Cancer survivors Joyce Hill of Finleyville and Sheila Dillon of Brownsville led the participants in Saturday’s Penn Highlands Mon Valley Lois Orange Ducoeur Breast Cancer Walk on the first lap around ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Former state representative and former mayor Ted Harhai attended last week’s Monessen council meeting and said he wanted to correct a few things. First, he said C...

By JOE NAPSHA Trib Total Media Robert Megela goes out of his way to recycle — about 17 miles out of his way. Megela, 70, of Penn Township will drive from his home to the Westmoreland Cleanways and Rec...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com State Sen. Camera Bartolotta, R-Carroll Township, is among a group of legislators and nurses that will discuss legislation to increase health care access on Tuesday. B...

Charleroi Area Middle School held its annual color run Friday at Myron Pottios Stadium. From left, Cameron Olstein, Olivia Kostelac, Jaelyn Caruso, Carsen Hartley and Gabriella Pellegrini were covered...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com The Serra Catholic High School community is a tight-knit group. More than classmates and colleagues, the Eagles are family and a testament to the phrase that blood i...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen residents know that Schoonmaker Avenue — Route 906 — has essentially been a disaster area for more than a year. Friday morning, a group of leaders from P...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com While it’s not quite the holiday season yet, the Rostraver Township Police Department and the Collinsburg Volunteer Fire Company will get a head start on the festiviti...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Little ones in North Belle Vernon can get creative and into the Halloween spirit today at a pumpkin-picking event at North Belle Vernon Community Bank Park. The even...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Members of the Pennsylvania Department of Education got a first-hand look Thursday at what teachers, administrators and staff are up against in the Charleroi Area Sc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com After months of citizens’ comments from a few disgruntled residents about things Monessen City Council has no control over, the mayor tried to institute some new ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com A year after the Mon Valley LaunchBox suffered a devastating setback due to an explosion inside its building, the initiative unveiled a newly renovated location on Fif...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com During Thursday’s meeting, Donora council approved a motion to advertise bids for a two-year and seven-year forensic audit after debate about its specifics and ...

By BILL SCHACKNER Trib Total Media PennWest University charges the same tuition and recruits heavily from the same region as fellow state-owned institutions Slippery Rock University and Indiana Univer...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Local firefighters have been busy this week visiting local schools to teach youngsters about fire safety and the role of firefighters in the community in conjun...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com It was standing-room only during a Washington Township supervisor’s meeting Wednesday night as about 150 concerned residents attended to hear about what’s being done t...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Council will hold off on hiring much-needed new employees in the street department for at least another two weeks. Last week’s lengthy agenda included a fe...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Monongahela council voted to approve the Active Transportation Plan during Wednesday’s meeting following the public unveiling of its final draft last month. The...

Submitted Serra Catholic High School will celebrate homecoming festivities on Friday. The day begins with the annual walk-a-thon, this year in honor of Samantha Kalkbrenner, with proceeds from the eve...

By Justin Vellucci Trib Total Media Government regulators sided with environmental advocates, in part, when they ruled recently that a U.S. Steel plant in the Mon Valley might be violating clean-air l...