The school board set its index at 4% for the 2025-26 school year. The Belle Vernon Area School Board approved a resolution that would prevent the district from raising taxes above a certain rate. Duri...

Borough Manager Scott Craighead also provided an update on LSA grants being sought for road repair and construction. Elizabeth Borough Manager Scott Craighead provided an update on code enforcement, b...

Friday’s event will raise money to help stage “Hadestown,” the high school’s spring musical. Audience members will have a say in who has star quality this year at Charleroi’s annual talent show. Sixte...

Naloni Corbett, 7, of Donora shared her Christmas wishes with Santa during Friday’s Twinkle Bright Night celebration in Donora. See more photos on A2 and in our online photo gallery at www. monvalleyi...

Shoppers have a chance to win $500 in gift cards. The Merry Merchant program sponsored by the Mon Valley Regional Chamber of Commerce will return this holiday season. The program was started to promot...

Mayor Ron Mozer hopes the money will help the city with road repairs. The City of Monessen applied for $360,000 in Local Share Assessment grants to purchase vehicles and equipment for its police, fire...

Miles English, 7, of Speers used a camcorder to record a game during Friday’s MVI Shootout Classic at South Allegheny High School. Play will resume today with four games, starting at noon. See full co...

A tree-lighting ceremony will take place at 6 p.m. at Heritage Hill Park. White Oak will host its annual Holiday Market from 3 to 8 p.m. today at Heritage Hill Park. “It should be a really fun event t...

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania state lawmakers, judges and top executive branch officials will get a heftier salary increase in 2025 than the average Pennsylvanian saw over the past 12 months, un...

This story is part of Mon Valley Sons of World War II, a series about our sons who lost their lives in service to our country during the war. When Monessen’s Private Stanley Zazac awoke on Jan. 25, 19...

By JUSTIN VELLUCCI TribLive A teenager accidentally shot his younger brother in the leg late Thursday while showing off a gun to friends in their Port Vue home, authorities say. Allegheny County Polic...

Donations will be accepted starting Monday to help out the Salvation Army. The Mon Valley Independent’s Christmas Cheer Club will kick off again Monday, continuing a decades-long tradition of fulfilli...

The popular event in Elizabeth Township raises money to aid families in area school districts. In what has become an annual spectacle for residents in the Elizabeth Forward area, the Zombek family Chr...

Visitors will notice some changes to Steelton when this year’s exhibition opens Saturday. The fastest growing “town” in the Mon Valley can’t be found on a map. But, the fictitious town known as Steelt...

The blaze also damaged a neighboring house belonging to the owner’s sister. Members of the same family living in two separate households were displaced Wednesday by an intense fire in Allenport. Stock...

The group provided about 140 free takeout Thanksgiving dinners for local residents. Elizabeth’s Guardian Angels held their annual free Thanksgiving takeout this week for around 140 families in need li...

Created 15 years ago by American Express, Small Business Saturday is held the Saturday after Thanksgiving to generate support for locally owned stores. Small businesses are the heart and soul of local...

City officials are working with a consulting firm in Pittsburgh to bring new life to the business district. Monessen is working with a consulting group to develop an entire block in the downtown area....

The arrangements with Carlow University and Pitt-Greensburg will each last for five years. The Belle Vernon Area school board voted to enter into two student teaching programs with local universities ...

This Thanksgiving, some families are thankful that someone else will do the cooking. Instead of spending hours in the store looking for canned pumpkin or fresh cranberries only to find the shelves emp...