Its annual Christmas Day dinner will take place from noon to 4 p.m. Wednesday. One of the important traditions for the Roscoe American Legion is to bring holiday cheer to its surrounding communities. ...

Both companies and several local mayors are encouraging President Biden to OK the deal. By RYAN DETO and JACK TROY TribLive The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States told the White Hous...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI If we were to tell the truth, most gifts we give and receive at Christmas, no matter how much they cost, are soon forgotten. In our material culture, we get so many things tha...

Property taxes will remain steady as the city finishes 2024 with a $25K deficit. Monessen council unanimously approved the city’s final budget for 2025, which does not include an increase in property ...

McKeesport Area High School students got an early visit from a “secret Santa” and found brand new workout equipment and a remodeled workout site. Once the McKeesport Area High School football team got...

The Donora Public Library celebrated the holiday season Dec. 18 with a kids Christmas party. Shown with Santa is Lylith Seek of Donora. All of the youngsters in attendance received a treat bag that in...

New Jersey is now subject to nonstop and often sensational civilian reports of swarms of nocturnal drones crossing city skies and violating the airspace of airports and military bases. Terrified thous...

By KELI VEREB Itook three months of sick leave from my job at U.S. Steel four years ago to recover from major neck surgery. Because the United Steelworkers (USW) bargained paid leave into our contract...

Here are the winners of the Mon Valley Independent’s annual holiday coloring contest. Clockwise from top left are 3-4 age group winner Walker Mudron, 4, of Monongahela; 5-7 age group winner Ellianna K...

Saints Joachim and Anne pastor, the Rev. Tom Burke and religious education and parish life director Julie Fleckenstein delivered the Angel Tree items collected from parishioners to the Little Sisters ...

The Mon Valley Independent will not produce a print or electronic edition on Wednesday in observance of the Christmas Day holiday. We will resume our regular publication schedule Thursday. Only our ne...

During the Monongahela Fire Department’s recent Christmas party, state Rep. Andrew Kuzma, R-Elizabeth Township, helped honor Chris Bartkus, a lifetime member who has served the department for 50 years...

Stockdale Volunteer Fire Co. and Roscoe Volunteer Fire Department firefighters partnered to host their annual Santa Parade on Sunday afternoon. Santa and The Grinch traveled through Stockdale, Allenpo...

The meeting will be held 6 p.m. Dec. 30. White Oak council will hold a late-year meeting to vote on the 2025 budget before the Dec. 31 deadline. During last week’s meeting, council decided to have a s...

A snow squall is an intense burst of snow and winds that create whiteout visibility and rapidly deteriorate road conditions. Several Mon Valley communities and neighborhoods in the Pittsburgh area fac...

The annual event has become an important community tradition. For the MVI Elizabeth Forward High School welcomed dozens of senior citizens looking for a little holiday cheer to the district’s 44th ann...

The high school now has a chance to win the state prize, which amounts to $12,000 in Samsung products. Monessen High School is one of the six schools in Pennsylvania that has been awarded $2,500 in Sa...

Fighting against full transparency is Pennsylvania’s top elections official, Secretary of the Commonwealth Al Schmidt. By PAULA REED WARD TribLive A battle for election transparency is being waged acr...

State Rep. Matthew R. Gergely, D-McKeesport, announced that a $568,000 state grant was awarded to United States Steel Corp. – Clairton Works for several improvements to rail infrastructure at the faci...

BOUCHERVILLE, Quebec— Macaroons. Chocolate eggs. Candy polar bears, lambs, owls and bunnies. A 3-foot-tall figure from “Lord of the Rings,” constructed all in chocolate. Let’s talk about those confect...