DEAR ABBY: My partner and I have been together more than five years now. He has two adult children. I learned two days ago that I am pregnant. At 43 years old, I didn’t think a child was in my future....

Police are investigating human remains that were found Saturday behind a Dollar General store along Route 51 in Jefferson Hills, according to Tribune- Review news partner WTAE-TV. Jefferson Hills poli...

Meetings in local government next week Every week, the Mon Valley Independent editorial staff will share upcoming government meetings around the Mid-Mon Valley. If there’s an item or other event of pu...

• Tamara Lee Taylor, 31, of Donora was charged with use/possession of drug paraphernalia stemming from an alleged incident Friday, court records state. A preliminary hearing before Magisterial Distric...

The McKeesport Al-Anon group will meet at noon Tuesday at Beulah Park United Methodist Church on Grandview Avenue. Al-Anon is a support and educational group for relatives and friends of problem drink...

• St. Dominic’s Men’s Club meeting, at the club, 601 Thompson Ave., Donora, 1 p.m. • Bingo night, Carroll Township Voluneer Fire Department, 130 Baird St., Monongahela, doors open at 6 p.m., bingo sta...

DEAR ABBY: At 63, I am the youngest sister of four siblings. We grew up in the turmoil of Dad’s alcoholism and hoarding, as well as physical and emotional abuse from both our parents. One of my sister...

Free Indeed Ministry, 401 Second St., Monongahela, will host Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Resurrection Day services on April 13 and 20. The Palm Sunday service is to celebrate and commemorate the triu...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump had an annual physical on Friday and concluded, “I did well,” praising his own heart, soul and cognitive ability while noting medical reports from White House ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband and I are the parents of three grown sons. Our middle son (“Kurt,” age 29) has been in conflict with his younger brother (“Jared,” age 26) for more than a year. Kurt started doin...

DEAR HARRIETTE: My boyfriend recently proposed to me, and I said no — not because I don’t want to marry him, but because of how he did it. He proposed at a baseball game in front of a huge crowd, and ...

By KELLEN STEPLER and JACK TROY TribLive If you feel like Western Pennsylvanians pay more for gasoline, you’re right. You can blame geography, experts say. Within the state — already home to the natio...

• Tia Sechrist, 45, of Elizabeth was charged with prohibited acts - possession, driving without a license, driving without a seatbelt and operating a vehicle without certificate of inspection stemming...

The victims included a family of Spanish tourists. NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City sightseeing helicopter broke apart in midair Thursday and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River, killing the pilo...

Spring brings the return of color to the garden as bulbs bloom, perennials re-emerge, and new annuals settle in. But there’s a less common category of plants that’s also worth knowing: native spring e...

By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive A private club in Monessen is being sued over claims that failed security led to a member’s injuries last month. Amir Reid, address unknown, contends the Monessen Elks Oak...

By HALEY DAUGHERTY TribLive Shares of United Steel Corp. fell Wednesday when President Donald Trump renewed his opposition to the sale of the American steel producer to Japan’s Nippon Steel Corp., acc...

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks soared to one of their best days in history on a euphoric Wall Street Wednesday after President Donald Trump said he would back off on most of his tariffs temporarily, as i...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed off his tariffs on most nations for 90 days even as he further jacked up the tax rate on Chinese ...

Tonight’s Music • Jay Constable, Giant Oaks Winery, Finleyville, 6 p.m. • Acoustic open mic, The Drunken Hippie, Monongahela, 8 p.m. Tonight’s Events • “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” PennWest California...