By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Two people were killed Thursday afternoon in a crash that shut down Route 837 in Carroll Township. One of the victims was 48-year-old Michael Bov...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Westmoreland Community Action will open a welcome center in Monessen to assist low-income individuals in the former bank annex building at 557 Donner Ave. Counc...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com The Bentleyville Volunteer Fire Department Social Hall will be filled with eager pets and their humans for a day full of pet-filled fun. From Barkery...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The long-debated issue of who will represent Donora on the Mid Mon Valley Transit Authority for the next five years has been put to rest, but it wasn’t a decision...

By TAYLOR BROWN   Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Firefighters were called to the scene of a structure fire just before midnight Wednesday in the 100 block of Knox Avenue in Monessen.   Municipal...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Juniper Guzur, 5, of Speers plays on the Little Cougars Kindergarten Basketball team that participated in half-time drills at a Charleroi Area High School varsi...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Several Mon Valley projects received the green light from the Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee on Tuesday. LSA funds are genera...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Rostraver Township commissioners approved promoting police officer Christopher Tretter to sergeant, following several years of police work in the township and Westmoreland C...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com Issues with trash collection are still plaguing the Magic City, as one councilman said he continues to receive complaints from residents. Last month,...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com McKeesport council officially renamed the dek hockey rink in Renziehausen Park after fallen police Officer Sean Sluganski with the unanimous approval of a bill ...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Hundreds of people gathered Tuesday night at Renziehausen Park to remember McKeesport police Officer Sean Sluganski and dedicate a dek hockey rink in his honor....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Gov. Josh Shapiro’s second budget proposes significant increases to education and economic development and would regulate adult-use marijuana, while leaning heavi...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com While Monessen might not ever be what it was in its heyday, the future is full of potential and leaders within the community are coming to the tabl...

By Rich Cholodofsky Trib Total Media The Westmoreland County commissioners are heading out into the countryside. Commissioners announced Tuesday they will conduct three public meetings outside of the ...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media A unified system of 10 Pennsylvania state-owned universities and 15 community colleges would see a near-historic, 15% increase in state funding under Gov. Josh Shapi...

With just 80 days left in the school year, Charleroi Elementary students dressed in styles from the ’80s Monday for the 100th day of class. Third-graders Quinn Ankney, Paisley Melenyzer and Amara Loll...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com There are a lot of things historical societies would love to have in their collections — the harder to find, the more rare the piece, the more crucial it might be...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com After several months of negotiations, McKeesport Area teachers finally have a new labor contract, as members of the McKeesport Area Education Association voted ...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Residents in Rostraver Township have a lot to look forward to — and consider — regarding recreation opportunities in the township over the next dec...