A Jefferson Hills man pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of violating federal narcotics and firearms laws, Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti announced Monday. Alonzo Henry Griffin Jr., 24, ple...

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

Participating in an Easter egg hunt Saturday in Stockdale are Grace, Paidlee, Riley and Isla Horrell. The event was sponsored by American Legion Post 801 in Roscoe and the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Dep...

No one has been able to determine who left them in taped-up boxes in the Giant Eagle parking lot. Two dogs found in boxes in December and brought to White Oak Animal Safe Haven have found a new home. ...

A power outage Sunday evening affected several homes in North Charleroi. Heavy rain over the weekend sparked several flood warnings throughout the area, with river levels rising around the Mon Valley ...

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...

Elizabeth Forward High School’s musical cast took a journey to the underworld and back during the spring musical, “Hadestown: Teen Edition.” Shown during a scene are Sidney Thomas as Eurydice, Edward ...

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 ...

They asked supervisors for assistance with Donora Road near Second Street extension. A road in Carroll Township has residents worried. During a recent meeting, two township residents asked supervisors...

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...

SEBASTIAN, Fla. -- Was Florida whispering? Was Wisconsin shouting? Suddenly these two questions, rooted in states that Donald Trump carried only five months ago, are at the forefront of American polit...

BASEBALL IS A GAME of numbers. Sure, every sport can claim that to some extent. A scoreboard is all about the numbers, after all. A tie is never broken by an essay question. But baseball may be the pe...

By ZEKE MILLER AND STEVE PEOPLES Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Not even 24 hours after his party lost a key Wisconsin race and underperformed in Florida, President Donald Trump followed the playb...

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...

Graphic artists Kayla Allen-Russo and Deb Pace garnered three first-place and one second-place award in the prestigious contest. By the MVI The Mon Valley Independent’s advertising graphic artist team...