By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com Monessen will launch a one-time amnesty program that allows property owners to pay their delinquent garbage bills without interest fees. The program will take...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com The Environmental Integrity Project sent a letter to six U.S. senators, including Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, detailing concerns about high benzene concentratio...

TODAY, MANY OF US WILL GO TO CHURCH to observe Good Friday, the day on which Christians annually observe the commemoration of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. While there, please take a moment to say ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com The Monongahela Farmer’s Market will offer a new experience this year geared toward the Mon Valley’s youngest entrepreneurs.   When the farmer’s ma...

By Julia Maruca Trib Total Media Spotted lanternflies, the invasive insects that have plagued Western Pennsylvania for the past several years, are expected to make a return starting in April, as their...

For the fourth annual year, cereal boxes toppled like dominoes Wednesday at Rostraver Elementary School. Students and staff from both Rostraver and Marion elementary schools collected full-size cereal...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Forward School Board awarded the first construction contract, a $1,043,800 bid from McKamish Inc., for the district’s plan to renovate the high school...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Fallowfield Township supervisors unanimously agreed to pass a new resolution Wednesday that will help the Alta Vista Business Park in Fallowfield Tow...

By RALPH STONE MVI columnist Back in the school year of 1938-39 I was a first-grader at the Iowa Elementary School, the same spot on the corner of Oneida Street and Schoonmaker Avenue where a high ris...

By the MVI Eleven McClellan Elementary School students were recognized by the West Jefferson Hills School District Board for their PTA Reflections creations during Tuesday’s monthly meeting. McClellan...

Sue Crafton of Stockdale played bingo Tuesday evening at the Stockdale Volunteer Fire Department. To purchase this photo and more from our online photo gallery, go to our website at www.monvalleyindep...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County judge has upheld a decision issued last year by the Rostraver Township Zoning Hearing Board to deny a special request by Olympus Energy to bui...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport has been awarded a $1.8 million grant from the state for the replacement of the Versailles Avenue Bridge.   The multimodal grant was approved during ...

By the MVI Several legislators representing Mon Valley communities announced state funding for projects around the area Tuesday, along with grants for local fire departments to purchase much-needed eq...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com After a little less than three months on patrol in Elizabeth Borough, council members, residents and business owners are happy with the service bei...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com “... I get by with a little help from my friends.” — The Beatles. For more than six decades, friends have been meeting at Russ’ Tavern for a cold one after work, ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Union Railroad Company, LLC purchased a 13-acre parcel in Duquesne for $400,000 from the Regional Industrial Development Corporation of Southwestern Pennsylvani...

California Area baseball players Logan Hartley, Parker Gillen and Spencer Petrucci sign copies of their team’s trading cards for first-grader Layla Tomaino. Each player got 100 custom-designed trading...

By Sarah Pellis spellis@yourmvi.com Multiple students were honored, recognized or gave presentations at Monday’s regular voting meeting for Belle Vernon Area School District. Belle Vernon Area Middle ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A California Area Middle School student hopes to be inducted into the National Junior Honor Society — in the meantime he’s done something to help his...