By Taylor Brown tbrown@yourmvi.com A Finleyville girl has been chosen for Junior Achievement of Western PA’s 18 Under Eighteen honoree class. JA is the world’s largest organization dedicated to giving...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com The Internal Revenue Service won’t start accepting and processing individual tax returns until Jan. 23. But with W2s in the mail, and advertisements and enticing offer...

Reese Epps, 10, celebrates with his older brother, Bryce, after he became the leading scorer in the history of South Allegheny’s boys basketball program with a 31-point performance in Friday night’s w...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com State Sen. Jim Brewster and state Rep. Andrew Kuzma joined Elizabeth Township officials for a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday at the Jacktown Bridge replaceme...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com It’s official: Mon Valley voters in the state’s 34th and 35th Legislative Districts will head to the polls Feb. 7 to choose who will fill the Pennsylvania House of Rep...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Monongahela Historical Society is bringing the past to life with historical restorations at the Longwell House on Main Street. During a council meeting Wednesda...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com A food drive to stock the shelves of the Bag Brigade will extend through next week. Started seven years ago by Kathy Kelly and Ashley Eisengart as a ministry outreac...

It was a perfect, rainy day to spend at the library Thursday and that’s just what plenty of families did at the Rostraver Township Public Library. Above, Kelly Yoskosky reads a book during story time....

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com Auditors told Monessen council Thursday night that transfers made from the city’s line usage fund in 2015, 2106 and 2021 were made improperly and without the appr...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Charleroi will not reopen its budget this year — but could shuffle around funds as needed if council deems it necessary. Finances in the borough have been a hot topi...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com Donora council cleared the air about alleged state police involvement with the borough’s evidence room, but raised other questions about misinformation. Since A...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Current Washington County Commissioner Larry Maggi — and his new running mate Cindy Fisher — have announced joint candidacy for the board of commissioners. Maggi and...

Jeff Helsel / Mon Valley Independent Students attending an after school class at the Carnegie Library of McKeesport commemorated Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech Wednesday a...

By JOHN RECTENWALD jrectenwald@yourmvi.com They left behind stable jobs in healthcare and the green sanctum of Portland, Ore., to revive a bed and breakfast in Boston, Pa. What got into Joanna Haneman...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Big’s Sanitation took over trash and recycling collection in McKeesport on Jan. 1, and McKeesport City Hall says the company is working hard to get collection days bac...

By TAYLOR BROWN tbrown@yourmvi.com Despite questions surrounding his residency Charleroi Council President Frank Paterra will continue to lead the borough until he is removed from his position – legal...

By KRISTIE LINDEN klinden@yourmvi.com The order sealing the arrest warrant information in the criminal case against a man charged in connection with a shooting in Rostraver Square has been extended 30...

By JEFF STITT jstitt@yourmvi.com Vandalism has become a big problem at the Washington Township Recreation Park ball field and it needs to stop. Those are the sentiments of Belle Vernon Area Youth Spor...

By Max Robinette mrobinette@yourmvi.com A Washington County humane officer expressed concern about the Monongahela Police Department’s alleged lack of animal cruelty charges over the past four years. ...

Charleroi Area High School students Emilie Piraeux, Muhammed Cisse and Ella Sypolt were dressed to go skiing Tuesday night. That was the theme for the Cougars’ student section during a boys basketball...