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...

DEAR ABBY: My younger brother, “Paul,” is 40 and in a rut. He became friends with a friend of mine, “Mitch,” whom I met in college. Paul also became good friends with Mitch’s wife, “Iris.” After a yea...

DEAR HARRIETTE: A childhood friend of mine has been in a relationship for more than five years now. He and his partner live together and share a car, and he covers some of her expenses, etc. They are ...

STORRS, Conn. (AP) — There might not be a team happier to see January in the rear-view mirror than two-time defending national champion UConn. On the way to a second straight title during the 2023-24 ...

• Michelle Elyse Watko, 38, of Elizabeth was charged with DUI and traffic violations stemming from an alleged traffic stop Jan. 9, court records state. A preliminary hearing has not been set. • Vernon...

A Donora man is accused of giving malt alcohol to a 17-year-old girl and exposing other young children to alcohol and illegal drugs during a party Saturday at an Allen Avenue residence. Donora police ...

An issue with a battery early Wednesday triggered a fire — and an “audible boom” — that injured at least two people at U.S. Steel’s Clairton Coke Works plant in Pittsburgh’s Mon Valley. The coke works...

• Mary Junea Vasquez, 44 of Donora was charged with criminal mischief-tampering with property stemming from an alleged incident Jan. 29, court records state. • Dorian C. Jeri-Greene, 38, of Monessen w...

Friday Music • Scott Jamison with Sean Riggs, Russ’ Tavern, Belle Vernon, 8 p.m. • Frogstar Karaoke, Rich’s Parkside Den, Boston (Elizabeth Township) 9 p.m. • Live music, Roy’s by the Tracks, Finleyvi...

DEAR ABBY: I had a close friendship with a co-worker. We used to have lunch together and shared many personal and intimate stories. We were the two work newbies, even though I started six months befor...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I made the mistake of getting involved with a co-worker. At first it seemed really harmless to me because we were accustomed to hanging out socially (mostly in groups after work). When...

Rickard Rakell had but three words to describe recently getting the news that he’d be joining Sweden for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off. “Hornqvist called me,” Rakell said, referring to former Pengui...

Pat Narduzzi isn’t one to worry about losses in the transfer portal, at least not publicly. But he does acknowledge roster ramifications of those losses, and he is trying to do something about it. Aft...

Pittsburgh Pirates general manager Ben Cherington formally announced Wednesday the hirings of several baseball operations directors and staff promotions as part of a promised reorganization of the fro...

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — In Sochi, workers were still hammering away in the media village and shower water ran yellow when journalists from around the world arrived for the 2014 Winter Games. T...

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders wide receiver Terry McLaurin paused for a moment to think while speaking to a reporter after a practice this season. “Now that you mention it,” Mc-Laurin said...

WASHINGTON (AP) — When Donald Trump started the biggest trade war since the 1930s in his first term, his impulsive combination of threats and import taxes on U.S. trading partners created chaos, gener...

Dear Editor: Currently we are releasing criminal individuals from our county jail into the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). Beyond their undocumented status and crimes, we mu...

It’s a truism that it is extremely difficult to govern with a tiny majority in the House of Representatives. When there are no vacancies, there are 435 members; if everybody shows up, it takes a bare ...

FEBRUARY IS BLACK HISTORY MONTH. It is a time when we stop and take a moment to recognize the role Black people have played in the building of our country. From America’s earliest days, Black people w...