Sydney Flinn of Jefferson Hills was with her 5-year-old cousin, Ledger Labyoda of South Park, to watch a basketball doubleheader Thursday evening at Thomas Jefferson High School. To purchase this phot...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter   tbrown@yourmvi.com Trash is slowly being picked up from sidewalks, alleys and dumpsters in Mon Valley communities that claim they went weeks without sanitation servic...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com The incoming Donora Council members chose to reopen the 2024 budget at last week’s meeting and following discussion with the finance committee, a...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com A temporary ice skating rink recently built on the California Area School District campus will give students and community members something to look ...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media The union representing 5,000 state university faculty across Pennsylvania has reached “an agreement in principle” with leaders of the State System of Higher Educatio...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Charleroi Volunteer Fire Department Capt. and borough Emergency Management Agency Director Matthew Prentice is shown assembling a cot from the American Red Cross i...

By STACY WOLFORD Managing Editor swolford@yourmvi.com LaRae Stieman has treasured memories of growing up on her grandparent’s Elizabeth Township homestead, where they often hosted memorable parties an...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Lexi Fox has already made a name for herself in the Washington County junior baking world — having earned the first-place blue ribbon in the juni...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Ringgold School Board directors clashed over the possibility of restructuring committees and adding a new one that would govern the board and oversee policy. Sc...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com A Charleroi woman is wanted on a warrant for cruelty to animals after police found a dog in her backyard in the freezing rain with no shelter. Ch...

By the MVI The Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission announced the scheduling of an extensive series of 12 in-person and telephonic hearings in late January and early February to gather public input ...

California Volunteer Fire Department Second Assistant Chief Jeff Mosher operated a snowplow on the station’s parking lot Tuesday morning. Behind him is a California Municipal Borough vehicle working t...

By KRISTIE LINDEN Assistant Editor klinden@yourmvi.com Washington County Controller April Sloane waived her right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday without stepping foot inside a courtroom. Sloane’s de...

By Michael Richter mrichter@yourmvi.com Denise Stasko asked Belle Vernon officials at Tuesday’s meeting why her husband, Edward Stasko, wasn’t awarded a seat on council after receiving a majority of w...

By the MVI State Sen. Jim Brewster, D-McKeesport, announced $1.9 million in grants for economic development in the 45th Senatorial District. “These grants will help local leaders complete a variety of...

By JIM BUSCH For the MVI A program on “Wild Birds and Where to Find Them” will be presented from noon to 1:45 p.m. Saturday at the McKeesport History and Heritage Center in conjunction with the Audubo...

Duane Gazi-White of Charleroi, Rhonda Lynch of Monessen, Rashgene Gazi-White of Charleroi, Lou Book of Monessen, Penny Garcia of Monessen, Jeri Book of Monessen and Bill Lynch of Monessen watched the ...

By MATT PETRAS For the MVI Laurie Chester looks back on her days with breast cancer as frightening times, and she carries that with her when she sees others suffering from the disease. “I was so afrai...

By Michael Richter   mrichter@yourmvi.com White Oak council voted Monday to reopen the 2024 budget, which will lead to consideration of a 1-mill tax increase.   “The proposed tax increase is due to de...

By TAYLOR BROWN Senior Reporter tbrown@yourmvi.com During its first regular meeting of 2024, North Charleroi council discussed plans, projects and other reminders for residents in the new year. Counci...