This year’s event is set for Oct. 12 at the Mon Valley HealthPlex in Rostraver Township. For the MVI Gather your pink attire. Form your teams. It is time once again for the annual Lois Orange Ducoeur ...

By the AP Billionaire Elon Musk will join Donald Trump at a rally at the site of the former president’s July assassination attempt. The campaign said the SpaceX and Tesla CEO will be among special gue...

Editor’s note: An expanded list of regional property transfers runs in our electronic edition.

AUTO RACING 10:30 a.m. - TRUTV — FIM MotoGP: The Japanese Grand Prix Sprint, Motegi, Japan 12:30 p.m. - USA — NASCAR Xfinity Series: Practice and Qualifying, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. 1...

By DAVID FISCHER AND TERRY SPENCER Associated Press INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Aiden Bowles was stubborn, so even as Florida officials told residents of the barrier island north of St. Petersburg...

• Deidre Louise Mariani, 65, of Charleroi was charged with intent to possess a controlled substance stemming from an alleged incident Thursday, court records state. • Clinton Connors, 43, of Pittsburg...

• Samantha Lynn Moehring, 35, of McKeesport was charged with prohibited acts - possession and prohibited acts stemming from an alleged incident Thursday, court records state.

No charges have been filed, so the person’s name wasn’t released. One unidentified suspect has been targeted in the investigation of missing money from the McKeesport Police Department evidence room, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas shut down Tuesday when the union representing about 45,000 dockworkers went on strike for the first time since 1977. Workers began walking picket lines e...

Tonight’s music • Open stage, Dead Head Winery, Monongahela, 6:30 p.m. • David Powell, Giant Oaks Winery, Finleyville, 6 p.m. • Forever Seger: The Silver Bullet Experience, The Palace Theatre, Greensb...

For the MVI Pennsylvania Western University reported significant growth in graduate and online enrollments at the Council of Trustees meeting, held Sept. 26 at the California campus. New graduate enro...

The membership of the Pennsylvania State Coroners’ Association (PSCA) held its annual meeting in Bethlehem, Pa., Sept. 16th-20th, 2024. During the business meeting, Washington County Coroner S. Timoth...

VENICE, Italy (AP) — “ Joker “ is a hard act to follow. Todd Phillips’ dark, Scorsese- inspired character study about the Batman villain made over a billion dollars at the box office, won Joaquin Phoe...

Reforestation gap By TAMMY WEBBER, BRITTANY PETERSON AND CAMILLE FASSETT Associated Press BELLVUE, Colo. (AP) — Camille Stevens-Rumann crouched in the dirt and leaned over evergreen seedlings, measuri...

Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter reached the century mark. The 39th president, who remains under home hospice care, turned 100 on Tuesday, celebrating i...

• Timothy David Corwin, 37, of Monongahela was charged with simple assault and harassment stemming from an alleged incident Sept. 10, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Dist...

ATLANTA (AP) — Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will meet tonight in the lone vice presidential debate of the 2024 election, bringing together undercards who have spent two months going after...

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 Awareness Month and to ...

A Pittsburgh man wanted on a bench warrant out of Allegheny County was arrested Sunday in Charleroi after jumping from a balcony. Roneal Dunscomb, 38, is charged with loitering and prowling at night, ...

By MAE ANDERSON AND ANNE D’INNOCENZIO AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. ports from Maine to Texas could shut down Tuesday if a union representing about 45,000 dockworkers carries through with a ...