An allegation of sexual misconduct was received this week via ChildLine. Solicitor Gary Matta addressed sexual misconduct allegations against a district teacher at Thursday’s meeting of the McKeesport...

The new Elizabeth Township facility is built for both pickleball and basketball. The new Highland Meadows Park dual basketball/ pickleball courts are open to the public following a ribbon-cutting cere...

Chief Neal Rands is the only member who currently qualifies. Donora Council agreed this month to add a Deferred Retirement Option Program to its police department’s pension plan for the benefit of the...

An American leader denounces new immigrants as “generally the most ignorant Stupid Sort of their own Nation,” and warns: “They will soon so out number us ... (and we) will not in My Opinion be able to...

Chances are quite good that yet another major hurricane will come ashore in the United States sometime before the 2024 presidential election is decided, and that it will afflict mainly Republican area...

RUMORS CAN BE HILARIOUS. They are what sell supermarket tabloids. They make gossiping with friends entertaining. They are the little whispered snips that make a great story. The problem is that rumors...

A Charleroi man is accused of selling fentanyl-laced heroin to a man who died of an overdose in June. Aaron M. Mitchell, 41, was charged Tuesday with drug delivery resulting in death, manufacture, del...

Frazier High School volleyball fans cheered on the Commodores as they rolled past Jefferson Morgan on Wednesday evening. Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent

Thomas Breckenridge was recognized Wednesday night by the Rostraver Public Library board. A Belle Vernon Area High School senior received the prestigious Eagle Scout rank for work he completed at the ...

One resident started an online petition to get Elizabeth Forward School District officials to start livestreaming meetings. Elizabeth Forward School District residents and board members went into furt...

Council entered its third year of a contract with Waste Management Inc., for garbage collection. Glassport council provided updates on several ongoing projects during Tuesday’s meeting. The Pennsylvan...

Scott Stephenson previously served as athletic director at West Mifflin Area School District. Ringgold School Board hired Scott Stephenson as the district’s new athletic director during Wednesday’s me...

Monessen Mayor Ron Mozer is shown presenting the keys to a new police vehicle to Monessen Police Chief Dave Yuhasz. The purchase of the 2023 Ford Police Interceptor from C Harper was recently approved...

Allegheny County • Dravosburg — 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 31; costume parade at the borough building parking lot at 5 p.m. Call 412-466-5200 to register your child. • Elizabeth Borough —6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct...

Allegheny County • Dravosburg — Costume parade at the borough building parking lot at 5 p.m. Oct. 31. Call 412-466-5200 to register your child. • Elizabeth Borough – 7 p.m. Oct. 28; line up at 6:15 p....

Homecoming weekend opens at 12:30 p.m. Friday with the Class of 1974 luncheon. For the MVI It will be a “Party in the USA” at PennWest California as the campus hosts its homecoming celebration this we...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a combative interview with Fox News on Wednesday, sparring with anchor Bret Baier on immigration and shifting policy positions while asserting...

IT USED TO BE COMMON to see “Let’s Make a Deal” contestants leave the TV game show smiling after winning $100 for every coin they could pull out of their purse or pocket. But as America moves ever clo...

When MSNBC signed off at 3 a.m. the first night of the Republican National Convention, they were still talking about Melania’s speech. For five solid hours, MSNBC had been obsessing over two paragraph...

There are currently 15 veterans enrolled in Westmoreland County’s program. John Novotnak knew he needed help. The U.S. Army serviceman whose eight-year career included a tour of duty in Iraq, struggle...