County council voted Tuesday to extend all the deadlines by one month. Allegheny County residents will begin receiving 2025 real estate tax bills this week, but deadline information in the enclosed bu...

The district is making changes with help from the state Department of Education. McKeesport Area school board made an addition to its special education program at Thursday’s meeting. The board unanimo...

A WESTMORELAND COUNTY SCHOOL board took action to censure one of its elected members. While the Norwin School District is not part of the Mon Valley, it’s a good example and a conversation for all sch...

President Trump’s current assault on the basic structure of democracy represents a far more serious threat than the occupation of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. Four years ago, an angry mob, egged ...

The Monessen center is collecting Valentine’s Day cards from all 50 states. SPHS Child Learning Center in Monessen is celebrating love this month by participating in Hearts Across America as a special...

More than a century of glassmaking in Charleroi will come to a sad end Friday. At noon Friday, the whistle at the Corelle plant will sound for the final time – commemorating a sound thousands of resid...

Washington County and local elected officials toured the current garage and the site of the new one. Washington County Commissioners presented a $250,000 check from the Washington County Local Share A...

Anthony Olasz was sworn into his council seat by his father, District Judge Richard Olasz. West Mifflin Borough Council voted on a new member to fill the vacancy left by newly-elected state Rep. John ...

Rostraver Township police and Rostraver Central firefighters were called to this vehicle crash on Route 51 at Snyder Lane. Crews had to use extrication tools to free an occupant. Rostraver West Newton...

Sabr Ellis decided to change his not guilty plea a day after his trial started in the stabbing death of Anthony Koontz in Clairton. A day after the start of trial for a Clairton man accused of killing...

TO WHOM SHOULD PENNSYLVANIA’S consumer advocate be answerable? The consumer advocate is a position created in 1976. The goal is to represent the people in state and federal proceedings involving utili...

Democrats, those stalwart champions of democracy who tried to keep Donald Trump off the ballot, have an endlessly malleable understanding of whose view prevails whenever disputes arise between any com...

To the Editor: I have a question you or one of your readers may answer for me. I have watched this battle between Ukraine and Russia. It would seem that this Russian leader was more in need of taking ...

Fabric and crafts retailer Joann will close at least 30 stores in Pennsylvania, including most in the region. The embattled retailer, which declared bankruptcy in March 2024 and then again in January,...

More than two-dozen Christian and Jewish groups representing millions of Americans — ranging from the Episcopal Church and the Union for Reform Judaism to the Mennonites and Unitarian Universalists — ...

He had been in custody since August 2021 after being arrested for possession of medical marijuana. Marc Fogel is on his way home. The Oakmont teacher imprisoned in Russia since August 2021 for possess...

The winter guard and indoor percussion groups at McKeesport Area will perform on Saturday. For the MVI McKeesport Area School District will host the 2025 McKeesport Home Show featuring winter guard an...

The final package includes numerous upgrades to the elementary school and middle/high school. Monessen school board approved $11.4 million in STEAM upgrades and infrastructure renovations to the distr...

Jon Wian and Judge Matt Schimizzi were sworn into office Tuesday. Westmoreland County’s new register of wills and judge were sworn in to office Tuesday at the courthouse in Greensburg. Jon Wian, 43, o...