By Renatta Signorini Trib Total Media Firefighters and paramedics were not able to resuscitate a woman who was pulled from her apartment in West Newton Thursday after a fire in her living room, said F...

Jenn Codeluppi / Mon Valley Independent Jahan Jefferson, 6, of Clairton was relaxing on the bleachers at a Monessen boys basketball game this week. He is the grandson of head football Coach Wade Brown...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Rostraver Township’s elected tax collector is stepping down from her role as township treasurer. The board of commissioners will accept the resignation of Pa...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council passed the borough’s 2023 budget and filled vacant municipal positions during a special meeting Thursday. Members said the $2,792,513 budget is b...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mark Smith has stepped down as president of the Mon Valley Academy for the Arts — but he is not leaving the organization. During a recent meeting, the academy’s boar...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com The state Department of Community and Economic Development recently awarded Donora Borough $90,000 for the demolition of a blighted property on McKean Avenue. T...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A 23-year-old Donora man who refused to testify during the preliminary hearing for the man accused in the Oct. 10 shooting at Bob’s Tavern in Finleyville was held...

Emmett Braun, 2, of Jefferson Hills and Reagan Lewis, 5, of Monongahela are joined by Becky Dudzik, director of children’s services, as they play “Monster,” an interactive educational video game, duri...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com There will be no tax increase in White Oak in 2023, but residents will see higher bills for sanitation. During a special meeting Wednesday, White Oak council members J...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council has rejected an offer from the Authority of the Borough of Charleroi to purchase its sewer lines and the borough’s MS4 project.   During a ...

By Maddie Aiken Trib Total Media The state is advising young children, the elderly and people with respiratory problems to limit outdoor activities today in certain parts of Allegheny County. Fine par...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council hopes to work with Portnoff Law Associates, the city’s delinquent garbage bill collector, on an amnesty program to discount some residents’ prett...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi Borough Council made some tough — and unpopular — decisions during a special budget meeting Tuesday. Council adopted a spending plan for 2023 that will rai...

Peyton Gould, 8, shakes hands with Thomas Jefferson basketball players as they faced Belle Vernon Area Tuesday evening at the PennWest Convocation Center in California.  

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com Elizabeth Borough Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a balanced budget for 2023. Residents will not see any increase in taxes next year. The salary of B...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The City of McKeesport will head into the new year with a balanced budget that doesn’t come with a property tax increase. The spending plan places revenues and expendi...

By Colette Funches McKeesport Community Newsroom   When you think of who waters the plants at the library, or who puts the colorful pamphlets out on the table — do you know who should come to mind? Th...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Christmas came a bit early for Steel Center for Career and Technical Education, according to Executive Director Kevin Rice.   On Thursday, Rice formally   announced th...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen has a problem with abandoned vehicles parked along city streets, and it’s going to take some time to get rid of them all. Police Chief Dave Yuhasz said P...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A Monongahela family lost their home in a fire early on Christmas Eve when a space heater sparked flames that spread through the house. Responders from Monongah...