California Area Elementary School students load and unload clothes from a new washer and dryer purchased through a grant from the California Area School District Foundation. The appliances, bought at ...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com “I saw the Earth cracking.” That’s what Julie Farthing, owner of Julie’s Hair Haven, said she witnessed before water flooded the intersection of Fourth and Main stre...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Twelve Mon Valley projects were included in a list of recommendations by the Washington County Local Share Account Review Committee. The committee recently reviewed ...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Since the collapse of Big Steel decades ago, there’s been talk, as well as action, to clean up and make new use of brownfield sites in the Greater Pittsburgh region. A...

By Matt Petras For the MVI At a thriving business on McKean Avenue in Donora, customers who enter are greeted to relaxing music, figurines of characters from animated movies and television shows like ...

Isabel Aesoph, a junior liberal arts major and library work-study student from Uniontown, arranges books Thursday afternoon along the shelves of the third floor in the Louis L. Manderino Library at Pe...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora’s civil service commission held a hearing Thursday to determine the fate of former police superintendent Jim Brice. Brice was fired in August, and accusa...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Monessen council has hired Ferrara Appraisals to do some preparatory work on the building at 557 Donner Ave. to get it ready to sell. The building sits across a c...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Area residents and visitors to McKeesport will soon have a better chance to pay their respects to a group of men who made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam War...

By LIAM BELAN lbelan@yourmvi.com South Allegheny High School students Ronnie Acrie, MaKayla Drye, Amaya Gabriel and Abby Horwat earned a spot in the Pittsburgh Penguins Tech Academy Powered by CGI.   ...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent It was cold outside, but inside, a group of Serra Catholic High School student fans had a tropical vibe as they sported beach attire to cheer for the boys’ basketb...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Gun violence impacting teenagers and a recent school lock down as a result of a student bringing a mock weapon to school dominated the conversation Wednesday at the Mc...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Ringgold School District administrators answered questions from board members about improving student academics and behavioral issues in a non-voting meeting We...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Pennsylvania American Water has officially purchased the Elizabeth Borough Municipal Authority’s wastewater system assets for $28 million. On Wednesday, PA American ...

By Ralph E. Stone MVI columnist Once upon a time, there were shoe repair shops that lined many of the neighborhoods throughout the Mon Valley. The one that I am most familiar with was Runfola’s Shoe H...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Junk and abandoned vehicles along Dawson Avenue in Fallowfield Township have been removed. During a business meeting Wednesday, secretary Karen Talbert told supervis...

Larnell Ferguson, Nalani Ferguson, Kymani Ferguson and Ernestine Ellis enjoyed Monessen’s girls basketball game Tuesday evening.  

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com A Westmoreland County judge wondered if he should order Rostraver Township officials to behave like adults and treat each other with respect as he denied a commis...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Mary Altemara is the newest member of North Charleroi Council. During a special meeting Tuesday, Altemara was unanimously appointed to fill the council vacancy left ...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Elizabeth residents voiced a desire to close Plum Street to car traffic for the summer during Tuesday’s council meeting. Elizabeth Area Development Corporation ...