Paul Skenes bounced back from the worst start of his career and teamed up with catcher Henry Davis to make a little history as the Pittsburgh Pirates beat the Washington Nationals 10-3 on Monday night ...

Steve Kerr, the basketball fan, raves about the play-in tournament and the drama that it creates down the stretch of the NBA’s regular season and leading into the official start of the playoffs.

When he sits down to evaluate the snapshots and video from Pitt’s Blue-Gold Game — perhaps more leisurely than usual with no game scheduled until Aug. 30 — Pat Narduzzi will see some good, some bad ...

The Serra Catholic baseball team appears to have righted the ship, picking up their third straight Section 3-1A win with a 17-1 win over Clairton Monday.

Ben Cherington has a lot of reasons to be concerned about the Pittsburgh Pirates, as injuries have taken a toll on the starting lineup and weakened what he considered the deepest team of his tenure as ...

The SWAT team commander spoke to council last week. Monessen police Chief Dave Yuhasz is asking city officials to join the Westmoreland County SWAT team to give his officers more opportunities to gain ...

The senior southpaw tossed a three-hit shutout as the Warriors beat their rivals to the south 7-0. The Mon Valley Independent is published daily (255 times a year) by MID MON VALLEY PUBLISHING COMPANY ...

The Bearcats committed five errors as the Trojans extended their winning streak for four.

South Allegheny used a big fourth inning to turn around its fortunes against Apollo- Ridge in a key Section 2-2A softball matchup Monday at Apollo-Ridge High School.

My neighbors are from another country, and honestly I think they have the worst body odor ever. Their house isn’t dirty; I think it must just be what they eat. All I know is that the smell seeps into ...

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