By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com Monessen narrowly avoided disaster Friday as a gas line on a demolition site started leaking.   The problem arose as crews from the Connellsville-based Ritenour and ...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com An ongoing Monessen road construction project continues to impact downtown businesses.   PennDOT officials have hosted meetings with elected officials, city resident...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com After nearly eight years of contract negotiations, two neighboring municipalities have reached a new agreement on sanitary sewage service. On Friday, the Municipal Au...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There are several hotly contested races in Westmoreland County as the May 21 primary draws near. Nine people are running for two, four-year seats on the county bo...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com McKeesport firefighters released this year’s design for the McKeesport Firefighters Public Safety Initiative fund T-shirt sale. The McKeesport Firefighters Public Safe...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Motorists who travel along Walnut Street in McKeesport will notice that the traffic flow during morning and evening rush hour has been improved, according to city elec...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Dr. Michele Dowell will not be leaving Belle Vernon Area School District after all. Dowell has accepted the position of BVA superintendent and has turned down the...

By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmv.com State Rep. Bud Cook, R-West Pike Run Township, will soon have two new office locations in the Mon Valley. Starting April 1, Cook will open a new district office in Be...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com As the May 21 primary draws near, the Mon Valley Independent will let voters know who is running for county and local races. In the race for Washington County Com...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com White Oak Mayor Ina Jean Marton commended two White Oak police officers and other first responders at this week’s borough council meeting for their role in preventing ...

By JEFF OLIVER For the MV Independent The last three seasons, Luke Mollis has guided Charleroi to the WPIAL baseball playoffs. But, all three seasons, the Cougars went one game and out. Entering his s...

By JEREMY SELLEW jsellew@yourmvi.com Under the guidance of Don Hartman, the Frazier softball team has become one of the premier softball programs in Class 2A. Frazier won the WPIAL title in 2017 and w...

By DEAN  DELLAMALVA JR. For the MV Independent Last season was tough for the Trojans softball team. Cal (3-13, 1-11) had trouble producing runs and keeping teams off the scoreboard, which was a detrim...

Donna L. Hoetzlein Tipton, 72, of Washington died Tuesday, March 19, 2019, at Southmont of Presbyterian Seniorcare, Washington. Born in Brentwood on May 30, 1946, a daughter of Gerard and Madeline Fei...

Louise Jurik, 89, of Donora passed away Thursday, March 21, 2019, in Mon Valley Hospital with her loving family by her side. Born in Donora on Aug. 16, 1929, Louise was the daughter of the late Asa an...

Frances Zigray, 91, formerly of Charleroi, died Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at Pine Ridge Manor in Kingwood, W.Va. Born in Monessen on Jan. 8, 1928, a daughter of Rudolph and Helen Palko Reday, Frances...

By Kaylie Moore kmoore@yourmvi.com About 50 community members filled the Salvation Army’s Mon Valley Citadel in Monessen Wednesday for the city’s first comprehensive plan meeting. As part of the imple...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Elizabeth borough’s former police chief, who is accused of abusing his role to steal countless stamp bags of heroin from the evidence room and mishandling coins collec...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com While the demolition of two buildings next to the Coyle Theater in Charleroi will soon be complete, the fate of the iconic building is uncertain. The buildings at 33...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The paraprofessionals of Ringgold School District are asking for a better compensation package and the administration said it must wait until the 2019-20 budget i...