By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Honks from passing traffic outside of the Charleroi Borough building echoed for blocks Wednesday as residents packed council’s agenda meeting to protest an ordinance...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Residents packed McKeesport council’s meeting room Wednesday to welcome three new police officers and two full-time firefighters to the city. The addition of ne...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Concerns were raised about an air quality permit and a mineral mine permit by Recycle Zone LLC as well as the small number of local residents who know about the develo...

By RALPH STONE MVI Columnist Last week’s story was indicative of the lifelong love affair that I’ve had for baseball. It all began 81 summers ago when I first picked up a bat and smacked the softball ...

Liam Belan / Mon Valley Independent Elizabeth Township Commissioners Vice President Josh Walls, Mark Cain, Jim Benedek, President Dan Poirier, Dennis Kampas, Chris Thoma and Kyle Walk honored the work...

Ringgold High School graduates Alexa Schwab, Martina Stasko, Elizabeth Talaga and Karisa Vaccaro wait for the ceremony to begin Tuesday evening.   To purchase this photo and more from our online photo...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com With the first reading of an ordinance to dissolve the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi on tonight’s Charleroi council agenda, lines of communication remain ope...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com The Pennsylvania House of Representatives approved a bill Monday to increase the state’s property tax and rent subsidy for seniors and people with disabilities. To rea...

By Liam Belan lbelan@yourmvi.com It’s time for Elizabeth Borough residents to go dancing in the streets as the Sounds Like Summer on Plum concert series will begin Thursday. To read the rest of the st...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen’s school board will consider introducing a pilot program of Beable, a “life-ready literacy system” meant to accelerate literacy gains while identifying s...

By STACY WOLFORD swolford@yourmvi.com Nicholas Kafkalas just graduated from Monessen High School in 1943 when he said goodbye to his family and left his home on Schoonmaker Avenue to receive infantry ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Leaders in Mon Valley communities that receive service from the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi have more questions than answers related to a potential dissolu...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Concerns continue to be raised throughout Elizabeth Township after a group filed an appeal against the township and its board of commissioners following the approval o...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Something seems fishy in McKeesport — in a good way. That’s thanks to nonprofit Venture Outdoors, which will host fishing clinics at Lake Emilie in Renziehausen...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI Anyone who has traveled Fifth Avenue in Mc-Keesport’s East End knows where Bloom’s Cut Rate is.   You can’t miss the store with its colorful signage and distinctive window dis...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI First Presbyterian Church in Rostraver Township hosted its annual Blessing of the Animals Saturday morning, gathering residents with their pets for a blessing with holy wate...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council will vote to adopt a new ordinance that would modernize regulations on chickens, bee keeping and other livestock in the borough. To read the rest...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI The Monongahela Area Chamber of Commerce held its 25th annual Fleatique on the Mon Saturday, and a new online form gathered 78 vendors in addition to local businesses and or...

Father and son duo Scott and Hunter Knight of Connellsville won Sunday’s “Anything That Floats” competition at the three-day Yough River Rally at Connellsville’s Yough River Park. Their entry, titled ...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The building owned by the Monessen Firemen’s Relief Association at Grand Plaza is being sold to Monessen-based Primzo, which has requested a zoning variance and p...