The process could involve taxpayer-funded vouchers, which are currently being used in West Virginia and Ohio. COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — National Republicans are poised to support “universal school choice”...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The House on Thursday rejected a GOP effort to fine Attorney General Merrick Garland $10,000 a day until he turns over audio of President Joe Biden’s interview in his classified docu...

Several more explosions are planned before the dam is fully cleared away by the end of the year. After high winds delayed the planned demolition for several hours, a 50-foot section of the dam in Eliz...

Board members have discussed it with Commissioner Chris Thoma of Elizabeth Township, which offers a similar program. A Volunteer Tax Credit Incentive Program received further consideration at Tuesday’...

The Washington County controller was able to post the $150,000 figure through a bond agency. Bail was revoked and reset Wednesday for Washington County Controller April Sloane, who is accused of tortu...

First Energy said the largest cluster without power Wednesday night was near Belle Vernon. More than 7,500 Westmoreland and Allegheny residents were without electric service as of 8:30 p.m. Wednesday,...

Some revisions were made, so those have to be OK’d by the House. A bill placing regulations on pharmacy benefit managers — third-party intermediaries who work with drug manufacturers, pharmacies and i...

The band plays the music of the Eagles, along with solo songs by Joe Walsh. For this weekend’s Rockin’ on the Mon summer concert series show, the Monongahela Aquatorium will feature headliner 7 Bridge...

On MSNBC, they’re convinced that the Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity will finally usher in the long-feared Trump Dictatorship, though I’m almost certain the Supreme Court explicitly limi...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Campaigning for her husband in Florida, Jill Biden took a break to get some tea. She was on the second stop of a three-state swing and reporters traveling with her had tried multiple...

Tonight’s Music • Open stage, Dead Head Winery, Monongahela, 6:30 p.m. • Elmoz Fire, Plum Street, Elizabeth, 6 p.m. • Bad Mother Trucker, Coconut Joe’s Tiki Bar, Finleyville, 6:30 p.m. • Train, Stage ...

DEAR ABBY: We invited a couple for a short visit to our remote country cabin. Afterward, I discovered a pair of pink panties lying on the road in front of our mailbox. When I picked them up with a sti...

DEAR HARRIETTE: I have a close group of six friends. “Jane” has always been tight on money, and we’ve often covered her expenses without much fuss, since the other five chip in. Whether it’s going to ...

The group will tour this summer and fall to promote its new release, “Good Together.” NEW YORK (AP) — Lake Street Dive chooses to spread some joy. You got a problem with that? The veteran pop-soul ban...

As an actor and a writer, Rashida Jones has spent a lot of time thinking about artificial intelligence. The use of AI was a major issue at the bargaining table during last year’s Hollywood strikes. AI...

NEW YORK (AP) — The August theatrical release for the second chapter of Kevin Costner’s ambitious Western epic “Horizon: An American Saga” has been canceled after the first film fizzled in theaters. N...

Kathy Heinz expects Small Town Tavern to begin operating in August or early September. There’s going to be a new restaurant in Rostraver Township called Small Town Tavern and the owner, Kathy Heinz, i...

A McKeesport man faces new criminal charges for allegedly shooting a woman with a shotgun at his residence in February. Franklin J. Lynch, 39, is charged with aggravated assault, firing a gun into an ...

WE LOSE CHILDREN EVERY DAY. There are a million ways every year that our most precious resource slips through our fingers. All of them are heartbreaking. All of them are terrible. Nationwide, the tota...

Editor’s note: For the next few weeks, Ralph Stone will be writing about an imaginary family from Omaha, Neb., touring the Mon Valley on a summer vacation. Following the Higgins family’s Fourth of Jul...