By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor From heartbreaking tragedies to feuding elected officials, this year has been unlike any other in the Mon Valley. As 2018 draws to a close, the Mon Valley Independent’...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township commissioners on Thursday approved a final 2019 general fund budget, which does not include a tax increase. During a special meeting, commissioner...

By Ron Paglia There must be some truth to that time-honored adage about time flying when you’re having fun. That certainly has been the case here as we prepare to welcome 2019 with a journey down Memo...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monongahela’s Aquatorium Innovations, the nonprofit that operates the outdoor venue, will end this year with a deficit. The group, which has produced the highly s...

By JEREMY SELLEW AND JOSE NEGRON jsellew@yourmvi.com, jnegron@yourmvi.com The Ringgold baseball team wasn’t the only team to win its share of gold in 2018. The Mon Valley is home to a few more golden ...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com There’s no hiding how we feel here at the Mon Valley Independent about our local sports. Looking back on the past year, it reiterates our belief that the heartbeat...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Firefighters aren’t sure what caused a fire that broke out at the Monongahela Iron and Metal Company on East Main Street in the city just before 10 a.m. Friday.  ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A new 500,000-gallon water storage tank will soon be operational in Carroll Township.   Pennsylvania American Water announced the $3.2 million project in July and it...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Following a tumultuous series of meetings this month, Donora borough council ended 2018 on a high note Friday.   In a special meeting, council unanimously approved i...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A man who lives two doors down from the frequently flooded Koontz family home in Donora told the Mon Valley Sewage Authority board Friday morning he’s concerned a...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com A Belle Vernon borough man accused of assaulting his girlfriend at the Belle Vernon Apartments is in jail.   David Wayne Inman, 57, was charged this week with aggrav...

By Jose Negron jnegron@yourmvi.com Heading into the final day of the cfsbank Holiday Classic Tournament, Ringgold head coach Phil Pergola had a simple message for his team, which was gearing up to fac...

  By Joe Sabolek For the Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Forward’s Pat Filson turned in a stellar performance as the Warriors cruised to a 66-39 victory over Belle Vernon Area Friday on the final day...

By Zack Zeigler For the MV Independent Defense wins championships and it was crucial in helping Beth-Center pick up its second win of the California University Holiday Hoopfest Tournament, a 48-39 vic...

By the Mon Valley Independent Belle Vernon Area stretched its winning streak to six games and capped off a perfect 2-0 trip to California University’s Holiday Hoopfest Tournament with a 41-31 victory ...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com During a special meeting Thursday, Charleroi Council unanimously approved a 2019 budget that will require a small tax increase. It is the first time in at least 20 y...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen council ended 2018 in tumultuous fashion Thursday, with a double authority appointment, hazardous materials storage and a hefty tax increase causing controv...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com McKeesport police are searching for a man involved in a shooting around 1 p.m. Thursday. Police and emergency personnel were called to the 2700 block of Palmgreen St...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com In a special meeting Thursday morning, Monongahela city council discussed the sale of the former National Guard Armory on Second Street. The sale is finalized, bu...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com In the game of basketball, it’s all about how you finish and not how you start. Belle Vernon Area got off to a flying start against rival Ringgold in the second ga...