By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A feud over access to Mounds Park in Monongahela caused multiple citizens to file complaints last week. Councilwoman Sarah O’Brien said 15 people called her Thu...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Rumors that Eat’n Park in McKeesport will close are false, officials say. To read the rest of the story, please see a copy of Wednesday’s Mon Valley Independent...

The Monessen Center for Active Adults held a party Tuesday in honor of Monessen’s 125th anniversary. Joe Hallam of Belle Vernon dances with Miriam Boso, the center’s manager. The Pittsburgh Belairs pr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Betty Ambler Park in Pricedale is only getting better.   Tucked away in the village of Pricedale, the park was renamed in honor of Ambler in June 2016. A long-time n...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Belle Vernon Area School Board member Robert Harhai raised concerns about disproportionate legal fees being charged to a few fellow board members as well as potential ...

Jess Brunner and Ariahna Blouse were bundled up Monday afternoon as they watched Charleroi Area High School’s softball game against Fort Cherry. More chilly temperatures are in the forecast today.  ...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com During the 10 minutes that Robert Kobik spoke Monday at UPMC McKeesport, another name was added to the list of more 100,000 people nationally who are hoping to receive...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council will seek bids for the sale of the former city hall, which is located right across the courtyard from its current location. To read the rest of t...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com White Oak council honored resident Rob Oliver Monday for breaking Guinness’ record for the longest interviewing marathon last May. To read the rest of the story...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com McKeesport recently earned a national spotlight as a featured city on “Viewpoint with Dennis Quaid.” “We are happy to showcase our city as a place that, althoug...

Josh Bizet, 6, of Fredericktown looks at the trout he caught during Saturday’s Pike Run Youth Fishing Festival at Rotary Park in California.

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Yinz have fun this weekend? Hundreds of people came to Rostraver Township Saturday to celebrate all things Pittsburgh at the first ever “Yinzercon.” To read the...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen firefighters will get 13 new radios thanks to Community Development Block Grant funding To read the rest of the story, please subscribe or subscribe to o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com In honor of Earth Day, a local business has partnered with Charleroi Elementary Center students to build an insect habitat.   To read the rest of the story, please s...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Only one in about 10,000 people are born with microphthalmia — a birth defect that prevents full development of one or both eyes — let alone Chiari malformation type o...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com When you walk through the doors of By George in Monessen, you’re family.   Owners Ronalyn and George Apodiakos and executive chef Jamie Kepich recognize their co-wor...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen residents will soon start hearing a familiar name pop up around economic development planning, but the name actually belongs to a new face. To read the r...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com Friday marked the beginning of the 32nd annual Mon Valley Home Show as people throughout the area flocked to cfsbank Event Center, formerly known as Rostraver Ice Gard...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Plenty of tea, smiles, laughs and advice have been shared with senior girls at Charleroi Area High School over the years.   The tradition continued Friday as the Ath...

By Bill Schackner Trib Total Media PennWest University will consolidate its six academic colleges into three and rename them as the year-old university — itself created through a merger — seeks to cut...