Westmoreland election officials want assurances that each vote cast during the Republican and Democratic primaries next month is accurately recorded. To that end, Election Bureau staff on Monday start...

Belle Vernon Area softball players Katie Sokol and Courtney Hamer kept warm under a blanket between innings during Monday’s game against Oakland Catholic. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

The event will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. April 29 and will be followed by a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Westmoreland Community Action will hold an open house April 29 for the recently completed modular...

The money will be used for a dual pressure steamer at the middle school. Belle Vernon Area School District has received a grant from the Pennsylvania Department of Education for new food service equip...

Seventeen people are currently being charged, but none of them are set for an immediate trial. By RICH CHOLODOFSKY TribLive There are 17 defendants facing homicide charges in a dozen pending cases in ...

Isaac Rowe picks up eggs at Saturday’s Easter egg hunt in Stockdale. The event featured more than 10,000 eggs.

Laura Borne of the Mon Valley Independent’s circulation department took this photo of a car fire early Saturday morning in Monessen’s Park Center Plaza off Grand Boulevard. It’s unclear what caused th...

A bill would require direct care workers to pass a competency exam rather than have a diploma or GED. Advocates argue a more direct solution to the staffing shortfall would be to increase wages. By KA...

McKeesport Area High School students brought to life “Titanic: The Musical,” which originally premiered on Broadway in 1997. The cast is shown during a scene over the weekend.

The North Belle Vernon Fire Department donated an air truck that it no longer uses. Bonds formed within fire departments run deep — especially those in the heart of small communities. The brotherhoods...

The state started tracking deaths as older adults were dying in alarmingly higher numbers. Then a top aging official halted the process. HARRISBURG — The Shapiro administration last year stopped colle...

Pennsylvania is among the four states where it was distributed, and consumers are advised to throw it out. If you’ve purchased shredded cheese from Aldi recently, you might want to double check the br...

A closing weekend will be held later this month to welcome back former members one last time. After more than 100 years of hosting services and celebrating Jewish heritage in the White Oak area, Templ...

Southwestern Pennsylvania Human Services Inc. (SPHS) was recognized as a 2025 Top Workplace by USA Today. The award was presented at the USA Today Top Workplaces 2025 National Awards Summit held in La...

A class is offered through the Washington County District Attorney’s office. Donora police officers and officials will take a class about what to do when someone is recording them. The class will focu...

A judge will hear arguments next month in a lawsuit that seeks to invalidate a policy requiring GPS tracking of all Westmoreland County government vehicles. Sheriff James Albert challenged the policy,...

The show, which focuses on actual people from the 1912 tragedy, will be staged today through Saturday. This year’s McKeesport Area High School musical doesn’t take place in a faraway fictional land or...

A City of Duquesne police officer is suing Rostraver, its former police chief and a detective, claiming they arrested him without probable cause and cost him a job at the Elizabeth Township Police Dep...

The Rev. Tom Burke, pastor of Saints Joachim and Anne Catholic Parish in Elizabeth/Glassport/Liberty Boro, was the guest reader at Mary of Nazareth Catholic School in White Oak as part of the school’s...

Before their official opening night, there will be a sensory-friendly show for local kids today. Get ready to be blown out of the water by the Monessen School District spring musical, “The Little Merm...