The Robert A. Billick Funeral Home was opened in 1957 by Robert A. Billick. Robert H. Billick joined his father’s business in 1983. James M. Billick graduated in May of 2009 from Pittsburgh Institute ...

Herbert Howell started Howell Marble and Stone Co. in 1946 Since 1948, Howell Craft Inc., located at 591 Simpson-Howell Road in Elizabeth Township, has provided its customers with quality products mad...

Celebrates 90 Years of Serving the Mon Valley MONESSEN, PA — For more than 90 years, Valley 1st Federal Credit Union has been serving the Mon Valley with the same values that make the region a great p...

Mayor Making Way for Downtown Development in McKeesport Mayor Michael Cherepko’s McKeesport Rising Project is a comprehensive action plan that includes measures for public safety, economic development...

Working To Support Business Growth In The McKeesport Area The McKeesport Area Conference, Inc. was incorporated in 1976 and preceded the current Mon Yough Chamber Foundation. The Chamber Foundation ha...

The Authority’s Sewage Department, additional Staff, Management, and Engineers continue to work to eliminate the problem of Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO). The system here was originally designed and ...

Under new leadership and with renewed vision, the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi continues to keep service rates among the lowest in the surrounding area and all of Western Pennsylvania, while ...

A family owned business for over 90 years, Janosik’s Pharmacy in Monessen has contributed to the health of the people of the Valley. The pharmacy originally opened in the early 1930’s. Current owner J...

The Greater Monessen Historical Society was founded in 1995 with a mission to protect, preserve, and enhance Monessen’s strong ethnic diversity and rich industrial heritage. It is a recipient of the A...

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The United Way of Mon Valley was organized by citizens in our communities in 1961 to help meet the human care needs of the people of the Mid-Mon Valley. The United Way of Mon Valley provides leadershi...

Family Owned & Operated For Over 90 Years! When you’re looking for a new kitchen or bath your first stop should be at Santori Kitchen and Bath at our giant newly renovated showroom located at 920 Donn...

• John Bickerton, 68, of West Mifflin was charged with indecent exposure and open lewdness stemming from an alleged incident June 4, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Distr...

WFAMILY FEATURES ith temperatures forecasted to run at least 2 degrees higher than historical averages across more than half the country, according to projections from AccuWeather, heat waves may lead...

• Desmond Joseph Ham, 44, of Charleroi was charged with communications with 911, stemming from an alleged incident May 20, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial District Judge ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Dozens of mayors from across the Los Angeles region banded together Wednesday to demand that the Trump administration stop the steppedup immigration raids that have spread fear acro...

WORLD BRIEFLY (AP) — Brian Wilson, the Beach Boys’ visionary and fragile leader whose genius for melody, arrangements and wide-eyed self-expression inspired “Good Vibrations,” “California Girls” and o...

A McKeesport man on Tuesday pleaded guilty to the theft of guns from a North Huntingdon home in 2021. John Steven Hudak, 49, was charged nearly three years ago with the theft and illegal possession an...