BVA students perform a musical number from “The Drowsy Chaperone” at Thursday’s openingnight performance. Shows are set for 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday, with a 2 p.m. matinee Sunday. Jeff Helsel / Mon...

The DEP is seeking public input on a request to discharge treated leachate into the Monongahela River. Representatives from three environmental organizations are urging Mon Valley residents to attend ...

West Mifflin Area school board members discussed some upcoming projects at Thursday’s work session. The meeting took place at the high school cafeteria instead of the middle school cafeteria. It had t...

Council voted to contract with Pro Waste last month. New garbage service started in Charleroi this week. In February, council opened bids to select a new refuse provider and ultimately decided to go w...

The first show will take place June 29 at City Park. It’s official: the Billy Price Band will rock out in Monessen City Park Amphitheater this summer. At Thursday’s meeting, Monessen council voted to ...

A former assistant fire chief in North Belle Vernon already accused of fraud and theft is facing new charges. Todd Alan Reppert, 56, was first charged Oct. 16 after being accused of using the departme...

Fire tore through a home in McKeesport early Thursday morning. The fire was reported at a house in the 1200 block of Pirl Street a little after 1 a.m. There were no injuries, and the deputy fire chief...

Despite reporting $209 million in operating losses for 2024, Highmark Health executives said they are optimistic about the future of the Pittsburgh-based health care insurer and provider. Officials on...

“Tariff Whiplash Spooks U.S. Consumers,” blares the Wall Street Journal. “How the US economy went from booming to a recession scare in only 20 days,” reports CNN. “Donald Trump’s economic delusions ar...

Elizabeth Township police Chief Ken Honick announced his candidacy on Tuesday. For the MVI Elizabeth Township Police Chief Ken Honick announced his candidacy for the Elizabeth Forward School Board. In...

Karls M. Pierre, 37, of Charleroi has been charged with two counts of child endangerment after his niece and nephew found their way to a neighbor’s yard while under his care Monday. According to an af...

The Republican register of wills and coroner will face challengers in the May primary election. No Democratic candidates have filed to run for Westmoreland County row offices this year, further weaken...

Those in need can now receive food, diapers and pet food from the three St. Andrew the Apostle parishes in the Valley. Furry friends in the Mon Valley sometimes need help, too. As many families rely o...

While the couple living there managed to escape, two of their pets perished in the blaze. Melted siding, bent mail boxes and a total loss of items is what one Elizabeth Township neighborhood and famil...

U.S. Steel and Nippon have sued the federal government in Washington, D.C., arguing that Biden blocked the merger to serve his political agenda. Attorneys for U.S. Steel argued in federal court in Pit...

Christopher Halazynski is the third McKeesport officer to face criminal charges in the last several months. A former McKeesport police captain is charged with stealing more than $260,000 from the depa...

Officers Stephen Kenyon and Thomas McCarthy were promoted. Monongahela promoted two of its police officers to sergeant during Wednesday’s council meeting. Council voted unanimously to authorize the pr...

The event is set for March 22 at the Monroeville Convention Center. A Mon Valley native is bringing a spiritual and holistic event to the area with a “Magickal Minds Metaphysical Fair” for those intri...

The cameras were removed when traffic signals were taken down, but will be reinstalled by Emerick Security Systems. Leaders in Charleroi might not always see eye to eye, but when it comes to public sa...

Photos by Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent