JUSTICE IS NOT ALWAYS SWIFT. We may want it to be timely, but that’s not how it works sometimes. The Golden State Killer’s first murder was in 1974. Joseph James DeAngelo wasn’t identified until 2018....

By ALI SWENSON, SARAH RANKIN and AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Andy Soma, 24, doesn’t identify with either political party, and he’s been skipping elections since he became...

My ballpark estimate: In the recently concluded midterm campaign season, Democrats ran roughly eleventy-bajillion ads accusing Republican office-holders of voting — 98%, 99%, or 100% of the time — “wi...

The season of giving is upon us as the Mon Valley Salvation Army hosted its second annual Red Kettle kickoff dinner Thursday at St. Spyridon’s Hellenic Center in Monessen. With a red kettle campaign g...

Two of the most tangible effects of the midterm elections can be summed up in two words: subpoenas and judges. When Democrats take control of Congress in January, they will run all the committees. Tha...

REGIONALIZATION HAS SLOWLY STARTED becoming a reality in Pennsylvania. You can see it with police departments and other shared services. In Butler County, voters in Mars Borough and Adams Township app...

“The world is going to change dramatically over the next five or 10 years in a lot of very positive ways,” Joe Lonsdale said while receiving the 2026 William F. Buckley Prize at National Review’s annu...

THE GENERAL ELECTION is over, although the results will not be final until certified by election officials in the four counties that make up the Mon Valley. We move on now knowing the electorate perfo...

Is former Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party’s unsuccessful nominee in 2024, running for president again? There are conflicting reports. But here is one historically based, confident p...

IT’S THE DAY AFTER ELECTION DAY, which means about half the country will be miserable and half will be elated. But whatever the outcome, one thing will unify both sides: Those awful campaign text mess...

TODAY IS THE DAY! Even if we can’t agree on whom to vote for, surely we can agree to go vote. You hear the same old mantra every election and you may be tired of it: “This is the most important electi...

After crossing with his army into Asia, Alexander the Great stopped at Gordium (in modern-day Turkey). He approached the famous Gordian knot—a tangled mass of bark tying an ox cart to a pole, so intri...

THE BIG DEAL about the midterm elections is not just about political power. It’s a whole lot about political money. Nationwide, campaign ad spending has reached $11.21 billion as of this week, accordi...

Midterm elections seem to run longer than ever, but the end is in sight with Election Day arriving on Tuesday. We urge all our readers who are registered voters to carefully consider the issues at pla...

Acoalition of rightwing organizations and activists is lobbying the White House to grant mass pardons to junior staffers in the administration. “A pardon for all junior administration personnel is vie...

It’s been called a “Viral Takedown of MAGA Heckler.” But Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed was simply asked if he “would disavow the Muslim Brotherhood.” “Why are you asking the ques...

AS VOTERS APPROACH the midterm elections, each party is eager to make the choice seem simple. Democrats point to the cost of living and argue that Republicans have failed to deliver economic relief. R...

Here is an increasingly likely scenario: Republicans lose badly in the midterm elections, and President Trump throws the country into chaos by challenging the results. Trump has always approached poli...

WESTMORELAND COUNTY commissioners think maybe — just maybe — it might be time to think about capping salary increases for county elected officials. The idea was floated last week. “We’re not in the ga...

To the Editor: Due to two flat tires from an object at the California highway exit, my husband and I were left stranded in Coal Center last Friday night. We were many miles away from our Northern Virg...