleged incide...

WASHINGTON (AP) — James Comey was charged Thursday with making a false statement and obstruction in a criminal case filed days after President Donald Trump appeared to urge his attorney general to pro...

NEW YORK (AP) — Word nerd alert: Merriam-Webster announced Thursday it has taken the rare step of fully revising and reimagining one of its most popular dictionaries with a fresh edition that adds ove...